Aviat Networks Cites Component Shortages

Aviat Networks updated its revenue guidance for the fiscal fourth quarter ending July 2, 2010, saying it now expects revenue to be in the range of $115 - $120 million. The company attributed the revenue shortfall from previous expectations primarily to component shortages and unexpected delays during the transition from in-house to contract manufacturing.Chuck Kissner, Chairman and CEO of Aviat Networks, commented, "The Board of Directors and I are...

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BT Announces Union Agreement

BT announced an agreement with the CWU labour union specifying a new pay package for team members. This package, which has been agreed by the union's executive, will now be recommended to union members in a consultative ballot. This ballot will take place within the next few weeks.Having failed to reach agreement on a one or two year deal, the two sides have instead agreed on an unprecedented thirty nine month deal that will take both sides through...

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Broadvox Partner with Grandstream on SMB IP Communications

Broadvox, which delivers SIP Trunking, SIP origination and termination services, and hosted communications for SMBs, is now supporting Grandstream Networks' new GXV3140 IP Multimedia CPE device with its Broadvox GO! SIP Trunking service. This enables Small to Medium Businesses (SMBs) and enterprises to easily add video and telepresence throughout their organization. With a 4.3" digital color LCD screen, the "always-on" GXV3140 has an integrated...

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Japan's OKI Develops GPS+Twitter Emergency Response Network Service

OKI Consulting Solutions has launched a "TweetLine@saigai" an application and service for the Japanese market intended for use during disasters (Saigai means "disaster" in Japanese). The application provides timely disaster and evacuation information to residents and disaster victims based on a smartphone's GPS data and Twitter. To use the service, residents download the TweetLine@saigai application from the application stores for compatible smartphones....

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Ericsson: 5 Billion Mobile Subscriptions, +2M per Day

There are now more than 5 billion mobile subscriptions in service and the world is adding about 2 million new mobile users per day, according to the latest market analysis from Ericsson.According to Ericsson estimates based on industry information, the 5 billionth subscription was added Thursday, July 8.Some other notes:In the year 2000, about 720 million people had mobile subscriptions, less than the amount of users China alone has today.Mobile...

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Main One Cable Goes Live with Terabit Capacity for W. Africa

Main One Cable has activated commercial service on its new 7,000 km undersea cable connecting West Africa to Europe. The terabit capacity cable has landing stations in Nigeria and Ghana and branching units in Morocco, Canary Islands, Senegal and Ivory Coast. The company, which is wholly African, calculates that its cable offer more than ten times the bandwidth of what was previously available. Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications (SubCom) was...

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