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Xilinx announced the availability of FPGA-based Version 2.2 reference design cores for the high-speed serial I/O protocol Aurora. The release will enable chip-to-chip, backplane, box-to-box and board-to-board connectivity applications to communicate from 600 Mbps to 10 Gbps per lane. Aurora is an open protocol, licensed at no cost, which can be implemented in any silicon […]
Vonage plans to integrate its service with Viseon’s next generation broadband video telephone. The two companies announced a partnership to target both consumers and small businesses, enabling them to make videophone calls and to visually communicate with anyone, anywhere in the world. “Vonage is pleased to partner with Viseon to develop this first-of-a-kind videophone service. […]
France Telecom has signed up the first three commercial clients for an international IPv6 transit service for international carriers and ISPs. France Telecom has developed native IPv6 transit on its international Tier-1 IP backbone at speeds of up to 155 Mbps. Its offering is accessible from nine PoPs on three continents, with 40 peering agreements. […]
Marconi named Andy Evans as Chief Technology and Information Officer (CTIO). Evans previously spent five years as a senior executive at FLAG Telecom. http://www.marconi.com
MCI rolled out a new suite of Managed LAN services for businesses of all sizes. Previously offered as custom solutions to its largest customers, MCI is standardizing its managed LAN capabilities to give companies the flexibility to fully or partially outsource the management of their local area networks. MCI is offering a choice of three […]
AT&T was awarded a $9.5 million, three-year contract to design and implement a networking solution for Meredith Corp., one of the nation’s leading media companies. AT&T will provide an MPLS-based IP VPN integrating Meredith’s 19 locations around the country, plus local, long-distance, teleconference, Internet access and high-speed data networking services. The VPN also will provide […]
AboveNet will provide fiber connectivity to link Equinix’s three Internet Business Exchange data centers in the Silicon Valley. In addition, Equinix will assume AboveNet’s lease for 103,000 square feet of data center space in San Jose, with AboveNet retaining some of the data center space for existing customers. Further, AboveNet has entered into an agreement […]
UTStarcom introduced its MovingMedia 6000 wireless broadband solution for delivering data services at up to 3Mbps per subscriber using a range of licensed frequency bands — 1900- 1920MHz, 2010-2025MHz, 2500-2700MHz, and 3400-3600MHz. UMTS license holders with allocated spectrum could use the MovingMedia 6000 solution to offer portable, always-on broadband service to compete with DSL and […]
nLayers, a start-up based in San Jose, California, closed a $6 million Series B round in financing for its appliance for real-time network discovery and resource optimization. nLayers’ InSight is an agentless appliance that provides organizations with “self-funding” discovery and optimization solutions for IT cost savings and operational risk mitigation. Customers use nLayers InSight to […]
Foundry Networks expanded its portfolio of modular Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GbE) optical interfaces to include the recently ratified Ethernet-in-the-First-Mile (802.3AH EFM) standard and a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface standard (10Gbase-ZR/10Gbase-ZRD) which enables 10-Gigabit Ethernet connectivity of up to 80 Kilometers. These new modular media transceivers are in addition to three new transceivers announced last month: […]
Clear Talk has commercially launched Huawei’s next-generation CDMA 1X system for its approximately 358,000 POPs in El Centro, California and Yuma, Arizona. The system consists of a complete Huawei Airbridge CDMA2000 wireless network, including a Mobile Switching Center, Base Station Controller, Base Transceiver Station, Home Location Register, Packet Data Serving Node and fixed terminals. Short […]
D-Link introduced a “GamerLounge” wireless router that uses an integrated packet processing engine to give priority to gaming traffic over all other Internet applications, email and FTP transfers. The home router is optimized for PC, Xbox and PlayStation2 games so as to provide a “no lag” gaming experience. The D-Link GamerLounge wireless router features four […]
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York confirmed a plan of reorganization agreed to by RCN and its creditors, enabling the company to emerge from Chapter 11 by the end of the year. Under the plan, a total of $1.19 billion in debt will be converted into new equity of RCN. […]