AT&T Teams with Apriva on Wireless Payments

AT&T is partnering with Apriva to offer a wireless payment application that transforms smartphones into point-of-sale devices that accept credit and debit card transactions. AT&T is the first wireless carrier to provide mobile point-of-sale solutions from Apriva.AprivaPay is a browser-based application that enables businesses to process credit and debit transactions through the browser of their mobile phones. AprivaPay Professional is a full...

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Alcatel-Lucent Releases Multimodal Communication App

Alcatel-Lucent released an iPhone Multimodal Communication Companion application for enterprise customers using its OmniPCX Office and the Extended Communication Server (ECS). The app extends Web 2.0 communications including multiple voice and data communication capabilities of a desk phone to an Apple iPhone, making it a fully featured unified communication client. There is a companion application designed for Apple Macs and PCs that brings this...

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NSN Supplies IPTV to HickoryTech

Nokia Siemens Networks is providing its multi-screen IPTV platform to HickoryTech, which an independent operator with networks in Minnesota and Iowa. NSN's new multi-screen IPTV platform includes an interactive applications toolkit based on Interactive Markup Language (IML). This toolkit enables personalized content such as live weather and stock market information to be accessed via onscreen widgets. The software facilitates faster development and...

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ADTRAN Supplies Total Access 5000 in Alaska

Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative, dba Copper Valley Telecom (CVT), a leading provider of communications services for Alaska's Valdez/Copper River Basin, has selected ADTRAN's Total Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform (MSAP) and Total Access 1124P OSP DSLAM for Broadband DLC and rural broadband expansion. Financial terms were not disclosed."The ADTRAN Total Access 5000 and Total Access 1124P solution allows us to provide Broadband services 70 miles from the nearest office and 85 kilofeet from the nearest commercial power...

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NetLogic Debuts 40 Gbps, MultiCore L2-L7 NPU

NetLogic Microsystems introduced its multi-core processing solution for advanced Layers 2-7 functions at 40Gbps wire-speed. The new NLX321103A device is aimed at complex networking functions such as deep packet content inspection, application-aware switching and routing, intrusion prevention (IPS), anti-virus/malware, network service management, packet ordering, parsing, IPv6/IPv4 forwarding, classification, IPSec/SSL encryption, ACL security, compression/decompression...

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Mammoth Networks Builds Line Aggregation Business

Mammoth Networks, a facilities-based aggregator of fiber and data circuits, today announced that it has surpassed 21,000 DSLs on its network and now supports more than 160 Service Providers across the United States. These milestones were achieved five years after starting the business.Mammoth Networks, which is based in Wyoming, combines Qwest DSL with T1s, DS3, OCn and GigE from multiple carriers to serve as a one-stop shop for full-service network...

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Calix Cites Broadband Stimulus Boom

Calix announced a contract to supply its Unified Access portfolio to XIT Rural Telephone Cooperative (XIT), which serves rural customers across the northwest Texas panhandle. XIT will leverage advanced fiber and copper access technologies to deliver a superior broadband services experience to underdeveloped parts of its access network. As part of the Broadband Stimulus program, XIT has been awarded a $3.1 million grant and $3.2 million in private...

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Boeing to Acquire Narus for CyberSecurity Systems

Boeing has agreed to acquire Narus, a privately-held provider of real-time network traffic and analytics software, for an undisclosed sum. The company is based in Sunnyvale, California and employs approximately 150 people globally. Narus' systems are used to protect against cyber attacks and persistent threats aimed at large Internet Protocol networks. Its NarusInsight system provides deep insight into multiple layers of IP network traffic in real...

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Bluetooth Adopts Low Energy Spec for Wireless Sensors

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has adopted low energy wireless technology within its Core Specification. This could open the market for low-energy Bluetooth wireless sensors for health care, sports and fitness, security, and home entertainment. Such sensors could be powered by long lasting coin-cell batteries that last for several years, while communicating with the millions of Bluetooth enabled mobile phones, PCs and PDAs that are...

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DragonWave Reports Quarterly Revenue of US$48.7 million

DragonWave reported revenue of US$48.7 million for its first quarter of fiscal 2011 (ended 31-May-2010), up 275% versus $13.0 million in Q1 FY2010 and $61.0 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010. Revenue from customers within North America was $42.9 million, compared with $10.5 million in the first quarter of the prior fiscal year. DragonWave had one major customer in the first quarter of fiscal year 2011 that generated 78% of revenue.Net income in the first quarter of fiscal year 2011 was $9.7 million or $0.26 per diluted share,...

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WSJ: NSA's "Perfect Citizen" CyberSecurity Program

The National Security Agency is launching a program called "Perfect Citizen" aimed at detecting large scale cyber attacks on key infrastructure across the country, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Raytheon is named as a key supplier for the program. http://www.wsj....

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