Tellabs Posts Q2 Revenue of $423 Million, up 10% YoY

Tellabs reported Q2 2010 revenue of $423 million, up 10% from $385 million in the second quarter of 2009.On a GAAP basis, Tellabs earned 17 cents per basic share and 16 cents per diluted share in the secondquarter of 2010, up from 4 cents per share (basic and diluted) in the year-ago quarter. Second-quarter2010 GAAP net earnings were $64 million, compared with $16 million in the year-ago quarter.Tellabs' GAAP gross profit margin was 53.5% in the second quarter of 2010, compared with 43.5% inthe year-ago quarter. "Tellabs is achieving profitable...

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France's Bouygues Telecom taps Alcatel-Lucent for Mobile Backhaul

Bouygues Telecom of France has selected the Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS-based mobile backhaul solution to support smartphone data traffic. Alcatel-Lucent will deploy its 7750 Service Router (SR) and 7705 Service Aggregation Router (SAR) along with the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service Aware Manager (SAM). Alcatel-Lucent will provide a full range of comprehensive business transformation services including network design, installation, integration, testing and system maintenance. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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China Mobile Selects Alcatel-Lucent's IMS

China Mobile will deploy Alcatel-Lucent's IMS Solution in Shanxi, Shandong and Gansu provinces to support the delivery of enhanced communication services to consumers and businesses. The contract was secured through Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell. Financial terms were not disclosed.As part of its IMS framework, China Mobile will deploy Alcatel-Lucent's IP Access Border Solution, which provides security at the network's edge to enable network-independent access to offerings such as triple play services, as well as independent scaling of media and...

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Qualcomm Sees Opportunity in Electric Vehicle Charging

Qualcomm has formed a partnership with ECOtality to implement cellular connectivity into charging stations. The solution will allow ECOtality to use a commercial cellular network to manage its Blink brand charging station operations, transfer usage data, download firmware updates and publish availability to electric vehicle drivers in real time. ECOtality plans to begin deploying cellular-enabled charging stations this year under the EV Project,...

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Broadcom Posts Record Quarterly Net Revenue -- Up 54% YoY

Broadcom reported record Q2 2010 revenue of $1.604 billion, an increase in net revenue of 9.7% compared with the $1.462 billion reported for Q1 2010 and an increase of 54.3% compared with the $1.040 billion reported for Q2 2009. Net income (GAAP) was $278 million, or $.52 per share (diluted), compared with GAAP net income of $210 million, or $.40 per share (diluted), for the first quarter of 2010, and GAAP net income of $13 million, or $.03 per share...

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Wholesale Applications Community Sets Course

The Wholesale Applications Community, which was formed earlier this year by global telecommunications operators looking to build an open alternative Apple's iTunes and similar storefronts, has taken its first steps.The initiative has formally registered as a not-for-profit corporate entity based in the UK, named a prestigious board of directors, and joined forces with the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL).Peters Suh has been named the CEO of the Wholesale...

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UNH-IOL Launches 40 & 100GigE Consortium

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) is establishing a 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium for companies preparing products for the IEEE 802.3ba standard for high speed Ethernet. The consortium is currently accepting founding member companies who will have an early opportunity to provide input into the testing process and have market ready products as the high speed Ethernet standards evolve. http://www.iol.un...

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Huawei and Silicon Vendors Complete DSL Retransmission Test

Huawei, in partnership with major DSL chipset suppliers, including Broadcom, Lantiq and Ikanos, successfully completed the industry' s first ITU-T G.998.4-compliant DSL retransmission interoperability (IOP) test. The test proves that DSL retransmission technology is mature, with good IOP among chipsets from major DSL chipset suppliers.ITU-T G.998.4 retransmission technology is an important milestone for DSL technology because it improves DSL stability...

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OpenSAF Announces High Availability Middleware Release 4.0

OpenSAF announced the public availability of Release 4.0 of its high availability (HA) middleware platform. OpenSAF Release 4.0 implements all major functions of the Service Availability Forum Application Interface Specification and includes important enhancements to improve scalability as well as hardware and software management. "With Release 4.0, OpenSAF has reached a level of maturity that will broaden its reach and cross-industry impact," said...

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AT&T Builds Security Center portal, Implements Arbor for DDOS

AT&T announced two separate enhancements to its cloud-based security services -- the launch of AT&T Security Center, a new Web-based security administration tool that is accessible via the AT&T BusinessDirect Portal, as well as enhancements to AT&T Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) defense protection.The AT&T Security Center portal enables customers to perform a multitude of network management and administrative tasks:Centralization...

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Juniper to Acquire SMobile for Mobile Security

Juniper Networks agreed to acquire SMobile Systems, a privately-held developer of smart phone and tablet security solutions, for $70 million in cash.SMobile's product portfolio protects devices running on Android, Apple iOS, Symbian, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile operating systems from viruses, spyware, identity theft and other threats, while providing parental and enterprise controls. SMobile said its solution combines strong mobile security with...

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Intel's Silicon Photonics Achieves 50 Gbps Chip Laser Interconnect

Intel Labs has created a silicon-based optical data connection with integrated lasers using Hybrid Silicon Laser technology that can transmit data at 50 Gbps. The prototype device, which is the result of a multi-year silicon photonics research agenda, is composed of a silicon transmitter and a receiver chip. The transmitter chip is composed of four such lasers, whose light beams each travel into an optical modulator that encodes data onto them...

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BTI Positions 7200 Metro Services Platform for High Density 10G

BTI Systems unveiled its 7200 Metro Services Platform, a new metro networking platform designed for optical and packet layer flexibility in delivering wireless backhaul, video and Ethernet business services. The 7200 Metro Services Platform, which features a modular architecture in a 7U footprint, consolidates Carrier Ethernet, multi-service optical, and Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) functions. BTI adopts a pay-as-you-grow model, allowing...

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ADC and AFL Reach FTTX Licensing Agreement

ADC and AFL Telecommunications have settled their patent infringement suit. Under the agreement, ADC has added AFL as another licensee to certain patents pertaining to ADC's fiber-to-the-premises (FTTX) technology. ADC's patent technology relates to fiber distribution hubs and optical splitter modules that are widely deployed in an FTTX environment."AFL Telecommunications is the second company to take a license to ADC's patented FTTX technology under ADC's FTTX licensing program, which provides further recognition of the value of our portfolio...

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Speedtest.net Ranks Comcast as Fastest U.S. ISP

Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net website, is now providing ISP performance rankings as part of its "Net Index." The new performance is index is gleaned from the more than one million daily tests on the Speedtest.net site.The new ISP rankings show the top residential ISP in the U.S. based on download speed performance is Comcast, followed by Charter, Optimum Online, MidContinent Communications and Road Runner to round out the top five....

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AudioCodes Expands Enterprise Session Border Controller Line

AudioCodes announced the expansion of Enterprise Session Border Controller (E‐SBC) capabilities for the Mediant 1000 and Mediant 3000 platforms with new features targeted at SIP Trunking, Hosted IP‐PBX, Remote Extension, Contact Center and Conferencing services. The new capabilities address the needs of those users who want a combined solution of a media gateway with a Session Border Controller, as well as those users who want stand‐alone Session Border Controllers. AudioCodes' E‐SBC family delivers perimeter VoIP defense, signaling mediation...

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