Allot Announces Largest Mobile Operator Win to Date

Allot Communications announced a framework agreement with a global tier-1 mobile operator group (name withheld) to supply its IP service optimization and revenue generation solutions based on deep packet inspection (DPI). Initial orders received are worth approximately US$5 million, The initial order includes the widest global deployment of Allot Service Gateway to date. In the current deployment, the Allot solution is being installed with local operators in a number of countries which collectively service more than 60 million voice subscribers....

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Teknovus Demonstrates 10G-EPON with DOCSIS Mediation Layer

Teknovus is demonstrating its integrated 10G-EPON/DML solution at this week's CableLabs Summer Conference in Keystone, Colorado.Teknovus' DML middleware enables preservation of the MSO's system integration model and all back-office systems. New FTTx-based services can be provisioned and managed using the DOCSIS and PacketCable architecture, eliminating the rewriting of subscriber provisioning and management systems and costly retraining."The 10G-EPON standard is nearing ratification by the IEEE," stated Dr. Glen Kramer, Teknovus Chief Scientist...

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Union Ratifies Wireline Agreement in AT&T's Western Region

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced a labor agreement AT&T West covering about 23,000 CWA-represented workers in California, Nevada and Hawaii.Bargaining is continuing for about 70,000 CWA-represented members at AT&T. These negotiations include AT&T East (CWA District 1), Southeast (District 3), Southwest (District 6), and AT&T Legacy, a nationwide unit. http://www.cwa-union....

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Union Ratifies Wireline Agreement in AT&T's Midwest Region

Unionized wireline employees in AT&T's Midwest Region (CWA District 4) have voted to ratify a three-year agreement with the company. The agreement covers about 18,500 Communications Workers of America (CWA) members in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin. The contract expired on April 4 and employees have worked under the terms of the expired contract while negotiations continued."We applaud the negotiating teams in District 4 for...

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Italy's Wind and FASTWEB Sign Network Sharing Deal

Wind and FASTWEB, both broadband operators in Italy, announced a network sharing agreement concerning local loop unbundled (LLU) exchanges and fiber-optic infrastructure. The aim of the agreement is to rationalize network costs following recent decisions on unbundling fees.The companies noted that as a result of the increase in unbundling fees applied by Telecom Italia, the alternative fixed-line operators are having difficulty in undertaking further...

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Motorola to Build DVB-H Network for Info-TV-FM in Poland

Motorola has been selected by INFO-TV-FM to design and deploy a mobile TV network in Poland. The Motorola Mobile TV solution, comprising video headend and transmitters, is based on DVB-H and OMA BCAST standards and utilizes Motorola's extensive service capabilities to accelerate the delivery of rich media experiences. It will be deployed in Warsaw and 9 other Polish cities, by the end of 2009. Financial terms were not disclosed.INFO-TV-FM will provide a wholesale mobile TV and radio offering to service providers in Poland. "This is the first...

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Sunrise Telecom Appoints New CEO

Sunrise Telecom announced the appointment of Bahaa Moukadam as the company's new CEO. Paul Marshall, the company's co-founder and former CEO, has been appointed to the position of chief technology officer. Lyron Bentovim, director and former head of the company's strategy committee, has been appointed to the position of chief operating officer.Moukadam previously was the company's vice president of marketing. Prior to Sunrise Telecom, he spent more than 18 years at Spirent Communications, Hewlett Packard and Wandel & Goltermann (now part...

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FCC Launches National Broadband Plan Notice of Inquiry

The FCC launched its sixth inquiry for Congress into the state of broadband in the U.S. -- an inquiry that this year is intertwined with the agency's larger effort to create a National Broadband Plan.Congress has mandated that the FCC develop a comprehensive National Broadband Plan by Feb. 17, 2010 and that it improve its broadband data collection. http://www.fcc....

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