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TelTel, a SIP-based global Internet telephony service with presence, has signed-up over 800,000 users for its online community, primarily by word-of-mouth. The TelTel service is described as “Instant Voice” (IV), which is Instant Messaging-like (including buddy lists), but voice-centric. It provides free calls to and from anywhere on the Internet and real-time presence information with […]
YOZAN, a telecom operator serving the Tokyo Metropolitan area, selected Airspan to deploy a Tokyo-wide WiMAX network. The Yozan MetroZone will deliver IP connectivity, and support Voice, Video and broadband data services. Trials will start in Q2 and commercial rollout is expected in Q4. Airspan expects to complete deliveries of the base stations by the […]
Acme Packet introduced a security requirements framework that identifies the requirements that a session border controller (SBC) must satisfy to protect the SBC itself; to protect the service infrastructure (e.g. SIP servers, softswitches, application servers, media servers or media gateways; and to protect subscriber, enterprise and service provider security including confidentiality and privacy. Acme Packet’s […]
Telution, a supplier of order management software applications for the delivery of complex IP-based services, named Andy Fruhling as Vice President of Product Management. Fruhling most recently served at CoManage Corporation, where he built a product management foundation based on repeatable release processes that promoted effectiveness and accountability across the company. Prior to leading product […]
Acterna announced two new SMART optical handhelds: the OLP-57 SMART FTTX/PON selective power meter and the OLT-55 SMART optical loss test set. The OLP-57 SMART FTTX/PON selective power meter is a high-performance power meter for testing, installing and maintaining FTTx/PON systems. It provides simultaneous measurement at all three wavelengths on the fiber (1490 nm and […]
Ixia released a new version of its IxChariot test platform featuring a new way to measure the scalability and functional compliance of thousands of traffic policies deployed in a typical network. The IxChariot 6.0 release also provides a unique way to correlate the quality and roaming performance of a wireless link with network application performance […]
NetCologne, one of the most successful German city-carriers, selected Marconi’s Access Hub, a Multi Service Access Node (MSAN), to collapse layers in its access network. This will allow NetCologne to make a seamless transition to an IP-based network. The Marconi Access Hub will serve both residential and business customers. Initially, the company will offer telephone […]
EWE TEL GmbH, a regional telecommunications provider in Germany has selected Alcatel’s softswitches and media gateways. EWE TEL will start the migration of the existing infrastructure to an IP-based next-generation network (NGN) in the German states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, and Brandenburg, setting a course for growth. The main components of the solution Alcatel is […]
Arcor, the second largest fixed-line telecommunications provider in Germany, will replace its existing IN (Intelligent Network) platform with Alcatel’s next generation service delivery platform. The contract covers the deployment of the Alcatel 8690 Open Services Platform (OSP) with the 8690 External Statistic Server to support current IN services and future service introductions. The platform is […]
T-Mobile has signed an agreement with German railway company Deutsche Bahn to develop and provide WLAN Internet access on high-speed trains. The project will go into a pilot phase on select ICE trains on the busy Cologne-Dortmund track in western Germany this fall and is expected to be gradually expanded to other routes in 2006. […]
Nokia has demonstrated live IP multimedia applications based on its 3GPP2/3GPP-compliant IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) over a commercial CDMA 2000 network. Nokia has previously demonstrated IMS capabilities over GSM. IMS is the element of a wireless carrier’s core network infrastructure that enables mobile and fixed devices to interact using IP sessions. Using the commercially available […]
Sprint is launching nationwide wireless data Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for its mobile business customers. The SLAs provide performance metrics based on dropped data sessions, blocked data sessions and data network availability. Sprint said the new SLAs — in conjunction with previously announced wireless voice SLAs — are a key component of its strategy “to […]
Vodafone and Toshiba announced a strategic partnership to market a range of exclusive 3G handsets in Europe, Australia, Japan and New Zealand. Key features of the Vodafone TS 921 include: 1.92 Megapixel camera, with auto focus 2.4 inch display Triband 900, 1800, 1900 Video output High-quality Mpeg4 format SDTM expandable memory card 360 hrs standby […]