ADVA Optical Posts Revenue of EUR 68.6 million, Ahead of Expectations

ADVA Optical Networking announced Q2 2010 revenues of EUR 68.6 million, slightly above guidance of between EUR 63 million and EUR 68 million, up a significant 18.0% vs. Q2 2009 at EUR 58.2 million and up 8.6% vs. EUR 63.2 million reported in Q1 2010. IFRS pro forma operating income, excluding stock-based compensation and amortization & impairment of goodwill &acquisition-related intangible assets, amounted to EUR 1.9 million or 2.8% of revenues in Q2 2010, within guidance of between 1% and 5% of revenues. This compares to EUR 1.1 million...

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Qualcomm Reports Revenues $2.7 Billion, Record MSM Shipment

Qualcomm reported quarterly revenue of $2.71 billion, down 2 percent year-over-year and up 2 percent sequentially. Net income was $767 million, up 4 percent year-over-year and down 1 percent sequentially.CDMA-based Mobile Station Modem (MSM) shipments were approximately 103 million units, up 10 percent year-over-year and 11 percent sequentially."Our financial performance this quarter exceeded our prior expectations, driven by record MSM chipset shipments, favorable product mix and continued strong demand for 3G devices around the world," said...

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McCain and Lieberman Propose Giving 700MHz D-Block Spectrum to First Responders

U.S. Senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman introduced a bill that would give the public safety community the so-called "D-Block" spectrum, rather than allowing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to auction this spectrum to a commercial carrier. The FCC is slated to auction the D-Block in 2011. Specifically, the proposed First Responders Protection Act of 2010 would require the FCC to license the 700 MHz D-Block spectrum to the same "public safety broadband licensee" that holds the license for 10 MHz already allocated to public safety....

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Alcatel-Lucent Wins PON Contracts with China Mobile and China Telecom

Alcatel-Lucent confirmed that it has been selected by both China Mobile and China Telecom to deploy its Passive Optical Networks (PON)-based solutions for next-generation broadband services such as HDTV and high-speed Internet throughout China.China Mobile will deploy Alcatel-Lucent's fiber-based solutions in 14 provinces.China Telecom will deploy Alcatel-Lucent's fiber-based solutions in 18 provinces.Under the contracts, Alcatel-Lucent will deploy...

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Netflix Reaches 15 Million Subscribers as Streaming Grows

As of 30-June-2010, Netflix was serving approximately 15,001,000 total subscribers, representing 42 percent year-over-year growth from 10,599,000 total subscribers at the end of the second quarter of 2009 and 7 percent sequential growth from 13,967,000 subscribers at the end of the first quarter of 2010. The percentage of customers using its streaming service during the quarter rose to 61 percent compared to 37 percent for the same period of 2009...

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Telefónica I+D Outsources to Ericsson + Indra

Telefónica has agreed to a major network outsourcing agreement with Ericsson and Indra, a Spanish IT management firm based in Madrid.The agreement includes transfer of Telefónica's complete pre-paid billing assets, related operations support systems together with about 500 employees that develop, operate and maintain the solution that today serves about 100 million subscribers in the Telefónica Group. The assets will be transferred to Ericsson and...

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Lockheed Martin Tests Through-The-Earth Wireless Communications

Lockheed Martin is testing a "MagneLink" Magnetic Communication System (MCS) that transmits magnetic waves through the earth without wires. The system could be used by the mining industry to provide voice communication and texting for miners trapped following a collapse or other accident.Lockheed Martin said its portable, two-way, voice- and text-capable emergency communication system operates at ranges sufficient to communicate from the surface into deep underground mines."During the test, MagneLink MCS performed superbly," said Warren Gross,...

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Verizon Global Wholesale Expands its White-Label Offerings

Verizon Global Wholesale is expanding its portfolio of services to include two white-label, or non-branded, high-speed Internet (HSI) options.Starting immediately, wholesale customers can offer Verizon's DSL-based services -- Broadband Traffic Aggregation Service (BTAS) and InfoSpeed DSL Service -- under the customers' own branding.Verizon's BTAS offers a turnkey solution for national providers that want to offer an easy-to-implement HSI service...

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AT&T Wins $350 Million VPN Deal with U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

AT&T Government Solutions was awarded a task order worth up to $350 million to provide Managed Security Services and deploy a VPN for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Data Services. The task order, which was part of the GSA Networx Universal contract vehicle, encompasses a transition to a department-wide managed IP network architecture supporting data services to over 5,000 USDA locations across the country. The USDA has a geographically...

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Oclaro Acquires Mintera for 40 Gbps Transmission

Oclaro has acquired Mintera Corporation, a privately-held developer of 40 Gbps optical transport sub-systems solutions. Mintera, which is based in Acton, Mass., achieved revenues of approximately $20 million for the twelve months ended June 30, 2010. Terms of the deal call for a payment of $12 million in cash upon close, plus a revenue-based earn-out ranging from $0 to $20M payable in cash or stock at Oclaro's option. Oclaro said the acquisition...

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Mid-Atlantic Broadband Co-op Deploys Infinera in Stimulus Project

Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative (MBC), which provides optical transport services across Virginia, has deployed Infinera for a federally-funded broadband stimulus project.MBC won a $16 million grant in the first round of the federal broadband stimulus program for a proposal to deliver advanced open-access middle-mile services for 121 K-12 schools in southern Virginia. MBC deployed an Infinera DTN network on its 800-mile regional network providing...

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ZyXEL's VDSL Products Gain IPv6 Phase II Certification

ZyXEL Communications' VDSL CPE/IAD products have been certified for IPv6 Ready Logo Phase II by the IPv6 Forum. This makes ZyXEL the world's first vendor to receive an IPv6 Ready Logo Phase II certification for VDSL CPE/IAD products in the market. http://www.zyxel.com http://www.ipv6forum....

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ZTE Completes LTE/EPC Interoperability Tests with MSF

ZTE completed LTE/EPC interoperability tests conducted through the MultiService Forum. The tests were held by China Mobile and Vodafone in China and Germany, respectively. ZTE provided LTE eNodeB equipment, Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS) components for testing at both sites. All the core network vendors underwent two scenarios of tests: single and interconnected laboratory. The objective was to assess the performance...

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