Juniper and Polycom Partner on Video Conferencing

Juniper Networks and Polycom announced an alliance focused on telepresence and video conferencing services. Scheduled for release in mid 2010, the alliance will deliver an intelligent service provider solution that enables assured-quality managed video services over a converged network. The solution will use dynamic signaling between the Juniper network resource control platform and the Polycom video call control system. The companies said this level of integration will help drive costs out of the delivery of high-value telepresence. In addition...

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ITU-T Approves Data Link Layer of G.hn

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) has approved the Data Link Layer (DLL) of the G.hn standard.The G.hn standard is designed to deliver a unified technology for wired networking. With the Physical Layer, DLL and coexistence protocols essentially complete, G.hn will unify the networking of content and devices over any of wire -- phone line, power line and coax cable. With G.hn, service providers will be able to deploy new offerings, including IPTV, more cost effectively. In addition, the Smart Grid profile was advanced by the ITU...

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Alcatel-Lucent to Supply 3G UMTS/HSPA network in Mongolia

Mobicom, the largest mobile operator in Mongolia， has selected Alcatel-Lucent to deploy a 3G wireless broadband network. Specifically, Alcatel-Lucent will provide Mobicom with its advanced converged radio access network (RAN) portfolio to sustain the rapid increase of voice and data traffic and to enable Mobicom's smooth transformation to LTE. The solution also includes 3G UMTS/HSPA base stations (eNode Bs), radio network controller, network management...

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Windstream Readies $20 Million Fiber Expansion

Windstream disclosed plans to invest approximately $20 million in 2010 to expand its fiber network across its 16-state territory. Specifically, the project targets fiber-optic lines to cellular tower sites. http://www.windstream.com/businesshttp...

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Interphase Introduces Wireless Base Station AdvancedMC

Interphase introduced its iSPAN 36702 Wireless Base Station Module. It supports all of the functions of a Wireless Base Station except the radio and is designed for use as in LTE eNodeB and next generation WiMAX base stations. The iSPAN 36702 integrates LTE technology from Wintegra, Xilinx, and Aricent. It is designed for small wireless base stations serving up to 100 users in a single sector such as Picocells and Enterprise Femtocells. It supports:Wireless Control (MAC, RLC, PDCP, RRC) and LTE Protocols (S1-AP, X2-AP)Backhaul and Air interface...

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Mindspeed Posts Revenue of $37.0 million, up 7% Sequentially

Mindspeed Technologies reported quarterly revenue of $37.0 million, up 7 percent from the prior fiscal quarter and up 21% over the same period last year. The company's non-GAAP gross margin was $23.6 million, or 63.7 percent of revenues.Revenues from multiservice access VoIP processor solutions contributed 38 percent product revenues and decreased 2 percent sequentially from the prior fiscal quarter, while revenues from high-performance analog products increased 11 percent sequentially from the prior fiscal quarter and represented 31 percent of...

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Cox Tests LTE in Phoenix and San Diego

Cox Communications announced the successful completion of voice calling and HD video streaming over LTE.Cox conducted the 4G trials in Phoenix and San Diego using AWS and 700 MHz spectrum that it acquired at Federal Communication Commission auctions in 2006 and 2008. Cox spent over $550 million for radio spectrum licenses to support its wireless plans, which include wireless broadband.Cox said that while it is testing 4G LTE technology in these markets,...

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Allot's Service Gateway Pushes 360 Gbps Throughput

Allot released a new software version for the Allot Service Gateway Sigma, which is a deep packet inspection (DPI) platform integrating network intelligence, policy control and revenue-generating services. The newly enhanced software for the SG-Sigma increases the platform's core competencies to offer mobile, fixed and converged network service providers better performance, steering and traffic capabilities. Tests conducted in December 2009 by the...

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BT Launches Fully-managed Automated Service for TANDBERG

BT Conferencing launched a fully-managed automated service for TANDBERG solutions.The One Source service combines TANDBERG's telepresence and video conferencing solutions with BT Conferencing's comprehensive management services to provide customers with an easy-to-use, reliable and cost-effective visual communication solution.BT One Source for TANDBERG is a service portfolio that allows customers to tailor TANDBERG telepresence and video conferencing...

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FCC Mourns Death of Former Commissioner Jim Quello

The FCC noted the passing of Jim Quello, who served as FCC Commissioner from 1974 until 1997. He was 95.In 1993, Quello served as the Acting Chairman of the FCC prior to the Senate confirmation of Reed Hundt. http://www.fcc....

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AT&T Wi-Fi Handles More Than 85 Million Connections in 2009

AT&T's customers made 85.5 million connections to the Internet in 2009 using the company's Wi-Fi network, four times the number of Wi-Fi connections made in 2008.In Q4 2009, AT&T customers made 35.3 million Wi-Fi connections - up 10 million connections from the third quarter of 2009. Fourth quarter connections also surpassed the number of connections made in the entire first half of 2009. Smartphones and integrated devices accounted for 72...

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Bridgewater's Policy Mgt Supports 3GPP Release 9 Standards

Bridgewater Systems announced enhancements to its Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) compliant Bridgewater Policy Controller for HSPA and LTE networks. These enhancements support new requirements defined in Release 9 of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). The new Bridgewater Policy Controller, which supports 3GPP PCRF Release 7, 8 and 9 standards on the same platform, provides real-time network, application, and subscriber policies...

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Apple Sells 8.7 million iPhones in Q4, up 100% year-over-year

Apple sold 8.7 million iPhones in Q4 2009, representing 100 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 21 million iPods during the quarter, representing an eight percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 3.36 million Macintosh computers during the quarter, representing a 33 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The iPhone represented $5.6 billion in revenue for the company during the quarter. Apple added 17 new mobile carrier partners in Q4 and the iPhone is now for sale in 86 countries. In a conference...

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Ericsson's Sales Decline, More Job Cuts Seen

Ericsson's sales in Q4 2009 declined 16% year-over-year for comparable units, i.e. excluding the recently acquired Nortel CDMA and LTE business in North America, and decreased 20% adjusted also for currency exchange rate effects and hedging. For the full year, sales for comparable units were stable but decreased 9% adjusted for currency exchange rate effects and hedging. Decreased sales in Networks were not fully offset by increased sales in Professional...

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HUGHES Passes 500,000 Broadband Satellite Subscribers

Hughes Network Systems has surpassed 500,000 North American subscribers to its HughesNet service. http://www.hughesnet.comIn June 2009, Hughes Network Systems unveiled plans to launch a next-generation, high throughput satellite in the first quarter 2012 to expand its HughesNet broadband Internet service across North America. The new satellite is being designed to deliver over 100 Gbps of aggregate throughput and use an enhanced version of the IPoS standard. It will also employ a multi-spot beam, bent pipe Ka-band architecture.Space Systems/Loral...

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