France Telecom Reaches 189 Million Customers, Revenue Declines

France Telecom reported revenues of EUR 38.1 billion for the first nine months of 2009, an increase of 0.4% excluding the impact of regulatory measures (down 1.6% on a comparable basis). EBITDA margin was 35.1%, down 0.7 points compared with the first nine months of 2008 as the company trimmed spending. The ratio of CAPEX to revenues was 9.8%, down 1.8 points compared with the first nine months of 2008 (11.6%). Q3 revenues were 12.686 billion...

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Packet Design Signs OEM with Juniper

Packet Design has signed an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Juniper Networks. Specifically, Juniper will integrate Packet Design's route analytics products into the new Juniper Networks Junos Space network application platform. The new Route Analyzer product will provide management visibility that helps network engineers with troubleshooting, monitoring and planning for large IP/MPLS networks.http://www.packetdesign....

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CableLabs Issues Technical RFI For Online TV Service

CableLabs issued a request for information (RFI) to define elements for a common technical approach that would enable consumers to have secure on-line access to subscription video services delivered by any provider. Cable operators are currently testing such services. These include "TV Everywhere" by Time Warner Cable and "On Demand Online" by Comcast. Cablelabs said it is seeking to define the technical requirements and architecture necessary...

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Juniper Opens Junos Space and Junos Pulse to Developers

Juniper Networks unveiled an open cross-network software platform that allows customers to directly program multiple layers of their networks for rich user experiences, smart economics and fast time to market. This is accomplished using Juniper's Junos network operating system, a new "Junos Space" network application platform and a new "Junos Pulse" integrated network client.Juniper first opened up the Junos operating system in 2007, delivering a...

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Juniper Boosts MX Edge Routers with 3D Cards -- Outlines Project Falcon

Juniper Networks will leverage its new Trio silicon to bring "3D" scaling to create a new class of "universal" edge routing. This is accomplished with new modular line cards, new applications and new metro aggregation routers for its existing MX Series of routers. The new 3D line cards will double capacity for the MX240 model, or triple capacity for the MX480 and MX960. This pushes the maximum edge routing capacity of the MX960 to 2.6 Tbps per...

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Sprint Subscriber Loss Narrows in Q3, Data ARPU Up

Sprint Nextel reported Q3 net operating revenues of $8.0 billion, a net loss of $478 million and a diluted loss per share of 17 cents. The company generated free cash flow of $664 million in the quarter and $2.1 billion year-to-date in 2009. As of September 30, 2009, the company had $5.9 billion in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments and $1.6 billion in borrowing capacity available under its revolving bank credit facility, for total...

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Bytemobile and Camiant Test Mobile Broadband Interoperability

Bytemobile and Camiant announced a joint interoperability partnership that will focus on integrating Bytemobile's Unison Mobile Internet Platform and Camiant's Multimedia Policy Engine (MPE) to deliver intelligent traffic management solutions for mobile broadband services including LTE. Bytemobile and Camiant solutions are compliant with the Policy and Charging Control (PCC) architecture defined by 3GPP. These solutions enable operators to provide:Tiered...

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Motorola Posts Q3 Sales of $5.5 Billion, Returns to Profit

Motorola reported Q3 sales of $5.5 billion and GAAP earnings from continuing operations of $12 million, or $0.01 per share. Total cash at the end of the third quarter was $7.2 billion, an increase of $700 million compared to the end of the second quarter. The Company generated $616 million of positive operating cash flow during the quarter and expects to continue to generate positive cash flow in the fourth quarter.Some highlights:Mobile Devices segment sales were $1.7 billion, down 46 percent compared to the year-ago quarter. The GAAP operating...

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Eutelsat's Tooway Satellite Selected for Ireland's National Broadband Scheme

Eutelsat's satellite broadband service has been chosen under Ireland's National Broadband Scheme to deliver broadband to homes and businesses in rural Ireland.Tooway distributor Satellite Broadband Ireland will deliver the service under its recently won contract from 3, the leading Irish mobile broadband provider running the National Broadband Scheme on behalf of the Irish Government. Under the scheme, Tooway's satellite broadband service will be...

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NSN Tests LTE interoperability with four Device Vendors

Nokia Siemens Networks is conducting end-to-end LTE interoperability testing with four leading device vendors across several frequency bands, including AWS, 700 MHz and 2100 MHz. The tests cover several steps in end-to-end network configuration based on commercial LTE hardware, including the Flexi Multiradio Base Station and the Evolved Packet Core, and standard compliant software. Nokia Siemens Networks recently completed successful calls with end...

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Juniper Outlines Vision for the "New Network"

In what it describes as the most significant product and technology launch in its 12-year history, Juniper Networks unveiled new software, silicon, systems and partnerships designed to propel the "new network" for enterprise and service provider customers.The launch event, which coincides with the Internet's 40th anniversary, outlines a future of networking that is open, scalable, simple, secure and automated to address the exploding scale of Internet...

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Juniper's Junos Trio Chipset with 3D Scaling Packs 1.5 Billion Transistors

Representing its fourth generation of purpose-built silicon, Juniper Networks unveiled its "Junos One" family of processors that will be embedded into a broad array of Juniper's future routing, switching and security products. The first product in the set is the "Junos Trio" chipset that features 3D Scaling technology that enables networks to scale dynamically for more bandwidth, subscribers and services while using half as much power per gigabit....

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