Closes the $35.5M purchase from Minnesota-based energy firm Allete Inc.
Jazztel signs PACEO financing for up to €120M with Société Générale
Belgacom announces conditional agreement to acquire Telindus
ROO has successfully completed private equity financing for gross proceeds of $5.1 million
AT&T will launch the most ambitious and aggressive brand campaign in its more than 120-year history
Vonage is offering a $100 mail-in-rebate on certified devices sold in over 9,000 retail locations within the US
IDT announced the expiration of the tender to purchase all of the outstanding shares of the common stock of Net2Phone
AsiaInfo acquires Changjiang Technology's telecom operation support business group
AsiaInfo wins contract to provide its business intelligence software to Chongqing Telecom
Thomson forms Advanced Product Development Group for broadband service delivery platforms following its acquisition of Inventel
MatrixStream showcases H.264 AVC (advance video codec) IPTV set-top box and PC player at Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
PCCW has selected ZyEdge to handle all US-based VOIP deployments
Microsoft, Softbank, and Japan Telecom are developing a security-enhanced, integrated communications service
Covad announced a comprehensive settlement agreement that resolves all pending litigation and disputes between them
AEP Networks appoints Melody Iffland as director of corporate marketing
ZTE wins contract to provide optical transmission network for Neocom in Macedonia
Nokia reseller CommTel provides DSL equipment and services to Telecom Cook Islands
Radyne expects to pass the $100 million mark in shipments for 2005
Liberty Global subsidiary UPC Austria acquires Austrian broadband operator Inode for €95M
Nortel has enhanced its ability to deliver end-to-end converged enterprise networks with the agreement to acquire Tasman Networks
Jazztel trials TV over ADSL2+ service in Madrid
AFOP announces the release of a new family of PLC Splitter LGX Modules
Leucadia announced the completion of the sale of its telecommunications subsidiary, WilTel, to Level 3
Ericsson and Cisco provide IP-based network and IP service management to Telesur in Latin America
Subsidiary 3G Dynasty enters IPTV partnership with China Netcom to distribute content distributed by Live Online
Optical components maker Ignis acquires majority stake in South Korean PLC manufacturer Fi-ra Photonics for $7M
Russian operatots Comstar UTS acquires regional service providers Conversiya-Svyaz and Overta
Micrel launches new post amplifiers for the growing PON market
Force10 Networks, SWsoft, and Zhone Technologies join the Technical Support Alliance Network (TSANet)
A US Bankruptcy Court judge has issued his ruling in a breach of contract and bankruptcy preference action against Lucent
Guangdong Cable Networks is utilizing the BigBand BMR at all of its digital headends throughout the Guangdong province
Lucent signs contract to provide IP/MPLS core for BT's 21CN network following its selection as a preferred bidder
Huawei signs contract to supply BT with MSAN and transmission equipment for its 21CN network
Ciena signs contract to supply its FlexSelect products for BT's 21CN network
BT announces it has concluded negotiations and signed contracts with four of the eight preferred suppliers named for its 21CN network
KT in Korea deploys Ericsson's softswitch to provide VOIP service
Cable West deploys converged IP network using Nortel equipment to offer VOIP, real-time video distribution, and IP sharing
LastMile, manufacturer of optical networking devices for the access and metro markets, to focus on metro carrier applications in 2006
For $24M, Marvell gets into the Personal Handyphone System game with the planned acquisition of UTStarcom's semiconductor design business
William Everett takes the reins temporarily on Jan. 1, when CEO Fred Lax steps down as previously announced
Axerra announced the opening of a new training center in Korea dedicated exclusively to Axerra's solutions
Ranking second behind China Telecom and ahead of SBC, FT has now moved ahead of the leading US and Japanese players on the ADSL market
Jeff Bewkes has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of Time Warner
IBM and Micromuse have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire the equity of Micromuse
UTStarcom announced a contract with MultiFon to expand the operator's IP-based Personal Access System (iPAS) networks in Honduras
The Arris Touchstone TM501B E-MTA has been awarded Euro-DOCSIS 2.0 certification in tComLabs’ European Certification Wave 21
Alcatel and Tekelec sign three-year extension of their preferred OEM agreement, allowing Alcatel to deploy the Tekelec 8000 Media Gateway
Increasing competition boosts fixed/mobile convergence in Europe, according to Frost & Sullivan
LastMile Communications appoints former IBM exec Gabriel Vizzard as director of marketing
Shanghai Telecom selects Siemens as its partner for IPTV
Nozomi boasts first optically integrated array of four high-speed optical switches named AlacerSwitch
Rupert Galliers-Pratt, chairman and CEO of Vistula Communications, identifies key VOIP trends to watch in 2006
Foundry Networks announces network-wide, real-time intrusion detection and prevention system
Consolidated Communications deployS CloverLeaf's localized interactive TV walled garden network
Fujitsu Network Communications adds new manufacturing and R&D jobs to its Richardson, Texas campus
It's official: Google has taken a 5% stake in AOL in exchange for a $1B investment
Reef Point has signed an OEM agreement with Alcatel for the integration of Reef Point's Multiservice Security Gateway into Alcatel's UMA and IMS
Nortel has selected a Toronto location for its new global headquarters
Ericsson has received the necessary clearances for the acquisition of key assets of Marconi
Globecomm's wholly owned subsidiary, Globecomm Network Services Corporation has signed a one-year contract extension with Afghan Telecom
Skyhook has secured $6.5 million in a first round of venture capital and new corporate financing
According to research from Dell’Oro, Alcatel reinforced its #2 position in the worldwide Multiservice Wide Area Network (MSWAN) market
C-COR will feature innovative ways to manage the next generation of dynamic IP networks in an integrated product showcase to cable operators
Entropic has just promoted Kurt Noyes as vice president of finance and administration
Nortel announced that Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Clent Richardson will be leaving the Company March 1, 2006
Modulus has appointed Richard Stanfield as Executive Vice President Global Field Operations
Synergy Research Group and Infonetics Research have reported that Sonus is leading Japan's migration to VOIP
Corrigent's CM-100 Packet ADM is being deployed by WilTel
IDT will waive the 90% condition to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Net2Phone
Tut has achieved more than 100% growth in the volume of IPTV business won in 2005 compared to 2004
Pandatel has reached an agreement with the Worker's Council regarding operations restructuring including a social plan
KPN appoints Eelco Blok COO of its fixed-line division
Yipes selects Zhone's GigaMux 50 CWDM platform as its global Ethernet service delivery platform
SingTel has invested $40 million in the SEA-ME-WE 4 submarine cable, and will open new offices in the United Arab Emirates and Bangladesh
Prysmian Cables & Systems announces 200 micron diameter singlemode fiber for telecom networks, PrimaLight
IT Services firm Wipro acquires semiconductor design firm NewLogic for €47M to complement its portfolio of wireline and wireless intellectual property cores
According to Dell'Oro, Alcatel reinforced its number 2 position in the Multiservice Wide Area Network (MSWAN) market during Q3 with 26.3% of the market
Jupiter Telecommunications acquires majority stake in Sakura Cable TV
Zhejiang Telecom selects Alcatel to upgrade its customer service center with its Business/Operation Support System
Ericsson signs expansion contract for managed services with TeliaSonera International Carrier
Global telecom industry revenue will reach $1.2 trillion by the close of 2006, says Insight Research
BT touts voice quality testing for its 21CN
Videotron is deploying Nuera'S ORCA media gateways to provide telephone service to its cable television customers in Quebec
Major US carrier selects Evolving Systems's Order Path SOA and PortExchange ICP products for local number portability
Worldwide DSL subscribers increased by 40 million in the 12 months to Sept. 30, according to Point Topic
Portugal Telecom selects SupportSoft for broadband customer service automation
CC Communications and ETEX Communications select Verimatrix's Content Authority System to secure their IPTV services
Libery Global sells its Norwegian cable business to Candover Partners for €450M
Swisscom completes its CHF2B share buyback program
China's West-East Gas Pipeline Project selects Nortel's IP Network equipment for fixed and wireless multimedia communications
Jordan Telecom launches Livebox VOIP service based on Netcentrex's MyCall application server and Alcatel infrastructure
Foundry has expanded its BigIron RX-Series family of high-performance Layer 2/3 Ethernet switches
Kevin A. DeNuccio, President and Chief Executive Officer of Redback, has joined the JDSU Board of Directors, effective December 15, 2005
Agilent announced that Walter Hewlett will retire as a director of the company effective March 1, 2006
The Independent Committee of Net2Phone's Board of Directors has evaluated the terms of IDT's amended offer and is expressing no opinion
IT pros are rethinking how they organize information, according to a new report from Byte and Switch Insider
Corrigent announced that a recent Heavy Reading report credited Corrigent with leadership in the rapidly growing market for transport equipment
TelTel has launched TelTel-Out, which delivers high-quality PC to any phone, anywhere calling, and TelTel Call-Forwarding
CloudShield's new traffic analysis service helps service providers understand and manage all VOIP traffic traversing their networks
Verizon unveiled Verizon FiOS TV over its revolutionary fiber-optic network in Herndon
Carl Icahn today announced that he has written an open letter to the board of directors of Time Warner
Jeffrey A. Honickman has been appointed an independent director of Comcast
Sumitomo Electric Networks (SEN) has selected Ikanos' Fx100100-4 and Fx100100S-4 chipsets
AMCC announced its entrance into the GPON market with the premiere of the S3157PBI G.984-compliant transceiver with CDR
Vonage announced that it has raised $250 million in convertible debt funding with a group of investors led by affiliates of Bain Capital
Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership (FEMIP) grants Syria €100M loan to extend its fixed-line telephone network
Pakistan's national carrier PTCL selects iBasis as first VOIP interconnection for international voice services
Galaxy Networks, provider of streaming media solutions, selects Raptor's core switches for its TV-over-IP portal
Sterlite Optical, manufacturer of optical fibers and telecom cables, gets preferred supplier status from Siemens
Laser module manufacturer Lumics raises additional €5.5M in financing
TXU Electric Delivery and Current Communications to create broadband over power line network in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Swiss cable operator Cablecom forms mobile telephony partnership with sunrise to offer quadruple-play services
Carphone Warehouse Group acquires Tele2's UK and Ireland carrier pre-select operations for £8.5M
Carphone Warehouse Group acquires alternative service provider Onetel from Centrica for £132M
Tele2 sells its UK and Ireland operations to the Carphone Warehouse Group
Unity Media deploys Nortel's optical Ethernet kit to deliver triple-play cable services
A rash of mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships is redrawing the map for the STB industry, according to a new study from ABI
Tandberg's Board of Directors has appointed Chief Financial Officer Fredrik Halvorsen as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately
Sen. James DeMint (R-SC) introduced the Digital Communications Act of 2005
SureWest has named Steve C. Oldham to serve as the Company’s president and chief executive officer effective January 1, 2006
KPN and the State have now reached agreement on the transfer and disposal of the State's special share in KPN
BT today responded to Ofcom’s assessment that Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) is 'fit-for-purpose'
Belgacom TV is enhancing its video-on-demand offering thanks to a partnership concluded with three of the largest Hollywood studios
Belgacom decided to step up its bid to a cash offer of 16.6 euros/share
Polycom has appointed Bill Owens, former chief executive officer and vice chairman of Nortel, to its board of directors
Nokia announced that after evaluating a number of sites in India, it will locate its new Nokia Global Networks Solutions Center in Chennai
ATSI announced results for the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2005
Carriers and ISPs connected to the Middle East IP Exchange in Saudi Arabia will soon benefit from the addition of SEA-ME-WE-4 (SMW-4)
Bill Rossi, president and CEO of Greenfield Networks and former VP and general manager at Cisco, has joined Clarus' board
NeuStar announced the acquisition of Foretec Seminars, a provider of critical secretariat services to the IETF
Qwest has approved appointments to its board of Caroline 'Caz' Matthews and R. David Hoover
BellSouth announced a management reduction of approximately 1,500 employees
Jabber published initial documentation of Jingle for use in VOIP, video, and other peer-to-peer multimedia sessions
Level 3 has been selected by United Online for United Online's new Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) phone service, NetZero Voice
Ntl Business has become one of the first systems suppliers to begin installation work in the BAA Terminal 5 buildings
Radvision's Click to Meet now supports Live Communications Server, Communicator, and Live Meeting from a single platform
QoVox received orders for five QoVox Network Access Probes (NAPs) to monitor Time Warner Cable's (TWC) VOIP) network
Zarlink introduced the industry’s first single-chip ultra-low jitter synchronizers for Sonet/SDH multi-service applications
Chaska.net has deployed the Ellacoya IP Service Control System to identify and manage application traffic on its broadband network
Comcast announced the new senior management team for the cable division
Hotsip announced the successful participation in OMA TestFest with Hotsip's presence and XCAP server
ADVA announced the successful deployment of ADVA's Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 1500 into the pan-European network of Neo Telecoms
WiMax and carrier Ethernet vendor Telsima raises $20M in series C funding
Digeo and Comporium have successfully trialed three in-home IPTV firsts
Ofcom today confirmed that after two years of development the WLR product offered by BT Group plc meets a series of agreed product criteria
Visiongain released its newes report 'Billing in convergence: Analysing the next-generation billing market'
Deltathree has joined the Level 3 Master Reseller program
Google, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems to launch a new Internet research laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley
IPeria has secured $5 million in a new round of funding to help drive an aggressive growth plan for the company
Sunrise Telecom has received a notice from Nasdaq that shares of its common stock will no longer be eligible for quotation
Former Comcast executive Stephen Burch has been appointed NTL's president and CEO, succeeding Simon Duffy, who will become executive vice chairman
Jupiter Telecommunications (J-COM) refinances debt through new 155 billion Yen syndicated loan facility agreement
Golden Telecom approves Q4 dividend of $0.20 per common share
Jazz Semiconductor and Phyworks partner to develop next-generation PHY chips
Telecom New Zealand evaluates future of its Australian operations
PacketFront and Metrima team up to deliver automated utility management and triple play over broadband
KPN moves its organzation to a Nortel IP communications platform
Alcatel deploys 40-Gbit/s optical equipment to link university supercomputers in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, Germany
Convergence key to driving deployment of Gigabit Ethernet technology, signifying huge potential for test equipment, says Frost & Sullivan
Ace-Comm releases Market Maker, its market visualization product for cable operators in North America
Net Insight signs four new reseller agreements in the Asia/Pacific region
Global IP Sound announces several VOIP suppliers, including HelloSoft and Cirpack, will integrate its iLBC voice codec into their products
Dimension Data selects Acme Packet's Net-Net session border controllers to deploy at Internet Solutions in South Africa
Telewest to launch HDTV video-on-demand service with PVR using SeaChange's TV Navigator middleware
8x8 enters into agreements with two investors for $15M sale of common stock
Spirent sells its Network Products group, the HellermannTyton division, for £288.9M
Optical Internetworking Forum ratifies three technical implementation agreements
Cisco deploys its optical networking platforms at Switch and Data, Norlight Telecommunications, and Wisconsin Independent Network
Pulse Research Lab introduces high resolution, manually programmable precision clock source
Internap is entering into a strategic alliance with Zeus to jointly market their products throughout the UK and North America
ATIS announced multiple efforts to address the back-office challenges presented by the conversion from the PSTN to IP-based networks
Revenues from US online gaming services will increase from $1.1 billion in 2005 to more than $3.5 billion in 2009
CacheLogic announced immediate availability of its new P2P Management Solution
Telewest has recently trialed TVDrive, a set-top box that combines VOD, a PVR, and HDTV
Agilent announced the preliminary results of its modified 'Dutch Auction' tender offer
Vitesse announced two new additions to its industry-leading Sonet/SDH Time Slot Interchange (TSI) grooming switch family
Syntune announced that Kevin Green has joined the company as Vice President of Marketing and Sales
Verizon is testing an IMS solution from Nortel, as part of Verizon's ongoing plans to evaluate IMS technologies
Intec has signed a contract with Verizon Dominicana for Intec's Interconnec Automated Reconciliation (Interconnec AR) solution
Mpower has deployed Juniper's routing and security solutions to ensure the reliability and security of its new wholesale VOIP service offering
MCI has signed a five-year global network integration agreement with ABN AMRO to manage their global data network and firewall platforms
SES Global to acquire New Skies Satellites for $760 million
Telekomunikacja Polska selects Italtel's softswitch and Cisco's media gateway for its IP next-generation network
Brooktrout becomes a Premier Tenant in tekVizion Labs to perform interoperability tests for IMS applications with its IP media server
KPN and Philips renew business communication partner agreement for three years; KPN Entercom distributes Philips's SOPHO hybrid and IP communication systems
NMS partners with Star Communications to extend the reach of its Vision media server family in Japan
T-Systems standardizes on BEA WebLogic to underpin new billing and revenue collection system for Deutsche Telekom
Psytechnics appoints former Motorola and 3Com exec Nav Chander as director of product management
Net2Phone's Board of Directors will examine and consider IDT's revised offer
ADC announced results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2005
Harmonic will consolidate Convergent Systems (CS) division, Broadband Access Networks (BAN) division, and its manufacturing operations group
MCI announced its latest global IP network expansion to deliver much needed bandwidth to SEA-ME-WE has been completed
Gizmo Project, free voice communication software for your computer, announces one cent per minute calling to US phones effective immediately
Unefon, Mexico's leading CDMA operator, is using Convergin's Accolade Core WCS
Glenwood Telephone Membership Corporation (GTMC) is transitioning its legacy central switch with CopperCom's CSX softswitch
NexTone announced that four of the seven GPRS Roaming Exchange (GRX) carriers used the NexTone IP Multimedia Exchange (IMX) platform
BridgePort announced the availability of the company's SoftMobile solution
Splendor Telecom has selected the Verso I-Master solution to expand its suite of local and wholesale services
Foundry announced the release of the FastIron Edge X-Series 424-Power Over Ethernet (POE) switch (FES X424-POE)
TelCove has selected BroadSoft's VOIP application software as its platform for delivering high-value VOIP services
BT will become Fiat's supplier of global telecommunications services through a contract worth €450 million over five years
Verizon's IP-based video-on-demand service is powered by the SeaChange IP Video System
Tropic is proposing to spin out its high technology assets and business into a new company to be renamed Tropic Networks (Newco)
SureWest announced that TNT has been added as a core programmer in its anticipated HDTV service rollout, set to launch this year
Network Physics announced that Gerard Jeffries has joined the company as the vice president of sales
Solace has now established sales presence in London, Paris, Sydney, Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles
BigBand Cuda CMTS achieved qualification status for the PacketCable Multimedia specification from CableLabs
Fujitsu has completed construction of the optical submarine cable network for the SEA-ME-WE 4 consortium has been within 18 months
Conexant has been selected by Yuxing InfoTech Holdings Limited, a leading provider of equipment for digital entertainment
Bresnan Communications will deploy C-COR’s On Demand hardware and software management solution in four additional markets
Ample announced its multi-port Harrier 10/100/1000 Ethernet Aggregator is fully interoperable with Cavium Networks' Octeon family
AT&T announced the availability of a range of new broadband service options and enhanced features for small and medium-sized companies
Octasic is enhancing its OCT6100 family with the introduction of lower power, and lower cost devices
Liberty Global has completed the acquisition of NTL Ireland through its acquisition of MS Irish Cable Holdings BV
ELEC is now positioned to manage its wireline business for cash flow and focus all incremental resources on its VOIP services
Telcordia announced that Hydro One has selected Discovery, a new module of Telcordia Granite Inventory
Redback announced that, following extensive trials, its SmartEdge Service Gateway has been selected by Belgacom
SiBeam has joined the Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC)
Vodafone wins $4.55B bid for Turkish mobile operator Telsim
Telchemy ships over 2M units of its VQmon VOIP analysis software
EarthLink acquires VPN provider New Edge Networks for $144M
DSL Forum issues three new technical reports aimed at enhancing the flexibility and robustness of DSL technology
Swedish National Economic Crimes Bureau adds to indictment against Ericsson employees; vendor expresses 'confidence' in current employees involved
Eastern European airline Wizz Air deploys Asylum Telecom's Touch Enterprise VOIP product in its Hungarian office
Form global partnership to connect MCI's VOIP network services with software and services through Microsoft Windows Live Messenger
Telekom Austria selects Axiom Systems's AXIOSS service fulfillment platform to roll out triple-play services
Thomson and Thales announce strategic partnership and potential acquisition by Thomson of Thales Broadcast & Multimedia
Texas Instruments unveils architecture for its next generation of residential gateways
Redfern Integrated Optics secures an additional $2.2M in funding, bringing its Series C round to $8.4M
Juniper announced the availability of the Juniper Networks J-Partner channel program in Chile
Allied Telesyn's iMAP 9000 series Release 7.0 has achieved interoperability certification by MetaSwitch
Comcast Interactive Media is a new division to develop and grow the company's Internet businesses, including the Comcast.net portal
Global CESR sector is set to hit about $585M this year, after Alcatel registers red-hot sales and Cisco records strong double-digit growth
The Centre for Integrated Photonics has developed a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier
Comcast announced its intention to form an Open Transport Initiative (OTI)
PowerDsine announced that Erez Rosen has been appointed as a member of the Company's Board of Directors
Comcast has selected the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System, the core component of the Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network
Entropic his made a milestone shipment of its 100,000th c.LINK-270T chipset
Alcatel announced a new family of wide area network (WAN) routers
Sonus announced the Sonus Voice Portal, an interactive voice response system for managing consumer voice profile data
According to recent market research report, Corrigent increased its market share in the category of 10Gbps MSPP
Telecom Italia Sparkle (TI Sparkle) has deployed Veraz's I-Gate 4000 media gateways to carry TI Sparkle's international traffic
Nortel announced the appointment of David Drinkwater as Chief Legal Officer effective December 19, 2005
T-Systems and Convergys have signed a cooperation agreement
MCI has successfully demonstrated 40 Gbit/s per second transmission using Juniper's T-series core routing platform
Radware will highlight its innovative approach to Layer 4-7 switching and showcase application-smart networking at Interop New York
F5's new Enterprise Manager offers a comprehensive set of tools for operating F5 BIG-IP version 9 Application Delivery Networking devices
Texas Instruments (TI) announced the architecture for its next generation of residential gateway solutions
NFR's ES5000 sensor joins three previously announced Enterprise Series Smart Sensors, each boasting multiple Gbit/s Ethernet ports
Pointsec announced the newest release of its flagship product, Pointsec for PC version 6.0
Coship has based their new Anysight220c IP receiver on the Conexant's MPEG-4/H.264 high-definition digital broadcast television solution
NetQoS has expanded with a full-time manager of European operations, an order fulfillment facility near London, and a new reseller for Italy
Magnet has selected Telcordia Network Engineer to support its current FTTH build-out initiative and network expansion plans
Occam announced three new partners in the Occam Packet Access Network Alliance (OPAN)
A major increase in worldwide broadband subscribers is resulting in CPE market growth of nearly 20% in 2005, reports In-Stat
JDSU has shipped more than 500 HST-3000 handheld service testers as part of a multi-million dollar follow-on order
Comcast has selected a next-generation optical solution from Nortel for its converged national IP backbone
BridgePort plans to evolve the NomadicONE Network Convergence Gateway (NCG) to an IMS compliant NomadicONE IMS Convergence Server (ICS)
Aventail adds full-featured Web collaboration to its SSL VPN
MCI teams with Xtera, Mintera, and Juniper to transmit 40 Gbit/s over 3,040 km of field fiber in its Dallas metro area network
China overtakes US as world's leading exporter of information technology goods, according to OECD data
China Telecom's subsidiary in Anhui province selects Alcatel's 7750 Service Router to expand and optimize its metro network
Qtel in Qatar selects Comptel's data charging software for prepaid and postpaid mobile customers
Data center provider IXEurope signs up its 400th customer
Hong Kong Broadband Network selects Axerra Networks's pseudowire equipment for its carrier Ethernet network
Renesys launches Internet Intelligence Services
FTTH Council Europe applauds Amsterdam's plans for municipal network rollout
Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting selects Amino set-top boxes for its Hong Kong IPTV deployment
Frost & Sullivan says triple play holds significant potential for vendors in the European communication test equipment market
Reliance Infocomm and China Telecom sign deal to provide direct telecom services, including global hubbing, between the two countries
AT&T announces new labor contracts with the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
ECI Telecom opens a new Research and Development center in India
2Wire will deliver new Internet Protocol (IP)-based residential gateways for the AT&T U-verse suite of services
Ovum-RHK estimates broadband access equipment market at $13.7B in 2006, continuing to grow at 7% CAGR through 2010
Alltel spins off wireline division and sells its Haitian and Bolivian wireless operations to focus on domestic wireless business
Alltel to spin off its wireline group and merge it with Valor Communications
Alcatel and KT set up new center in Seoul that will serve as a venue for conducting interoperability tests for WiMax
T-Systems and Convergys sign six-year Infinys billing services agreement
ETSI publishes NGN (Release 1) specifications
Shenick picks up Frost & Sullivan Product Line Strategy Leadership Award
Digitalk launches Broadband Telephony product based on its multiservice switching platforms
Portuguese carrier Novis to run a commercial IPTV trial using Amino set-top boxes
Euroweb International receives binding offer to sell its Internet and telecom assets in Hungary and Romania
Intel expects revenue for the fourth quarter to be between $10.4 billion and $10.6 billion
Nortel announced the appointment of Joel Hackney as senior vice president, Global Supply Chain and Quality
Tibco is implementing Service-Oriented Architecture SOA as part of the Tibco Accelerated Value Framework (AVF)
Telecom Italia has selected ANT's complete IPTV set top box software solution for the deployment of its Alice Home TV service
Telcordia has launched an integrated Diameter interface to its Telcordia Converged Real-Time Charging solution
Industry and Construction Bank deploys Lucent's DNS/DHCP VitalQIP software for securely managing IP addresses on its corporate network
BellSouth adds support for rich media conferencing, achieves Rich Media Communications Advanced Technology Provider status from Cisco
Finnish forestry giant Metsäliitto Group chooses Equant's Business Everywhere mobility service to connect mobile workers to its IP VPN
Excel Switching adds SIP and ISDN functionality to an enhanced version of its IMG 1010 integrated signaling and media gateway
Picolight ships 4-Gbit/s 1310nm vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) transceivers
Ciena reports 44% year-on-year increase in revenues from $82M to $110.5M in Q4 and a 43% increase to $427.3M for the full year
BT introduces new broadband and voice services; announces content deals for IPTV with BBC Worldwide, Paramount, and Warner Music Group
Agilent's N2X multiservices testing kit used in IPv6 interoperability event, Moonv6
cVidya participates in TeleManagement Forum's Catalyst project to help firms reduce cost of implementing the Sarbanes Oxley Act
Sri Lanka Telecom upgrades its network with Juniper M-series multiservice routers
VOIP Inc. uses Acme Packet's Net-Net session border controllers to deliver wholesale VOIP services over its VoiceOne network
Pactolus and Convedia collaborate to develop IMS carrier services infrastructure
Net2Phone Inc. announced results for the first quarter of fiscal 2006 ended October 31, 2005
Tekelec announced that its core convergence switching solution has been selected by MiRS, Israel's iDEN wireless operator
DSL.net sells Minneapolis-based ISP Vector Internet Services to focus on its core broadband and VOIP business
Eagle Broadband announced the appointment of Brian Morrow as General Manager, IPTV Solutions division effective immediately
Siemens announced the integration of Entone's Hydra IP Video Gateway set-top box as part of the Siemens Surpassr Home Entertainment portfolio
MySQL was selected by Alcatel as a technology partner for development of its future carrier-grade multimedia communication products
Layer 7 has teamed with Tarari to integrate hardware based XSL Transforms (XSLT) acceleration into its SecureSpan line
Intec today announced its audited results for the year ended 30 September 2005
To jointly deliver program focused on critical business and technical issues facing enterprise networks at GLOBALCOMM2006
NTT America announced the availability of the industry's first IPv6 managed security service in partnership with Virtela
SS8 has developed solutions to help carriers address regulatory requirements for the emerging IMS based networks
Zhone announced today its new VDSL2 customer premise equipment and VDSL2 line card for its MALC Next-Generation Broadband Loop Carrier
Formula Telecom Solutions has completed the acquisition of US based Viziqor
Zhone has chosen Conexant's end-to-end VDSL2 solutions for its new customer premises equipment (CPE) and MALC broadband loop carrier
Cisco successfully demonstrated Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) at its Worldwide Analyst Conference
Spirent announced an alliance with v6 Transition to establish the world's foremost IPv6 test center in Northern Virginia
Redknee announced the general availability of their mCommerce Gateway (MCG)
Sylantro announced the appointment of Ronald Raffensperger as the company's senior vice president, Marketing
Has added OTU1 test capabilities to its TestPoint products for next-generation test equipment
Former Bell Canada executive Pierre Blouin named new CEO of Manitoba Telecom Services and MTS Allstream
Inmarsat announces launch of its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) delivered via satellites
Inmarsat BGAN (Broadband Global Access Network) launch partner BT offers mobile broadband office environment via satellite service
Nildram wins deal with Liverpoolfc.tv to bundle its broadband services with Liverpoolfc.tv's e-Season Ticket
UK-based billing management provider Ryder Systems expands into North America
UK network service provider Fibernet reports flat revenues of £11.6M in Q1
Pfizer Health Solutions signs £1.76M contract with Savvis for managed hosting services
KPN and trade unions ready to sign new collective labor agreement
KPN agrees to repurchase 60 million shares from the State of the Netherlands
Recent independent surveys reveal that Optical Solutions has the greatest percentage of FTTH equipment deployments in the nation today
Consultronics offers the CoLT-450, the first test set of its kind to offer fast and convenient testing of Video over DSL testing
Worldwide CMTS revenue jumped 15% to $209 million between the second and third quarters, following a 25% increase the previous quarter
ZTE and France Telecom are paving the way for a long-term partnership to work together on a wide range of sectors
TranSwitch has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mysticom
Siemens will report on their fixed/mobile convergence (FMC) solution at the Light Reading's “IMS: Blueprint for an Applications Revolution”
FiberNet has been selected by Internap to provide low-latency Metro Ethernet Transport services in New York, New Jersey, and Los Angeles
DTI's two AdvancedTCA node blades, the ATC5231 and ATC5232, are now offered with the Intel Xeon Processor
Enea will conduct the first public demonstration of its Element high-availability middleware and application development framework
Pac-West has deployed Acme Packet’s Net-Net session border controllers to deliver VOIP interconnect services
StarVox announced today that Thomas E. Rowley has been appointed as the Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors
Faztec has introduced a Passive Optical Network Test Solution (FMTS-PON Tester) and O/E Transceiver Test Solution (FMTS-ONE Transceiver Tester)
According to the latest Dell’Oro Group report, ECI is ranked the #2 vendor worldwide for Multiservice Access Concentrators
Cisco announced Application Networking Services as its latest advanced technology
InfiniRoute announced that Larry Frank has joined the company as its vice president and chief marketing officer
Sonus opens new operations center in Richardson, Texas as a customer integration and testing facility for its Open Services Partner Alliance (OSPA)
Ikanos introduces extended reach, low power 100/100 Mbit/s VDSL2 chipsets
Colubris adds RF management and security features to its intelligent multiservice WLAN system
Consolidated Edison sells its telecom subsidiary to RCN for $32M in cash
Infinera acquires Big Bear Networks's electronic dispersion compensation assets
Charter Communications expands its deployment of the Tandberg Television OpenStream digital services platform for video on demand
AT&T wins three-year, $1.8 million networking contract from electrical components maker Littelfuse
Telrad Networks wins IP/MPLS, triple-play, and network integration project at NewNet in the Republic of Georgia
TCAssociates signs reseller agreement to distribute Genesys's contact center software to government organizations in the US
Colliers International implements Asylum's Touch Enterprise for VOIP in its Czech Republic office
Newport Networks wins contract to provide session border controllers to Broadnet, a broadband Internet carrier in Germany
Fortinet and Navio are among the Technology Pioneers 2006 named by the World Economic Forum
Virtela launches a series of enhanced service level agreements (SLAs) across its managed network services portfolio
Guadalupe Valley Telecommunications Cooperative selects General Bandwidth to deliver VOIP services
SINA.com.HK has selected ServGate to provide email filtering for its registered email users
Redback touts Heavy Reading report Heavy Reading ranking it the leading vendor in the report 'IP Video and the New Broadband Edge'
Ericsson to manage 3's 3G mobile network and IT operations in the UK
IXEurope has announced significant upgrades to Switzerland's internet exchange
Worldwide CMTS revenue jumped 15% to $209 million between the second and third quarters, following a 25% increase the previous quarter
Kevin Rubin, MRV's Vice President of Finance and Corporate Compliance Officer, has been appointed CFO
Eminent industry executives gather to discuss game-changing technologies and future investment opportunities in telecom
Although still in the early stages of adoption among SMBs and mid-market enterprises, VOIP is gaining momentum according to Yankee Group
Agere announced that Joseph O'Hare has been named Executive Vice President of Total Quality, effective immediately
Reef Point's suite of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) test tools that provide full end-to-end system integration and test capabilities
Kenya Data Networks (KDN) has deployed optical wireless links from LightPointe
3Com introduced the industry's first stackable LAN (local area network) switch
Avago announced the appointment of Mercedes Johnson to the position of chief financial officer
Telemar has selected Net2Phone as its outsourced VoIP solutions provider for residential broadband
NetClarity has filed a patent application for preemptive, proactive protection of VOIP networks
Cingular has deployed the Kodiak Real-Time Exchange (RTX) System
NMS is enabling application developers to build cost-effective, IP video over broadband applications
Tatara's Converged Mobile VOIP solution to enable nomadic VOIP services using a subscriber's mobile phone number across any IP network
Forum announced the availability of Forum Vantage XML Accelerator, a new product designed to provide XML acceleration across networks
RSA has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cyota, a company that delivers online security and anti-fraud solutions
Hong Kong Dragon Airlines (Dragonair) has chosen F5's FirePass to be an integral element of Dragonair's SSL VPN deployment
Sonus announced the release of the Sonus-certified Consumer Voice over Broadband (c-VOBB) Solution
Enigma's HybriCore was developed with the high demands of triple play applications in mind
The ATC5232 and the ATS2148 provide an InfiniBand based fabric for high performance blade systems utilizing the ATCA open architecture standard
Cedar Point and Wave7 announced the completion of interoperability testing
Newport has signed a distribution agreement with CTC Union of Taiwan to attack the booming Taiwan broadband service provider market
Humax has incorporated several of the Conexant's chips in a new satellite receiver being deployed by DIRECTV in the US
Saudi Telecom awards IP DSLAM contract to Alcatel for 180,000 ports
QoSmetrics announces its V-Factor technology can be integrated into set-top boxes for IPTV performance analysis
Teledata Networks Partners with NEC Neva to distribute its BroadAccess multiservice access gateways in Russia
New ISP Regional Internet Australia uses Ericsson's EDA DSL equipment to build its network
EQT signs agreement with the Carlyle Group and Providence Equity Partners to sell Swedish triple-play provider com hem
Launches enhanced IP video quality algorithm, Brix Video Quality Index
Intel establishes $250M India venture fund to acclerate growth in cellular communications, broadband applications, and wireless tech
Adelphia is deploying Sandvine's award-winning solutions across its North American network
Swisscom bows to government pressure and breaks off takeover talks with eircom; to draw up new strategy including privatization
NTL confirms approach to Virgin Mobile; Virgin considers response
World Wide Packets raises additional $25.5M in venture financing
The results of the company's annual shareholders meeting include approval of a reverse split for the stock
Sunrise has requested and obtained a hearing before a Listing Qualifications Panel of The Nasdaq Stock Market
Skype released the beta version of Skype 2.0, designed for greater ease of use, integrated video calling, and enhanced features
Alcatel has agreed to acquire a 25 percent stake in 2Wire, a pioneer in home broadband network solutions
Fibernet Group confirms it has received 'a very preliminary approach which the board believes is highly unlikely to lead to an offer'
NTT shifts its Global IP Network and Enterprise Hosting businesses from Verio to NTT America to integrate them with private network services
BT says 3M customer calls have been carried over an IP link in the latest phase of its 21st Century Network trials
Acquisition strengthens Fluke's position in monitoring and analysis of enterprise networks and expands presence into managed services marketplace
Intelliden establishes new $5.5M European R&D center in Belfast with joint funding from Invest Northern Ireland
Logitech to provide Skype-certified Webcams and headsets for Skype Video, which uses On2 TrueMotion video codecs
Vietnamese operator Saigon Postel (SPT) selects as main supplier for its network upgrade to ADSL2+
Level 3 completes sale of its IT infrastructure management outsourcing subsidiary, (i)Structure
BellSouth announces a new operational structure effective January 1, 2006 as part of its broadband transformation
Revenues for the quarter were $35.3M, 17% lower than last fiscal year's third quarter revenues of $42.6M
CSG signs new three-year agreement to provide billing and customer care software to EchoStar Communications
Ericsson selected by VIBO Telecom to deploy next-generation optical metro network in Taiwan
KPN to acquire Nozema's Radio and Television activities for €75M
Rostelecom, Russia's national telecommunications operator, has placed a major order for Lynx photonic systems to protect its DWDM links
Juniper completes the purchase of the authentication startup
Finisar reported its financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2005
Finisar has acquired all of the optical transponder assets of Big Bear Networks for $1.9 million in cash
Cavium announced the addition of Kris Chellam to the Cavium Networks Board of Directors, effective immediately
Quarterly worldwide network security appliances and software revenue was up 1% to $1 billion between 2Q05 and 3Q05, according to Infonetics
Juniper has maintained its #2 position in the Service Provider Edge Routing category for more than 12 consecutive quarters
Juniper announced the expansion of its channel program, with the availability of its J-Partner program for resellers in Mexico
The worldwide optical network hardware market had a flat third quarter, but is expected to finish up 16% for the year, according to Infonetics
8el is now adding Internet access to its expanding range of communications services
Avago was created as a result of the acquisition of Agilent Technologies Inc.'s Semiconductor Products Group by KKR and Silver Lake
UTStarcom has signed an expansion contract with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL)
Kaiser Optical Systems introduces the UltraSpec-HT1350 ultra high dispersion volume phase grating for telecom
VocalTec receives notification it can continue to trade on the Nasdaq following its transaction with Tdsoft
IP PBX revenue jumped 10% between 2Q05 and 3Q05, reaching almost $1.7 billion, Infonetics says
Softswitches, Class 5 packet switches, and application servers drive carrier VOIP market to $631.5M in Q3 according to Infonetics
China Telecom selects Cisco's CRS-1 for its ChinaNet IP NGN
IPTV isn't a killer application yet, but there's plenty of room for growth, says Point Topic
European Commission gives clearance to Belgacom's acquisition of Telindus
Emcali has chosen ZTE to provide the infrastructure for its upgraded Softswitch-based NGN
