Nortel Ships New Release of Unified Communications Solution

Nortel released its latest Communication Server 1000 (CS 1000) featuring a number of resiliency, security and energy efficiency improvements.Release, 6.0 includes CS 1000 provides even greater simplicity, resiliency, security, and openness. Initial results of independent comparisons of CS 1000 release 6.0 and competing products also find that the Nortel solution is up to 40 percent more energy efficient. The Communication Server 1000 is a software-based, full-featured IP PBX and the cornerstone of Nortel Enterprise unified communications solutions....

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Solarflare and Bel Fuse Partner for High-Density 10GBASE-T

Solarflare Communications and Bel Fuse have qualified Bel 1X1 integrated magnetics module (MagJack) with Solarflare's 10Xpress 10GBASE-T PHY. The companies said their joint solution provides superior insertion loss, return loss and crosstalk performance across 100 meters of Category 6A UTP copper Ethernet cabling. This will enable optimal network performance and reliability on high-density 24 port 10GBASE-T switches that are forthcoming from multiple...

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Solera Networks Appoints VP of Marketing

Solera Networks, a start-up specializing in network forensics products and services, has appointed Peter Schlampp as Vice President of Marketing and Product Management. Prior to joining Solera Networks, Schlampp led product management for IronPort Systems. IronPort established the appliance-based enterprise anti-spam and anti-virus market and was purchased by Cisco in June 2007. At Cisco, he was promoted to General Manager of the Security Technology Business Unit (STBU) in India and was also responsible for global development centers in Ukraine,...

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Orange Business Services Delivers IP VPN for Fairchild Semiconductor

Fairchild Semiconductor has named Orange Business Services as its primary worldwide network services provider. The three-year agreement includes a global managed IP Virtual Private Network (IP VPN), with IP voice services, network-based internet gateways, and DSL connections to Fairchild Semiconductor's smaller offices. The IP VPN connects 35 locations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, integrating data and voice connections under a single communications umbrella. http://www.orange....

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Japan's NICT Deploys Juniper Core Virtualization Solution

Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) has enabled core routing virtualization across its new-generation ultra high-speed test bed research network using JGN2plus, Juniper's T1600 core routing platform and JCS 1200 control system. Juniper Networks provided NICT with the technology to build virtualized core routers, which can increase the flexibility, efficiency and performance of its network.National Institute...

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AT&T Expands TeleNav Track GPS Services

AT&T is expanding its TeleNav Track, GPS-enabled mobile resource management (MRM) service for mobile business customers, with a new TeleNav Track LITE version that provides real-time visibility of employee locations.TeleNav Track LITE from AT&T is a tracking service that provides real-time visibility of field employee locations to improve dispatch operations and enhance customer service. It is a Web-based MRM solution that does not require software or GPS on the mobile device. The service works on the AT&T wireless network running on...

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Verizon Business Wins $245 Million Contract with U.S. HHS

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded an agreement worth up to $245 million to Verizon Business. Under a new agreement through the Washington Interagency Telecommunications System (WITS 3) contract, Verizon Business will provide the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with a comprehensive set of voice, data, collaboration and professional services As the new agreement is implemented, HHS will be able to order from Verizon Business additional services - including security software and professional services -- that...

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Parks Associates Forecasts Over 640 Million BB Households by 2013

The number of households worldwide with broadband will reach close to 650 million by 2013, according to international research firm Parks Associates. The firm's new report Broadband Services: Global Outlook warns that service providers will have to continue investing in network technologies to accommodate multiple services such as video-on-demand and converging social-networking applications.Parks Associates reports the number of broadband households worldwide grew by over 18% in 2008 to exceed 400 million. Asia-Pacific is the largest market, accounting...

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France's SFR Selects Mobile Backhaul from NSN

France's SFR has selected a radio solution from Nokia Siemens Networks to enable the migration of its mobile backhaul network to all IP architecture.Earlier this month, SFR in collaboration with Nokia Siemens Networks became the first to showcase such applications in France on a live 3G network with a 14 Mbps mobile broadband connection. Nokia Siemens Networks' integrated IP radio access solution is a part of the Flexi Base Station platform, which supports High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and can help operators easily migrate their mobile backhaul...

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U.N. Population Fund Moves to IP with Alcatel-Lucent, Terra Telecom

The United Nations Population Fund has selected Terra Telecom to begin deploying a new IP-based communications platform from Alcatel-Lucent to more than 140 of its offices worldwide. The modernization project will enable UNFPA to more effectively share information and build relationships with the people they serve, with local agencies and partners, and within their own organization."UNFPA works with governments around the world to ensure that mothers and children can access the information and services that keep them healthy, and that governments...

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Apple Selects North Carolina for $1 Billion Data Center

Apple plans to build a massive, $1 billion data center in North Carolina to support its growing online media services. The 500,000-square-foot data center is expected to employ about 50 people and construction is slated to begin in the coming weeks.+3. The state of North Carolina has promised $46 million in tax and other incentives to Apple and the town of Maiden, along with Catawba County, will chip in another $7.3 million in further incentives.http://www.catawbaedc.o...

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Ericsson Supplies WCDMA/HSPA in the Philippines

SMART, the largest mobile operator in the Philippines, has selected Ericsson to provide a WCDMA/HSPA upgrade for its nationwide GSM network. This is the first commercially deployed HSPA network for the 850MHz band in Southeast Asia. Financial terms were not disclosed.The 850MHz frequency improves the quality of the radio signals, extending coverage and enabling rapid deployment. This makes it easier to provide mobile broadband in remote areas and...

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Motorola Sells FTTN Portfolio, Focuses on FTTP

Motorola has sold its Fiber-to-the-Node (FTTN) product family to Communications Test Design, Inc. (CTDI), a full-service, global engineering, repair and logistics company, for an undisclosed sum.Motorola's FTTN product line was first made available in 1998. As a pioneering ‘triple-play' solution, the Multi-Service Access Platform (MSAP) platform is credited with being the first widely deployed video-over-DSL solution in the North American Telco TV market. This portfolio was previously hosted within Motorola's Home & Networks Mobility business...

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HomeGrid Forum Expands its Board

The HomeGrid Forum, a global, which promotes the ITU-T's G.hn standardization efforts, has expanded its Board of Directors with the addition of Sigma Designs, which develops digital media processing system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for consumer electronics. Sigma Designs brings additional semiconductor industry expertise to the group, which also includes representatives from leading retailers, service providers, PC manufacturers and consumer electronics...

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America Movil to Offer Nokia Messaging in Latin America

America Movil has agreed to offer the Nokia Messaging solution in seven countries before the end of the year. America Movil is the first operator to announce a Latin America-wide offering of Nokia Messaging to its customers."Messaging is ready for exponential growth in Latin America. As the leading operator in Latin America, we will be leading in this space," said Marco Quatorze, Head of Value Added Services, America Movil. "Collaboration with Nokia in the messaging space is one of the strategies we are pursuing to drive this growth."http://www.americamovil.com...

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