Netsnapper Builds Mobile Optimization Platform

San Jose, California-based Netsnapper has enhanced its mobile traffic optimization platform for services delivered with a data card or smart phone using Linux, Mac and Windows operating systems, and Symbian and WinMo Mobile Devices. Netsnapper claims its solution for data traffic optimization and compression can alleviate network traffic congestion for carriers and enterprises by up to 30%. The Netsnapper platform combines traffic optimization, seamless switching, data offload, session persistence, security and interface management. This company...

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Enablence Ships 120G Photonic Integrated Circuit

Ottawa-based Enablence Technologies, which supplies FTTH equipment as well as optical components and subsystems for access, metro and long-haul markets, has begun shipping its advanced PIC technology and products to a global tier-1 customer for its next generation Metro Optical Transport Network System. The tier-1 customer is using Enablence's Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) to achieve up to 120Gbps capacity per card. Enablence said its device significantly reduces power consumption and space requirements as well.Enablence's PIC technology...

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Atheros Reports Record Q2 Revenue of $238M, Acquisition of Opulan

Atheros Communications reported record Q2 2010 $238.2 million, up 11 percent compared to $214.7 million reported in the first quarter of 2010. Second quarter 2010 revenue increased 112 percent compared to $112.2 million reported in the second quarter of 2009. Net income (GAAP) was $29.7 million or $0.41 per diluted share. This compares to GAAP net income of $19.7 million or $0.27 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2010. Net loss in the second...

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Atheros Ships 500 Millionth Wi-Fi Chipset

Atheros Communications announced the shipment of its 500 millionth Wi-Fi chipset. The company said this milestone reflects its ability to scale its operations to serve multiple high volume markets. According to iSuppli, the wireless LAN (WLAN) semiconductor market quadrupled from 2003 to 2009 and will nearly triple again to reach $8.8 billion in 2014. http://www.atheros....

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Covad Selects ADTRAN Total Access 5000

ADTRAN announced that Covad has selected its Total Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform (MSAP) and NetVanta 800 Series network termination products for its Carrier Ethernet services. ADTRAN said its Total Access 5000 combined with the NetVanta 800 Series provides a highly scalable, fault-tolerant Ethernet access alternative to MLPPP technologies. The MEF-certified solution provides traffic management, QoS and measurement capabilities....

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Ericsson Wins Managed Services Contract with China Mobile Hebei

China Mobile Hebei, a provincial company of China Mobile, has selected Ericsson as a sole managed services partner for all its 22,000 2G/3G (GSM/TD-SCDMA) base station sites through a three-year field maintenance agreement. The Hebei province has a population of 70 million and China Mobile is the largest operator with 35 million subscribers. Financial terms were not disclosed.Ericsson has already begun providing the service for what is the largest...

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BT Outlines its National Smart Meter Rollout Bid

BT outlined its vision for how the UK should rollout a smart meter network to cover 28 million homes and small business properties by 2020 or sooner. BT is backing long range radio as the preferred technology because, unlike mobile, "it can provide truly nationwide coverage and dependable reception indoors." It also operates on dedicated licensed spectrum. The envisaged solution will create a dedicated network specifically for the smart metering...

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Aquantia Hits with 30nm 10GBASE-T PHYs

Aquantia, a start-up based in Milpitas, California, has demonstrated a 120-meter reach on a Category 6A cabling for its quad, dual and single-port 10GBASE-T PHYs. Aquantia said it partnered with Siemon to test its flagship 40nm 10GBASE-T PHYs across the wide range of copper cables typically deployed in enterprise and data centers. The tests were performed on cable configurations extending beyond the IEEE 802.3an standard of 55m on Cat 6 and 100m on Cat 6A and Cat 7, pushing the envelope to the maximum insertion loss defined by TIA standards. The...

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Dell to Acquire Ocarina Networks for Storage Optimization

Dell agreed to acquire Ocarina Networks, a start-up based in San Jose, California, for an undisclosed sum.Ocarina offers online storage optimization technology, including compression and deduplication . The content-aware optimization technology enables customers to reduce storage space requirements and the amount of redundant data. Ocarina Networks was founded in 2007.After closing, Dell plans to maintain and invest in additional engineering and sales capability. There are no plans to move the current operations. http://www.dell.com http://www.ocarinanetworks.comOcarina...

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Mu Dynamics Scales Network Testing

Mu Dynamics has enhanced its IP testing suite with new capabilities that enable developers to simulate huge numbers of users, sessions and applications for next-generation network services.Mu's Active Service Replication (ASR) technology transforms the actual service interactions into parameterized test scenarios, which allows the testing of applications, services and the application-aware network. With this approach, customers can automatically...

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Zscaler Launches Integrated Email and Web Cloud Security Service

Zscaler, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, announced availability of an integrated email and web security service. Zscaler launched its cloud-delivered web security service in 2008. The company said it is now protecting millions of users in 140 countries. Zscaler has a presence in 40+ data centers globally.The new email security service provides protection against spam and malware. Key features include:Accurate filtering to block spam and phishingDeep protection against viruses and spyware before they enter the enterprise perimeterFlexible...

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TI Reports Higher Revenues, Profit

Texas Instruments reported Q2 revenue of $3.50 billion, net income of $769 million and earnings per share of 62 cents. TI's operating profit increased compared with the second quarter of 2009 and the prior quarter of 2010 due to higher gross profit, which primarily reflects higher revenue."Our Analog and Embedded Processing businesses turned in double-digit sequential growth, outpacing their respective markets and again confirming their ability to positively impact the financial performance of TI. As a result, we delivered our highest-ever quarterly...

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NSN to Acquire Motorola's Wireless Infrastructure Business for $1.2 Billion

Nokia Siemens Networks will acquire the majority of Motorola's wireless network infrastructure assets for US $1.2 billion in cash. The deal gives Nokia Siemens Networks incumbent relationships with more than 50 operators and to strengthen its position with China Mobile, Clearwire, KDDI, Sprint, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone.Based on revenue, with the addition of the Motorola wireless network infrastructure business, Nokia Siemens Networks will become...

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