China Mobile Tops 513 Million -- 5 Million New Subs in October

China Mobile, already the world's largest mobile operator, added 5 million new subscribers in October, giving it a total of 513,466,000. The number of G3 subscribers who used 3G network services in this month is 2,309,000.


However, in its previous financial statement, China Mobile noted that new customers added this year are mainly low-usage customers and ARPU as well as average revenue per minute of usage have declined this year while the voice usage volume has increased. Total voice usage volume for the first three quarters of 2009 increased by 19.5% compared to the same period of last year. Value-added business also continued its favorable growth and mature businesses sustained growth despite already having reached a sizeable scale. SMS usage volume in the first nine months of the year increased by 12.9% compared to the same period of last year.
http://www.chinamobileltd.com/

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Video Interview: Narus on Cyber Security

Presented by Greg Oslan, CEO, Narushttp://www.narus.com

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NSN Introduces Compact IP Optimized Transport Solution

Nokia Siemens Networks introduced its new hiT 7065 IP Optimized Transport Solution (IP-OTS) aimed at metro and core aggregation deployments.


The compact hiT 7065 supports various interface types, including OTU interfaces to increase link length towards DWDM core, FC/1GbE/10GbE/ interfaces for Packet aggregation and Storage Area Networks (SAN), to support a operators existing services over a single network. While SDH interfaces provide the connection to a huge installed base of networks around the world, hiT 7065 also comes with Carrier-grade, redundant Ethernet features to ensure resilience. G.709 compliance allows agnostic packet-oriented transport being open to all services such as Gigabit-Ethernet, IP-based applications, Fiber Channel and SDH/SONET.


NSN said its hiT 7065 also sets a new benchmark for energy efficiency, consuming 30 percent less power than comparable solutions on the market.
http://www.nsn.com

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Verizon Builds Telehealth Collaboration Portfolio

Verizon is launching a portfolio of Telehealth Collaboration Services to help health care providers consult remotely with patients and other providers, offer continuing medical education and training to medical professionals, as well as help health care administrators avoid costly and time-consuming travel through the use of collaborative technology.


As part of its consultancy, Verizon Business IT professionals work with health care organizations to assess their collaboration readiness, as well as design, implement and provide ongoing support for a broad range of Web and audio conferencing services, and video capabilities from desktop Web cams to high-definition and immersive video. Verizon's telehealth solutions are tailored to each health care setting to deliver security, performance and reliability.


Verizon noted htat it already provides services to more than 17,000 enterprise customers in the health care ecosystemhttp://www.verizon.com

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Motorola Offers Take-Back of its Branded Enterprise Mobility Equipment in U.S.

Motorola has established a take-back recycling program for its U.S. Enterprise Mobility Solutions (EMS) customers to help them responsibly dispose of used equipment. This includes all Motorola-branded enterprise mobility equipment, such as mobile and portable two-way radios; handheld mobile computers; barcode scanners; imagers; in-vehicle mobile workstations; accessories; network infrastructure equipment; and computers, laptops and monitors. Batteries are also included but must be removed from the equipment before they are shipped for recycling. There is generally no cost incurred by the customer; however, freight charges may be applied in some cases.

Motorola also participates in electronics equipment take-back programs in countries covered by the European Union's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive. http://www.motorola.com

• In 2008, Motorola collected more than 2,560 tonnes of electronic and electrical equipment waste for recycling. This includes take-back programs, internal electronics recycling efforts and community electronics recycling events sponsored by Motorola.

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ARRIS Supplies DOCSIS 3.0 in Czech Republic

ARRIS has shipped its DOCSIS 3.0 C4 CMTS to four cable operators across the Czech Republic. The companies now deploying service are: Elsat s.r.o., BKS Capital Partners, Self Servis, and Kabelova Televize Koprivnice. Approximately 93% of the Czech Republic's 1.2 million homes passed by cable are served by Elsat, BKS, Self Servis and UPC Czech Republic.
http://www.arrisi.com/get/c4

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AT&T Launches Pay-as-you-Need it 3G Mobile Data Service

AT&T launched "DataConnect Pass" -- a pay-as-you-need it data service delivered over its 3G network. Self-provisioned and accessible from any Internet connection, DataConnect Pass(SM) offers multiple packages of mobile data perfect for travelers, vacationers or others on-the-go and in need of customized data access. Packages include:

• DataConnect Day Pass (75 MB) - $15


• DataConnect Week Pass (250 MB) - $30


• DataConnect Month Pass (500 MB) - $50

The DataConnect Pass is established using a previously un-activated SIM card, available at any AT&T retail location, credit or debit card and completed customer profile.
http://www.att.com/buyasession

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Telegent Systems Files for IPO

Telegent Systems, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, filed SEC papers for a proposed initial public offering of its common shares. The number of common shares to be sold in the offering and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined. Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. are acting as joint book-runners, and Jefferies & Company, Inc., Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and Piper Jaffray & Co. are acting as co-managers for the proposed offering.


Telegent Systems specializes in highly-integrated, high-performance, CMOS RF and mixed-signal chips for the reception of live, free-to-air analog and DVB-T digital broadcast television in mobile handsets and other portable consumer devices.
http://www.telegent.com

• In October, Telegent appointed Dr. Samuel Sheng as its new CEO. Sheng has served as Telegent's Chief Technology Officer and executive Chairman of the Board since co-founding the company. In tandem with Sheng's appointment, Dr. Weijie Yun, the driving force behind Telegent since co-founding the company with Sheng in 2004, took up Sheng's prior post of executive Chairman of the Board and carry operational responsibility for key strategic initiatives.
  
  
  Sheng's appointment coincided with a new milestone for the company which has realized significant uptake of its free-to-air analog mobile TV products, shipping a record 50 million mobile TV receivers since mid-2007.Telegent's products deliver a quality mobile TV viewing experience for analog broadcast standards, providing consumers around the world with mobile access to the same, live free-to-air programming that they receive on conventional TV sets.

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Dell'Oro: Optical Market Declines 4% Sequentially in Q3

Worldwide optical market revenues were just under $3 billion in the third quarter of this year, a 4 percent decline over the second quarter of this year, according to a newly published report by Dell'Oro Group. The demand for optical transport equipment stabilized in North America where revenues have increased in the two most recent quarters. Asia Pacific continues to be the largest region for optical transport equipment with nearly 40 percent of worldwide market revenues. The report indicates that DWDM Long Haul 40 Gbps wavelength shipments during the third quarter of this year increased more than 10 percent sequentially and 130 percent year-over-year.


"We believe that the optical market is recovering, and forecast steady improvements in year-over-year growth rates as well as a return to positive year-over-year growth by the first quarter of 2010," said Jimmy Yu, Director of Optical Transport research at Dell'Oro Group. "We expect the 2010 optical sales recovery to be primarily led by increased demand for metro equipment, such as WDM Metro systems and Multiservice SONET/SDH systems, and 40 Gbps wavelengths. The DWDM Long Haul market may continue to be weak through 2010, but with continued strength in 40 Gbps wavelengths," Yu added.
http://www.delloro.com

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Brocade Posts Quarterly Revenue of $521.8 Million, up 6% Sequentially

Brocade reported quarterly revenue of $521.8 million, increasing 31% year-over-year and 6% sequentially. For its full fiscal year ended October 31, 2009. Brocade's annual revenues increased 33 percent year-over-year to over $1.95 billion.


"In addition, Q4 saw tremendous momentum as we exceeded the Street's consensus non-GAAP EPS estimates for the seventeenth consecutive quarter, delivered the fastest sequential revenue growth of any large networking vendor, and generated strong cash flows. Looking at 2010, we expect to continue our momentum as we execute our strategy of delivering the highest levels of performance, quality, innovation and choice to the IT market," stated Michael Klayko, CEO of Brocade.


Some highlights for the quarter:

• Q4 total Storage Area Networking (SAN) port shipments were approximately 1.0 million.



• Q4 SAN Average Selling Price (ASP) declines were in the low single digits.



• OEM now represents 65% of revenues compared to 88% a year ago



• Data storage represents 58% of revenue compared to 84% a year ago



• Ethernet Products represents 25% of revenues compared to 0% a year ago.

http://www.brocade.com

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Hurricane Electric Now Connect to over 600 IPv6 networks

Hurricane Electric, an IPv6-native Internet backbone and colocation provider, has doubled the size of its IPv6 network over the past year and now connects to over 600 IPv6 networks -- - approximately twice as many as its nearest rivals, according to the company.


In addition to expanding its own network, Hurricane Electric has expanded its free IPv6 Certification and Training program which allows network engineers, system administrators, and software developers to gain expertise in IPv6.


Hurricane Electric has also released an IPv4 depletion App for the iPhone along with additional tools to educate CIOs and other stakeholders about the urgency of this transition. http://www.he.net

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Klausner Files Visual Voicemail Patent Suit Against Motorola

Klausner Technologies filed suit a patent infringement lawsuit against Motorola for its new "CLIQ" mobile phone. Klausner Technologies claims Motorola's new device infringes its Visual Voicemail patented technology. Various other Motorola models with the Visual Voicemail feature are already covered under Klausner Technologies Visual Voicemail patent licenses granted to mobile operators.


Klausner Technologies currently has 24 Visual Voicemail patent licensees, including major U.S. and European wireless service providers, cell phone manufacturers, cable/VOIP providers as well as other providers of Visual Voicemail services.
http://www.klausnertechnologies.com/

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Klausner Files Visual Voicemail Patent Suit Against RIM/BlackBerry

Klausner Technologies filed suit a patent infringement lawsuit against Research in Motion for its recently unveiled 3G "BlackBerry Bold 9700" mobile phones. Klausner Technologies claims the phones infringe its Visual Voicemail patented technology. Various Blackberry models with the Visual Voicemail feature are already covered under Klausner Technologies Visual Voicemail patent licenses granted to mobile operators.


Klausner Technologies currently has 24 Visual Voicemail patent licensees, including major U.S. and European wireless service providers, cell phone manufacturers, cable/VOIP providers as well as other providers of Visual Voicemail services.
http://www.klausnertechnologies.com/

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Ciena Wins Nortel Optical Auction with $769 Million Bid

Ciena was the successful bidder in the auction of substantially all of the optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) business. Ciena has agreed to pay US $530 million in cash and issue US $239 million in aggregate principal amount of 6% Senior Convertible notes due 2017 for a total consideration of US $769 million for the assets.


The assets to be acquired generated approximately $1.36 billion in revenue for Nortel in 2008 and $556 million (unaudited) in the first six months of 2009. Ciena expects the transaction to be significantly accretive to Ciena's results of operations in fiscal 2011. Ciena is also expected to make employment offers to at least 2,000 Nortel employees to become part of Ciena's global team of network specialists.


The transaction is expected to close in the first calendar quarter of 2010.


"These optical and carrier Ethernet assets bring exceptional technologies, talent and scale that will accelerate Ciena's current strategy to deliver innovative network solutions to customers worldwide," said Gary Smith, Ciena's CEO and president. "With this combination, we are bringing together complementary technologies in switching and transport to create an innovative powerhouse with the scale to challenge the industry status quo and offer customers a practical path for transitioning to automated, optical Ethernet-based networking. We will be intently focused on integration as we work together to deliver the benefits of this transaction to customers, employees and shareholders."http://www.ciena.com

• For Q3 2009, Nortel reported sales of $295 million for its Metro Ethernet business, down 26% compared to a year earlier.



• In October, Ciena agreed to acquire all of the optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) business for $390 million in cash and 10 million shares of Ciena common stock. Based on the closing price of Ciena's stock on Tuesday, October 6, 2009, the initial deal was valued at $521 million but was subject to the competitive bidding process that drew in an offer from Nokia Siemens Networks.


• The deal includes Nortel's long-haul optical transport portfolio; metro optical Ethernet switching and transport solutions; Ethernet transport, aggregation and switching technology; multiservice SONET/SDH product families; and network management software products.

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Motorola Acquires RadioFrame Networks' iDEN Business

Motorola has acquired RadioFrame Networks' iDEN business for an undisclosed sum. RadioFrame is a provider of lower cost, power efficient iDEN technology.


Motorola said its proprietary iDEN solution has proven to be an enduring cellular technology due to its innovative and differentiated end-user fast dispatch service and enterprise optimized talk-groups. Radio Frame's iDEN products will further enhance Motorola's portfolio for multi-channel base stations optimized to support non-contiguous spectrum allocations in the special mobile radio (SMR) business that are especially common outside North America.


For Motorola's iDEN customers, Radio Frame's base stations can flexibly manage non-contiguous spectrum channels, and its technology offers a lower cost architecture with a highly efficient use of power amplifiers, a smaller physical footprint and more flexibility in site management. Radio Frame's iDEN technology also offers lower power consumption, lowering operating expenses.
http://www.motorola.com

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Calix Networks Files for IPO

Calix Networks filed SEC papers for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CALX." The company, which is based in Petaluma, California, began shipping its first multiservice access products in December 2001. A company prospectus is posted onlinehttp://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1406666/000119312509239196/ds1.htm

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NSN Confirms That it Did Not Win Nortel Auction

Nokia Siemens Networks confirmed that it did not submit the highest bid in the auction for Nortel's optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets. NSN said that it believes that its final offer represented fair value for the assets, and further bidding could not be financially justified. Financial terms of its bid were not stated.


Ciena, which in October had submitted at a bid of $521 million for the Nortel assets, is believed to have raised its offer on Friday in response to the NSN bid.
http://www.nsn.com
http://www.nortel.com

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Cisco Offers iPhone App for Security Intelligence

Cisco released an iPhone application providing access to Cisco Security Intelligence Operations (SIO), providing administrators with data on threats that could impact their network. Powered by the Cisco Security IntelliShield Alert Manager Service, the new Cisco SIO To Go iPhone application informs, protects and enables users to respond in real time to alerts and threats to the network. The application delivers early warning intelligence, threat vulnerability and proven Cisco mitigation solutions to users' iPhones as they occur. It also provides unique IP and URL address e-mail and Web reputation look-up powered by the Cisco IronPor® SenderBase Security Network and the Cisco SIO. Alerts delivered include:

• Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) Alerts


• Cisco Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) Signatures


• Cisco Applied Mitigation Bulletins


• Cisco Threat Outbreak Alerts.

http://www.cisco.com

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eBay Completes Sale of Skype to Private Investors

eBay completed the previously announced sale of Skype to a private investment group led by Silverlake partners and which included Joltid Limited, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Andreessen Horowitz. The deal valued Skype at $2.75 billion. eBay retains a 30% stake in Skype.


eBay received approximately $1.9 billion in cash and a note from the buyer in the principal amount of $125 million.
http://www.skype.com

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Telstra Completes DOCSIS 3 Upgrade in Melbourne

Telstra has completed the upgrade of its hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) network in Melbourne. From 1 December nearly one million Melbourne homes will benefit from the upgrade to the cable network. The network download capacity increases to up to 100Mbps and the upload capacity to up to 2Mbps.


Telstra also revealed a new television set top box incorporating two digital television tuners. This provides the ability to view and record free to air television programs up to seven days in advance, the ability to pause and rewind live television and seamlessly integrates access to BigPond internet content such as BigPond TV channels and the BigPond Movies download rental service.


In addition, Telstra announced that its Velocity fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network has been upgraded to offer a network download capacity of up to 100Mbps into the home for sharing across multiple users within the household.
http://www.telstra.com

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