Russia's VimpleCom Picks Procera for Policy Enforcement

VimpelCom has deployed Procera’s PacketLogic platforms in nearly 43 cities throughout Russia to provide network visibility, analytics, optimization and bandwidth management. VimpelCom, in conjunction with technology system integrator Jet Infosystems, performed operational and laboratory testing using Procera’s PacketLogic Intelligence Center (PIC) solutions to gain “live” traffic analytics for their extensive network, and found that over 50% of...

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Telefónica Monitors Mobile Customer Experience with HP

Telefónica is deploying HP's Customer Experience Assurance network-analysis solution to improve the total customer experience for its mobile users. Telefónica will deploy HP CEA progressively in all its properties across the Americas and Europe. Financial terms were not disclosed. Telefónica's efforts to to resolve network- and service-quality problems requires analysis of huge amounts of data from disparate sources, including Telefónica’s...

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Bright House Networks Picks Fujitsu FLASHWAVE for 100G Metro

Bright House Networks, the sixth largest cable operator in the U.S., has selected the Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 9500 Packet Optical Networking Platform (Packet ONP) to bring 100G performance to the provider’s metro networks. Fujitsu Network Communications has been a long term supplier to Bright House Networks. The FLASHWAVE 9500 Packet ONP enables the carrier to significantly expand its network capacity, improve spectral efficiency and lower the cost...

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Telehouse Expands London Docklands Data Centre

Telehouse is adding 1,000 m2 of server colocation space to its state-of-the-art data centre located in London's East India Dock adjacent to its existing sites North and East. Telehouse West was opened in 2010 and has rapidly met the demands of UK and multinational corporations for high-capacity, price-competitive secure London data centre space. Telehouse West can offer power capacity between 2 to 10kW per rack over shared, dedicated, hot &...

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Nuance to Acquire Ditech for Voice Processing Technologies

Nuance Communications agreed to acquire Ditech Networks, a supplier of Voice Quality Assurance (VQA) technology and PhoneTag voicemail-to-text services, for approximately $22.5 million. \ Nuance said Ditech Networks’ portfolio of voice technologies will expand its solutions for carriers, consumers and enterprises across an array of products and services. In particular, Ditech Networks’ PhoneTag service will enhance Nuance’s Dragon Voice to...

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NTT to Acquire Centerstance for Cloud Integration Expertise

NTT will acquire Centerstance, a U.S.-based consulting company specializing in cloud integration projects, for an undisclosed sum. Centerstance is a platinum cloud alliance partner for Salesforce.com.  The company is based in Portland, Oregon.  The company helps clients to identify and move key business processes to the cloud leveraging the Salesforce.com platform. Centerstance has completed over 2,000 deployments for clients of...

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PMC Delivers Tri-speed Carrier Ethernet/OTN Converged Framer

PMC introduced its META 120G -- a Converged Carrier Ethernet/OTN Framer for 10G, 40G and 100G interface cards. As part of PMC’s powerful portfolio of Metro OTN solutions, the PM5442 META 120G enables high-density Carrier Ethernet and OTN line-cards and IPoDWDM integration on service provider switches and routers, P-OTPs, and PTN equipment. The new device delivers Carrier Ethernet MAC/PHY, comprehensive OTN framing/mapping in conjunction...

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BT and Cisco Test 100G IPoDWDM

BT and Cisco have completed an IP-over-DWDM trial that integrated coherent 100G optical interfaces with the Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System (CRS-3). The trial used Cisco's CRS-3 core router generating a standards-compliant 100G "alien wavelength" directly into BT's existing network over a 770 kilometer span consisting of DWDM systems from multiple vendors. The test was completed this past summer. Integrating the DWDM components into the router...

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Sprint's Nextel Migration Hits 1 Million - 60% Recapture Rate

One year after launching its next generation push-to-talk service, Sprint has passed the 1 million customer milestone as customers migrate off of the old Nextel network and onto its CDMA network. “One million customers in less than a year is an important achievement and reflects well on the permanence of push-to-talk as a communications solution,” said Paget Alves, Sprint’s chief sales officer. “Sprint Direct Connect has clearly met the increasing...

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O2 Plans 15,000 Free Wi-Fi Hotspots in UK

O2 has selected Cisco to be a key technology provider for its public Wi-Fi network across the UK.   Rollout of the network has already begun using Cisco Aironet 3500 Series Access Points with "CleanAir" capability, which detects interference, identifyies and locates its source and then makes automatic adjustments to help ensure a high-quality service.  The network will also use the Cisco 887 Integrated Services Router....

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Telefónica Upgrades SAm-1 Undersea Cable with Infinera's DTN-X

Telefónica International Wholesale Services (TIWS) is deploying Infinera's DTN-X platform to upgrade the SAm-1 submarine Cable Network, which links North and South America.  SAM-1 spans 20,000 fiber kilometers and has landing stations in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, Colombia, Puerto Rico and Florida. Infinera’s DTN-X enables Telefonica to deploy 500 Gbps long-haul FlexCoherent super-channels integrated...

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Microsoft Warns on Internet Explorer 9 Vulnerability

Microsoft issued a Security Advisory warning of vulnerability in its Internet Explorer 9 browser (and earlier versions) if a user views a website hosting malicious code.  Microsoft said the vulnerability may corrupt memory in a way that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.  Anti-virus firms said the bug was actively being exploited to inject the Poison Ivy Trojan.  Microsoft has not yet issued a patch, so F-Secure and others are advising not use IE 9 until the vulnerability is addressed. http://technet.micro...

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