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KPN selected Siemens as the strategic IP partner for its fixed network and mobile activities in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Under the five year agreement, Siemens Communications will set up a completely new IP environment for the whole of KPN, laying the foundation for a new generation of communication services. Siemens will supply network […]
Sumitomo Electric Networks announced commercial shipment of its “StreamCruiser” IP set-top boxes to NTT Communications for its “OCN Theater” video distribution service. OCN Theater is a VOD service for NTT Comm’s OCN optical fiber “B FLET’S” service. It features Hollywood movie productions, Japanese movies and the currently popular Korean dramas. In addition to VOD, the […]
Thomson and SupportSoft successfully conducted interoperability testing of the DSL Forum CPE WAN Management protocol. Known as TR-069, this specification ensures that DSL modems can be easily configured, activated and managed from a console in the network, helping service providers to effectively address the costs of deployment and support of their CPE as well as […]
The AMC-16 telecommunications satellite, which was designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SES AMERICOM, was successfully launched aboard a Lockheed Martin-built Atlas V rocket provided by International Launch Services (ILS). AMC-16, a hybrid satellite featuring the second operating Ka-band payload in the SES AMERICOM fleet, with 12 spot-beams and 24-36Mhz transponders of Ku-band capacity […]
Nortel’s Communication Server (CS) 2000 has been awarded EUR-PacketCable Call Management Server (CMS) qualification status by the EUR-Cable Certification Board (ECB), a consortium consisting of 12 major European cable. EUR-PacketCable is the set of procedures for IP-based telephony over cable and builds on the North American PacketCable standard developed by CableLabs. The standard enables a […]
NTT DoCoMo has successfully tested a broadband wireless access system with 1 Gbps downlink capability. The 4G radio access equipment employed variable-spreading-factor spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (VSF-Spread OFDM) radio access technology along with multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) multiplexing techniques and a new signal detection algorithm in order to achieve the 1Gbps data transmission within 100 MHz […]
Equant introduced a global LAN utility service that is seamlessly integrated with its Cisco-based IP VPN service. The new Equant LAN VPN service is a fully managed LAN service for a monthly fee per site or per port. Equant is offering wired and wireless LANs built with Cisco equipment. The service also provides Web-based views […]
LG Electronics has chosen Texas Instruments’ VoIP products for its access gateway platforms and next- generation trunking gateways. TI silicon and software currently power LGE’s Compact Access Module (CAM), Total Access Module (TAM) and trunking gateways and are intended to replace existing toll telecom exchange systems. http://www.ti.com
Apple’s iTunes Music Store passed the milestone of 200 million songs downloaded to date, making it the world’s number one online music store by far. The iTunes Music Store currently features a catalog of more than one million songs and over 9,000 audiobooks. http://www.apple.com
Riverstone Networks named Dan Middleton as its Vice President of Sales for North America. Middleton joins Riverstone after ten years with Nortel Networks where held a number of senior sales and marketing positions. Most recently, he served as a sales Vice President in Nortel’s Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) region, where he was responsible for expanding Nortel’s […]
Motorola announced an agreement with Nextel Communications to implement Next Generation Dispatch (NGD), a new IP-based Push-To-Talk (PTT) call processing engine. The NGD solution used with Motorola’s iDEN technology is designed to replace the call processing system currently used in Nextel’s nationwide network. The NGD development contract includes development of the new IP-based PTT server […]
Allstream (formerly AT&T Canada) has further extended its Master Services Agreement with AT&T Corp. until June 30, 2011. The deal provides continuity for certain Allstream voice services and features built on AT&T capabilities and technology. The deal also will enable the two companies to offer customers cross-border routing, a capability used by many Contact Centres […]
AT&T has enhanced its CallVantage consumer VoIP service with a new sub-account capability that provides up to nine distinctive telephone numbers along with the ability to manage each as a separate calling experience while sharing the same line. Other new features include: Second lines to the same adapter Support of facsimile machines and some modems. […]