Alcatel-Lucent's EPC Breaks 100 Gbps Barrier in Ixia Test

Alcatel-Lucent's Evolved Packet Core (EPC) solution broke the 100 Gbps barrier for mobile gateway performance in a test performed with Ixia.A set of two Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Routers, deployed in the role of LTE/EPC Serving Gateway and Packet Data Network (PDN) gateway, were stressed using Ixia's IxLoad application and Acceleron load modules and successfully passed multimedia traffic over simultaneous 80 Gbps downstream and 20 Gbps upstream links. Ixia IxLoad application and Acceleron load modules generated and tested a continuous flow of...

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Overture Raises $17.2 Million for Carrier Ethernet

Overture Networks has closed an additional $17.2M round of equity funding to support its Carrier Ethernet offerings.Overture Networks supplies Carrier Ethernet edge and aggregation equipment to more than 225 service providers and enterprise customers worldwide. Its ISG family can deliver Carrier Ethernet over fiber, SONET/SDH, and TDM/PDH. The privately-held company is based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina with a technology center in Richardson, Texas. The new round of funding was lead by QuestMark Partners, who joins existing investors,...

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Level 3 Delivers Managed Video Network for ABC

Level 3 Communications will provide its Managed Video Network Services (MVNS) platform to ABC News locations in New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., allowing the broadcaster to move more video and data content. Under a three-year contract, Level 3 will install its MVNS offering at each of the ABC News Bureau locations. The broadcaster will have direct access to Level 3's Tier 1 Internet backbone allowing transmission of both video and data from a single platform. Level 3 will also provide Ethernet Virtual Private Line network (EVPL)....

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PMC-Sierra Posts Revenues of $153 Million, Up 49%

PMC-Sierra reported Q1 net revenues of $152.8 million, a year-over-year increase of 49% compared with $102.6 million in the first quarter of 2009, and 9.5% higher than revenues of $139.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2009.Net income in the first quarter of 2010 on a GAAP basis was $27.0 million (GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.12) compared with a GAAP net loss in the first quarter of 2009 of $3.9 million (GAAP loss per share of $0.02). Non-GAAP net income in the first quarter of 2010 was $43.5 million (non-GAAP diluted earnings per share...

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Nokia Siemens Networks Announces EUR 750 Million Contracts in China

Nokia Siemens Networks has signed frame agreements with China Mobile and China Unicom to continue purchasing GSM, WCDMA and TD-SCDMA mobile network equipment and solutions. The two Chinese operators signed similar agreements last year as part of the China-Europe Purchasing delegation. Under the scope of the current agreements, China Mobile plans to purchase Nokia Siemens Networks' GSM and TD-SCDMA network equipment, and its IP Multimedia Subsystem...

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Gigamon Introduces Smaller Data Access Switch for Monitoring Tools

Gigamon introduced an entry level version of its Data Access Switch, which aggregates, multicasts, filters and divides traffic flows across multiple passive monitoring tools. The GigaVUE-212 is a modular packet-aware Data Access Switch with much of the same functionality as the company's existing platforms. It offers an eight 1GE ports and two 10GE ports with an optional expansion module for support of another four 1GE ports. Gigamon's data access...

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AT&T Wi-Fi Network Sees 5X Traffic Growth in Q1 YoY

AT&T reported that use of its more than 20,000 U.S. Wi-Fi hotspots surged to 53.1 million connections in the first quarter. This is nearly five times higher than the 10.7 million connections made in the first quarter last year, and more than half of the 85.5 million total Wi-Fi connections made in 2009. The Wi-Fi network is designed to complement AT&T's wireless and wired broadband networks. At the end of the first quarter, nearly 32 million...

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Vitesse Introduces EcoEthernet Technology Exceeding 802.3az

Vitesse Semiconductor introduced its second generation "EcoEthernet" technology, with power-saving features exceeding the IEEE's 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet standards. EcoEthernet 2.0 silicon, which is designed for enterprise LAN, data center and carrier Ethernet switches, optimizes performance for all link speeds, while providing unique energy-saving capabilities for temperature monitoring, smart fan control, and adjustable LED brightness....

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Verizon: Wireless Data Grows as Other Areas Slow

Verizon Communications reported Q1 2010 financial results in line with expectations with its strongest area of growth in wireless data services, FiOS and broadband, as traditional services declined and subscriber growth slowed. Verizon Wireless recorded 1.5 million total net customer additions for Q1 2010. Verizon's total operating revenues were $26.9 billion in the first quarter of 2010, an increase of 1.2 percent compared with the first quarter...

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Nokia: SmartPhone Sales Rise, NSN is Profitable

Citing tough competition in high-end mobile devices, Nokia reported Q1 2010 net sales of EUR 9.5 billion, up 3% year-on-year and down 21% sequentially (up 1% and down 21% at constant currency).. Nokia continues to expect industry mobile device volumes to be up approximately 10% in 2010, compared to 2009 (based on its revised definition of the industry mobile device market applicable beginning in 2010).For Nokia Siemens Networks, first quarter 2010...

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CenturyTel to Acquire Qwest -- Presence in 37 States

CenturyLink (CenturyTel) will acquire Qwest Communications in a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction valued at $22.4 billion, including net debt of $11.8 billion. Under the deal, Qwest shareholders will receive 0.1664 CenturyLink shares for each share of Qwest common stock they own at closing. Upon closing of the transaction, CenturyLink shareholders are expected to own approximately 50.5 percent and Qwest shareholders are expected to own approximately...

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