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Articles published in August 2005

BellSouth Assesses Katrina


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August 31, 2005 : Approximately 1.75 million BellSouth customers live in the area affected by Hurricane Katrina

TranSwitch Goes Green


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August 31, 2005 : Green versions of its Envoy-CE2 and Envoy-CE4 multiport carrier-class Ethernet controllers are shipping to customers

IPlan Uses Global Crossing


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August 31, 2005 : IPlan Networks uses Global Crossing's IP Transit Service to converge voice and data services for its business customers in Argentina

Nortel Wins at Coral Wireless


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August 31, 2005 : Coral Wireless selects Nortel to build new mobile network in Hawaii

Cavalier Picks Amino


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August 31, 2005 : Cavalier Telephone selects Amino's AmiNET124 set-top box for its upcoming IPTV service

Escarsa Deploys UTStarcom


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August 31, 2005 : Escarsa to deploy UTStarcom's AN-200O IP DSLAM to deliver broadband services in Colombia

Widevine Updates DRM Software


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August 31, 2005 : Widevine introduces version 3.0 of its Cypher content security suite

Harmonic Debuts New Encoder


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August 31, 2005 : Harmonic launches DiviCom MV 3500 encoding platform, multi-format high definition encoder supporting either MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), SMPTE, VC-1 or MPEG-2

GPC Selects Comverse MMSC


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August 31, 2005 : GPC (VinaPhone) selects Comverse's Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC) and Mobile Data Gateway (MDG)

Sarantel Ships Millionth Antenna


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August 31, 2005 : Sarantel ships its one millionth GeoHelix-SMP GPS antenna, to Globalsat Technology in Taiwan

AirBand Names CEO


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August 31, 2005 : AirBand Communications appoints Mark Spagnolo, former CEO of Broadwing, as its CEO

HP Unwires Cities


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August 31, 2005 : HP provides metro-scale WiFI solution for munipical wireless broadband networks in Franklin, Tenn. and St. Cloud, Fla.

Chunghwa Reports H1, Q2


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August 31, 2005 : Chunghwa Telecom reports revenues of NT$46.2B, net income of NT$12.8B, and earnings per share of NT$1.33, or US$0.42, for Q2

FMCA Releases Requirements


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August 31, 2005 : Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance announces new members and product requirement definitions

FMCA Releases Requirements


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August 31, 2005 : Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance announces new members and product requirement definitions

Five Satellite Operators Dominate


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August 31, 2005 : Northern Sky Research finds top five commercial satellite operators control 63% of leased capacity

Hopling Upgrades Mesh


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August 31, 2005 : Hopling Technologies releases new version of its HopWARE software for intelligent wireless meshed networks

Microsoft Buys Teleo


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August 31, 2005 : Microsoft acquires VOIP software and services provider Teleo

LogicaCMG Reports H1


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August 31, 2005 : LogicaCMG reports earnings per share up 63% to 3.1p from 1.9p for the first half of the year

LogicaCMG Reports H1


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August 31, 2005 : LogicaCMG reports earnings per share up 63% to 3.1p from 1.9p for the first half of the year

Orca to Unveil SDP at IBC


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August 31, 2005 : Orca to showcase IPTV service creation and delivery system among its products at IBC

Skype Developers Get Busy


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August 31, 2005 : Skype awards first prize in its developer competition to Jyve plugin and forms Platform Advisory Council

ADC Closes Q3


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August 30, 2005 : Net Sales from continuing operations were $315 million, up 40% from 3Q04

Forum Targets Interworking


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August 30, 2005 : MFA Forum neared completion on Interoperability Agreements (IAs) addressing ATM and Frame Relay to MPLS Control Plane Interworking

Optical Hardware Up


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August 30, 2005 : Infonetics reports worldwide optical network hardware revenue grew 10% to $2.7 billion between the first and second quarters of 2005

Riverstone Settles Suit


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August 30, 2005 : Has entered a settlement agreement to resolve the patent litigation brought against the Company by Toshiba in November 2003

Tundra Reports Q1


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August 30, 2005 : Revenues of $18.2M up 6% sequentially but down 20% year-on-year (assets not frozen)

General Bandwidth #2 in Gateways


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August 30, 2005 : Ranks second only to Cisco in mid-low media gateway shipments, according to Infonetics

BigBand Wins in China


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August 30, 2005 : Shekou Cable launches digital video services based on BigBand's BMR (Broadband Multimedia-Service Router) and BME (Broadband Multimedia-Service Edge)

MTS Uses SeaChange for IPTV


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August 30, 2005 : Manitoba Telecom Services launches video-on-demand service using software and servers from SeaChange International

Nortel, Microsoft Team Up


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August 30, 2005 : Expanded strategic relationship integrates Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 and Live Communication Server with Nortel's SIP-based communications server

Lyse Tele Picks Entone for VOD


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August 30, 2005 : Norwegian operator Lyse Tele deploys Entone's full suite of VOD products

Motive Lands BT Deal


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August 30, 2005 : BT outsources hosting of its customer self-help software to Motive

Energis Upgrades Its MetaSolv


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August 30, 2005 : Energis upgrades and expands its use of MetaSolv's IP VPN activation solution

TTI Intros Mediation Studio


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August 30, 2005 : TTI Telecom launches Mediation Studio for convergent networks

Jabber Powers Wanadoo Chat


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August 30, 2005 : Wanadoo deploys Jabber's Extensible Communications Platform (Jabber XCP) for its Livecom voice, video, and chat service

PacketPoint Picks Sylantro


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August 30, 2005 : PacketPointe Communications deploys Sylantro's applications feature server to power its new phusionPointe hosted VOIP and IP Centrex services

Moto Announces Debt Offering


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August 30, 2005 : Motorola announces cash tender offers for up to $1B of its outstanding debt

Moto Announces Debt Offering


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August 30, 2005 : Motorola announces cash tender offers for up to $1B of its outstanding debt

Meru Partners With Juniper


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August 30, 2005 : Meru Networks to co-market wireless VOIP solutions with Juniper, joins J-Partner Infrastructure Alliance program

Nozomi Secures $8M Round


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August 30, 2005 : Nozomi Photonics raises $8 million in financing round led by Japanese investor Globis Capital Partners

Alfalight Launches Pump Module


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August 30, 2005 : Alfalight launches high-performance Combined Power Module II with precision wavelength control

SIPfoundry Intros VOIP Peering Server


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August 30, 2005 : SIPfoundry announces availability of the OpenOSP project for secure VOIP peering

Andrew Sells HQ


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August 30, 2005 : Andrew Corp. reaches agreement to sell its Orland Park property and relocate to Chicago suburbs

Skystream Makes MPEG-4 Progress


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August 30, 2005 : SkyStream Networks announces it now has 20 MPEG-4 AVC customers worldwide for its Mediaplex and iPlex video headend systems

Sprint Nextel Touts Double Deal


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August 30, 2005 : Sprint Nextel acquires Gulf Coast Wireless for approximately $287.5M and IWO Holdings for approximately $427M

Vuico Secures Series A


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August 30, 2005 : Mobile software provider Vuico closes preferred equity investment led by Aegis Capital

PSTel Picks Optical Solutions


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August 30, 2005 : Georgia ILEC Public Service Telephone selects FiberPath GPON system from Optical Solutions for a greenfield FTTP deployment

Atlantic Telephone Selects APA


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August 30, 2005 : Atlantic Telephone selects Fiber Scalability Center from APA Cables & Networks (APACN) for its FTTP networks

CacheLogic Names P2P Leader


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August 30, 2005 : CacheLogic publishes analysis of peer-to-peer traffic, finds eDonkey has overtaken BitTorrent to become the largest P2P network
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