Telekenex Selects Level 3 for Gigabit Ethernet Services

Telekenex, a San Francisco-based provider of a variety of managed IP-based voice and data communications services, selected Level 3 Communications to provide private line and Ethernet-based high-speed Internet services. Level 3's connections enable Telekenex to connect all of its locations via a private high-speed network, and also allow the company to deliver to its customers network connectivity up to 10 Gbps - enough capacity to transport 128 simultaneous high-definition video downloads per second - supported by Level 3 service level agreements....

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Alcatel-Lucent Builds Network for Uzbekistan-China Gas Pipeline

Alcatel-Lucent announced a US$26 million contract with JV Asia TransGas, an Uzbek oil and gas pipeline operator, to build up a communication infrastructure for the 500-km long Uzbekistan-China gas pipeline (UCGP). Alcatel-Lucent‘s solution, which will be installed by the end of summer 2009, will provide ATG with new and enhanced functionalities for video conferencing, surveillance (CCTV) and perimeter alarm. It will also enable Uzbekistan to modernize its national gas pipeline infrastructure. Alcatel-Lucent will supply a turnkey, integrated communications...

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Dell'Oro: Optical Market Grows 11% in Q2

The worldwide optical market grew 11 percent quarter-over-quarter (Q/Q) in the second quarter this year, according to a newly published report by Dell'Oro Group. The Asia Pacific region contributed most of this sequential growth and was the largest region contributing nearly 40 percent of the worldwide revenues in the quarter."An 11 percent growth following a near historic sequential decline in the first quarter of the year gives me confidence that...

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Soubelet Appointed CEO of Alcatel-Lucent / Bharti Airtel JV

Arnaud Soubelet has been appointed CEO of Alcatel-Lucent Network Management Services India Ltd (ALNMSI), the joint venture between Alcatel-Lucent and Bharti Airtel. The joint venture will manage Bharti Airtel's pan India wireline broadband and telephone services. It will also support their transition to next generation networks (NGN) to offer advanced services like high-speed internet, triple play, media-rich value-added services, MPLS, virtual private networks (VPN) for both retail and business customers of Airtel. The new entity which began pan...

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ZTE Posts 40% Annual Growth in 1H09, Driven by China's 3G Rollout

ZTE reported revenue of RMB27.7 billion in the first half year of 2009, representing an increase of 40.4% against the same period of 2008. Net profit was RMB780 million, a year-on-year growth of 40.5 %. Basic earnings per share were RMB 0.45. ZTE said it benefited from the full-scale construction of 3G networks in China, recording operating revenue of RMB14.95 billion in the domestic Chinese market, representing a year-on-year growth of 111.7%....

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Klausner Launches Visual Voicemail Suits Against Cisco, Avaya

Klausner Technologies filed lawsuits against Cisco Systems and Avaya, asserting that each of the companies' Visual Voicemail services infringe its Visual Voicemail patents. Klausner Technologies currently has 24 Visual Voicemail patent licensees, including major U.S. and European wireless service providers, cell phone manufacturers, cable/VOIP providers as well as other providers of Visual Voicemail services. The suit has been filed in federal court in the eastern district of Texas by the California law firm of Dovel & Luner. http://www....

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JDSU Introduces 100 Gigabit Ethernet Test Suite

JDSU introduced a set of 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GE) test solutions for 100GE component developers, network equipment designers and service providers. The JDSU suite evaluates and verifies components, sub-assemblies and network equipment. Additionally, it helps service providers ensure reliable performance on new network builds.Specifically, JDSU solutions support 100GE physical layer test including photonic and electrical signal testing as well as protocol testing for layers 1, 2 and 3. The full test solution includes:The JDSU ONT 100G Module...

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Optisense Selects TI's Processing and Analog Tech

Optisense Network has selected Texas Instruments' embedded processing and analog technology as the preferred solution for its primary measuring units (PMU), which provide electricity line monitoring for utility companies.. TI's microcontroller and high-performance analog technology enables real-time visibility of primary voltage lines. The PMU can be configured for primary metering, distribution automation, outage restoration, energy efficiency and power quality. The combination of Optisense's optical sensors and PMUs provides utilities with greater...

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In-Stat: 54 Million Free-To-Air Analog Mobile TV Users This Year

The worldwide user base of free-to-air analog mobile TV service will surpass 54 million consumers in 2009 and this number is expected to grow 6x to 300 million users by 2013. According to a free whitepaper released by Telegent Systems, which supplies components for mobile TV handsets, and In-Stat, more than 85% of the world's population will continue to have access to analog signals for the next several years or longer. In-Stat expects free-to-air...

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Tata Communications to Offer HyperOffice Collaboration Suite

Tata Communications will offer the HyperOffice collaboration suite to its high-speed data and voice enterprise customers.Tata Communications offers Internet services in India under the Tata Indicom brand name to business subscribers, including online backup, security, web conferencing, business email, hosting, high speed broadband, dial-up Internet, net telephony and Wi-Fi. Tata Communications plans to deploy a private-labeled version of HyperOffice to its subscribers in the third quarter of 2009. http://www.hyperoffice.com http://www.tatacomm...

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Verizon Expands Encryption Services for SMBs

Verizon is expanding its encryption service to cover documents as well as e-mail. The new service, Encrypted Docs, enables the user to encrypt files and folders and determine who can access, read and write to the file or folder, enforcing privacy policies. Encrypted Mail service, which has been available since December 2005, verifies and authenticates that the message has not been altered, allows it to be opened only by the intended recipient, and allows users to lock e-mail that they receive so it cannot be viewed by others.Both services are...

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NSN Adds Spradley to Board, Builds LTE Center in Dallas

Sue Spradley, who heads Nokia Siemens Networks' North American region, will join the company's executive board, effective immediately. Spradley will continue to report to Bosco Novak, chief of market operations. In addition, Nokia Siemens Networks is establishing a center of competence in Dallas dedicated to Long Term Evolution (LTE). The center will employ approximately 500 people, consisting of both existing employees and new hires. The Dallas area was chosen thanks to the company's strong existing presence and its proximity to major customers....

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Chelsio Announces New 10 GbE Adapters

Chelsio Communications announced six new Unified Wire 10Gb Ethernet adapters based on its T3 architecture and Terminator 3 ASIC, which enables simultaneous support of iSCSI, RDMA and TCP/IP traffic across a single device.The new products include the first Unified Wire adapter based on the PCI Express Gen 2 8x host bus interface and both single-port and dual-port adapters based on the 10GBASE-T standard.  Additionally, Chelsio is delivering a bypass and firewall adapter, a device that features four operational modes to ensure business continuity. ...

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Verizon Business and Akamai Enhance Online Services for QuestNet

QuestNet Limited, which provides an e-commerce platform to more than 5 million sellers of consumer goods worldwide, has selected Verizon Business and Akamai Technologies to enhance the performance and security of the company's expanding portfolio of online services. Verizon Business' professional services team conducted a full audit of the Hong Kong-based company's infrastructure.  Verizon then developed solutions in two areas: application...

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