Europe Reaches Agreement on Telecoms Reform

The European Parliament and the European Council reached an agreement on a Telecoms package aimed at strengthening consumer protections in the broadband market. The full package of regulatory reform have been under discussion for years, but recently negotiations became snagged by the issue of copyright piracy.Under a compromise agreement over amendment 138, which had been the stumbling block, Internet users accused of copyright infringements cannot...

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Telefónica to Acquire Hansenet in Germany for EUR 900 Million

Telefónica will acquire Hansenet from Telecom Italia for EUR 900 million in cash. Telefónica will add new fixed and mobile subscribers, making Telefónica O2 Germany the number three player in the German telecommunications market. The combination of both companies annual revenue will amount to almost five billion euros. The transaction is subject to approval from the relevant competition authorities and is expected to be finalized during the first quarter of 2010.After the acquisition is finalized, Telefonica O2 Germany will add Hansenet's DSL...

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DT and FT Finalize Deal to Combine T-Mobile UK and Orange UK

Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom signed the final agreement to combine their UK operations, T-Mobile and Orange, into a 50:50 joint venture company. The deal was first announced on 8 September 2009. Completion is conditional upon approval by the relevant authorities and remains expected in the first half of 2010 as previously indicated. http://www.francetelecom.com http://www.telekom...

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Infinera Appoints VP of Sales for EMEA

Infinera named Chris Champion as its new Vice President of Sales, EMEA with responsibility for leading Infinera's sales activities in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa markets. Since joining Infinera in 2003, Mr. Champion has played a key role in building Infinera's European business. Previously, Champion held ales, marketing, and business development roles at Corvis Corporation and Nortel Networks. http://www.infinera....

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Telenor Norway Selects Starent for Packet Core

Telenor Norway has selected Starent Networks' multimedia core network equipment for the carrier's 2G, 3G/UMTS and 4G/LTE networks. Specifically, Telenor will deploy Starent's market-leading Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) and Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) for the 2G and 3G/UMTS networks and Mobility Management Entity (MME), Serving Gateway (SGW) and Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW) for the 4G/LTE network on the ST40 multimedia core platform. Additionally, Telenor's network will utilize Starent's Network-Based Traffic Optimization In-Line...

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Ericsson's CTO to Head company's Silicon Valley Operations

Håkan Eriksson, who currently serves as Ericsson's CTO, has been appointed to head the company's IP business in Silicon Valley. Eriksson will keep his current role as CTO (Chief Technology Officer) and head of Group Function Technology & Portfolio Management and will remain as member of the Group Management Team.Bert Nordberg, who previously held this position, has been newly appointed as President of Sony Ericsson. http://www.ericsson....

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Nokia Siemens Networks Partners with Neusoft in China

Nokia Siemens Networks and Neusoft agreed to expand their existing joint venture in China. The two companies will jointly address new and emerging market opportunities ranging from applications, security, service management, business support systems and customer relationship management, bundling their sales, development and delivery resources to strengthen the combined overall competitiveness of Nokia Siemens Networks and Neusoft. The entity is based in Dalian and will be able to build on the strong current basis the two mother companies have...

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Telefónica O2 Germany Activates 28 Mbps HSPA+ with Huawei

Telefónica O2 Germany has activated a mobile HSPA+ data network in an urban area of Munich offer download rates of up to 28 Mbps and upload rates of up to 5.76 Mbps. The network technology and the surfstick will be provided by O2' s partner Huawei Technologies. During the initial phase, signed O2 customers who work or live in the western urban area of Munich or around Munich's Marienplatz will be able to test the new mobile broadband internet. They...

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Huawei Completes TD-LTE Tests for 2010 Shanghai World Expo

Huawei's System Architecture Evolution solution has completed all mandatory and optional tests on the TD-LTE trial network for 2010 Shanghai World Expo. The tests were conducted by China Mobile Research Institute and Shanghai Mobile, a subsidiary of China Mobile, to evaluate the LTE/SAE solutions among all the leading vendors for deploying the commercial TD-LTE network for the coming event.Huawei said the core network tests verified the functionalities...

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UTStarcom Q3 Sales Fall to $70.5 Million

UTStarcom reported Q3 sales of $70.5 million as compared to $180.6 million in the third quarter of 2008. The decline in sales primarily reflects the China market's continued wind down of the PAS infrastructure and handset businesses. Gross margins for the third quarter of 2009 were 34% as compared to 32% in the third quarter of 2008. The third quarter 2009 operating expenses were $58.0 million compared to $92.2 million a year ago. The reduction in expenses primarily reflects the benefits of ongoing restructuring and cost cutting initiatives. The...

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Xelerated Supports Precision Time Protocol and Synchronous Ethernet in Silicon

Xelerated introduced a Precision Time Solution that enables its network processors and programmable Ethernet switching silicon to preserve synchronization in packet-based mobile backhaul links.Significantly, Xelerated's Precision Time Solution provides hardware and software support for both Precision Time Protocol (IEEE 1588 v1 and v2/2008) and Synchronous Ethernet (ITU G.8262). For maximum flexibility, the solution supports any type of synchronization...

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Codenomicon Releases Fuzzing Tool for Security Testing

Codenomicon released a general purpose fuzzing tool for testing communication interfaces. The new DEFENSICS Traffic Capture Fuzzer loads threat vectors from sources like network analyzers and vulnerability feeds, and automatically generates extensive tests to find zero-day threats in protocol implementations."In a matter of minutes from getting my hands on our Traffic Capture Fuzzer, I was already testing a wide range of proprietary protocols, which had always worried me, but for which Model-Based Fuzzers would have been impossible to create,"...

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Occam Posts Q3 Revenue of $21.7 million

Occam Networks reported Q3 revenue of $21.7 million, compared with revenue of $25.1 million for the same period a year ago and with revenue of $21.0 million for the second quarter of 2009. Third-quarter 2009 revenue reflected the impact of a revenue deferral of $1.3 million of some shipments due to the bankruptcy filing by FairPoint Communications on October 26, 2009. FairPoint has announced that it will continue operations uninterrupted during this process and Occam expects to supply product during the company's post-petition period. As reported...

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Veraz Posts Q3 Revenue of $18.7 Million, up 11% Sequentially

Veraz Networks reported Q3 revenues of $18.7 million, an 11% increase over the preceding quarter and a 19% decrease over the third quarter of 2008. On a GAAP basis, net loss was $(1.6 million), or $(0.04) loss per share, a 44% improvement over the preceding quarter, and an improvement over the loss of $(5.4 million) or $(0.13) loss per share reported in the third quarter of 2008. Gross margin was 64%, as compared to 54% for the preceding quarter and 59% for the third quarter of 2008.Our operations were profitable on a non-GAAP basis as we strengthened...

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Harris Stratex Networks' Revenue Falls to $120 Million

Harris Stratex Networks reported quarterly revenue of $120.0 million, compared with $195.8 million in the year ago period. GAAP net loss was $7.8 million or $0.13 per share, compared with a GAAP net income of $6.5 million or $0.10 per diluted share in the year ago quarter.Revenue in North America was $48.0 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2010, compared with $63.0 million in the year ago period. International revenue was $72.0 million, compared with $132.8 million in the year ago period. Network Operations revenue, which represented 2 percent...

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Clearwire Appoints New Execs for Corporate Strategy and Marketing

Clearwire announced the appointment of David D. Maquera as senior vice president and chief strategy officer, where he will be responsible for technology development, strategic planning and implementation. Maquera most recently served as vice president of strategic development for Cricket Communications/Leap Wireless, Inc., where he was responsible for delivering strategic initiatives to successfully drive the company's growth, including development of the wireless broadband product, strategic partnerships, and spectrum acquisitions. In eight years...

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