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Articles published in March 2004

Anritsu Tests Jitter the ITU Way


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March 31, 2004 : New option makes Anritsu's Network Performance Tester the first instrument to support upcoming ITU-T jitter standard

Airpath Pockets $6M


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March 31, 2004 : Airpath Wireless completes $6M Series A financing from Boston Millennia Partners; Boston Millennia's Jean-Yves Lagarde joins Airpath's board

Metalink Q1 Looking Good


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March 31, 2004 : Metalink expects Q1 revenues to be at the high end of previously provided guidance at $5.3M, up 47% from last year's Q1

NetScreen Achieves IPv6 Interop


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March 31, 2004 : NetScreen successfully participates in a set of IPv6 interoperability tests; it also provided the firewall to secure the testing site

Zarlink Launches VOIP Chips


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March 31, 2004 : Zarlink's new digital PLLs (phase locked-loops) provide standards-compliant timing for VOIP and broadband networking equipment

PointOne Picks Convedia Media Servers


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March 31, 2004 : PointOne Telecommunications selects Convedia's IP media servers to power nationwide hosted IP telephony services

Prominence, DataVox Join Forces


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March 31, 2004 : Prominence Networks and DataVox Technologies to collaboratively market and sell each other's VOIP and video products and services

Infonetics Tracks European Capex


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March 31, 2004 : European service provider capital expenditure fell 15% in 2003, will increase 2% in 2004 according to Infonetics

Qwest Shuffles Board


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March 31, 2004 : Craig R. Barrett resigns as Qwest director; Charles L. Biggs and K. Dane Brooksher join board

Symbol Touts Switch Top Spot


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March 31, 2004 : Infonetics Research and Synergy Research Group name Symbol Technologies as market share leader for enterprise-class wireless switches

PortWise Signs UK, Irish Distributor


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March 31, 2004 : PortWise signs distribution agreement with OpenPSL in the UK and Ireland for its mobile SSL VPN solutions

Alcatel Wins Contact Center Contract


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March 31, 2004 : Spanish auto insurer Direct Seguros selects Alcatel's multimedia contact center solution to improve its customer care service

Network Elements Touts Transponder


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March 31, 2004 : Network Elements launches hot-pluggable Xenpak transceiver for 10-Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel applications

New Edge Names Sales VP


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March 31, 2004 : New Edge Networks appoints Mark Nicklas to the new position of vice president of sales for vertical markets

Laurel Names Sales VP


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March 31, 2004 : Laurel Networks appoints Jonathan Bierman as vice president of worldwide sales and customer support

TechnoCom Gets $6.75M


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March 31, 2004 : TechnoCom, provider of wireless location OSS and BSS solutions, closes $6.75M funding round

Virgin Heads to Canada


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March 31, 2004 : Virgin partners with Bell Mobility to bring Virgin Mobile to Canada using Bell Mobility’s 1x digital wireless network

COLT Intros VOIP Conferencing Service


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March 31, 2004 : COLT Telecom releases COLTConferencing, a collaborative web and audio conferencing tool for business customers in Europe

R&S Tests Acoustics


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March 31, 2004 : Rohde & Schwarz launches test solution for type approval, quality assurance, and development of acoustic characteristics of UMTS and GSM equipment

Andrew Acquires MTS Assets


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March 31, 2004 : Andrew agrees to acquire selected steel related assets and product lines from MTS Wireless Components for $27.5M

Metrocall, Arch Wireless Merge


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March 31, 2004 : Merger to create a larger company with an expanded portfolio of wireless products and services

Emblaze, M-Systems Team


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March 31, 2004 : M-Systems' Fortress Security Division and Emblaze enter cooperation agreement to develop embedded security multimedia processors

FOMA Subs Top 3M


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March 31, 2004 : FOMA subscriptions exceed DoCoMo's expectations of 2.4M subscribers by the end of fiscal 2003

ProRail Deploys IP Zone


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March 31, 2004 : ProRail consortium signs software license agreement to use Birdstep's IP Zone software in the SURFnet WLAN test bed platform

Gemtek, Aptilo Partner


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March 31, 2004 : Aptilo Networks enters partnership to provide support for Gemtek's access gateways and hotspot-in-a-box solutions; Gemtek supports Aptilo's PWLANs

France Telecom Reorganizes


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March 31, 2004 : France Telecom adapts its organization into five operational divisions, five performance divisions, and five support functions

Alcatel Wins €30M BT Contract


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March 31, 2004 : Alcatel has been awarded a €30M contract to supply BT with an IP service delivery platform based on its Alcatel 8690 OSP

Comcore Intros Optical Splitters


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March 31, 2004 : Comcore Optical Technologies launches fused polarization-maintaining fiber 1x3 and 3x3 splitters/mixers

Nortel Targets Cable, Storage Metro Apps


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March 31, 2004 : Nortel enhances its Optical Metro 5100/5200 C/DWDM platforms with a 10-Gbit/s muxponder card to enable GigE and storage connectivity

PacketExchange Picks Tellabs for MPLS


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March 31, 2004 : PacketExchange signs strategic partnership agreement with Tellabs to expand its MPLS backbone network

Transmode Triples Sales in 2003


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March 31, 2004 : Transmode announces 300% revenue growth from 2002 and 30 new customers

ADC Signs Spanish Integrator


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March 31, 2004 : ADC signs new systems integrator agreement with Enditel Endesa in Spain for connectivity and wireline products

SnowShore Brings Video to SIP Servers


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March 31, 2004 : SnowShore Networks adds video features to its A1-G2 Media Server, an advanced SIP media processing platform for real-time IP voice and video

PacketLight Focuses on SANs


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March 31, 2004 : PacketLight names Hezi Lapid as chairman of the board of directors, announces it will focus on the storage transport market

CopperCom CSX Gets RUS Listing


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March 31, 2004 : CopperCom's CSX 1100 local exchange softswitch system has been accepted for Rural Utilities Service listing

Orange CEO Steps Down


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March 31, 2004 : Sol Trujillo steps down as CEO of Orange after successful completion of the company's restructuring plan; succeeded by COO Sanjiv Ahuja

Telco Global Picks Nortel


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March 31, 2004 : Telco Global chooses VOIP solution from Nortel to provide SIP-based multimedia services to enterprises and consumers

Net Insight Gets $8.5M


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March 31, 2004 : Constellations Ventures invests $8.5M in Net Insight, provider of video, voice, and data networking equipment

Azea Picks Iolon Tunable Filters


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March 31, 2004 : Iolon delivers its adaptive tracking, widely tunable filter to Azea Networks, which manufactures submarine optical network terminal equipment

Polychromix Expands Facilities


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March 31, 2004 : Polychromix opens larger headquarters and manufacturing facility in Wilmington, Massachusetts to meet demand for its P-DCO platform

NSGDatacom Intros VOIP Product


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March 31, 2004 : NSGDatacom launches Netrix Network Exchange 2205A VOIP gateway to ensure high-quality voice for organizations

Sheer Intros DDOS Protection Software


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March 31, 2004 : Sheer Networks tackles network-based and DOS/DDOS attacks with Sheer E-mmune, its network immunization solution

Optibase Intros Video Developments


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March 31, 2004 : Optibase introduces MXF technology for its encoding platform, collaborates with LSI Logic to support Sony MPEG IMX technology

Infineon Execs Leave


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March 31, 2004 : Matthias Poth, head of Infineon's corporate center, and Christoph Sieder, head of communications, have agreed to resign

Callipso Selects Sonus for VOIP


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March 31, 2004 : Callipso selects Sonus Networks's Open Services Architecture for next-generation VOIP network deployment

Qwest Petitions FCC on Unbundling


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March 31, 2004 : Qwest Communications files a petition with the FCC proposing interim rules on wholesale products and pricing

Brix Invites Users to Test VOIP


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March 31, 2004 : Brix launches portal that enables users to measure the quality of their VOIP connections via a quick, user-initiated test call

Pactolus Launches SIP Software


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March 31, 2004 : Pactolus introduces its SIPware Broadband Telephony all-in-one solution for service providers

Siemens, Sylantro Reach SIP Milestone


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March 31, 2004 : Siemens optiPoint SIP phones achieve interoperability with Sylantro over SIP-supported networks, and with SIP-enabled Centrex systems

Sylantro Touts Dual Purpose VOIP Platform


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March 31, 2004 : Sylantro launches broadband voice platform supporting consumer VOIP and business IP Centrex
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