3Com Reports Quarterly Revenue of $295 Million, Down 8.2% YoY

3Com reported revenue for its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter, which ended May 29, 2009, of $295.1 million, compared to revenue of $321.3 million in the corresponding period in fiscal 2008, an 8.2 percent decrease. Net income in the quarter was $20.2 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $166.7 million, or $(0.41) per share, in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008. Fiscal year 2008 fourth quarter results included a $158.0 million goodwill impairment charge. On a non-GAAP basis, net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal...

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Akamai Releases State of the Internet Report for Q1 2009

Akamai Technologies published a State of the Internet report for Q1 2009 providing insight into key Internet statistics such as origin of attack traffic, network and Web site outages and Internet connectivity levels across the globe. Some highlights from the report follow.Attack TrafficDuring the first quarter of 2009, Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 68 unique countries around the world. The United States and China were the two largest...

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Anritsu Offers Next Gen Base Station Analyzer for 4G

Anritsu introduced a handheld base station analyzer supporting emerging 4G standards as well as installed 2G/3G networks. The MT8221B's platform provides a 20 MHz demodulation capability to measure technologies such as LTE and WiMAX, and a 30-MHz Zero-Span IF Output for external demodulation of virtually any other wideband signal. In addition, a Vector Signal Generator option with the flexibility to generate two modulated signals plus noise is available for comprehensive receiver testing.Senior cell site technicians and RF engineers can use the...

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Verizon Business Launches Application Security Program

Verizon Business introduced an Application Security Program that takes a risk-based approach to protecting the critical data contained within each application. The program helps understand and identify the potential security threats to their applications, and take steps to protect them. Customers also have the option to pursue a Verizon Cybertrust Application Certification, which verifies that their information-security controls, policies and procedures meet a stringent set of standards.As shown by Verizon Business' "2009 Data Breach Investigations...

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RCN Drops Bid for FiberNet, Deal with Zayo Proceeds

RCN withdrew its proposal to acquire FiberNet for $12.50 per share.Consequently, FiberNet is proceeding with a sale to Zayo Group for $11.45 per share in cash. The transaction is not subject to any financing condition. The transaction is expected to be completed during the third quarter of 2009.FiberNet owns and operates integrated colocation facilities and diverse transport routes in the gateway markets of New York/New Jersey, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami.Zayo Group is a regional provider of telecom services -- including bandwidth, voice and...

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Qualcomm Donates Rapidly Deployable 3G Base Station to ITU

Qualcomm will donate a rapidly deployable 3G CDMA base station to the I.T.U. to improve emergency communications for disaster preparedness and to coordinate relief activities in the aftermath of a disaster. The system has an estimated value of $500,000. http://www.qualcom....

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JDSU to Acquire Finisar's Network Tools Business

JDSU will acquire Finisar's Network Tools business for approximately $40.6 million in cash. The Network Tools business, which had revenue of $44.2 million in Finisar's fiscal year 2009 ending April 30, 2009, provides storage area network (SAN) protocol test tools, software and services. The companies expect to close the transaction before the end of July 2009.The Network Tools portfolio, focused on the SAN analysis and data generation and load testing segments, specializes in a wide range of storage protocols, such as Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet,...

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EXFO Launches Smaller, Portable Test Platform

EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering introduced a four-slot version of its FTB-500 portable test platform, which is intended for installation, maintenance and troubleshooting applications on telecom networks.For ROADM and PTN network turn-up, the four-slot FTB-500 simultaneously runs an optical spectrum analyzer (FTB-5240S-P-InB) and a SONET/SDH, OTN, Ethernet and Fibre Channel analyzer (FTB-8130NGE Power Blazer), a combination that delivers multiple software-based test capabilities, including in-band OSNR measurement for qualifying newly commissioned...

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BT Accelerates its Fiber Rollout

BT will accelerate its fibre rollout to cover more than a million additional homes and businesses across the UK. The acceleration of BT's plans will see 1.5 million homes have access to such services by early summer 2010 . A million of those homes will have access by March, which is a doubling of the original pace of deployment.BT said it aims to make super-fibre broadband available to 40 percent of the UK -- or some 10 million homes -- by 2012....

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Deutsche Telekom Announces VDSL Wholesale Deal

Deutsche Telekom reached a wholesale agreement for 1&1 and Vodafone to offer VDSL connections over its network in Germany. The service is due to be launched over the next few months. 1&1 and Vodafone will be the first competitors to use the wholesale service for VDSL Double Play, which will offer customers transmission speeds of up to 50 Mbps while surfing the Internet. Deutsche Telekom has already expanded its VDSL network in 50 German...

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Sprint Awards 7-Year Network Mgt Deal to Ericsson

Sprint awarded a seven-year network management outsourcing contract to Ericsson covering its CDMA, iDEN and wireline networks. Sprint said the deal enables it to focus on delivering a superior customer experience, innovative services and popular new devices while letting Ericsson handle the day-to-day operations of its network. Key points of the deal include:Sprint retains full ownership and control of its network assets, and solely owns network...

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