NTT DOCOMO Selects Stoke's Mobile Gateway

NTT DOCOMO has selected Stoke's mobile broadband access gateway to deliver a new commercial service. Details on this new service have not yet been announced. Stoke's gateway will be delivered by Net One Systems Co., Ltd., Japan's leading networking and systems integration provider. The systems will be in service in 2009. Financial terms were not disclosed.Stoke said its Session Exchange 3000 (SSX-3000) will allow NTT DOCOMO to provide improved...

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Ciena Powers Telehouse's new Paris Data Center

Telehouse Europe has selected Ciena's CN 4200 FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform for the new Telehouse 3 data storage facility in Magny-les-Hameaux near Paris. Established in 1988 and owned by Japanese service provider KDDI, Telehouse Europe offers data center facilities and connectivity, providing a secure and resilient platform for mission critical IT systems, to more than 800 customers, from small start-ups to multinationals across a wide range...

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Ixia Announces Corporate Restructuring and Job Cuts

Ixia announced a company-wide restructuring initiative expected to produce annual cost savings of approximately $6 million. The restructuring plan includes a reduction of staffing. Approximately 75 to 80 positions will be eliminated through this restructuring, which represents a 9 to 10% reduction in Ixia's worldwide work force. The company will also write down approximately $1 to $2 million of slow moving and impaired inventory in the second quarter.Ixia also reiterated its revenue guidance of $35 million to $40 million for the second quarter...

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Sprint Offers Femtocell for Wholesale Partners

Sprint has begun offering a femtocell solution to its wholesale partners. A femtocell functions like a mini cell tower. It provides improved wireless coverage up to 5,000 square feet by creating a CDMA network signal within the customer's home or small office. The service works with any Sprint phone and requires an existing Internet broadband connection to carry the call back to the main Sprint network.Sprint said that when compared to unlicensed...

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Toshiba Launches New DECT Cordless Telephone with 7X Range

Toshiba America Information Systems introduced its next-generation digital DECT cordless telephone for the Toshiba Strata CIX family of VoIP business communication systems. The new Toshiba DECT cordless telephone offers up to seven times the range of other cordless telephones. Key features include:Up to seven times the range of other cordless telephonesAbility to use up to six repeaters per base station for an extended range of up to 1,000 feet in open areasCompatibility with Toshiba DKT2000, DKT3000, or DP5000 series desk telephones, including...

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FLO TV Set to Expand Nationwide Network Following This Week's DTV Transition

Qualcomm's FLO TV subsidiary, which supplies a live mobile TV service, is poised to expand its service nationwide following the DTV transition on June 12, which frees up broadband spectrum for FLO TV's dedicated network. FLO TV will expand into 39 new markets, offering its service to an additional 60 million customers with a total reach of more than 100 major markets and more than 200 million potential consumers nationwide by the end of 2009. This...

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Dr. Paul Liao to Head CableLabs

Dr. Paul Liao has been chosen to serve as the next President and CEO of CableLabs. Liao replaces Dr. Richard R. Green, who has led the laboratory since September 1988. Green announced in September 2008 that he would retire as CEO of CableLabs when his contract expires in December 2009.Dr. Liao most recently served as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for the Panasonic Corporation of North America and has led Panasonic's technology direction...

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AT&T Enhances Its Managed Telepresence With Multi-point Encryption

AT&T announced a set of security enhancements to its telepresence service. Users will now be able to conduct meetings that are encrypted for business and security reasons, share videos and control who joins a call.Specifically, AT&T now offers encryption between Cisco TelePresence endpoints in point-to-point or multi-point business to business meetings. Users of the AT&T Business Exchange can establish encrypted connections with the intercompany-enabled...

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Alcatel-Lucent Supplies Mobile Backhaul for Florida's FPL FiberNet

FPL FiberNet is deploying Alcatel-Lucent's packet optical transport solution for mobile backhaul. The deployment includes key elements of Alcatel-Lucent's Mobile Evolution Transport Architecture (META) solution, including the 1850 Transport Service Switch (TSS) for aggregating and transporting multiple types of traffic - from SONET to Ethernet to packet.FPL FiberNet serves telecom companies, wireless carriers, Internet service providers, enterprise and government customers in Florida through its fiber-optic network."As the market moves from optical...

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Microsoft Certifies Interoute's SIP for Office Services

Microsoft has certified Interoute as the first European service provider to supply Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking for Microsoft Office. Enterprises can now use Interoute One to make free computer to computer calls. Businesses can also avoid international roaming charges on all other calls.Microsoft's certification of Interoute One means Interoute's customers can benefit from full Microsoft OCS R2 support. Interoute is also offering a free trial of outbound calling to OCS customers. http://www.interouteone....

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Ericsson Publishes Energy Metrics for Edge Gear

Ericsson published a set of new metrics for measuring the energy efficiency of edge networking platforms. The company calculates that its network IP edge and metro platforms deliver the industry's lowest energy consumption based on these metrics.Ericsson said that with energy usage accounting for up to 50 percent of an operator's operating expenses, energy costs continuing to rise, and IP technology delivering new bandwidth-intensive services to...

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Nepalese Provider Selects Ekinops for DWDM

Subisu CableNet Pvt. Ltd., a fast-growing service provider in Nepal, has launched a major network expansion throughout the country, using optical transport equipment from Ekinops. The Ekinops 360 platform is at the heart of the new Subisu optical network, which features regional DWDM, multi-protocol aggregation, and transport over optical fiber. Currently, the network links five cities via four segments and Subisu has plans to expand the network to additional cities later this year.http://www.ekinops.nethttp://www.subisu.net...

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