ADVA Extends 90 Mbps Ethernet over DS3 or E3 Pairs

ADVA Optical Networking is further enhancing its FSP 150 line of Ethernet access with a new Ethernjack model capable of delivering 90 Mbps Ethernet service over a pair of DS3s or E3s.The new FSP 150CC-324 delivers a host of features for Ethernet demarcation, extension and aggregation and could be used for out-of-region applications. The FSP 150CC-324 enables Ethernet extension off-net over leased double or single DS3 or E3, empowering clients to...

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Xangati Debuts Service Provider Application Mgt App for Customer Care

Xangati, a start-up based in Cupertino, California, released an end-user application suite (EAS) that enables Service Providers and their end customers to see which applications are consuming bandwidth and impacting the performance of their broadband connections. The EAS leverages Xangati's Application Management 2.0 framework to enable a DVR-like playback of an online session. Both the end-user and the Service Provider can see which applications...

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BroadLight to Power CIG GPON ONT Product Line

Cambridge Industries Group (CIG) has selected BroadLight's second generation of GPON System on Chips, the BL2345 and BL2348, for its wide portfolio of GPON Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). Founded in June 2005, with R&D and manufacturing based in Shanghai, China, Cambridge Industries Group (CIG) is a leading independent telecom OEM supplier focusing on FTTH/PON (GPON and GEPON) CPE equipment. Its GPON CPE portfolio includes products such as ONT, ONU, MDU, and residential gateways, which are already in mass deployment throughout the world...

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Adobe Extends Flash for TVs, Set-Top Boxes and Blu-Ray Players

Adobe is extending its Flash platform for delivering HD video and rich applications to Internet-connected televisions, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players and other devices in the digital living room. Such digital home devices will support the Flash Video (FLV) file format. Flash technology-based applications will allow users to quickly switch between television programming and Web content outside the Web browser. The initiative has gained the support of major silicon developers, system OEMs, cable operators and content providers, including Atlantic...

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Level 3 Launches Managed Video Network Services

Level 3 Communications is delivering a new managed video network service (MVNS) to Fox Entertainment Group, providing direct fiber connections among 35 Fox locations, including the Fox News Headquarters in New York City.Level 3's MVNS is a flexible managed video offering for broadcasters, enabling point-to-point and point-to-multipoint broadcast video delivery between customers' locations via Level 3's high-bandwidth fiber-optic network. The service...

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Fujitsu and Cisco Develop Video Contribution System

Fujitsu and Cisco have collaborated on the creation of a video contribution system for use over IP or satellite infrastructures. The new IP encoding platform includes the Cisco D9094 MPEG-4 advanced video coding (AVC) encoder, which was developed by Fujitsu to support high-quality high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) video with the lowest latency that can be transmitted at low speeds. The Cisco D9094 encoder, and its standard-definition counterpart, the Cisco D9093 encoder, both include an option for a built-in satellite modulator,...

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Microsoft Positions Smooth Streaming for Online HD Video Delivery

Microsoft released a new Smooth Streaming feature in Internet Information Services (IIS) Media Services, its HTTP-based media delivery platform. The release includes extensions for cost-effectively measuring, monetizing and caching media. Microsoft's Smooth Streaming adapts the quality of the video stream in real time, based upon the consumer's changing bandwidth and central processing unit conditions. It support high-definition (HD) video (1080p)...

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MobiTV Explores a New Business Model for Mobile Television

MobiTV, in partnership with Sinclair and PBS, unveiled a new business model for mobile television that combines some free content with subscription-based programming. At the National Association of Broadcasters Show (NAB), the companies are showing mixTV -- combining free Mobile DTV content with a subscription based 7-day window of on-demand programming. The goal is to open multiple new monetization opportunities for broadcasters, mobile network operators and content providers while providing a compelling user experience for consumers. MixTV also...

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Telenor Pakistan Picks Nokia Siemens Networks

Telenor Pakistan, one of the country's mobile operators, selected Nokia Siemens Networks to expand its network and upgrade its infrastructure. Under this turnkey contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will undertake the site acquisition, construction, network implementation, logistics and project management. It will implement the Flexi Base Station, a pioneering product that is modular, easy to deploy, and energy efficient making it ideal for network expansion at reduced costs. Once implemented, Nokia Siemens Networks will monitor, manage and optimize...

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NSN Appoints Bosco Novak as CMO

Nokia Siemens Networks has appointed Bosco Novak to the position of chief of market operations. Novak, currently head of human resources, will remain a member of the company's executive board. Prior to leading human resources, Novak was senior vice president for the Services business unit within Nokia's Networks business. He has also held a number of customer-focused leadership roles both with Nokia, which he joined in 2000, and Ericsson, where he worked from 1991-1999.Christoph Caselitz, who has been the company's chief of market operations...

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Meru Networks Raises $30 Million for WLAN Solutions

Meru Networks has raised $30 million in a private funding round to support its WLAN solutions.The new funding was led by a new investor managed by Vision Capital Advisors, LLC, of New York City. Existing investors, including Clearstone Venture Partners, NeoCarta Ventures, BlueStream Ventures, The D. E. Shaw Group, Evercore Partners, Tenaya Capital and Monitor Ventures, also participated in the funding round."We are experiencing unprecedented enthusiasm...

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Ciena Expands Ethernet Service Delivery Options

Ciena announced an expansion of its Carrier Ethernet Service Delivery (CESD) portfolio, including multiple new service delivery and aggregation switches, which leverage a common service-aware operating system and unified Ethernet management software. Significantly, new software upgrades for Ciena's CN 5305 Service Aggregation Switch enable it to seamlessly interwork between disparate encapsulation formats such as Q-in-Q, PBB-TE and MPLS/H-VPLS.Ciena's...

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Verizon Expands FiOS Remote DVR Management

Verizon has expanded the remote DVR management capabilities for its FiOS TV service to include a larger range of wireless handsets. The company also now offers Web-based remote DVR management service to all FiOS TV DVR customers. The service allows customers to remotely review, change or add recording requests, delete recorded programs, browse and search TV and video-on-demand listings, set parental controls, and more.http://www.verizon....

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Alcatel-Lucent Launches Eco-Attitude Awareness Campaign

Alcatel-Lucent is launching an eco-sustainability awareness campaign -- "Let's Be Eco-Friendly" -- to encourage its employees to avoid printing documents, separate trash for recycling, save water, turn down thermostats, use teleconferencing to avoid travel, and reduce commuting by car whenever possible. As an example, the 2008 Financial and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) annual reports will be available online, with paper copies only available...

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Sensory Pushes Pattern Matching to 50 Gbps on new Intel XEON

Sensory Networks announced that is "HyperScan" pattern matching engine has set a new industry benchmark for software-only performance by delivering up to 50Gbps of L3 -- L7 pattern matching using complete security signature sets from industry leading vendors.A wide variety of applications, such as Intrusion detection/prevention, Firewall, Deep Packet Inspection, Unified Threat Management and Traffic management, uses pattern matching technology. Sensory's...

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Fujitsu and Cisco Expand Alliance for Unified Communications in Japan

Fujitsu and Cisco have expanded their strategic alliance to deliver unified communications in the Japanese market. The companies have agreed to work together to develop unified communications solutions and collaborate on services and marketing activities.The companies said the following elements will be implemented in this new unified communications alliance agreement.1. Migration from legacy systems to more effective Unified Communications solutions....

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OIF Tests Optical Transport + Control Plane Technologies

The Optical Internetworking Forum, in partnership with seven of the world's largest carriers, has kicked off a three month interoperability test that will tackle diverse transport technologies, including OTN, PBB-TE, T-MPLS/MPLS-TP and SONET/SDH as well as multi-domain service restoration technology. The interoperability test is hosted by global telecom carriers; China Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom Group, KDDI R&D Labs, NTT, Telecom...

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