AT&T Ramps up Mobile Commerce Platform with Digby

AT&T introduced a new "Digby Mobile Commerce" service to help retailers design, deploy and manage mobile commerce web sites and rich applications optimized for smartphones. The service, which is offered in conjunction with Austin, Texas-based Digby, will guide retail brands through the process of creating mobile websites that display rich product images and live catalogs.AT&T already provides retail industry solutions across mobile channels,...

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ADTRAN Posts Record Q1 Revenue of $165 Million

ADTRAN reported record Q1 2011 revenue of $165 million for the quarter, up 30% compared to $127 million for the first quarter of 2010. Operating income increased 80% to $45.6 million for the quarter compared to $25.3 million for the first quarter of 2010. Net income increased 88% to $34.3 million for the quarter, compared to $18.2 million for the first quarter of 2010. Earnings per share, assuming dilution, increased 79% to $0.52 for the quarter,...

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GSA: Nearly 400 HSPA Systems in Operation

Commercial HSPA services have been launched on 398 networks, according to the GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association), 17% higher than a year ago. Some other newly released stats:More than two-thirds of HSPA networks (68%) are configured to support at least 7.2 Mbps peak downlink data speeds, compared to just over half of HSPA networks one year ago. 39% of operators have deployed HSUPA for fast data uploading performance, compared to 29% in April...

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NEC Selected for South-East Asia Japan Cable

The South-East Asia Japan Cable (SJC) consortium has commenced construction of a new undersea network that will link Brunei, China Mainland, Hong Kong, Philippines, Japan, and Singapore, with options to extend to Indonesia and Thailand. NEC and TE Subcom were awarded the supply contract for the new international submarine cable system. First announced in December 2009, the cable was initially planned to be 8,300 km in length, linking 5 countries...

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Cisco Drops its Flip Camcorder Business, Cuts 550 Jobs

Cisco will shut down its Flip consumer camcorder business and eliminate 550 jobs in the process. The move will result in restructuring charges to the company's GAAP financial results, with an aggregate pre-tax impact not expected to exceed $300 million during the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2011. Cisco said it is taking the step to refocus its Home Networking business for greater profitability and connection to the company's core networking...

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IEEE Ratifies 40G Ethernet Optical Standard

The 40Gb/s Ethernet Single-mode fiber optical interface standard, IEEE 802.3bg-2011, has been ratified by the IEEE. The new standard enables 40 Gb/s serial Ethernet interfaces to be deployed on single-mode fiber. It is an amendment to the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard. The new standardized interface, called 40GBASE-FR, supports transmission up to 2km over single-mode fiber and can enable equipment to be configurable to interoperate with installed...

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Germany's Carrier K-net Selects Orckit-Corrigent's Packet Transport

K-net Telekommunikation Gmbh, a regional carrier based in southwest Germany, has deployed Orckit-Corrigent's MPLS based CM-4000 PTN switches and CM-View network management system, and 3M Services' support, to upgrade its transport networking infrastructure for the delivery of enterprise VPN and Carrier-of-Carrier applications.Orckit-Corrigent's CM-4000 is a series of Packet Transport Network switches that offer a flexible mix of Ethernet and TDM...

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AT&T Employs Cotendo for Content Acceleration Service

AT&T is leveraging Cotendo's newly announced "Cloudlet" capabilities in its AT&T Content Acceleration suite for the faster delivery of dynamic content, such as social media and shopping cart data. Specifically, AT&T is teaming with Cotendo to add their Search Engine Optimization and Cloudlet offerings to the AT&T Content Acceleration suite. This will push the business logic of dynamically generated web pages into the content acceleration...

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ADVA Releases New Carrier Ethernet Edge Gateway

ADVA Optical Networking released its new Carrier Ethernet FSP 150EG-X edge gateway for mobile backhaul and Ethernet services. The FSP 150EG-X is a high-capacity, non-blocking edge gateway that provides a central aggregation solution, acts as a timing gateway for synchronization services and includes the termination of pseudowire services. ADVA is positioning the platform for service providers who need to scale their Carrier Ethernet backhaul offering...

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