Agilent Teams with Datang on TD-SCDMA

Agilent Technologies and Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Holdings agreed to collaborate in the development of TD-SCDMA and related technologies in the test and measurement areas. As the initiator of the TD-SCDMA 3G mobile communication international standard, the owner of core patents, the driver of industry development and the leader of equipment market, Datang Holdings plays a key role in the creation and global deployment of TD-SCDMA and TD LTE. Agilent and Datang Holdings will work together to support the TD-SCDMA. http://www.agilent.com...

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Acme Packet Acquires Covergence for Software SBCs

Acme Packet has acquired privately-held Covergence, a supplier of software-based session border controllers (SBCs), for approximately $22.8 million, consisting of approximately $22.2 million of Acme Packet common stock and an aggregate of $0.6 million in cash payments to stockholders of Covergence and tax withholding payments. Covergence, which is based in Maynard, Massachusetts, supplies SBC functionality as hardened Unix-based software for Intel x86-class servers. Applications include VoIP/IP telephony, Unified Communications and Service-Oriented...

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Comcast's Revenue Grows 5% in Q1, All-Digital Transition Underway

Citing customer upgrades to digital and advanced video services as well as continued growth in high-speed Internet (HSI),Comcast's revenue from its cable operations increased 5% to $8.3 billion for the first quarter of 2009 as compared to $7.9 billion in the first quarter of 2008. The gains were partially offset by video customer losses and lower advertising revenue. The monthly average total revenue per video customer increased 8% from $106.70...

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Motorola Posts Q1 Sales of $5.4 billion

Motorola reports Q1 2009 sales of $5.4 billion. The total GAAP net loss in the first quarter of 2009 was $231 million, or $0.10 per share, which includes net income of $0.03 per share from discontinued operations. The GAAP net loss from continuing operations was $291 million, or $0.13 per share. The GAAP net loss from continuing operations includes net charges of $0.05 per share from highlighted items, primarily related to cost-reduction initiatives.Some highlights from the quarterly report:Mobile Devices segment sales were $1.8 billion, down...

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Equinix Opens Development Center in Singapore

Equinix announced the opening of a new global IT development center in Singapore. The facility will provide dedicated global application development support, database management and technical support services to all Equinix business units globally. http://www.equinix....

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Verizon Enhances its Internet Security Suite

Verizon has enhanced its Internet Security Suite (VISS) for broadband subscribers with new Wi-Fi security capabilities. The VISS, which uses Radialpoint's ISP-delivered security and support technology, is available to Verizon FiOS Internet and Verizon High Speed Internet customers, as well as other broadband users.The new Wi-Fi Security feature helps protect subscribers from hackers, eavesdroppers and other security threats associated with unsecured...

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IBM Unveils Cloudburst Appliance

IBM introduced two new products to extend its service-oriented architecture (SOA) into a cloud services environment. These new offerings enable clients to easily create application environments that can be deployed and managed in a "private cloud". The goal is to combine the flexibility of SOA with the adaptability of the cloud. The new products include:IBM WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance -- a new hardware appliance that provides access to software...

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Obama Nominates Clyburn for FCC Commissioner

President Obama nominated Mignon L. Clyburn to serve as one of the five FCC Commissioners.Since 1998, Mignon Clyburn has been a member of South Carolina's Public Service Commission, which regulates the state's investor owned public utilities, including providers of telecommunications services. The South Carolina General Assembly elected Clyburn as a Commissioner representing the Sixth Congressional District in May of 1998, and she has been re-elected three times. She chaired the Commission from 2002 to 2004. Clyburn is a past chair of the Southeastern...

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One Minute Video: Test Authoring

Presented by:Kingston Duffie, Founder and CTO, Fanfare Softw...

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Defense Department's JITC Certifies Alcatel-Lucent's IP Routers

The U.S. Department of Defense's Joint Interoperability Test Command has certified the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 and 7710 Service Routers. The equipment will be added to the IPv6 Approved Products List. http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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IBM Global Finance Arranges up to $2 Billion to Support Stimulus

In a bid to support the rollout smart technology solutions tied to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), IBM Global Financing is making up to $2 billion available to finance IT initiatives in key economic stimulus areas. The move will help US organizations move ahead with IT projects that could improve their infrastructure or competitive edge and point them in the direction of economic recovery. IBM noted that its consulting and technology business units are active in some of the key stimulus areas identified in the Act -- including...

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Integrated Device Technology and Tundra Sign Merger Agreement

Integrated Device Technology (IDT) and Tundra Semiconductor signed a definitive acquisition agreement under which IDT will acquire Tundra for CDN$6.25 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately CDN$120.8 million.Gennum, which had made an earlier offer to acquire Tundra, declined to match the IDT bid."IDT is excited about the proposed acquisition of Tundra. We look forward to better serving our customers by utilizing the Tundra core strengths in serial switching and bridging using PCI Express, RapidIO and VME, with the existing...

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Airtel Picks Alcatel-Lucent for Managed Services, Tops 96 Million Mobiles

Bharti Airtel and Alcatel-Lucent have formed a joint venture to manage Bharti Airtel's pan-India broadband and telephone services and help Airtel's transition to next generation networks. A new legal entity is being formed which will be operated by Alcatel-Lucent. Under the joint venture, Alcatel-Lucent will design, plan, deploy, optimize and manage Bharti Airtel's broadband and telephone network across India. This managed services partnership...

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Ericsson Sees Limited Impact from Global Downturn, Sales up 5%

Ericsson's ales in Q1 2009 increased 12% year-over-year and 16% for comparable units, i.e. excluding Ericsson Mobile Platforms and PBX operations. Excluding currency exchange rate effects, growth amounted to 5% for comparable units. "We have started the year with good growth ahead of the market and a positive margin trend but with a weaker cash flow," said Carl-Henric Svanberg, President and CEO of Ericsson. "Sales of network infrastructure are...

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TeliaSonera International Carrier Selects Infinera for US Network

TeliaSonera International Carrier, one of the leading pan-European wholesale providers of quality cross-border IP, voice and wholesale services, has selected Infinera to build a new nationwide network in the United States. Financial terms were not disclosed. TeliaSonera International Carrier offers services on more than 43,000 kilometers (27,000 miles) of its own fiber optic network throughout the world. The carrier is upgrading its nationwide US network by deploying the Infinera DTN in order to support its vision of becoming "the global IP...

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AMCC Licenses Elliptic's 3G Security

AppliedMicro (AMCC) has licensed Elliptic's SNOW 3G security engine in support of AppliedMicro customers implementing 3GPP LTE (Long Term Evolution) base stations. AMCC's Power Architecture family of processors is targeted at mobile base stations for the 3GPP LTE standard. The engine supports a high bandwidth SNOW 3G cryptographic core required by the new standard as well as direct memory access (DMA) capability. This DMA feature allows the security engine to act as a co-processor to the PowerPC processor and it can take full control of the system...

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