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Articles published in August 2006

Openwave Cuts 65


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August 31, 2006 : Openwave Systems announced that the company will reduce its worldwide staff by approximately 65 people

Openwave Cuts 65


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August 31, 2006 : Openwave Systems announced that the company will reduce its worldwide staff by approximately 65 people

Fujitsu Names COO


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August 31, 2006 : Fujitsu Microelectronics America named Keith Horn to be its Chief Operating Officer

B&S Names Big Byte Finalists


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August 31, 2006 : Light Reading's Byte and Switch named the finalists in its first annual Big Bytes Awards competition

B&S Names Big Byte Finalists


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August 31, 2006 : Light Reading's Byte and Switch named the finalists in its first annual Big Bytes Awards competition

Emerson Picks Tundra


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August 31, 2006 : Emerson Network Power's new Embedded Computing business has implemented Tundra's industry-leading Tsi568A Serial RapidIO Switch

OBN Closes Funding


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August 31, 2006 : Ocean Broadband Networks is pleased to announce the close of its Series B financing

Infinera Talks Up 10Gbit/s


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August 31, 2006 : Infinera extended its lead in 10 Gigabits/second (Gb/s) long-haul DWDM shipments in the second quarter of 2006

Harmonic Extends HFC


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August 31, 2006 : Harmonic announced new high performance transmitters and receivers designed to extend hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network bandwidth

Maroc Uses Huawei


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August 31, 2006 : Maroc Telecom has selected Huawei as the exclusive supplier for the second phase of its Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) project

Cable Revenues on Rise


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August 31, 2006 : Cable operators worldwide stand to earn revenues in excess of $1 billion in 2011 from mobile traffic backhaul, according to ABI

Telenet Ups H1


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August 31, 2006 : Telenet announces its consolidated results under International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU

Swisscom Cuts Rates


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August 31, 2006 : Swisscom Fixnet call rates from the fixed network to the Orange mobile network will be reduced

Wi-LAN Reports Q3


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August 31, 2006 : Wi-LAN announces third quarter financials; transformation to technology licensing company now complete

Claflin Joins Ciena Board


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August 31, 2006 : Ciena appoints Bruce L. Claflin, former president and CEO of 3Com, to its board of directors

Ciena Announces Stock Split


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August 31, 2006 : Ciena announces one-for-seven reverse stock split

Ciena Reports Q3


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August 31, 2006 : Revenue for the third quarter totaled $152.5M, an increase of 38% over the same period a year ago

Asia Netcom Supports Tricom Cable


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August 31, 2006 : Pan-regional service provider will provide full cable landing facility and maintenance support for Tricom's submarine cable system in Hong Kong

Nokia Buys gate5


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August 31, 2006 : Nokia acquires gate5 to add robust mapping and navigation to its mobile devices

Nokia Buys gate5


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August 31, 2006 : Nokia acquires gate5 to add robust mapping and navigation to its mobile devices

OpenTV Previews IBC Display


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August 31, 2006 : OpenTV to showcase advanced digital TV, advanced advertising, and participation television at IBC

SeaChange Reports Q2


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August 31, 2006 : Record quarterly revenue of $45.4 million was up 73% year over year

Singlepoint Raises Funds, Acquires


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August 31, 2006 : Wireless Services raises $30.75M in series C funding, acquires Mobile Media North America, and changes its corporate name to SinglePoint

Verizon Biz Wins Deal


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August 31, 2006 : Helly Hansen selects Verizon Business to provide a managed private IP network

GSM Grows in Americas


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August 31, 2006 : GSM market share in Americas exceeds 50% with 100M new customers in a year, according to 3G Americas

Chunghwa Reports H1


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August 31, 2006 : Chunghwa Telecom reports revenue increased 0.8% from 1H05 to NT$91.4 billion; net income totaled NT$19.8 billion

Telstra, Alcatel Unveil IP Plan


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August 31, 2006 : Telstra and Alcatel announce $270 million works program for 2006/07

Huawei Wins Moroccan IPTV Deal


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August 31, 2006 : Huawei awarded Phase II IPTV contract by Maroc Telecom

Ericsson Buys Distrocraft Assets


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August 31, 2006 : Ericsson acquires assets of Finnish software company Distocraft

Omron to Buy NHK Unit


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August 31, 2006 : Omron to acquire optical communications components business from NHK Spring; aims to expand optical coupler business in FTTH market

Kagan Reports on Cable VOIP


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August 31, 2006 : Cable VOIP subscriptions have risen from 600,000 at the end of 2004 to 2.6M at the end of 2005, and are forecast to reach 6.5M by the end of 2006

JDSU Reports Q4


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August 30, 2006 : JDSU reported results for its fourth quarter and year ended June 30, 2006

Orcato Touts IBC IPTV


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August 30, 2006 : Orca Interactive is exhibiting at IBC 2006, Sept. 8-12 in Amsterdam, where the company will showcase its latest advanced IPTV solutions

Tandberg Unveils MPEG-4


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August 30, 2006 : Tandberg Television will continue to build on its technology and market lead in HD MPEG-4 AVC at IBC 2006

Broadband CPE Up 5%


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August 30, 2006 : The broadband boom continues, says Infonetics Research in three new reports

Infonetics Reports on VOIP


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August 30, 2006 : Two reports published by Infonetics Research show gains in both the service provider VOIP/IMS market and the enterprise telephony market

Flextronics Claims Lead


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August 30, 2006 : Flextronics Software Systems announced that it is the worldwide share leader in the SIP stack market, according to VDC

CDG Touts Growth


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August 30, 2006 : CDG announced that the number of 3G CDMA2000 subscribers reached more than 275 million users in 2Q 2006

ZyXEL Uses TI


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August 30, 2006 : ZyXEL Communications has chosen TI’s VOIP products for its voice–enabled DSL access devices, VoIP gateways and IP phones

Ember Adds Execs


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August 30, 2006 : Ember announced the addition of three sales executives to manage its growing domestic and overseas sales operations

Huawei Picks Mindspeed


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August 30, 2006 : Huawei-3Com has selected Mindspeed's HDLC, BAM and T3/E3 LIU devices for use in the company's H3C AR series routers

Maxim Targets Base Stations


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August 30, 2006 : Maxim Integrated Products introduces a new high-performance modulator

Short-Range Finds Niche


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August 30, 2006 : Short-range WSN technologies are increasingly being bundled in complementary fashion to deploy M2M services, according to ABI

Sierra Intros Modems


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August 30, 2006 : Sierra Wireless announced the latest addition to the company’s AirCard product line

FON, Onet Target Polish WiFi


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August 30, 2006 : FON and Onet have signed a strategic partnership to jointly develop products and services for the Polish market

Sycamore Reports Q4


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August 30, 2006 : Sycamore Networks reported its revenue results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended July 31, 2006

Sumitomo Picks Ikanos


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August 30, 2006 : Sumitomo Electric Networks has selected Ikanos' Fx100100-5, Fx100100S-5 CO, CPE chipsets for its next generation of broadband equipment

Extreme Names CEO


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August 30, 2006 : Extreme Networks announced that Mark Canepa has joined the Company as president and chief executive officer

Syndesis Wins at Telstra


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August 30, 2006 : Telstra has selected Syndesis TrueSource as part of Telstra’s IT transformation project

KPN Trials VDSL2


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August 30, 2006 : KPN tests new broadband technology
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