Sandvine released new VOIP figures based on data aggregated from its North American and European broadband service provider deployments
Cisco announced the appointment of Michael Capellas, former president and CEO of MCI, to its board of directors, effective January 31, 2006
Exalos extended its family of powerful Superluminescent Light Emitting Diodes (SLEDs) with the new 1300 nm Gaussian generation
OpVista announced the appointment of Bernd Schilp, an accomplished industry veteran, as vice president of sales for EMEA
Tecore unveiled its IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) strategy with the introduction of its product line of IMS network elements
Nortel and Flextronics have agreed to reschedule the transfer to Flextronics of Nortel's manufacturing operations
TranSwitch has completed its acquisition of Mysticom
Zhone reported its results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2005
Google announced financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2005
OnFiber announced that in 2005 the company surpassed $50 million in annual revenue and recorded its fifth year of consecutive revenue growth
Videsh Sanchar Nigam (VSNL) announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended 31st December 2005
Pineland Telephone Cooperative selected the company's Occam BLC 6000 System to deliver a full array of Triple Play services
Intrado will expand Intrado V9-1-1 Services to include offerings for the enterprise market
Finisar has launched its industry-leading dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) small form factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers
Metalink announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2005
Hammerhead closed a $30 million Series C round of funding, led by new investor Silver Creek Ventures and joined by new investor Apex Venture Partners
Fulcrum is sampling the FM2224, the first device in its breakthrough FocalPoint family of low-latency 10-Gbit/s Ethernet switch semiconductors
Espial and Amino have partnered to provide innovative IPTV set-top box technology for Allin Interactive
Telecom Italia Sparkle had trialed and replaced a competitive interconnect system with Telarix's iXTools solution
Portugal Telecom has extended its license of the Jabber Extensible Communications Platform (Jabber XCP)
Mobistar has selected Redback's SmartEdge Service Gateway platform to build a DSL network to deliver new broadband services across Belgium
Cbeyond is offering advanced communications services in the Los Angeles area to small and medium sized businesses
NexTone announced that Rocco DiCarlo has joined the company as vice president of product management
ARC Wireless Solutions announced the closing of the Ex-Im Bank guaranteed portion of financing totaling approximately $48 million
TeliaSonera, the leading telecommunications operator in the Nordics and Baltic, has selected Cramer’s award-winning OSS solution
Ericsson reports Q4 net income of SEK8.5 billion, up from SEK5.6 billion in 4Q04
NDS Group reports Q3 net income of $25.96M, up from $17.88M in the same quarter last year
TeliaSonera acquires YesIHotspot's WLAN infrastructure and customer relations in Denmark
NTT DoCoMo forms partnership with Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company and acquires a 7% stake for 52.1 billion yen
Cable & Wireless announces changes to its structure and management and provides business update
Corning Cable Systems introduces series of intelligent handheld test equipment
Tut Systems wins $3M contract to expand IPTV headend with MPEG-4 AVC at Iowa Network Services
Intoto announces its iGateway security platforms will support Cavium's new Octeon processors
Applied Optoelectronics announces modular cooled laser for CATV applications
Sandvine study shows VOIP offered by broadband providers takes lead in Europe and North America
Tut Systems announced its fourth quarter and year end results for 2005
Optical Communication Products reported financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2005
AudioCodes announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2005
Fortinet and Trend have reached a settlement in a longstanding patent dispute
Intense announces two new partnerships designed to drive Intense’s patented Quantum Well Intermix technology into additional markets
BT Global Services will leverage EMC Smarts software to monitor the performance and availability of its MPLS network
AT&T expects cost synergies combined with solid progress in wireless, broadband, and business services to power double-digit adjusted earnings
Entone’s widely-deployed StreamLiner network video recorder (NVR) is integrated with the Verimatrix Content Authority System (VCAS)
Arthur J. Machia, an industry veteran with deep ties to the Eastern US, has been named Network Electronics’ North East Area Sales Manager
Didier Lombard, France Telecom's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has streamlined the Group's senior management organisation
Mu Security has secured a Series A round of funding totaling $4 million from Accel Partners and Benchmark Capital
Aeluros announced the immediate availability of its next generation 10-Gbit/s Ethernet PHY/SerDes devices
Amino announces its unaudited preliminary results for the year ended 30 November 2005
The handoff of a dual-mode phone call from a WiFi network to a cellular network now is in the early stages
Cavium unveiled ten new highly integrated single and dual core MIPS64 processors starting at under $20 price points
Warner Music will make available master recordings from WMG's roster of world-renowned recording artists as ringtones to 74 million Skype users
The CDMA Development Group (CDG) announced that the number of CDMA2000 operators reached 143 at the end of the last year
Terry W. Lewis has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Sage Telecom
Korea Internet Data Center (KIDC) is increasing the reliability and predictability of its managed infrastructure services with Force10
Alcatel has licensed Jaluna OSware for use in network equipment products
Slovenian service provider T-2 d.o.o. has selected the Ciena's CN 4200 FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform
Roy Chestnutt, a former senior vice president of Sprint-Nextel and returning Austin resident, will become Grande's new CEO
Spirent has signed a contract with Telus to provide its CopperMax solution for advanced DSL-based service testing and diagnostics
Bob King and Chad Dunn have joined Tazz as Vice President of Global Services and Vice President of Marketing, respectively
Tazz announced the opening of a service and support office in Scotland, UK
Tandberg introduced products that deliver video 'anytime, anywhere and for anyone'
Warner Bros. announced the formation of a joint venture with arvato mobile, In2Movies
Optovia has named James Iuliano as the Company's new president and chief executive officer
Cavalier has completed the acquisition of Elantic Telecom
Pannaway's 2005 year-over-year customer growth exceeded 500% and that it is positioned for strong and consistent growth in 2006
LHS announced that over 10 customers worldwide have selected its leading billing and customer care system BSCS iX during the last six months
Vistula has partnered with HITL the first private telephony operator in Punjab to launch the first niche consumer VOIP service in India
AEP announced that Ken Araujo was appointed to the position of chief technology officer
Subex has registered a third quarter profit after tax of Rs. 118.7 Million (US $2.67 Million)
Nominum announced that Thierry Guenoun has joined the company as vice president of sales, EMEA
Alcatel has been awarded a series of contracts worth 10.4 million Euros by two operators in the Pacific islands
A broad range of Stratex Networks Eclipse wireless transmission solutions will become part of Alcatel's worldwide product offerings
Indian public sector carrier MTNL reports Q3 earnings
LightPointe adds new distribution partners for Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Latin America
Ålands Datakommunication chooses Latens to secure its IPTV content and revenues
TeleManagement Forum announces New Generation Operations Systems and Software (NGOSS) users group
Telent wins £36M contract from O2 Airwave, operator of the UK's secure digital communications network for emergency and public safety organizations
Iskon Internet uses Cirpack voice switching platforms to deploy VOIP services in Croatia
Texas Instruments offer DSP-based carrier infrastructure platform for converged networks
AOL expands its broadband network in partnership with major DSL providers including BellSouth, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon
Wind buys new Adamind licence to broaden its mobile content services
PMC-Sierra introduces the PM4390 ARROW M8xFE carrier-class Ethernet over Sonet/SDH mapper
Option to supply Acer with its GTM351E embedded wireless module
Belgacom and Skynet expand their online music services with iTunes Music Store
BT awarded 2-year contract to manage Microsoft's global OneCall call center routing initiative
Shareholders files securities class action against Sonus Networks
Vodafone Malta selects Siemens Communications Group to build its 3G W-CDMA network
OSS Through Java Initiative releases Web Services integration profile
Jupiter Telecom increases subscriber numbers by 14% in 2005 to 2.1M
GSA survey finds 61 network operators are deploying or operating combined W-CDMA and EDGE networks, compared to 23 a year ago
Pakistani ISP SuperNet deploys broadband wireless equipment from Aperto Networks in Karachi
LightPointe expanded its international channel operations with distribution partners in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America
Fujitsu, Intel, and Lucent have joined forces to bring a technology to market that will broaden the range of 10-Gbit/s Ethernet applicatons
Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced a component change in the Dow Jones Telecommunication Titans 30 Index
China Education and Research Network (CERNET) has successfully deployed the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System
Net Insight has received an order from Nexion regarding equipment based on Net Insight's Nimbra platform
I3 micro technology has developed a software development kit for accelerated integrations with Mood IP set-top boxes (STB)
Sprint Nextel is suing the parent company of four online data brokers that illegally obtain and sell wireless customer call detail records
3Com's Board of Directors has named R. Scott Murray President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately
Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has further expanded its network with Juniper
Cisco surpassed a new milestone in providing mobile operators content billing capacity to support 200 million mobile users around the globe
Amaru -- through its subsidiary M2B World and its company M2B World -- and Zentek launched a Global IPTV service offering 40 channels of VOD content
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) approves suite of CableLabs' PacketCable specifications
Openwave posts revenues of $104.5M, an increase of $11M, or 12%, over the year ago quarter
Slovenian carrier Voljatel deploys NetCentrex for VOIP services
Redback appoints Beth Frensilli as vice president and general counsel
NEC has started delivery of a new 3G (W-CDMA) Node B series RS381, RS880
Net Insight receives order from north European TV and radio transmission operator
STMicro reports fourth-quarter revenues were up 6.3% sequentially to $2.39B
Andrew reported total sales of $515 million for its first quarter ended December 31, 2005
Terayon is restructuring to focus solely on its digital video applications and reduce its overall cost structure as a pure-play video business
GVC Networks has acquired IDT Corp.'s subsidiaries; Winstar Communications, Winstar Government Solutions, and Winstar Wireless
IDT Inc. announced results for the third quarter of its 2006 fiscal year, ended January 1, 2006
Oplink reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2006 ended January 1, 2006
Broadcom reported unaudited financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2005
Foundry reported financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2005
EXFO has completed its acquisition of the assets of Consultronics
Redback announced its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2005 results for the period ended December 31, 2005
Broadcom's board approved a 3-for-2 split of its common stock, which will be effected in the form of a 50 percent stock dividend
The Infinera photonic integrated circuit (PIC) has surpassed one million hours of successful field operations without a single PIC failure
Edgeware announced the successful conclusion of a Series A financing round with the leading Nordic early stage venture capital firm Creandum
BitBand is expanding its offering in the IPTV market space with the presentation of a new high capacity video streaming server at TVoDSL
Level 3 has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the membership interests of Progress Telecom
Vonage announced the availability of Virtual Numbers with area codes from Austria, France, Ireland, Italy, and Spain
Verizon reported strong fourth-quarter and year-end 2005 results
Hibernia Atlantic selects FutureWei to expand its North American network, which connects to its transatlantic submarine cable
Tellabs reported fourth-quarter 2005 revenue of $521 million, up 37% from $379 million in the fourth quarter of 2004
Open Source pioneer Larry Augustin has joined Fonality's board of directors
Deutsche Telekom reports broadband lines increased by 762,000 in Q4, around 40% year-on-year, to over 8.5M
NetCentrex offers VOIP starter kit for service providers
Chunghwa Telecom reports revenue of NT$183.4 billion, a 0.4% increase compared to NT$182.6 billion in 2004
Net income was €813M compared to €1.001B in the prior-year period
Companies offer integrated financial solution that combines Portal 7 Revenue Management with SAP for Telecommunications
Sonus appoints Howard Janzen, recently president of Sprint Business Solutions, to its board of directors
Revenues of $669.6 million were relatively flat compared to the fourth quarter of 2004
Verso offers hosted PBX for its softswitch platform
AudioCodes launches Open Solution Network (OSN) partner program
Liberty Global completes the sale of UPC Norge to Candover Partners for $542M
Extraordinary General Meeting approves sale of Spirent's HellermannTyton division
T-Mobile increases its customer base by 9M to 86.6M, of which 77.4M are served by companies in which T-Mobile has a majority share
Slovenian triple-play service provider T-2 selects Netcentrex's MyCall Residential Services suite and Business Services suite
Nokia reports Q4 net sales of €10.3B, up 16%, and earnings per share of €0.25, a growth of 20%
Revenues were $23.9M, an 18% decrease from $29.3M for the same period in the prior fiscal year
Revenue in the fourth quarter of 2005 was $21.2M, up 39 percent from $15.2M in the fourth quarter of 2004
Picolight appoints Doug Smidl as vice president of sales and customer service
Conexant reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2006, which ended Dec. 31, 2005
NetLogic will acquire all of the assets and intellectual property associated with Cypress's standard Network Search Engine products
PMC-Sierra today reported results for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2005
TranSwitch posted fourth quarter, 2005 net revenues of approximately $8.6 million and a net loss of ($3.4) million
Four independent China-based IPTV trials and services are using the 4Caster Broadcast Series encoders to power IP applications for live TV
Juniper reported its results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2005
AMCC reported its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2006
Polycom reported its earnings for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2005
Newport has achieved ISO 9001:2000 quality management standard
LightEdge has selected BroadSoft's BroadWorks VOIP application platform to deliver its high-quality VOIP services
CSG has extended its agreement with Bright House to provide customer care and billing support to its Tampa, Fla. and Livonia, Mich. divisions
MCM Telecom has selected Ditech's PeerPoint C100 to provide reliable and secure VOIP service to its customers
NetCentrex and TomatoVine announced an 18-city VOBB deployment based on NetCentrex market-leading VOIP application servers
NTC's tender offer for all TDC Shares and TDC ADSs expired in accordance with its terms
Magnolia has closed its Series D financing of $14 million
Splunk has secured $10 million in a second round of funding
Maxim and Dallas Semiconductor, its wholly-owned subsidiary, are working with RAD to produce the TDM over Packet (TOP) chips
Avaya and Juniper announced joint standards-based solutions to deliver secure, reliable intelligent communications
ECI has celebrated its ongoing collaboration with one of the world's largest cellular operators
Telindus has signed a five-year contract with Amdocs to standardize its global customer help desk on Amdocs CRM software
BellSouth announced fourth quarter 2005 earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations of 34 cents, up 36 percent compared to Q4 2004
Shanghai Telecom will expand on its Cisco IIP NGN by deploying the Cisco CRS-1 multichassis carrier routing system
Corrent announced the Corrent SR770, a carrier-class security gateway for VOIP service providers
Airwide has secured $25 million in Series D funding
8x8 announced financial results for its third quarter of fiscal 2006 ended December 31, 2005
Sirius Broadband selected the Salira 3000 Series to build the first GE-PON network in Bangladesh
CopperCom announced that six IOCs in Iowa have replaced their Mitel switches with the CopperCom CSX softswitch platform
Europe’s biggest trade event dedicated to future fibre-to-the-home technologies and deployments is launched in Vienna today
Broadbus announced the opening of its European office and the appointment of industry veteran Alkesh Patel
ADC Krone is set to present its OmniReach product portfolio at this year’s FTTH Council Europe conference in Vienna on 25th & 26th January
The data security company Norman increased total revenue by 14 per cent to NOK 231 million in 2005
Canal Digital is using Amino set-top boxes for IPTV services in Sweden and Norway
SR Telecom announces C$50M private placement and conversion of 10% convertible secured debentures
TeleWare adds Interactive Voice Response (IVR) to its intelligent application suite
I3 Micro offers software development kit to help vendors, system integrators, service providers integrate with Mood IP set-top boxes
Zhejiang Telecom selects Green Packet's Unified Mobility software to integrate Personal Handyphone System (PHS) wireless data and wireless LAN networks
Transmode selects Magdalene as UK network services support partner
Dutch cable operators UPC Netherlands, Casema, MultiKabel, Essent, and CaiW sign VOIP peering contract with XConnect
SK Telecom reports 4.7% increase in sales and 25.2% growth in net income year on year
TDC selects Alcatel and Microsoft's joint system for its IPTV deployment
Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI) sees growth in number of WiMax members
Vodafone signs partner network deal with Telekom Malaysia to offer roaming and business services with Celcom in Malaysia, XL in Indonesia, and Dialog in Sri Lanka
NetCentrex says it has signed up 10 new customers and 6 new partners in Central and Eastern Europe in the last 12 months
E28, BCT Global, Convergin, FG Microtec, HelloSoft, Netrake, NewHeights Software, and tekVizion join fixed/mobile convergence group
Nokia wins 5-year managed services deal with Hutchison Essar in India
Convergin joins MobileIgnite alliance to help accelerate interoperability for fixed/mobile convergence
Higher education and research network SURFnet6 launches using optical equipment from Nortel
New customers signing up to WCDMA price plans in western Europe accounted for almost one third of the region's total mobile net adds in Q4 05
Strategy Analytics released, 'Mobile TV Germany: Failing Grades on Content and Network Performances'
Nortel, Qualcomm, and Orange have successfully completed UMTS and HSDPA calls
Brooktrout has dramatically simplified fax servers for VOIP networks by teaming with several of its partners
Cingular Wireless reported solid fourth-quarter results
Telenor strongly opposes a ruling by the High Commercial Court in Ukraine
ADC opened a new manufacturing facility in Brno, Czech Republic
NetLogic announced the launch of its new NETL7 family of Layer 7 content processors
Bookham signed a co-operation agreement with EM4 and its wholly owned subsidiary EM4 Defense
AT&T and Avaya announced a global strategic alliance to help businesses and government agencies manage the migration to VOIP
BroadLight announced that Anton Schaaf has joined BroadLight’s Board of Directors
Avanex received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market on Dec. 29 2005 indicating that the company has regained compliance
Extreme announced financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended Jan. 1, 2006
UTStarcom will supply its industry-leading NetRing(TM) 600 and 2500 optical transport solutions to RailTel of India Corporation
DataFlex announced a new agreement with innovative Spanish service provider Jazztel
FEW is building one of the world's largest and most advanced IP converged networks for KAEP based on Nortel technology in Mecca
Ixia has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the mobile video and multimedia test product lines of Dilithium Networks for $5.1M
Alcatel continues to demonstrate its leadership in triple play, including IPTV, through new solutions, demonstrations, and presentations
Alcatel announced the signature of a contract with Globalcom Data Services
Pactolus announced its selection and preliminary deployment by LatiNode, a rapidly growing global VOIP service provider
Blue River Management has signed an exclusive agreement to resell route analytics products from Packet Design in the South Africa
Azure announced the availability of Certo 2, the latest version of its automated revenue-assurance solution
RADhas announced the launch of a 'Smart SFPT,' a new series of patent-pending Ethernet First Mile access solutions
Caspian announced the successful deployment of its Media Controller solutions by Korea Telecom (KT) for the South Korean e-Government project
Dataflex announced a new agreement with innovative Spanish service provider Jazztel to use Dataflex Voice over DSL and VOIP access devices
Accenture and InfoVista have deployed a sophisticated network management system
COMTek has voluntarily adjusted nearly 600 broadband over powerline (BPL) devices in Manassas, Va.
Metconnex announced closing of CDN$8.1 million (US$7.0) financing and the promotion of David King to the role of chief operating officer (COO)
UralSviazInform has successfully deployed Axerra’s Pseudo-Wire solutions
Netcentrex announced the launch of IPCentrex One, a turnkey solution for the deployment of hosted telephony services
Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel) has selected FTS to provide it with the Leap NextGen Rating, Billing, and Customer Care platform
Sonus will provide key elements of its IMS-ready architecture to support Intrado's nationwide expansion of its VOIP E9-1-1 solution, V9-1-1 Services
Fujitsu has selected the new Interphase SlotOptimizer for its Primepower family of Solaris OS and SPARC®-based servers
World-Link has deployed the award-winning Mera VOIP Transit Softswitch (MVTS) on its VOIP network
AT&T has successfully implemented an Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) for General RV Center
US LEC Corp's Jeffrey Blackey will provide the keynote for the second installment of the GLOBALCOMM 2006 Master Class Series
Rochester Telephone has selected Tandberg Television as its video head-end provider for a new IPTV service over FTTP
PacketFront announces shipment of its 150,000th FTTH port
Dutch social housing association Portaal to deploy PacketFront equipment for FTTH triple-play network
Verizon Wireless reports Q4 customer growth of 2 million, a 20.5% increase over 4Q04, setting a quarterly record
Bharti Tele-Ventures to be renamed Bharti Airtel to reflect the activity of the company as a wireless operator
Bharti Tele-Ventures reports Q3 revenues of Rs. 30.26 billion, up 42% year over year and highest ever-net addition of 2.4 million customers
Lucent reports net loss of $104M, or 2 cents per share, for Q3, compared with net income of $174M, or 4 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter
IBM to integrate Cramer's Enterprise Inventory Management software into its Service Delivery Platform for Triple Play
Agilent Technologies introduces WireScope Pro handheld cable and fiber tester for 10-Gbit/s Ethernet networks
IBM's new collaboration platform includes a new version of IBM Lotus Sametime, new audio and video conferencing integration, and connectivity with several IM platforms
Telecom Italia signs agreement to offer Sky channels on its Alice Home TV service
Intec launches mobile charging, customer management and revenue management software for new operators and MVNOs
Vodafone reports organic growth of 8% for the quarter in total proportionate mobile revenue and reiterates guidance for the financial year
Westell acquires HyperEdge, provider of last mile access products
Verizon Launches FiOS TV in Massapequa Park on Long Island, its first rollout in New York
Verizon launches FiOS TV in Woburn, its first rollout in Massachusetts
Orca Interactive releases RiGHTv 4.5, introducing an IPTV service delivery platform
Allied Telesyn adds VDSL2 capability to its iMAP integrated Multiservice Access Platform
Allied Telesyn deploys triple-play IP network with GEPON fiber-to-the-home access infrastructure
Allied Telesyn announces availability of 10-Gigabit Ethernet transport capability for its iMAP Integrated Multiservice Access Platform
Agilent launches Wireless QoS Manager, combining hardware and software to measure service quality
Remaining Marconi business offically becomes telent plc; shares will trade in London under the ticker TLNT
Intel, Modeo, Motorola, Nokia, and Texas Instruments form alliance to promote mobile digital TV
Tello comes out of stealth mode with an instant communication and collaboration service for businesses
Ericsson's acquisition of key assets of Marconi completed on January 23
Avaya reported income from continuing operations of $71 million or 15 cents per diluted share in the first fiscal quarter of 2006
Keymile will be presenting its latest developments for telecommunications network operators at CeBIT
Mindspeed announced revenues of $33.2 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2006, which ended Dec. 31, 2005
Vitesse reported results for the first quarter ended December 31, 2005.
Widevine and Sigma have entered into a partnership agreement
Redline will be used to established the first commercial implementation of a certified WiMax broadband network in Europe
Wave7 announced that Jack Bryant has joined the company as the new VP of Worldwide Sales
Verizon Business unveiled new integrated wireless and wireline offerings
The Internet Protocol Detail Record Organization (IPDR.org) will host a meeting to focus on accounting and settlement standards for IPTV services
Foundry announced the NetIron MLX Series of ultra-high-performance MPLS-enabled switching routers
Cbeyond launched BeyondMobile, a mobile voice and data offering targeted specifically to small businesses
Tekelec announced the appointment of Frank Plastina as chief executive officer, president and a member of the board of directors
Conexant announced that President Matt Rhodes will transition out of the company over the next six months
Tazz announced a collaborative effort with BT on the design and delivery of a lab demonstration platform
AOL has formed a relationship with IBM to connect their dynamic instant messaging communities
Aastra and Allied Telesyn have entered into a business relationship for the development, marketing, and distribution of IP Telephony solutions
Spirent announced that Huawei-3Com tested SmartBits Test System using the award-winning Spirent SmartBits Test System and Global Services
UK-based ADSL2+ service provider Be raises £24.5M to roll out its 24-Mbit/s broadband service nationwide
Twin Valley Telephone, an ILEC located in central Kansas, has chosen Allied Telesyn's iMAP integrated Multiservice Access
Broadcom has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sandburst, a privately-held fabless semiconductor company
EXFO announced the release of the FTB-150 Compact OTDR for complete fiber characterization
Intec has launched its latest convergent offering, a Wholesale Business Management solution
According to recently released report from Dittberner the IPTV market for set-top-boxes, headend equipment and middleware will reach $1.5B in 2013
MagiQ Technologies, Silicon Graphics, Qucor, and the University of Melbourne form joint venture for next-generation quantum cryptography devices
Simac Broadcast integrates Latens's Content & Revenue Protection systems with its video distribution systems
3 appoints Bruno Duarte, previously a partner at management consultancy Arthur D. Little, as its UK Strategy Director
Amino Technologies acquires advanced video codec firm SJ Consulting for £1.3M
NRJ and Euro-Information select Highdeal to power mobile telephony services across Europe
Verizon Business launches with new integrated wireless and wired network access offerings
Providence Equity Partners to complete takeover of Kabel Deutschland
Amdocs signs new services contract as part of phase II of Svyazinvest's billing transformation program
Comverse and ZTE announce strategic partnership to offer value added services to the fixed and mobile markets in China
O2 reports UK revenues up by 12% year on year and German revenues up 17%; customer base grew by 18% to 27.4M
Spirent acquires wireless test and measurement firm SwissQual Holding for £27.7M
Telefónica completes the acquisition of UK wireless operator O2
Mobilkom Austria to launch HSDPA network, offers Vodafone Mobile Connect Card Broadband
Intec demonstrates new IPTV OSS/BSS software, which is being deployed by an Asia/Pacific carrier
Nareos introduces legal mobile peer-to-peer download service, PeerBox
UMA is emerging as a convergence transition technology from 2G to IMS, says Frost & Sullivan report
Option touts new GlobeTrotter 1.8-Mbit/s HSDPA card
Massillon Cable TV (MCTV) has selected the iGlass status monitoring suite for managing their service delivery infrastructure
AudioCodes has selected Coverity Prevent as part of a company-wide software quality initiative designed to improve its VOIP network
Tesco will launch an internet phone service that will revolutionise the way people make their phone calls
Tekelec's core convergence switching solution has been selected by Mirs, Israel's integrated digital enhanced network (IDEN) wireless operator
Infineon announced key figures for the first quarter of the 2006 financial year
Alltel achieved double-digit growth in revenues and net income during the fourth quarter and for all of 2005, driven by its wireless business
Progress Telecom named Ciena as a key supplier in the evolution and expansion of its existing network for next-generation services
Liekki is releasing the latest version of its simulation software, Liekki Application Designer
AsiaInfo constructs metadata management platform to support Hubei Mobile's Business Intelligence (BI) System Phase II expansion project
USCarrier Telecom signs agreement with a national wireless company to install an OC192 metro ring in Atlanta, and closes two Dark Fiber IRU sales
Telecom Italia signs agreement for the sale of 100% of mobile operator Digitel Venezuela for a total of $425M
Telecom halves the value of its Australian operations to between A$600 million and A$700 million; revises full year EBITDA outlook
Time Warner Telecom extends its fiber network to the greater Atlanta cities of Alpharetta, Smyrna, Norcross, Perimeter, and Roswell
Sasken, developer of multimedia applications, wireless protocol stacks, and DSL software, reports 40.5% increase in profit during the first nine months
FastWeb reports 45% year-on-year increase in revenues to €287M during Q4
Carsten Schloter takes over from Jens Alder as Swisscom CEO following the change in international expansion plans prompted by the Federal Council
Harmonic reports net sales of $63.7M, compared to $85.6M in the fourth quarter of 2004
Nasdaq panel grants Terayon's request for continued listing following the company's failure to file its quarterly report on time
Appium launches test SIP/IMS platform to help telecom operators migrate to next generation networks
AOL announced its decision to make a substantial investment in a new telecoms infrastructure in the UK
Covad has announced Covad VoIP PBXi Plus, a business-class offering aimed at SMBs and distributed enterprises with existing on-premise phone equipment
Tekelec has entered into an agreement with Russian-based joint venture ZAO NEC Neva Communications Systems
Freescale reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2005
Harold (Hal) Covert, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Openwave, has joined the JDSU Board of Directors
Scientific-Atlanta reported second quarter sales of $495.2 million. Net income for the second quarter was $53.4 million, or $0.34 per share
Verizon announced the election of Clarence Otis Jr., chairman and CEO of Darden Restaurants, to the Verizon Board of Directors, effective today
Nortel President and CEO Mike Zafirovski today announced the appointment of Dennis Carey as executive vice president, Corporate Operations
Ixia announced the latest release of the IxVoice test system, its primary testing solution for unified VoIP and PSTN analysis
The latest report from Byte and Switch Insider examines the virtualization of today's heterogeneous storage environments
MaLigne TV, France Telecom's phone line-based digital television service, is expanding its offering to include new services
Sam S. Srinivasan has been elected to Centillium's board of directors and will serve as the audit committee chairman, effective Jan. 18, 2006
Two-thirds of Internet users have serious concerns about practices by Internet network owners to block or impair their access to information and services
Exponential-e has partnered with Yipes to provide connectivity and reciprocal support for implementation and remote on-site maintenance
Qualcomm has completed the acquisition of Flarion Technologies
Ace-Comm has signed two new contracts that extend current customer relationships for elements of its Convergent Mediation SDP
Mescalero Apache Telecom Inc. (MATI) has selected the company's Occam BLC 6000 System
C-COR reported its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2006, ended December 23, 2005
XO carried more than 2.2 billion minutes of VOIP traffic across its national IP network in the fourth quarter of 2005
Verizon and Yahoo announced the availability of their latest fully-integrated, co-branded broadband service, Verizon Yahoo! for FiOS
BEA Systems to showcase its communications platform and next-generation IMS services at 3GSM 2006
Releases PacketStorm4XG IP Network Emulator for multiple Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet applications
Teradyne reports 18% increase in sales to $345.2M during Q3, for net income of $224.1M, or $1.07 per share
BT appoints Bharat Savjani as vice president, Global Telecom Markets, Asia Pacific
Pace Micro Technology reports half-year revenues of £78.9M, compared with £150.5M for the same period the previous year
LogicaCMG, provider of wireless messaging products, reports 'significant improvement' in profitability over 2004 with revenue growth of 5%
O2 says Oxford mobile TV trial reveals strong consumer demand for multichannel broadcast TV onto mobile phones
Manitoba Telecom Services adds 50,000th customer to its video over DSL service supported by Motorola's multiservice access platform
Bouygues Telecom implements Comarch's InterPartner Billing and Partner Care platform
Google and SIPphone connect their instant messaging networks
Alcatel, Ericsson, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, and Siemens launch Scope, an industry alliance to accelerate the deployment of carrier-grade base platforms
WiMAX equipment market may top $3B in 2010, projects In-Stat
Yak Communications launches unlimited VOIP calling plan
NetCracker appoints Sanjay Mewada, former head of OSS practice at Yankee Group, to lead its strategy and market initiatives
Buckeye CableSystem is deploying Camiant's PacketCable Multimedia (PCMM) policy offering
Portuguese mobile operator TMN chooses Tektronix's Unified Assurance suite for real-time services management
Wisor extends OSS solutions for VOIP, number portability order, and access circuit management to carriers who are not existing customers
Pacific Crossing awards Lucent $10M, four-year contract to manage PC-1 undersea communications link between US and Japan
Broadsoft touts customer wins and product launches in 2005, says it doubled revenues for the year
Westell, provider of briadband access products and conferencing services, reports 3% increase in Q3 revenues to $68.1M
EBay reports record Q4 revenues of $1.3B, up 42% year on year, for earnings per share of $0.20
Cisco appoints Susan Bostrom as CMO and executive officer to succeed James Richardson, who has been appointed to the new role of SVP, Commercial Business
Millicom International Cellular appoints Morgan Stanley for strategic review following 'a high number of unsolicited approaches'
Tut Systems to demonstrate its MPEG-4 AVC equipment at TVoDSL and Triple Play Showcase
NTT Communications and Telefonica Wholesale agree to interconnect data networks to provide enhanced global network capabilities for customers
European used test and measurement equipment market is poised for growth, says Frost & Sullivan
Cable & Wireless awarded five-year global IP managed services contract with Standard Chartered Bank
As VOIP enters next phase, worldwide market for semiconductor providers will reach $2.4B by 2009, IDC predicts
Pactolus introduces InService high availability software to prevent VOIP service session loss
Teknovus and KDDI announce development program for EPON with speeds up to 10 Gbit/s
Volantis introduces Mobile Content Applications and Mobile Content Framework
Mangrove Systems appoints Colin Doherty as president and CEO; Jonathan Reeves, founder and current CEO, will become chairman of the board
Smoothstone introduces IP communications platform for medium-sized enterprises
NEC America announces new line of SpectralWave GPON access equipment
SkyStream says it achieved 11 percent net income in Q4, and was profitable for the year on an EBIT basis
Masergy announced that telecom-industry veteran Royce Holland has been selected as chairman of the board
Metrobility has received certification for its Radiance family of products from the Russian RF Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications
The wholesale telecom market is now growing faster than the retail telecom market in Europe, according to Ovum
Fujitsu Ltd. and Fujitsu Labs announced the world's first commercial 10-Gbit/s Small Form Factor Pluggable (XFP)-type optical transceiver
BroadLight has signed a distribution agreement with Clavis Company in Japan
Kailight announced the first closing of a Series B of funding with an investment of $4.5M
Network Equipment Technologies reported its final results for the third quarter of fiscal 2006
Keopsys' 10W-KPS-SLM-PM is a single mode 10 Watt CW polarization maintaining (PM) amplifier in the 'eye safe' C-band spectral range
CSG's Professional Services Group designed to help CSG's customers optimize their use of the company's billing and customer care solutions
Telekom Austria has selected Synamedia, the NDS secure broadband IPTV and VOD solution and architecture
Celltick Technologies has appointed Stephen Dunford as its new CEO
Yahoo reported results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2005
Sprint Nextel plans to end the Convergys billing relationship over time by migrating subscribers off the legacy Precedent 2000 system
Strix announced the availability of the industry's first 802.11j wireless mesh products for the Japanese market
Sprint Nextel has made an additional $10 million strategic investment in IPWireless
Phyworks has partnered with MJL Technology, Korea, to distribute their next generation physical layer products for WAN, LAN, SAN, and FTTH apps
Yahoo announced key findings from a new survey commissioned by the National American Testing Organization
Sentito announced that technology veteran Stephen Crummey has joined the company as chief executive officer
Empirix announced the results of a survey conducted during Dec. 2005 on the topic of 'Service Provider VoIP Deployment and Service Delivery Challenges'
Opnext has shipped more than 100,000 10-Gbit/s transceivers
Time Warner Cable will integrate C-COR's Network Service Manager (NSM) solution in all TWC systems
World Wide Packets announced a new addition to the LightningEdge product family, the LE-135
Chuba Udokwu has joined Sonus as its new Vice President of Worldwide Engineering
Vaasa Telephone Company is relying on Extreme Networks to deliver voice, video, and data over a high performance Metro Ethernet ring
SiNett's board of directors has selected Richard H. Forte as its executive chairman
Indian IT services company Wipro reports 25% increase in net income during its third fiscal quarter
TDC announces its plans for triple play services in Denmark
Fiberxon selects Agilent's N2X multiservices testter to verify EPON triple-play service performance
Sprint Nextel selects Amdocs to provide single wireless billing and customer care platform
Centconet awards $23.3M contract to Calypso Wireless for its C1250i dual mode WiFi-GSM-GPRS VOIP phone, which features Skype calling functionality
VimpelCom acquires Bakrie Uzbekistan for $60M and Unitel for $200M; plans to merge the two GSM operators
Auspice releases version 5 of its TLX Real-Time Systems Integration and Operations Automation Platform
IPWireless launches TDtv technology that enables operators to provide mobile TV and multimedia services over existing 3G spectrum bands
Omron's Electronic Components unit acquires Aduro, manufacturer of precision high-speed optical subassemblies
Hutchison’s Geo expands into London through the acquisition of city-wide fiber network Urband from Thames Water and National Grid
Telekom Austria reports net growth of 48,500 DSL customers and 82,700 new mobile customers in Q4
Service Availability Forum releases new system management interfaces
Point Topic finds the broadband divide in the UK is 'deeper than was thought and may be getting even deeper'
The average price of cable modem services rose in the last quarter of 2005, according to Point Topic's Broadband Tariff Benchmarks
In-Fusio will continue to develop and publish games, while its games channel management services will be re-branded as a separate division, Mobile Scope
Transaction processing management firm Infozech joins the OSS through Java (OSS/J) Initiative
Hutchison Telecom Indonesia awards contract to Siemens to build, implement, operate, and maintain its GSM/W-CDMA network
Sony Ericsson reports 28% year-over-year growth in units shipped and a 15% increase in sales to €2.31B
Cox Communications signs five-year deal to extend its use of BigBand's FastFlow Broadband Provisioning Manager for Internet and VOIP services
MVS Net and NextNet Wireless deliver broadband and VOIP bundled services in Mexico
Google's Google Talk service is now fully interoperable with other communications services that support the server-to-server XMPP protocol
Michael P. Sauer has joined Reliance as President
IBM announced fourth-quarter 2005 diluted earnings per common share of $2.01 from continuing operations
Intel announced fourth-quarter revenue of $10.2 billion, operating income of $3.3 billion, net income of $2.5 billion and earnings per share (EPS) of 40 cents
Pacific LightNet has teamed with MetaSwitch to make the next-generation infrastructure transition
DiCon is releasing a new Low-Cost MEMS 8x8 Matrix Switch Module
Teknovus announced the availability of its TK3713 Optical Network Unit (ONU) chip
Teknovus and KDDI announced a Next Generation Ethernet Passive Optical Network (NGEPON) roadmap with speeds of up to 10 Gbit/s
One of India’s largest GSM operators has deployed a Short Messaging Service (SMS) centre based on technology from TeleDNA and powered by NMS
An open-standard specification providing end-to-end encryption for IPTV and other rich media is now available for public comment from ISMA
Avanex, CyOptics, Eudyna, Mitsubishi, Oki Electric, Opnext, and Sumitomo released new common specifications for optical devices
Ubiquity has entered into a three-year agreement with AT&T Services, a subsidiary of AT&T
Atreus has been selected by Level 3 Communications to participate in its VOIP Technology Alliance Program (TAP)
Knology is deploying Riverstone's 15008 Ethernet Edge Routers to enhance its offering of Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS)
FiberNet has deployed Force10's TeraScale E-Series in its metro Ethernet backbone to power its new Phonomenum VOIP peering service
Siemens has accepted Vierling as an 'Advanced Partner' in the Technology category of its Enterprise Partner Program
ITV will continue using Narrowstep’s technology to broadcast its new local broadband TV services following the extension of the three month trial
Google has agreed to acquire dMarc Broadcasting, a Newport Beach, Calif.-based digital solutions provider for the radio broadcast industry
The amount of voice traffic being carried over Sonus' industry-leading solutions exceeded 17 billion minutes per month at the end of 2005
Tundra announced the Tundra Tsi110 Host Bridge, the industry's highest performing host bridge for PowerPC
After 35 years as President and CEO at Rohde & Schwarz, Friedrich Schwarz has retired from day-to-day operations
Mindspeed introduced a highly integrated passive optical networking (PON) solution
Applied Optoelectronics Inc. announces the commercial availability of 1310-nm lasers with enhanced industrial-grade temperature ratings
NeoPhotonics has shipped 1 million Bi-Directional (Bi-Di) transceivers for FTTH applications, primarily for networks in Japan
SMC is shipping the industry's first 10-Gbit/s Ethernet over CAT-5e transceivers
Finisar announced plans to demonstrate a 40 Gbit/s transponder at Asia's largest fiber optical communication exhibition, FOE 2006
Broadcom has shipped over 100 million Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) controller chips to date
Texas Instruments (TI) unveiled Piqua, a new system of Internet Protocol (IP) quality management elements
012 Golden Lines has selected Juniper for its new VOIP network
Azea Networks completes 20-Gbit/s upgrade to subsea Southern Cross Cable Network and receives order for an additional 50-Gbit/s capacity in Phase 2
The Telephone Service of the Vatican State deployed a series of Ethernet access solutions from RAD
Motorola acquire set-top platform developer Kreatel Communications to boost its European telco TV presence
VimpelCom deploys its 1,000th optical platform from ECI Telecom for its Beeline GSM network
TDS Metrocom launches commercial broadband wireless services using Alvarion's BreezeAccess VL equipment
France Telecom launches fiber-to-the-home pilot program
Swisscom Solutions acquires customers and employees from Siemens as the companies increase their collaboration on convergent enterprise networks
Rad to unveil its new Vmux-420 A-bis (BTS to BSC) and A-ter (BSC-to-MSC) standalone optimization gateway at 3GSM
Seven Norwegian companies enter a new partnership called Movation to encourage mobile innovation
Frost & Sullivan expects European mobile music markets to grow rapidly, driven by GPRS and 3G network deployment
Hutchison Essar announces it has completed the acquisition of BPL Mobile Cellular
Visual Networks signs distribution agreement with South Korean VAR SJTek for its network and application performance management products
Almost three quarters of global enterprises expect to migrate to a fully converged network by the end of 2008, according to IDC research
City of Burlington, Vermont installs ADC next generation fiber frames for its point-to-point fiber optic network
BT and New Venture Partners (NVP) showcase companies spun out of their partnership, including iO and Azure Solutions
BT offers flat-rate calls package for BT Business Broadband Voice customers
Antitrust Division concludes review, enabling Qualcomm's merger with Flarion to go ahead
Infogate Online to participate for the first time in TVoDSL Conference and Triple Play Showcase 2006
Aperto to exhibit live PacketMAX product demonstrations, deliver keynote and panel presentations on WiMax technology and markets at WCA 2006
ZTE to showcase UMTS/HSDPA equipment and IMS converged services at 3GSM World Congress
Cal-Ore Telephone selects FiberPath's fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) system to deliver triple-play services to a new residential development
Joins Level 3's (3)VoIP technology alliance program; now maintains connection with Level 3's VOIP network to provide interoperability testing services
Announces it achieved 2005 sales growth of 35% over 2004 while introducing new products, expanding its operations globally, and adding new clients
Terayon receives notice of default from bondholders following delay in filing its 10-Q form for the quarter ended Sept. 30
Fujitsu signs agreement to resell, deploy, and support ThingMagic's Mercury4 RFID readers
Allied Telesyn announces its integrated multiservice access platform enables carriers to offer Ethernet services over T1/E1 transport and DS3 facilities
Allied Telesyn introduces 10-Gbit/s modular Layer 3+ QOS switching platform
MRV Communications and EdenTree Technologies expand partnership for automated test lab software
Arthur Mutual Telephone Company selects Pannaway's IP access gear to deliver converged triple-play broadband services in Northwest Ohio
Flextronics Software Systems introduces IPv6-ready switching software for Ethernet equipment
Fibernet provides bespoke optical network service to Cable & Wireless for a customer in Scotland
President of Linux to form advisory board for UnifiedRoot, which has created an Internet addressing system for corporate and public top-level domains
New Edge Networks annoucnes three-month trial of flat-rate national pricing for wide-area business networks
Optimum Lightpath selects Atrica's carrier Ethernet systems to deliver Ethernet services in the New York metro area
Golden Telecom completes constructionof its Federal Transit Network in compliance with Russian telecom rules for long distance services
Tele2 appoints Anders Olsson, currently market area director for Central Europe and CEO of Tele2 Germany, as executive VP of sales and marketing
Cable and Wireless expands agreement with cVidya to include usage-based revenue assurance software for its main network operations and global subsidiaries
RFID is still in early stages in Western European vertical markets, but adoption is increasing, says IDC
Mobile Top Level Domain, the registry behind the new '.mobi' (dotmobi) Internet domain, opens its headquarters in Dublin
BT adds content deals with National Geographic Channel and children's TV programmers HIT Entertainment and Nelvana to its IPTV lineup
Huawei announces its global contract sales for 2005 reached $8.2B, up 40% year on year
Outsmart appoints Jeremy Deaner, previously VP of EMEA sales at Geneva Technology, as vice president of European sales
Net Insight appoint Fredrik Trägårdh as new CEO; current chief exec Tomas Duffy to take the position of Teligent
Silicon Laboratories introduces jitter attenuating 10-Gbit/s XFP transceiver IC
Telenor has today sold 21 894 877 shares in Inmarsat at GBP 3.48 per share
Samsung announced its financial results for 2005 fourth quarter ended December 31, 2005
Pac-West and VeriSign to provide services that enable communications providers to offer converged IP, voice, and data communications
Choice One announced an agreement with Access Point to provide Integrated T1, PRI, and broadband data in Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets
Vistula has completed a deal with IUSACom Networks to deliver feature-rich telephone services to its subscribers
Cell Wireless will launch its new mobile WiFi Cell VoIP phone in the first quarter of 2006
Empirix's Hammer was used to perform a comprehensive multimedia assessment of Juniper's Netscreen ISG2000 SIP-aware firewall
Interlink will provide a point to point video product, as well as a multi-participant video conferencing product, through its existing VOIP network
The Community of General Local Health Funds (AOK) in Germany will in future be relying on BT voice services
BT announced a major transformation of its customer facing capabilities by creating a new global organisation in charge of CS&NO
Ixia announced a number of enhancements to its industry-leading IxANVL conformance and interoperability test solution
The Telus TV service has been chosen by major Hollywood film studio Twentieth Century Fox
Emcore has acquired privately-held K2 Optronics in a merger transaction
Goodrich's unique indium gallium arsenide/indium phosphide (InGaAs/ InP) near-infrared APD is designed for single-photon counting
Bookham has entered into a series of financing transactions
Sky takes a significant step in its drive to offer customers more choice with the launch today of new ways to enjoy Sky content on computers and mobile phones
DDD Group announces the appointment of Hans Snook to the company's board of non-executive directors
Fixed operators can buy time to manage their transition from voice-centric to broadband-centric strategies
C-COR to sell its DV6000 line of video systems to Newfound Technology
Lucent downgrades fiscal 2006 guidance from a mid single-digit increase in revenues to be essentially flat or increase in the low single digits
Lucent appoints executive vice president and CFO Frank D'Amelio as chief operating officer
Pipex reports 30% increase in revenues in 2005, updates on plans for WiMax and local loop unbundling
Telecom and TelstraClear sign agreement on several longstanding issues including interconnection, wholesaling, and Unbundled Bitstream Service (UBS)
Carphone Warehouse reports 40.9% growth in fixed-line revenue and 20.1% growth in mobile during Q3
Swisscom hikes up broadband speeds for its Bluewin customers
Swisscom Solutions to take over Winterthur Group's worldwide voice and data services
Net Insight receives order from European Media Company for HDTV switch
VOIP company i2Telecom International raises $1.75M in financing from Capital Partners
IBM has received notice of a formal, nonpublic investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission
Starz Entertainment Group chose thePlatform Media Publishing System (MPS) to deliver subscription and pay-per-view based digital video downloads
Shaw's Board increased the equivalent annual dividend rate on its Class A Participating Shares and Class B Non-Voting Participating Shares by $0.13 per share
DiCon is announcing availability of the world’s smallest MEMS 1x36 Optical Switch Module
Ikanos has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the network processor product line of Analog Devices Inc.
Vonage has turned up emergency 911 service in over 1900 PSAPs across the country
Concurrent nnounced the launch of their MediaHawk 4500 high density server for video-on-demand (VOD) applications
360networks has selected MetaSolv’s inventory management solution to manage its comprehensive optical and IP network
Ibsen Photonics has been granted United States Patent # 6,978,062, titled 'Wavelength Division Multiplexed Device'
New Focus is introducing a suite of Simply Better products, solutions and services at Photonics West later this month
Juniper's SDX-300 Service Deployment System has been awarded qualification status for the PCMM specification from CableLabs
Consolidated Communications is deploying Entone’s Hydra IP video gateway to support the telco’s IPTV service launch
Today, Google announced two new Google Minis
Foundry announced two new ultra-high-performance ServerIron Layer 4-7 switches with 10-Gbit/s Ethernet
PMC-Sierra has established a new technology center in Bangalore, India
UTStarcom introduced the new brand name for its commercially deployed, end-to-end IPTV solution -- RollingStream
Heinz Sundt resigns as CEO of Telekom Austria; will be replaced by Boris Nemsic, who will also retain his position as CEO of mobilkom Austria
Magyar Telekom and T-Mobile offer discount scheme for calls between fixed and mobile phone numbers
Magyar Telekom takes out an EIB loan of HUF 47.4 billion for its broadband projects
Jazztel signed up 35,422 new ADSL2+ customers in December, updates on central office deployments
SeaChange International, provider of digital video systems, debuts memory blade at Emerging Technologies conference
Dittberner reports finds IPTV worldwide services revenues to reach $12.6B by 2013, incremental network equipment market increase only $336M
BT says results from its pilot Movio mobile TV service demonstrate clear consumer demand for broadcast digital TV on the move
Nordic Telephone Company receives tenders for 85.5% of TDC's share capital; reduces minimum condition to 85% and extends offer period to Jan. 20
Agilent to name its new semiconductor test spinoff Verigy
Morten Tengs appointed new CEO of Telenor Satellite Services to replace Tore Hilde who will be leaving the company at the end of January
TDC continues to back Nordic Telephone Company's offer, which will now accept 85% of share capital and votes, and a deadline of Jan. 20
Matti Alahuhta and Phil Hodkinson join as non-executive directors; Lou Hughes to step down as a non-executive director and join BT's Americas advisory board
VeriSign acquires CallVision, provider of online analysis applications, for $30M
Following resignation of Theodore Schell, TWT violates Nasdaq rule requiring companies to have an audit committee of at least three independent directors
3Com's President and CEO, Bruce Claflin, will retire at the conclusion of an executive search for a replacement, which currently is underway
Pioneer's new report, 'All-Optical Switches: PON & FTTx Networks Bring New Focus,' highlights an emerging opportunity for manufacturers
Sylantro announced the ongoing success of its alliance with Microsoft, and the second major customer win for their integrated solution at Softbank
France Telecom has confirmed the slowdown in growth already reported in Q3 2005
CacheLogic announced the appointment of a new non-executive Chairman and the addition of an additional non-executive director to its board
Belgacom and Telindus announce that the public offer on all outstanding shares and warrants of Telindus has been successfully closed
The new Dynatel advanced modular system 965AMS from 3M provides full-featured testing for the triple play -- voice, video, and data
The Universal Powerline Association (UPA) today unveiled its work program for 2006 at its annual general meeting
Convergin announced several strategic accomplishments in 2005 that has established the company as an early leader in the FMC market
Blue Wireless is now offering business and residential VOIP telephony service
NetEx has teamed with Telstra to deliver a high-performance, end-to-end data transmission solution for a Fortune 1000 customer
ArrayComm's Network MIMO software will be incorporated into the PHY of picoChip's flexible wireless solution
Zarlink introduced the first two devices in its new ClassSwitch platform of single- chip, full-service Layer 2 Ethernet switches
BroadSoft announced the appointment of Gary M. Ford as vice president and general counsel
The Multimedia over Coax Alliance announced that Alcatel has joined as an associate member
Air Surprise has successfully deployed a local number portability solution built upon the Performance Technologies AMP offering
Anam Mobile announced full availability of its Smart Services platform for WAP, SMS, and MMS
AOI is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Chien-Yu Kuo to the position of Senior Vice President
Cybera announced the closing of a $12.8 million equity round of financing led by Adams Street Partners of Chicago
BroadLight has successfully sampled the BL2000 GPON system-on-chip solution
ADC announced an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Overture to supply the new LoopStar 700 next-gen Ethernet access and transport system
Optiwave announced the release of OptiFDTD MAX
Broadwing and Hutchison Global Communications Limited (HGC) announced the joint establishment of a new inter-carrier international Ethernet network
Fujitsu announced today a series of significant service, functionality, and density enhancements to its flagship Flashwave 4500 MSSP
Openreach from BT was created to deliver installation and maintenance services on behalf of Britain’s telephone and Internet service providers
Consolidated Communications deploys Entone's Hydra IP video gateway for new IPTV services
Global Crossing's UK operation implements an interconnect rating system from Azure Solutions
Terabeam expects Q4 revenue will be in the upper range of the previously-provided guidance of $23M to $27M
SKY Italia selects personal video recorder (PVR) set-top box from Pace Micro for its MySKY TV service
BT adds the Motorola V3b handset to its Fusion fixed/mobile service
NEC boasts world's smallest DWDM optical transceivers with high power output
Optus acquires remaining 74.15% stake in Virgin Mobile Australia for A$30M; receives 15-year license to use the Virgin brand
KPN acquires Dutch Internet and business service provider Attingo, which offers hotspots at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport
Swisscom Fixnet Wholesale to triple ADSL bandwidths for residential and business customers over the next few months
Completel delivers first colocation sites in Paris and Nantes, and plans to expand its footprint to 110 metro areas instead of 80 as previously announced
Softbank uses Sylantro and Microsoft to deliver VOIP services to businesses in Japan
Infonetics finds broadband, metro Ethernet, and IP VPNs are the top drivers for investment in convergence
Aperto networks announces availability of TDM equipment for wireless broadband networks
Google introduces Google Earth for Mac
Telcordia launched Telcordia Ringback Tones and Telcordia Location-Based Services
StockerYale announced a realignment of operations into three core growth businesses: lasers, LEDs, and specialty optical fiber
EXFO reported today sales growth for a ninth consecutive quarter
Adelphia filed the 'Plan Supplement' to the company's fourth amended plan of reorganization with the US Bankruptcy Court
OpVista announced deployment of its OpVista transport system by Service Electric
Ample announced that its new device, Redhawk, is now sampling to customers
Siemens announced the addition of a new regional broadband customer, Oxford Networks
Voice Mobility is integrating NMS's media processing technology with Voice Mobility's messaging solution
MIND CTI will release financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2005 on Monday, February 20, 2006
INS announced the release of IPControl software version 2.2
Five major countries in Asia comprise the fastest developing regional broadband market including the adoption of advanced FTTx
Virtela is delivering managed global DSL connectivity to its private network via an unparalleled industry footprint of more than 120 countries
ETT and Virtela announced a partnership that enables ETT to expand its network service offerings and extend global reach for ETT customers through Virtela
Willcom has selected Sonus Networks as the foundation for its new nationwide long-distance network
Telkom South Africa (TSA) has selected Verso to provide Verso's Clarent Edge Access softswitch solution as it expands its VOIP services
Azimuth announced several recent milestones that demonstrate the company's significant growth and sales momentum
Harmonic announced a multi-channel digital mosaic system
Online consumers seeking the best video search engine will now find it on the leading free portal on the web -- AOL.com
Veraz announced that Telecom New Zealand International (TNZI) selected Veraz's VOIP softswitch to be the preferred solution for TNZI's telecom switches
Ryder has been awarded a contract by MCI to provide an online bill management solution to much of its European operations
The Ethernet Alliance announced its formation with a scope that includes all IEEE 802 Ethernet standards
AppearTV have integrated AppearTV’s DC1000 professional receiver with the Latens CAS family of broadband conditional access products
Juniper announced key changes to its management team as part of a structured succession plan
RAD will exhibit its unique portfolio of cellular backhaul access solutions for 2G and 3G networks at the 3GSM World Congress
EXFO announced the introduction of the AXS-100 Access Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) for fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) test applications
Amdocs expands partnership with CompuCom Systems to help deliver support to its enterprise customer base
Motorola acquires next-generation cable network technology assets from Broadband Innovations
Appeals court upholds ruling that SeaChange 'willfully' infringed C-COR's patent for a video server system architecture
Ghana Telecom expands its broadband wireless network with approximately $3M of Alvarion equipment
Nareos launches P2P monitoring service PeerMind to provide analysis of digital entertainment trends
Vodafone appoints Matthew Kirk, currently British Ambassador to Finland, as director of external relationships
NeuStar projects full-year 2006 revenues in the range of $296M to $306M; reports 40% annual growth to 171.6 million transactions
Snom transfers rights for its multimode, SIP-based 4S IP communications software to newly founded 4S newcom
Kyocera signs patent license agreement with Nokia relating to CDMA, PHS, and PDC standards to resolve patent dispute
Alcatel deploys metro CWDM network in Paris for Global Crossing
AT&T expands its BusinessDirect customer portal with global network management and online collaboration tools
ConVisual, provider of multimedia messaging and mobile entertainment services plans its IPO on the Frankfurt exchange for Jan. 13
Equant has won a two-year, $4.4 million contract extension to continue managing an IP VPN for law firm Baker & McKenzie
Patapsco Communications announces its PacketBand systems enable ISDN codecs to use IP networks
Unisys wins £1.6M in new contracts from BT Wholesale to include a flexible converged fixed and mobile voicemail service, and a new messaging platform
Billing Services Group combines is re-branding Billing Concepts and the former EDS Interoperator Services to BSG Clearing Solutions
Kingston Communications selects CopperEye for communications data retention platform
Arroyo Video Solutions supplies Arroyo OnDemand to support Charter's rollout of video on demand services in Alcoa, Tennessee
ISPs such as Cable & Wireless, Savvis, Belgacom, and Hydro One use Arbor's Peakflow SP to provide security services to their enterprise customers
McLeodUSA completes financial restructuring and emerges from Chapter 11; appoints Royce Holland, founder of Allegiance Telecom, as CEO
Starent Networks, provider of mobile multimedia gateways, secures strategic investment from T-Mobile Venture Fund
TelCove expands its fiber optic network infrastructure in the Syracuse-Utica-Rome region
Brooktrout teams with providers of network fax applications to offer a software-only fax platform for IP networks
Teligent incorporates Performance Technolgies' Advanced Managed Platform products in its P90/E service creation platform
Virgin Mobile USA and MTV extend partnership to include program sponsorship and mobile content
Nortel appoints former GE executive Don McKenna as vice president of Global Manufacturing Services
Introduces Release 3.0 of its optical switches, which non-blocking, all-optical switching for up to 320 single-mode fibers in a rack-mountable 8 RU chassis
C-COR introduces ITU G.695-compliant CWDM transmitter with 1 GHz technology
Multikabel Netherlands selects C-COR's Converged Headend Platform (CHP) for network upgrade
Axiom Systems and Wipro implement AxiOSS for TeliaSonera's next-generation services
Telenor appoints Arve Johansen as executive vice president in Asia and Jan Edvard Thygesen as EVP in eastern and central Europe
IP Telesis selects General Bandwidth G6 Universal Media Gateways for integrated voice and data services
Eagle Broadband reports Q1 earnings of $1.9M, up 27% from revenues of $1.5M during the same period last year
NTT Leasing expands its investment in Glimmerglass, provider of intelligent optical switches
Details of a new music service enabling subscribers to access music to suit their preferences, have been unveiled by Vodafone Group
EXFO announced today the launch of the FTB-200 Compact Platform, a lightweight and portable test platform
Accton and Sandburstintroduced the newest member of the MetroBox product family: the MetroBox-Access Switch (MetroBox-AS) or the ES4826 from Accton
On Jan. 9, 2006, a fiber cut between Phoenix, Ariz. and Palm Springs, Calif. has impacted Sprint Nextel’s service along the West Coast
MRV announced the 4800 Power Control Series, an intelligent power distribution and remote power control solution to maximize operational uptime
Fonality has secured $5 million in Series B financing in a round led by Azure Capital Partners with participation from individual investors
Verizon Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg today told investors he sees sustainable shareholder value creation in 2006 and beyond
Telecom Italia and Intel will deploy innovative applications and services for home entertainment, healthcare, and for R&D of new tech
Tech Data as established a distribution agreement with Mitel, a leading provider of IP communications solutions
Oplink expects revenue for the second quarter of fiscal year 2006 to be in the range of $12.5 to $12.6 million
BTI Photonic Systems has closed a USD$12.25M Series C financing
Pacific Internet appoints Teck Moh Phey, VP for Motorola in Asia/Pacific, as its president and CEO
Askey Computer of Taiwan has selected BroadLight’s BL2000 system-on-chip solution
Dutch food and health company Sovion selects AT&T as global network provider
TDC upholds its recommendation to shareholders to accept NTC's offer
Alcatel appoints Charles Matthews to the newly created position of chief compliance officer
Nordic Telephone Company encourages TDC shareholders to accept its offer scheduled to expire Jan. 12
Yahoo launches Go TV service for PCs connected to televisions
Yahoo! to launch Go Mobile service with AT&T and Cingular in the US, and Nokia in several international markets
Aeon Digital announces distribution agreement with Protron USA for its DV-220 PVR and IPTV set top box
DivX and Google team to make Google Video accessible on consumer electronics devices
Google announces plans for online video store
Google offers free software package of security and communications programs
Cesky Telecom reports 175% increase in ADSL users in the Czech Republic to 275,000
Schema releases version 1.5 of its GSM Network Dimensioning Manager, which enables operators to forecast network traffic
Vodafone and Sony NetServices partner to offer interactive, personalised radio channels streamed to 3G mobile phones and PCs
Redback announced the addition of William Sherry as vice president of finance
John D. Schanz will join the Comcast as Executive Vice President, National Engineering and Technical Operations
DirecTV will enable remote viewing of DirecTV's entertainment services and programming to PC screens, laptops, portable media players and STBs
Verizon and MCI closed on their merger, enhancing Verizon's ability to deliver converged communications, information, and entertainment
ITC^DeltaCom announced the availability of its MPLS Service offering
Cable TV execs discussed elements of their pending plans for system preparation and early trials of advanced-interactive digital video tech
8x8 and CounterPath unveiled 8x8's latest VOIP service, Packet8 Softalk, a co-branded, video-enabled SIP softphone
Devicescape announced its central role in enabling Sharp to design and develop wireless devices that are compatible and operate easily on home networks
Avanex announced preliminary financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, 2005
Vidanti uses Conexant media and voice processing chips for its BBTV4000 IP Entertainment Gateway (IPEG) set-top box
Subscribers to NTT DoCoMo's 3G FOMA service surpass the 20M mark
ntl wins voice contract for Spectrum Interactive's payphones across the UK
SunRocket expands footprint of its residential VOIP service to 75% of US households
NDS introduces new entertainment server system and DVR, as well as Xspace and content protection software, at Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
WebDialogs introduces secure sharing plug-in for Skype voice conferencing
Panasonic to address IPv6 applications for security and home networking at CES 2006 'New Internet' track
8x8 signs agreement with Brightpoint to offer Packet8 Internet phone services through its Value Added Reseller and System Integrator channel
NDS and Thomson showcase new OpenCable Application Platform set-top box at Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Verimatrix and InfoValue announce integrated IPTV deployment at a resort in the Caribbean
SeaChange showcases new applications for on-demand television at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Ixia introduces Multi-Services Modules for testing next-generation Sonet
Ixia expects to report Q4 revenues in the range of $37M to $38M, a 5% to 8% increase over 4Q04 but below the company's guidance
MCI restates financial statements for first three quarters of 2005
Intel plans to bring Google Video and AOL's video service to the living room on the Intel Viiv platform
China Telecom awards Huawei a contract for 1.2 million ADSL2+ lines
USRobotics introduces Skype-certified USB Internet Speakerphone
Broadcom's MPEG-4/AVC silicon has been selected by both DirecTV and by EchoStar
Broadcom announced the industry's first front-end cable TV set-top box chip with integrated channel bonding technology
Finisar reported that Jerry Rawls, Finisar's President and CEO, has been elected Chairman of the Board
EXFO has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Consultronics
Ubicom has introduced the industry's first family of communications and media processors (CMPs)
Verizon launched FiOS TV today in seven more North Texas communities
Verimatrix and i3 announced the Mood 300 as the industry’s first IP set-top box (STB) to be fully integrated with Verimatrix’s VideoMark
GigaBeam announced today a sale of its WiFiber wireless fiber links in the amount of $243,000 to the Grant Joint Union High School District
USDTV has selected Norfolk, Va. as the fifth rollout market and first on the East Coast of its all-digital wireless TV service
Uniden and 8x8 announced the extension of their strategic partnership and introduced a new co-branded VOIP product
Broadcom announced the world’s first WiFi video phone chipset for wireless handsets and desktop video IP phones
Dave.tv and Capitol announced the formation of a Strategic Alliance
2Wire unveiled the world's first outdoor broadband home gateway
PMC released a VOIP Phone reference platform that enables PPSTN-like performance with toll-quality voice services and enhanced security
CA has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wily Technology for $375 million in an all-cash transaction
CopperGate announced that Motorola Ventures made an investment in the company
Brix expanded its existing IPTV monitoring capabilities targeted at providing the required visibility into channel change times and network performance
Linksys announced a new line of SIP-based telephony products for Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs)
ZTE is to provide China Telecom with its largest metropolitan intelligent fixed-line NGN network
Freescale has introduced a 3.3V single-chip CMOS broadband silicon tuner designed for a wide range of home entertainment appliances
Buffalo introduced another addition to its family of products designed to DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) Guidelines
France Telecom had launched a friendly tender offer on Telindus at a price of €15.80 per share
Qualcomm has acquired Berkana Wireless, a Silicon Valley-based fabless semiconductor company
Telenor completes acquisition of Vodafone Sweden for €1.04 billion including debt
BT Radianz appoints Rick Snape, GM of its Extranet unit, as CEO and Mark Akass, VP and head of engineering, as CTO
NTL wins £10 million contract to supply National Ethernet services to Opal Telecom
Netcentrex appoints David Michaud as CEO of operations in the Americas
Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) predicts industry growth, venture funding opportunities
Amino to port advanced software stack for IPTV set-top boxes to STMicroelectronics semiconductor family
Philips and Microsoft to launch cordless Internet telephone for Windows Live Messenger users
In-Stat forecasts network-based IP VPN equipment worldwide sales revenues will grow strongly from $347M in 2004 to $658M in 2009
Focus Enhancements says its video convergence processors will appear in multiple set-top boxes and media players showcased at CES
mFormation Technologies acquires Aepona's device management system business
Sigecom deploys Terawave BPON optical access systems to provide Ethernet and DS1 services for SMEs
Sprint and its cable partners appoint John Garcia president of their quadruple-play joint venture
Network Equipment Technologies expects Q3 revenues in the range of $16M to $16.5M, representing a loss of $0.25 to $0.30 per share
ANT will demonstrate its Galio TV Application Manager and client software at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Thomson showcases IP devices at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and signs licensing agreement with CableLabs for the CableCARD removable security interface
Ericsson awarded two-year contract to build and manage Natrindo's 3G network in Indonesia
Net.com expects revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2006 to be in the range of $16.0 to $16.5 million, a loss of $0.25 to $0.30 per share
Level 3's second VOIP consumer research study found that VOIP awareness has continued to grow
Packet Design has named Steve Ruddock director of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Anritsu announces the promotion of Don Bradley to the position of Senior Fellow at Anritsu Company
Sigecom has deployed Terawave BPON optical access systems to provide Ethernet and DS1 services to SMBs
Focus Ventures is leading a $25M Series C round of financing in Entropic bringing total investment in the company to $78M
Ikanos' Fx100100-4-EX chipset has been selected to support VDSL2 services in Tellion's new 8/16/24-port solution
Verso has been selected to provide its Class 5 softswitch solution to Belgium-based company IPness
Alcatel has acquired GMK, a leading provider of contact center voice self-service solutions in Brazil
ZTE is deploying TranSwitch's Envoy-CE2 Ethernet controller in Fast Ethernet (FE) service interface cards
Ace-Comm has signed a contract to provide its N-Vision mediation solution to Vivodi
Vonage uses Sonus VOIP equipment to expand its voice over broadband network in the U.S.
Satellite telecom company Orbcomm raises $110M in equity funding
Mississippi operator Telapex uses Tut Systems's Astria content processors to deploy a converged IPTV network
Evoxus launches VOIP service for multisite enterprises in the UK over Broadsoft's BroadWorks VOIP application platform
Corrigent appoints Suhas Patil to head its new office in Mumbai, India
Chunghwa Telecom selects Terayon's DM 6400 Network CherryPicker to expand its multimedia-on-demand service
Voyence, provider of automated change and configuration management solutions, joins EMC Smarts Technology Alliances Program
Telenor Pakistan implements Azure's interconnect billing software for its long distance international services
Computer Associates certifies Fluke Networks's OptiView network analyzers as 'ca smart'
PrairieWave president Bruce Herman takes on additional role of CEO; Craig Anderson remains chairman and VP Scott Schroeder becomes CFO
Yankee Group names NetContinuum as first traditional Web application firewall vendor to stake a claim in the new application assurance platform market
Yankee Group issues rankings of the top wholesale data providers; BellSouth and Sprint lead overall quality while MCI leads network performance
SIPfoundry releases version 3 of its open source PBX, sipXpbx
UK has now overtaken France as the biggest broadband country in Europe according to Point Topic estimates
FastWeb expands its use of Portal Software to support new IP-based services
Motorola introduces digital set-top products with home media networking capabilities
Skype announces seven deals with consumer electronics makers
Panasonic and Skype collaborate on line of cordless phones
West Central Wireless selects Telsasoft's GSM CDR (Call Detail Record) reports
UK-based IP software provider Exony opens North American headquarters in Boston
Verizon signs licensing agreement with Belkin to produce Verizon-branded home networking gear
BellSouth to trial SES Americom's IP-Prime satellite-based video distribution system
ECI Telecom chosen to expand Beijing Subway's communications network for the 2008 Olympics
American Stock Exchange (AMEX) to suspend trading of DSL.net shares from Jan. 9 due to the low selling price of its stock
C-COR will streamline its corporate structure and key manufacturing operations into functionally aligned groups
RadiSys expects fourth quarter revenue to be approximately $62 million and diluted earnings per share to be between $.13 and $.15.
The waiting period for US antitrust review under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 was terminated on December 30, 2005
Teligent is pleased to announce today a substantial order from T-Com, Deutsche Telekom's fixed-network unit
Hercules Technology Growth Capital provided $5.0 million of debt financing to Pathfire
TelCove recently completed a major network upgrade in the Buffalo, NY metro area
Airspan has deployed the first-ever Russian WiMax network for MetroMax
Global Crossing has completed the sale of its small business group (SBG) to Matrix Telecom
BigBand has released version 6.0 of its BigBand Cuda CMTS (cable modem termination system)
D-Link and Skype introduced the D-Link Skype USB phone adapter
Vonage and Uniden announced the retail availability for the Uniden UIP1869V
Telefónica de España has met its target of over 200,000 Imagenio subscribers in its first year of life in Spain
Telefónica SA’s Board of Directors has approved the restructuring of the Company’s senior management
Verizon Wireless completes $400M New York network enhancements in 2005
Starz Entertainment launches Vongo, its video download application and service for broadband
Pacific Internet forms equity joint venture with Chinese ISP Zhong Ren Telecom to market integrated IP communication applications in southern China
COO Berndt Baumgartl promoted to president and CEO of Siemens Communications
Ascalade Communications signs development agreement with Skype; introduces PC-based VOIP cordless phone
Jean-Louis Constanza, Market Area Director for Tele2 in Southern Europe and CEO of Tele2 France, resigns and will be replaced by Andrea Filippetti and Olivier Anstett
Siemens licenses ANT's Galio TV application manager for consumer electronics devices
Comptel completes integration of EDB Telecom businesses; plans layoffs in Finland and Norway
Exponential-e today announced the roll out of its VPLS-enabled next generation network (NGN)