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NTT-ME Corporation has deployed Juniper Networks’ T-series core routing platforms to scale its backbone. NTT-ME originally deployed Juniper Networks M-series routers in February 2003. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.juniper.net
3Com introduced a terabit-capacity, enterprise modular core network platform for large-scale, secure convergence and application integration. The Switch 8800 uses dual load-sharing switch fabrics so that adding resiliency will also double switch performance. The Switch 8800’s 1.44 Terabit backplane initially delivers up to twenty-four 10 Gigabit wirespeed ports and 288 Gigabit wirespeed ports – but […]
DivXNetworks announced a strategic licensing agreement with Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, inventors of mp3, and Thomson, co-inventors of mp3 and exclusive licensing representative for their mp3 patents and software. The agreement will enable DivXNetworks, Inc. to include mp3 and, in the future, mp3 SURROUND technology, in all DivX software and consumer electronics offerings. […]
Freescale Semiconductor and Marvell announced plans to offer WLAN solutions for mobile devices, such as mobile handsets, smartphones and entertainment devices. Freescale customers will receive Marvell’s IEEE 802.11 reference designs, ICs, software and tools to simplify customer development and time-to-market. Freescale offers its 3G Innovative Convergence and EDGE Mobile Extreme Convergence platforms, as well as […]
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) named Kambiz Hooshmand, 43, as president, chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors. He succeeds David M. Rickey who is retiring from his post as chairman, president, chief executive officer and a director of the company. Hooshmand joins AMCC from Cisco Systems, where he most recently […]
Corporations have recognized IP communications is a driver of greater productivity, said Micky Tsui, VP and GM of Avaya’s Communication Systems Division, in a keynote address at VON Spring in San Jose, California, and the sales number reflect this trend. IP telephony spending over the past year has been growing a phenomenal 88% annual grow […]
Force10 Networks has been awarded a U.S. patent for the high capacity backplane that powers its TeraScale E-Series switch/routers. Force10’s passive copper backplane leverages advanced multi-layer design and manufacturing techniques to scale to 5 Terabits per second. Force10 said the design enables network operators to migrate from 10 Gigabit Ethernet to both 40 and 100 […]
MCI has deployed Ultra Long Haul (ULH) network technology on 3,129 route miles of its network, a key milestone in its ULH Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) network expansion strategy. The network routes include New York City to Cleveland, Chicago to Denver (via Omaha), and Salt Lake City to Los Angeles (via Sacramento). MCI said […]
The SIP Forum has formed a new Technical Working Group (TWG) charged with bridging the gap between Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) specifications and real-world industry practices. Goals for the new Technical Working Group include producing documents specifying best industry practices, and making the SIP protocol and its extensions more accessible […]
The digital revolution certainly changed life in the 80s and 90s, but VoIP could lead to the biggest changes yet, said Stewart Alsop, General Partner, New Enterprise Associates, in a keynote address at VON Spring. Alsop believes VoIP will lead to the complete deconstruction of the telephone system and all it entails. He doesn’t buy […]
Tellme Networks, which uses speech recognition to handle a third of all the directory assistance calls made in the U.S., has incorporated Data Connection’s DC-SIP software solution into its network, enabling over 1 billion directory assistance calls using VoIP this year. Tellme is using Data Connection’s SIP software to connect directory assistance calls to Tellme’s […]
Digita, Elisa, MTV, Nelonen, Nokia, Sonera and YLE (The Finnish Broadcasting Company) launched a mobile TV pilot in Finland. The project tests mobile TV services and consumer experiences, as well as the underlying technology, with 500 users in the Helsinki capital region. The mobile TV test uses IP Datacasting (IPDC), which conforms with the DVB-H […]
America Online named Sonus Networks and Level 3 Communications as key technology partners for its forthcoming VoIP service. America Online will deploy Sonus’ GSX9000 Open Services Switch, the Insignus Softswitch and the Sonus Insight Management System in its consumer VoIP offering. The AOL service will also use a customized version of Level 3’s consumer-oriented VoIP […]