Ixia Sees Weaker Q2

Ixia announced preliminary results for Q2 2011, saying it now expects total revenue to be in the range of $67.0 million to $69.0 million, below the company's previous guidance of $78.0 million to $82.0 million.


Ixia attributed the weaker than expected Q2 results to lower than expected revenue from Asia Pacific and from certain large equipment makers, as well as orders received late in the quarter that could not be fulfilled in the second quarter. Revenue from Cisco Systems, Ixia's largest customer, and from service providers was in line with expectations.


On a GAAP basis, Ixia expects to report breakeven net earnings per diluted share to a net loss of $0.01 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2011, compared with the company's prior guidance of net earnings of $0.08 to $0.12 per diluted share.


"We are disappointed with our revenue performance this quarter, which was impacted by several factors, including delays and reductions in spending by certain large network equipment makers, a large wireless order received too late in the quarter to ship and soft sales in the Asia Pacific region, said Atul Bhatnagar, president and CEO of Ixia. While we expected revenue from Japan to decline sequentially from the record first quarter, we experienced unexpected weakness in other parts of Asia Pacific, such as China and India."http://www.ixiacom.com

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TeliaSonera joins the M2M Roaming Pact with FT and DT

TeliaSonera has signed the cooperation agreement with France Telecom-Orange and Deutsche Telekom to increase the quality of service and interoperability for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. The goal is to provide enhanced M2M service quality with roaming across networks and borders.


The agreement, which initially was signed by France Telecom-Orange and Deutsche Telekom in February 2011 to cover France, Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg, has since added The Netherlands and most recently the UK through Everything Everywhere to its purview. The global footprint will now extend to cover TeliaSonera's geographical reach, including Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Estonia and Lithuania.


"With this agreement, now three groups are significantly pushing the boundaries of the M2M ecosystem," said Anne-Marie Thiollet, executive vice president Enterprise Line of Business, Orange Business Services. "Global availability and reliability will spur the commercial adoption of M2M services and stimulate new innovations to the forefront. We are happy to welcome TeliaSonera as a member of our partnership and look forward to other carriers joining us in this endeavor; only by working together can we make the great promise of M2M a reality."http://www.teliasonera.com

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Hibernia Media Deploys Ekinops for Optical Transport

Hibernia Media, which provides managed video transport over fiber using 100% QoS DTM (Dynamic Synchronous Transfer Mode) video transmission, has deployed optical transport equipment from Ekinops to carry uncompressed, high-definition video signals for major broadcasters and content providers, as well as other customers, at its New York City Content Exchange Center (CEC).


The Hibernia Content Exchange Center, at 60 Hudson Street, provides a secure, centralized location for content owners to deliver uncompressed, high-definition content directly to cable, direct broadcast, satellite, IPTV, and new media distributors.


The Ekinops 360 enables DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) transport, providing numerous high-capacity channels over a single fiber. The platform leverages programmable T-Chip (Transport on-a-Chip technology), which enables native encryption right on the card.


"Ekinops not only provided what we consider the best technology, but was also able to deliver an encrypted HD-SDI transmission capability quickly and cost-effectively to meet our urgent customer needs," said Del Bothof, President of Hibernia Media. "In addition, Ekinops provided superb support throughout the whole process, from sales through installation."http://www.ekinops.net

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Verizon Wireless Offers SMS Status Updates on Data Usage

Starting this week, Verizon Wireless' smartphone users will begin to receive free text message alerts when their data usage crosses thresholds of 50 percent, 75 percent, 90 percent, 100 percent and 110 percent of their data plans' monthly allowances. A number of other online tools are being added to help track mobile data usage.
http://www.verizonwireless.com

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LightSquared Forms Rural Initiative

LightSquared has formed "Empower Rural America Initiative" to lead its campaign for regulatory approval of its LTE+satellite broadband network. The initiative is led by an advisory board that includes former Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota and former Representatives George Nethercutt of Washington and Charlie Stenholm of Texas.


"There is an overwhelming need for reliable wireless broadband for public safety, education, healthcare and economic development in rural America. We can have a robust, accurate GPS network and also create a substantial new resource for rural America in the form of a wireless network that reaches areas that still don't have broadband access," said former Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota.
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AT&T Offers Huawei's 4G Data Card

AT&T has begun marketing the "USBConnect Force 4G" data card, an HSPA/HSPA+ modem from Huawei. The device is offered for free a two-year data agreement or for $89.99 for customers choosing a pay-as-you-go data plan. http://www.att.com

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Rogers Lights up LTE in Ottawa

Rogers Communications activated Canada's first commercial LTE network, bringing service the Ottawa region. The LTE network coverage spans a broad area from Arnprior, Ontario in the west to Orléans, Ontario in the east and includes the Hull and Gatineau regions of Quebec.


At launch, the Rogers LTE Rocket Stick will be capable of maximum theoretical download speeds of up to 75 Mbps on the Rogers LTE Network. Typical download speeds can range from 12 Mbps to 25 Mbps, which is significantly faster than the speeds Canadians experience on any other network today. As device selection evolves, maximum theoretical download speeds will increase to up to 150 Mbps.


Rogers also announced that network rollout to Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal will occur this fall, and that LTE-enabled smartphones from Samsung and HTC will be available later this year. Rogers expects to extend LTE to a further 21 markets by the end of 2012.


Rogers is working with Ericsson to build Canada's first LTE network. The companies had been testing LTE in Ottawa and Montreal since last fall. The tests measured data speeds, quality of signals and interoperability with Rogers' existing 4G HSPA+ wireless network. The tests confirm that Rogers LTE network in Ottawa is significantly faster than any other Canadian wireless network. http://www.rogers.com http://www.IwantmyLTE.ca

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Australia's iiNet Runs 100Gbe on Juniper T1600

iiNet, a leading Australian DSL Internet service provider, migrated its backbone to Juniper Networks T1600 Core Routers at the beginning of this year and started a two-month trial of Juniper's 100GbE interface cards in May.


iiNet currently delivers broadband, telephony and IPTV services across its fixed network infrastructure, with more than 1.3 million customer service agreements in place. With the roll-out of the government-owned National Broadband Network (NBN), Australian ISPs would soon be able to deliver Gigabit services via fiber-to-the-premises connections.


"We're passionate about providing our customers with the very best service and technology," said Greg Bader, chief technology officer at iiNet. "Rather than waiting for the NBN to be rolled out around the country, we're continuously upgrading the iiNet network so our customers can have the very best experience. Partnering with Juniper Networks gives us confidence in the fact that we're using the most advanced technology as we expand our services around the country."

http://www.juniper.nethttp://www.iinet.net.au

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