ZTE Readies 10G EPON platform for U.S. Market

At last week's Cable Show in Los Angeles, ZTE introduced a 10G Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) solution for U.S. multiple system operator (MSO). The solution provides a network overlay solution for MSOs to offer business Ethernet services cost effectively. The system, which has already undergone testing by one major U.S. operator, In order to meet growing demand to support services that require much higher bandwidth such as 3DTV, virtual meetings and new cloud computing based applications, MSOs will be required to upgrade their infrastructure...

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Cavium's OCTEON II Leverage 8 to 32-cores for L3-L7 Processing

Cavium Networks introduced its latest generation technology integrating 8 to 32 enhanced MIPS64 cores with up to 48GHz of 64 bit compute power in a single chip combined with over 85 L3-L7 application and security acceleration engines, virtualization features, 100Gbps of connectivity, and a new "Real Time Power Optimizer" that dynamically adjusts power depending upon the application-level processing requirement. This level of processing power enables...

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Ukraine's ETHER Demos DVB-SH with Alcatel-Lucent

The Ukrainian Television and Radio Company ETHER has successfully completed field tests of the DVB-SH format (Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite services on Handhelds) using the UHF band -- a band typically used for residential television broadcasting and mobile broadcasting DVB-H. This test, which was conducted with Alcatel-Lucent, showed an increase of coverage by DVB-SH through the UHF band compared with legacy DVB-H networks and technologies.ETHER is Ukrainian telecommunication operator with a license for digital broadcasting in the DVB-H...

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Fanfare Enhances its Flagship Test Automation

Fanfare rolled out a series of enhancements for its flagship test automation product, which is used by service providers (SPs), network equipment manufacturers (NEMs), and enterprises to accelerate the testing of new systems and services. Fanfare's iTest provides a unified approach for rapidly developing, automating, and maintaining test cases. Among the new features in iTest 4.0 is an Activity-Based User Interface (UI), which streamlines controls...

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Alcatel-Lucent and Aruba Networks Collaborate in China

Aruba Networks will collaborate with Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell to deliver secure mobility solutions to enterprises, vertical markets, service providers and government agencies throughout China. Under the deal, Alcatel-Lucent will deliver to carriers and enterprises in China complete Wi-Fi solutions, remote access, and network management solutions sourced from Aruba. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com http://www.arubanetworks....

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Verizon Business Pushes Ahead with Security-as-a-Service

Verizon Business introduced its new global, cloud-based security-as-a-service portfolio that offers enterprises the ability to quickly add security services without deploying premises-based equipment. Thee Security-as-a-Service is enabled and delivered via the company's global IP network. Verizon Business will continue to offer on-premise managed security, as well as a hybrid of the new cloud-based service and traditional security appliances."Our...

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Veraz Networks and Dialogic to Merge

Veraz Networks and Dialogic will merge into a single company focused on communications products and services for the telecommunications service provider and enterprise markets. Under the deal, Veraz will issue shares of its common stock to each Dialogic shareholder so that following the closing of the transaction, Dialogic shareholders will own approximately 70% and Veraz shareholders will own approximately 30% of the merged company. Veraz Networks, which trades on NASDAQ, supplies application, control, and bandwidth optimization products for...

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WiMAX Forum Selects Mformation Service Manager

The WiMAX Forum has selected Mformation Service Manager for its OMA DM certification platform for 4G WiMAX devices. The Mformation solution is the central reference point as part of the WiMAX Forum's comprehensive Open Retail Initiative that tests and certifies WiMAX devices for service activation and remote management.Mformation's solutions for OMA DM device management, as specified by the Open Mobile Alliance, allow operators to automatically configure...

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Boingo Wi-Fi Integrated in Samsung Digital Camera

Samsung plans to introduce Wi-Fi enabled digital cameras that are pre-loaded with Boingo software. This will allow customers to connect to 125,000 Boingo Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide for on-the-go photo and video sharing. Customers receive the first three months of Boingo free and after that, they will have to subscribe to Boingo Mobile, a $7.95 monthly plan for unlimited Wi-Fi access to 125,000 locations worldwide. http://www.boingo....

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Verizon Prepares for Europe India Gateway Submarine Cable

Verizon Business confirmed plans to expand its converged packet architecture (CPA) network in Europe this year, adding locations in Germany (Hamburg and Munich) and in the Netherlands (Rotterdam) to the 127 sites already on the global CPA network. An ULH expansion has already been completed throughout France, and the company is focused on a 1,300-kilometer ULH expansion project in the United Kingdom and a new diverse link between Europe and the...

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Verizon Business Launches FMC in Europe, Leverages BroadSoft

Verizon Business has rolled out a Global Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) service in Europe that helps businesses to improve the efficiency of their employees by enabling them to be accessible via one phone number for both their mobile and fixed phone. Verizon Business has extended its use of BroadSoft's BroadWorks Mobility Suite to help power the new service. Software from MobileMax determines cost-effective routing for mobile calls. The service...

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McAfee Restructures Around End-to-End Protection with Multiple Delivery Options

McAfee announced a new alignment of its business units and their solutions to better deliver end-to-end protection. The new solutions will consist of unified products that include a combination of on-premise software, gateway appliances and cloud-based Security-as-a-Service. McAfee core technologies, including the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator platform, and its Global Threat Intelligence, will play a key role in each business solution. Key areas...

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Cisco's Quarterly Revenues Reach $10.3 Billion, up 27% YoY

Cisco reported quarterly revenue of $10.4 billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $2.2 billion or $0.37 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $2.5 billion or $0.42 per share.At the end of its third quarter of fiscal 2010, Cisco had $39.1 billion of cash and cash equivalents, compared with $35.0 billion at the end of fiscal 2009, and compared with $39.6 billion at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2010."Our...

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Sprint to Release HTC EVO 4G Phone on June 4

Sprint confirmed that it will begin selling HTC's Android-based EVO 4G phone on June 4 for $199.99; mobile hotspot capability for up to eight devices tethered to the phone is priced at $29.99 per month.The HTC EVO 4G operates in both the 3G network and Sprint's WiMAX network. The handset will also support a new video chat service from Qik. The two-way voice and video capability will be available as an upgrade to the preloaded Qik app on HTC EVO...

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Russia's Sky Link Upgrades with Alcatel-Lucent's 3G/CDMA2000 1x-EVDO Rev B

Sky Link, the largest CDMA operator in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), has selected Alcatel-Lucent to introduce 3G/CDMA2000 1x-EVDO Revision B radio access functionality in its network. As part of the agreement Sky Link is also planning to upgrade currently operating EV-DO network in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Krasnodar. Due to be deployed in 2010, Alcatel-Lucent will equip the mobile operator's existing CDMA base stations...

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GreenTouch Consortium Opens its Membership

Ahead of a general meeting next month in London (June 15-17), the GreenTouch consortium has opened its membership to new participants. The consortium, which was organized by Bell Labs, aims to create the technologies needed to make communications networks 1000 times more energy efficient than they are today. Specifically, the Green Touch initiative aims to develop and demonstrate fundamental technologies within five years that could lead to radical...

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Deutsche Telekom Posts Higher Q1 Profits, but T-Mobile USA Loses Subscribers

Deutsche Telekom's adjusted EBITDA increased by 1.6 percent YoY to EUR 4.9 billion in Q1 2010 as revenue was down 0.6 percent to EUR 15.8 billion."These results show that we got off to a good start in 2010," said René Obermann, CEO of Deutsche Telekom. "We have further stabilized our operations - in some cases achieving substantial improvements - and implemented important steps in our new strategy at the same time."Some highlights:Deutsche Telekom...

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