Netrake deploys at Broadvox, adds session manager
Jun 13, 2005 4:29 PM
At Supercomm last week in Chicago, session border controller provider Netrake introduced a new session manager that provides a centralized signaling control plane for high-volume networks as well as a security gateway that addresses the security requirements of GSM operators extending into unlicensed mobile access networks...
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India’s BSNL tackling challenges on broadband front
Jun 10, 2005 7:33 PM
CHICAGO--International attendance at Supercomm 2005 was up 20% this year, according to show officials, and among that group was a large delegation from India, including officials of the dominant carrier, BSNL, and the government Ministry of Communications & IT...
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IBM wedges its way into IPTV space
Jun 10, 2005 1:44 PM
CHICAGO--Joining a host of other companies, IBM this week is pushing its capabilities in the IPTV market, demonstrating its solution that builds on the open IBM Digital Media Framework and IBM Service Provider Deliver Environment ...
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Fujitsu partners with BTI
Jun 9, 2005 3:50 PM
CHICAGO--Fujitsu Network Communications announced at Supercomm that it has forged an OEM agreement with BTI Photonics Systems Inc...
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VeriSign to power Dobson mobile content
Jun 9, 2005 3:35 PM
CHICAGO--VeriSign announced at Supercomm that it has landed a deal with Dobson Cellular Systems to supply the content portfolio behind Dobson’s GPRS/EDGE data services...
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Nokia lands first IMS convergence deal
Jun 9, 2005 1:10 PM
CHICAGO--Nokia this week named its first commercial contract for a converged network based on IP multimedia subsystem technology, announcing an agreement with Finnish MVNO Saunalahti for specific IMS elements that will bridge wireline, GSM and Wi-Fi networks...
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Agilent extends next-gen analysis to cable VoIP
Jun 9, 2005 12:38 PM
CHICAGO--Agilent Technologies’ OSS group has added additional support to its NgN Analysis System to provide cable operators with end-to-end voice-over-IP management...
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BigBand strikes up deal with Hargray
Jun 9, 2005 10:57 AM
CHICAGO--BigBand Networks announced yesterday that it has signed an agreement with Hargray Communications to provide its Broadband Multimedia-Service Router as part of a video service the carrier is rolling out in South Carolina...
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MRV announces new Ethernet router
Jun 9, 2005 10:50 AM
CHICAGO--MRV Communications at Supercomm this week announced its OptiSwitch 9000 Series metro Ethernet router...
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Agilent N2X test gear in unassisted triple play
Jun 9, 2005 10:40 AM
CHICAGO--Agilent Technologies’ Computing and Networking Solutions group served up its own triple play to address the testing needs of triple-play service providers...
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Broadwing teams with OnFiber
Jun 8, 2005 4:54 PM
CHICAGO--Broadwing and OnFiber Communications have teamed up to offer Ethernet private network services aimed at Fortune 500 companies...
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Motorola focuses on convergence, wireline products
Jun 8, 2005 3:43 PM
CHICAGO--Motorola moved out of the wireless pavilion and onto the main show floor at Supercomm, demonstrating wireline products, including its newest wireline IPTV solution and a new class of communications servers optimized for converged wireless and wireline communications...
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Comtrend brings out the bonding
Jun 8, 2005 3:13 PM
CHICAGO--Comtrend this week is making one of the first public displays of its ADSL2+ bonded modem, which is in trials with two U.S. carriers...
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Anritsu takes the jitter out of XFP modules
Jun 8, 2005 2:58 PM
CHICAGO--Lots of test gear can measure jitter, but Anritsu Co. introduced the first single-instrument solution for differential electrical jitter testing of 10 GB XFP modules. It also tests the electrical interfaces connecting host cards to the modules...
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The MDF made simpler
Jun 8, 2005 2:42 PM
CHICAGO--After five years of development since its launch in 1999, Simpler Networks launched a product this week aimed at the heart of the central office: the main distribution frame...
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Alvarion to enter U.S. spectrum
Jun 8, 2005 2:11 PM
CHICAGO--At Supercomm this week, broadband wireless equipment manufacturer Alvarion announced it will extend its BreezeMAX product line to encompass the 2.3 GHz and 2.5 to 2.7 GHz frequency bands...
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SBC: We will differentiate video
Jun 8, 2005 11:08 AM
CHICAGO--SBC’s soon-to-be-launched video service will answer critics of telco video strategies by being clearly different than traditional cable and satellite offerings, according to Edward Cholerton, vice president of broadband marketing for the carrier. ...
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Alcatel incorporates UMA into Spatial switch
Jun 7, 2005 3:19 PM
CHICAGO--Alcatel today said it has integrated Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) control functionality directly into its Spatial Wireless softswitch and server line...
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BT meets 21 Century head on
Jun 7, 2005 2:58 PM
CHICAGO--When BT set out to determine its network strategy for the 21st century, the dominant British carrier was looking at bleak times...
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BellSouth to trial Wi-Fi/cellular convergence, expands BWA footprint
Jun 7, 2005 2:36 PM
CHICAGO--BellSouth today kicked off the first RBOC convergence trial, announcing it would begin a Wi-Fi/cellular integration trial in Atlanta. The carrier also revealed that it would expand its broadband wireless trials to several more cities this year...
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Testing, testing V-O-I-P
Jun 7, 2005 12:07 PM
CHICAGO--Acterna has added voice-over-IP capabilities to its NetComplete Service Assurance Solution, the company announced this week...
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Lucent names Kodiak as reseller partner
Jun 7, 2005 11:55 AM
CHICAGO--Lucent Technologies has agreed to resell Kodiak Network’s push-to-talk platform as part of its IP multimedia subsystem portfolio, expanding a previous marketing relationship between the two vendors...
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Capgemini takes Lucent as networking partner
Jun 7, 2005 11:48 AM
CHICAGO--Lucent Technologies has gone from being a Capgemini customer to a Capgemini partner. The two companies today announced they have entered into a strategic partnership to include Lucent’s portfolio of network integration services under the Capgemini rubric...
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Sprint North Supply signs on Scientific-Atlanta
Jun 7, 2005 12:00 AM
Sprint North Supply this week is unveiling a distribution agreement with Scientific Atlanta that will mark one of its first large-scale deals with a traditional cable vendor while also adding some final pieces to its fiber-to-the-home portfolio...
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Aperto launches WiMAX platform
Jun 6, 2005 4:21 PM
CHICAGO--After many months of resisting the release of a “pre-WiMAX” product, Aperto said today it is finally prepared to unveil its standardized broadband wireless access product line...
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Vendors point to IPTV opportunity in China
Jun 6, 2005 4:10 PM
CHICAGO--At the ChinaTel Forum at Supercomm today, vendors said the potential for IPTV services in China and the rest of East Asia could rival that of the rest of the world...
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AT&T, Microsoft to collaborate on IP services
Jun 6, 2005 3:59 PM
CHICAGO--AT&T and Microsoft today announced an expansive five-year agreement to develop and deploy IP communications services globally, leveraging AT&T’s worldwide IP backbone and Microsoft’s Connect Services Framework platform...
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Meriton adds Sonet/SDH to its OADX
Jun 6, 2005 3:10 PM
CHICAGO--Equipment vendor Meriton Networks is adding Sonet and SDH capabilities to its optical add/drop switch. The fourth release of Meriton’s 7200 OADX includes Sonet and SDH switching and grooming...
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