Dell'Oro: Huawei Gains Momentum in IPTV STB Market

The worldwide Set-top Box (STB) market fell 10 percent sequentially during the third quarter of this year to $2.6 billion, according to new figures from Dell'Oro Group. During the third quarter, vendors like Motorola and Cisco, who both have a high degree of exposure to the North American market, saw large contractions in IP STB unit shipments due to the decline in net subscriber additions. In China, Huawei continued its strong growth putting more...

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Kineto Announces VoLGA Access Network Controller

Kineto Wireless released new software for its access gateway solution which supports the VoLGA Forum's specification for extending voice and SMS services over LTE networks. Kineto said its VoLGA access network controller is already installed and under test with a major mobile operator. VoLGA controllers connect to existing mobile switching centers (MSC) through standard network interfaces to enable delivery of the full range of basic telephony and intelligent network services operators expect and subscribers demand. In related news, Kineto...

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Aricent Unveils OSS / BSS Innovation Lab

Aricent announced a new facility and associated services aimed at helping service providers architect and implement the latest in multi-vendor Operational Support Systems (OSS) and Business Support Systems (BSS) technology. The company said its new Innovation Lab will help operators assess, develop and deploy new business models and improve the overall customer experience by implementing new OSS / BSS components in support of advanced services and...

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BT Launches OneVoice, Cloud-based Hosted Telephony with Cisco

BT and Cisco have launched a business-grade, global hosted IP Telephony service as part of BT's Onevoice UCC portfolio. BT is engaging closely with Cisco Services to build the underlying virtualized cloud infrastructure for service delivery.The hosted IP telephony service represents the world's first global offering based on Cisco Hosted UC services as the platform for collaborative voice communications. Available now in the UK, the hosted IPT...

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AT&T Approves First M2M All-Weather Device for Outside Billboards

AT&T has approved and certified the first all-weather programmable device for the outdoor advertising for operation over the AT&T wireless data network.OutdoorLink's SmartLink is a wireless, M2M lighting controller designed exclusively for the outdoor advertising industry. SmartLink enables outdoor companies to turn off remotely unsold faces plus track and monitor power outages, power restoration, bulb outages and daily proof of performance. It enables these advertising companies to remotely monitor and control utility consumption through...

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Broadcom Improves Bluetooth + Wi-Fi Co-Existence in Netbooks

Broadcom released a new version of its InConcert wireless technology that enables co-existence between Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in netbooks and notebooks. Broadcom said its new version of InConcert technology applies adaptive algorithms that identify wireless use cases to significantly improve 802.11n throughputs while servicing various Bluetooth devices.The connection requirements for various Bluetooth applications vary dramatically, with some requiring low latency and others needing a predetermined minimum throughput. Broadcom InConcert co-existence...

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AT&T Forms Sustainability Advisory Council on Greenhouse Gasses

AT&T has formed a business sustainability advisory council dedicated to the issue of greenhouse gas reduction in ICT operations. In addition to AT&T, representatives from the Carbon Disclosure Project, Cisco Systems, The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, the University of Colorado Denver, and University of Texas at Austin have agreed to join the AT&T Business Sustainability Advisory Council, with a number of additional...

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Broadband Forum Releases Global VDSL2 Test Suite

The Broadband Forum released three new technical reports to help telecom operators with their VDSL2 deployments. TR-114 provides a set of performance requirements and test methods that assure a consistent level of performance between the DSLAM in the network and the Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) -- giving providers a high confidence level when deploying VDSL2 multi-play services such as IPTV. Essentially, TR-114 sets the performance requirements...

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Romtelecom Outsources Field Operations to Ericsson

Romtelecom, Romania's largest wireline operator, will outsource its field operations to Ericsson. Under a five year managed services agreement, Ericsson will be responsible for corrective and preventive field maintenance of switching and power systems. As a result of the agreement, about 400 employees from Romtelecom will be transferred to Ericsson. Financial terms were not disclosed.Ericsson noted that the contract marks its first managed services...

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Verizon's Growth Prospects in 2010

Verizon's CapEx for the first nine months of 2009, including incremental spending related to Alltel, totaled just below $12.5 billion, said John KillianChief Financial Officer of Verizon, speaking at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York this week. This is about 1% below last year. For the full-year, Verizon's CapEX should be about $17.4 million.Verizon's topline performance this year has been driven by wireless data....

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AT&T Pursues Higher Wireless Margins in Mid-40% Range

AT&T sees its significant opportunities ahead in consumer wireless service and U-verse TV service, said Ralph de la Vega, President and CEO of AT&T Mobility, speaking at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York.Despite the weak economic conditions, de la Vega said AT&T did a good job this year in adding wireless subscribers, growing the U-verse franchise and upgrading both its wireless and wireline network. He believes...

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