SBC selects Scientific-Atlanta to provide video infrastructure for new IPTV network

MCI to review revised Qwest proposal

Nortel names Gary Kunis as chief technology officer

Redstone acquires Xpert Group Ltd. for £25.55 million

Axcel Photonics announces new ownership under J. Jim Hsieh

Launches its Telephony Partner program

Telstra announces its global, MPLS-based VOIP solution

Seven global carriers to host 10-week OIF worldwide interoperability demo

Chinese government office picks Alcatel for NGN network deployment; ETC in Ethiopia picks its optical multiservice solution

Expects to report restated 2003 revenues of $1.97B and earnings per share of $1.75, and 2004 revenues of $2.7B and EPS of $0.56

C-COR introduces digital program/ad insertion (DPI) server using Gigabit Ethernet technology

ZTE opens factory and R&D centre in India for CDMA, GSM, DSL, and NGN equipment, as well as handsets

CoSine cuts net loss from $10.2M or $1.03 per share in 4Q03 to $5.6M or $0.53 per share in Q4

Swisscom confirms bid for 51.1% stake in Cesky Telecom

NetCentrex reports 30% revenue growth to $34M in 2004 and 80% growth in bookings

Bookham announces agreement to amend supply agreement and secured loan notes with Nortel

Verilink enhances Orion 4000 multiplexer with T2E

Check Point expands OPSEC partner program to address evolving security issues

Radware joins ICSA Labs Network IPS Product Developers Consortium

IBM's storage virtualization software has achieved breakthrough performance results in an internal data challenge at CERN

FlexLight Networks supplies Mediacom with GPON fiber-to-the-building access equipment

Inkra Networks and Sententia announce strategic partnership

LEA presents SplitterMux, an integrated DSL test access and splitter solution

Avvio Networks introduces A2050 chassis

Laurel Networks and Telindus deliver new VPN services to ntl business and carrier customers

Worldwide telecommunications market set to double from $123 billion in 2004 to $282 billion by 2010, says Research and Markets

Verso receives approval notification for new patent

Riverstone Networks announces consent solicitation and redemption of notes

Heavy Reading survey shows that makers of telecom OSS are struggling to establish their brand identities with telco customers

Nortel provides status update

Corning Cable Systems introduces OptiVisor 400 OTDR

Laurel Networks appoints Thomas Schmitt to the position of vice president for Europe, Middle East, and Africa operations

Insight orders Arris C4 CMTS for VOIP deployment

FastWeb again denies rumors of its interest in Wind

Sonus ranks #1 in several segments of the carrier-packet voice market for 2004, according to In-Stat

Teleglobe launches E_MPLS service for high-performance global Ethernet connectivity

BigBand Networks unveils networked video decoding

Nortel launches discussion series to examine impact of communications convergence on public policy and society

Caspian Networks introduces compact A50 flow-state router

Telenor introduces IP telephony service for its consumer broadband customers

Endace appoints Randy Caldejon as vice president of security solutions; will open new sales and development center in Washington

FastWeb announces it will offer 6-Mbit/s ADSL to all customers from April 1

Alcatel issues financial information on its shift from French GAAP to IFRS

Agilent has begun shipping fiber optic transceivers compliant with the EU's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive

Former Maxtor president Paul Tufano has been elected to Teradyne's board of directors

Q2 sales rise to US$23.1M, while GAAP net earnings reach $9,000, or zero cents per share

Palomar Technologies moves to new facility in Carlsbad, CA

TXP-Texas Prototypes announces 30,783 square-foot building lease in Richardson, Texas

Ericsson makes Ethernet DSL access breakthrough in northern Latin America

Dutch city of Nuenen gets first community TV channel powered by Narrowstep

Network Equipment Technologies announces preliminary results for Q4 fiscal 2005

Cedar Point and LongBoard demonstrate interoperability of joint solution

Vocal Technologies to introduce ultra low-cost ATA designs

New Global Telecom delivers mobile VOIP 911 solution

Dallas Semiconductor introduces its DS317x family of single-chip transceivers (SCTs)

Centrepoint's TalkSwitch IP PBX ensures access to emergency services

Brix Networks secures $5 million in latest round of funding

Gartner Dataquest report confirms ZTE's growing world role

Sycamore's Universal Service Card enhances NTT Com's advanced Ethernet services

NTT America launches global network management platform

Easynet France deploys Riverstone's Ethernet routers to enhance its Web hosting services

Turkey’s Televersal Telecommunications chooses Vmux-2100 voice trunking gateway from RAD Data Communications

Diversified Technology announces its ATC4130 AdvancedTCA Node Blade is available with MontaVista Linux carrier-grade edition

Arris and LongBoard achieve successful fixed-mobile convergence over HFC

US Department of Defense secures voice network using Nortel solution

Kagoor Networks will be acquired by Juniper Networks Networks in a transaction valued at $67.5 million in cash

Cisco rolls out integrated architecture to help federal agencies address COOP

CA extends security product line with acquisition of advanced mainframe identity and access management solution

MCI accepts revised proposal from Verizon

Camiant, provider of policy servers for IP-based multimedia services, raises $8M in additional financing

Empirix Hammer VOIP test systems help UNH-IOL validate voice bridging and voice over WiFi in triple-play test event

Leading organizations worldwide join together to stop Internet attacks

Crossbeam Systems and Check Point announce customer wins in managed services

Announces production volume shipments of the Dual QDR-II port NL5000GLQ processors to Tier 1 customers

Global Crossing announces sale of its Trader Voice business to WestCom

VoEx International bids for Kosovo's Wireless Local Loop Project consultancy services

Cisco announces continued global momentum in broadband cable IP next-generation networks

Motorola joins forum to advance IP technology

MegaPath Networks announces 2004 results

Cavium Networks announces US government certification of its FIPS 140-2 SSL and IPsec security accelerator cards

Vision Solutions and Peribit Networks enter into global distribution agreement

Riding the comeback trail, wireless mesh systems will incorporate MIMO and 802.16 to step up the wireless broadband price/performance battle

VOIP Security Alliance elects board of directors, announces projects, and issues call for participation

Ikanos port shipments surpass 5 million worldwide

BellSouth says FCC broadband order clears underbrush; encourages broadband rollout

Wave7 Optics announces completion of the first 'single-fiber' FTTP network in Japan

Occam Networks announces strategic alliance with Tellabs; raises $4.925 million in funding

Kitsap Public Utility District deploys FTTP network with World Wide Packets equipment

Pipex Communications acquires web hosting business Donhost

Arris Cadant C4 CMTS wins Euro-DOCSIS 2.0 qualification in tComLabs’ European Certification Wave 18

ECB announces the results of Certification Wave 18

Avanex announces opening of operations center in Asia

Metalink updates revenue outlook for first quarter 2005; announces executive management changes

Riverstone Networks reviews operating performance in employee town hall meeting

Italtel closes 2004 with increased profit margins and aims for growth in international markets

ZTE to demonstrate its next-generation and wireless technology in Athens as part of its European roadshow

Broadline closeout retailer Big Lots selects Broadwing's MultiConnect private line service to interconnect locations

MCI agrees to continue discussions with Qwest

Verizon agrees to allow MCI discussions with Qwest through March 28

NetCologne selects OFS optical fiber cable for network upgrade in the Rhein-Erft region

VPIsystems receives orders from Bell Canada for VPI network resource planning and engineering software

High Speed Communications and Fibrespan team to enable 'plug-and-play' Internet access to serviced office centers and tenants

Ericsson to supply Maltacom with Telephony Softswitch solution for network upgrade to IP

NTT Com uses Cisco Multicast VPN technology

Envesta announces interim results and secures first institutional investor

Reflect Systems secures $9 million in funding

Coaxsys Inc. announces Gary Hoffman to head business development

iBasis, NexTone, and Yak Communicationsjoin XConnect for North American launch

Transmode and Lumentis to merge

European Standards Organizations meet European Commission VP Verheugen

Symantec introduces hosted mail security solution

Nortel declares Preferred Share dividends

National Technical Systems acquires Phase Seven Laboratories Inc.

Huawei leads the VOIP market with 24.48% market share, according to Dittberner report

Ukrtelecom to roll out a Cisco-based IP next-generation network

Cablecom deploys BigBand Networks platforms for digital cable services across Switzerland

Cable operators must face convergence challenge or lose their lead in triple-play innovation, says Cisco/Yankee Group study

Atlas Interactive selects BitBand's VOD solutions for deployment at an Indian telecom incumbent and hotels in India

SBC appoints five television programming executives to its Project Lightspeed team

DSLAM equipment market growth expected to continue, says Dittberner report

Xelic releases Sonet/SDH tributary payload processor core for integration into ASIC or FPGA networking applications

OnFiber Communications expands its service offerings into the Austin, Texas market

Time Warner agrees to $300 million penalty given by SEC

New Edge Networks reports record sales, positive cash flow

Adds three vice presidents and an assistant vice president to its management team

TeleWare adds self service to hosted IP software

NuVox Communications leverages Sonus Networks for new VOIP business services

Zvolve Systems announces the availability of its Conscious BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) solution for IBM Linux on Power platforms

Network Appliance and CyberGuard protect corporations against new 'Exploit-Byte Verify' attack

Benihana Inc. deploys Juniper Networks firewall and virtual private network solution

Cloakware secures $10 million in Series B round funding

Choice One selects Lucent Technologies and Juniper Networks to enhance IP infrastructure for broadband service

Veraz Networks launches Call Center Network Compression solution

Scientific-Atlanta intros its Web-based monitoring software system that can identify the specific point where network problems occur

Allied Telesyn appoints VP of IOC sales and operations

Valley Telecom Group selects Tekelec's signaling platform, real-time traffic management solutions

BT announces it will use International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the financial year ending 31 March 2006

RCN and Stealth expand Voice Peering Fabric (VPF) to Boston and Chicago

Level 3 CEO James Crowe comments on withdrawal of VOIP forbearance petition

IP address management company Nominum secures an additional $16M in financing

California Scientific introduces compact measurement tool for the multimode fiber market

Agilent's Signal Source Analyzer helps Sirenza increase test time by a factor of 10

Caspian names Thomas Carlson as chief financial officer

Alcatel signs contract with a consortium of Swiss electric power providers to deploy a managed optical multiservice transport network

Masergy selects Interoute for network expansion

Anritsu introduces one-instrument solution for evaluating multiservice transport equipment

Expands its manufacturing facility in Daejon, South Korea by 50 percent

Optical Solutions wins GPON contract with Minnesota’s Benton Cooperative Telephone Company

FDN and HIG Capital acquire Supra Telecom

Audiocodes licenses Telchemy's VQMON VOIP fault and performance management technology

JDS Uniphase acquires leading commercial laser provider Lightwave Electronics

Vativ announces single-chip 10-Gigabit Ethernet transceiver for UTP cabling

Tier 1 network service provider selects the SunSet MTT SDH/Sonet module; Sunrise adds capabilities to SunSet MTT platform

Silicon Laboratories expands family of low-jitter Sonet/SDH clock multiplier ICS

Symantec Internet security threat report highlights rise in threats to confidential information

Acterna is selected by Looking Glass Networks to provide 10-Gbit/s Ethernet and Sonet/SDH testers

IMS is key topic at global telecom standards meeting hosted by ATIS

Websense Software addresses critical security exposures for organizations that utilize instant messaging

Foundry and National Capital Institute of Telecommunications announce successful multi-vendor testing with NetIron IMR 640 Router

Entone demonstrates power and flexibility of its industry-leading open VOD system at ECCA 05

Announces Federal J-Partner Program for systems integrators, resellers, and service providers serving the government market

Occam Networks names Gregory Dion, Sun Microsystems veteran, VP of operations

NFR Security unveils industry’s first real-time threat protection solution

Ixia streamlines network testing with enhancements to its primary automated testing application

Azimuth Systems expands into Middle Eastern market through agreement with Bynet Electronics

Lucent Technologies announces hosted contact center functionality in Sydney Global Network Operations Center

Vontu increases total funding to $25M with additional $10M in third round

Harbour Networks selects Mindspeed to supply VOIP processors

Harmonic introduces high-performance video transport for small and mid-sized cable networks

Altera demonstrates industry's first FPGA solution enabling video-over-IP at CCBN

Avanex is selected by Alcatel to provide optical components for deployment

Acterna launches service assurance solutions

Visual Networks delivers LAN-based network and application visibility with new suite of Ethernet appliances

Zultys Technologies announces availability of its new family of ZIP Phones

Polatis expands its range of ultra-low loss optical switch products

Türk Telekom selects Alcatel to deliver 600,000 additional DSL lines

AT&T begins implementing a VOIP network for Morinaga Milk Industry in Japan

New Venture Partners closes deal with Philips Research; launches new business based on Philips's electrowetting technology for display screens

ONO carries broadcast TV content over a next-generation digital video transport network based on Cisco routers and platforms

Celtic House Venture Partners closes its third fund with £120M

Nortel wins deal to upgrade China Customs storage network infrastructure

Nortel files unaudited financial results for Q3 of 2004

FCC takes up petition to reform retransmission consent

Telenor unveils expansive portfolio of global broadband services

S&P raises Ukraine telecom operator Kyivstar ratings to 'B+' on strong performance

Palavon Inc. launches new hosted PBX/CRM VOIP solution

Nortel provides status update; to file third-quarter 2004 financial statements

Metalink launches 100-Mbit/s VDSLPlus transceivers

Telekom Austria sees turnaround in wireline business, reporting 69.4% increase in net income to €227.3M

BT invests $48M in networked IT upgrade to extend the reach and voice and data capability of its IP infrastructure in Asia/Pacific

European network operators will use next-gen DSL to deliver advanced broadband services to consumers, concludes Heavy Reading report

Riverbed Technology announces new board member

Bookham launches world's first 24pin transmitter module using InP MZ technology

ETSI hosts tests for ParlayX Web Services standards

Riverstone Networks' carrier Ethernet routers receive USDA Rural Utilities Service listing

Cablemas selects Cedar Point's Safari C³ switch

BroadSoft selects Hammer VOIP test platforms from Empirix

Nine companies join renamed MultiService Forum

TeliaSonera in Denmark has selected Ericsson's DSL Access solution to provide triple-play services

MCI to review revised Qwest offer of $10.50 in cash and 3.735 Qwest shares per MCI share

Elion trials Alcatel's fiber-to-the-user solution for triple-play services in Estonia

John Griffin, executive vice president of marketing at Optical Solutions, has been appointed to the FTTH Council's board

Revenue for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2005, was $351.3 million compared with $358.7 million in the third quarter of 2005

They're lining up to kiss it...

Labs2 chooses Net Insight as triple-play provider

Completes secured debt financing in the amount of $55 million

Volo expands local access points to over 5,000 across the US

Telecom industry professionals at CeBIT expect to see fully converged IP-based networks within 3 years, says Laurel's survey

Intense appoints Graham Failes as chief operations officer

MetaSwitch opens new office in San Francisco Bay area

Reports fourth-quarter financial results

Masergy secures $45 million in funding

Announces the availability of the Symantec Systems Continuity Service

Infonetics Research recognizes Juniper as the SSL VPN product market share leader and in in-line intrusion detection and prevention

McLeodUSA selects Cisco Systems and EMC Corp. as core management technology to power managed VOIP service

Alcatel sells its 15% shareholding in Nexans

LHC Computing Grid (LCG) project now includes more than 100 sites in 31 countries

Cisco signs reseller agrement with Opnet; companies will work together to develop network management solutions

Specialized Association Services (SAS) deploys Savvis Enterprise Connect to unify its voice and data network

Tandberg Television wins €4M order from a European telco for an MPEG-4 AVC TV-over-DSL system

Motorola plans new platforms to lower cost of entry and extend reach of AdvancedTCA

Paetec Communications selects Lucent Technologies as provider of next-generation VOIP switching solution

Its Antivirus Firewalls and FortiOS 2.80 receives certification for Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4 Augmented (EAL 4+)

Swedish National Police Board selects Juniper Networks to secure network

Providence Equity, Warburg Pincus complete acquisition of Telcordia

Pioneer Telephone Cooperative deploys IPTV service network-wide using Calix C7 platform

FABA Communications selects MERA for comprehensive VOIP traffic routing

Announces over 3,000 of its HST-3000 handheld service testers delivered in the past six months

Airvana appoints financial expert Marcel Gani to board of directors

Becomes first FTTP video transport solution provider to receive TL 9000 certification

Cedar Point Communications to demonstrate next-generation of voice services at the NCTA National Show

FlexLight Networks supplies Mediacom with industry's first GPON fiber-to-the-building access equipment

Extreme Networks delivers resilient and scaleable 10-Gigabit network to Agere Systems

Yipes introduces Channel Partner Program for its Ethernet services

Sonus reports 3% decline in revenues to $45.1M in Q4 and net income of $6.3M, down from $6.9M

Cable Pacifico chooses OFS fiber to upgrade its telecom network

Ericsson provides Phillipine operator BayanTel with Ethernet DSL Access for faster broadband services

Alta Berkeley has sold its holding in Native Networks to Alcatel; is opening a new office in Jerusalem

Brix Networks launches self-service testing portal for interactive and streaming IP-based video services

Deutsche Telekom presents its new group structure at CeBIT Investors' Day; expects adjusted EBITDA of between €20.7B and €21B

France Telecom introduces new licensing program for DSL transmission technologies using Discrete Multi-Tone (DMT) modulation

French alternative operator Iliad reports revenue increase of 67.7% and a 102.6% increase in EBITDA

Alcatel extends its revolving credit facility from 2007 to 2009 and reduces the cost of the facility

Alcatel will provide an integrated submarine and terrestrial optical solution for the 10-Gbit/s upgrade of the Sea-Me-We 3 network

Service providers bank on integrated security services, says Infonetics study

Lumentis strengthens Citylink broadband

Ericsson demonstrates true converged services with commercial IMS solution

AePona delivers the industry’s first open operating system to bridge the gap between IT and telecoms

CyberGuard announces acquisition of Zix Corporation's anti-spam, anti-virus, and URL filtering assets

Siemens and Microsoft demonstrate Siemens communication portal at CeBit

Cisco IOS Firewall earns latest ICSA Labs firewall certification

Outsmart to use Telco Systems' technology for its fixed mobile convergence solution

Memphis Networx chooses Covaro Networks Etherjack-based Ethernet extension solutions

QSC enhances VOIP network in Germany with Huawei; IZB introduces second source Huawei technologies

Ditech Communications selects Hammer VOIP testers for new packet voice processor

BroadSoft launches innovative mobile PBX application

Vidéotron selects Arris telephony modems for large-scale VOIP deployment

Huawei delivers EchoLife home network solution

Volo announces new AccessNOW suite of advanced network services

Nortel, LG Electronics team up on WiMax solutions

Actelis Networks and Bergen op Zoom bring high-speed digital access to music institute in the Netherlands

Genesys and Veraz Networks allow telecom carriers to merge IP systems into intelligent networks

STS signs optical reseller agreement with Huawei

Releases a new, scaleable transport switching solution for wireless carriers

Foundry Networks adds new multiservice routers to its NetIron service provider product portfolio

Atrica announces deals with German carrier htp, Macedonia's national operator, and systems integrators ITM Group, Intellicom, and Trigon

GlobeCast Australia connects Sydney, Auckland, London, and Los Angeles with Ipitek’s video gateway

Telewest Global selects Zero-Knowledge Systems's value-added services platform to deliver security services to subscribers

Tektronix introduces real-time fault finder for compressed video

West Ridge Networks makes its SQMworks service quality management software compatible with Juniper operating systems and routing platforms

BellSouth signs 100th commercial agreement allowing competitors to use elements of BellSouth network

Telops increases its presence in the South Korean market via its partnership with Opto-Mechanical Associate

BITel GmbH selects Actelis Networks Ethernet-over-copper platforms

Growth resumed in EMEA router market in fourth quarter of 2004, says IDC

Slovak Telecom relies on Sonus Networks and Pactolus Communicatinos Software to bring VOIP services to the Bratislava Summit

Juniper Networks showcases resilient IP certified triple-play solutions at CeBIT 2005

Digital Lightwave NIC achieves 48-port, high-density Ethernet testing breakthrough

Diversified Technology showcases two of its enhanced AdvancedTCA rackmount platforms

French-US defense delegations and IPv6 organizations convene to collaborate on new generation net-centric warfare communications

Capella Photonics and Lightconnect create MEMS ROADM alliance

Comcast agrees to purchase set-top boxes and network equipment from Motorola, as part of a multi-year $1 billion contract

Innocor introduces portable test solution to support five 10-Gigabit Ethernet line rates

Independent auditor approves exchange ratio of 25 T-Online shares for 13 Deutsche Telekom shares

German carrier NetCologne selects Marconi's Access Hub to help make the transition to an IP-based network

BT extends its Ethernet services into the wide-area network (WAN) in key European cities, and connects its long-haul service to New York

Worldwide DSL subscribers passed the 100M mark in February, growing at a rate of more than one new subscriber every second

Tdsoft launches TdGATE IP-303 gateway at Spring VON 2005

Terawave signs value-added reseller agreement with Cronus eBusiness

ADVA reports 2004 financial results with expected growth and confirms 2005 outlook and strategy

Tandberg Television brings video compression and on-demand solutions to NAB

NewStep Networks to provide real-time communication solutions for carriers

FastWeb chooses Italtel to manage the advanced services of its multiservice IP network

Mediatrix signs strategic distribution agreement with leading provider of broadband Internet access in Austria

Nominum sets record for ENUM performance with industry-leading benchmark results

Sentito Networks appoints veteran Robert Darabant as senior sales VP

Optibase enables commercial IPTV services in China

Companies deliver solution for hosted desktop multimedia conferencing services

Courts allow Covad antitrust suits against Verizon and BellSouth to continue

Cisco IP communications solutions pass additional deployment tests for US Department of Defense

Qwest Communications signs contract to connect facilities for Department of Energy

Introduces its new triple-play IP media gateway

Golden Telecom announces 62% increase in revenues for 2004

Acterna launches service assurance solutions at CeBIT

ADC and Simpler Networks enter into services agreement to better address customer needs

Tazz Networks expands European presence with key executive hires and new office location

Enterprise demand for bandwidth and lower IT costs is driving demand for wide-area Ethernet services, says RHK

Freenet.de offers converged fixed-line and mobile phone service with Alcatel as strategic partner, solutions integrator, and systems supplier

German operator Arcor upgrades with Alcatel's open service delivery platform

EWE Tel in Germany selects Alcatel softswitches and media gateways to upgrade its network for VOIP

Strong growth in ADSL helps keep Swisscom's revenues at CHF 10B in 2004; net income increases by 1.6% to CHF 1.6B

Complete interoperability testing between Cirpack’s softswitch and Paradyne’s POTS-enabled 8000 series BLC for joint VOIP solutions

Global Crossing uses Lucent's LambdaUnite switch and Navis OMS to upgrade the capacity of its 10,000km UK backbone

ZTE becomes global ADSL equipment supplier to France Telecom

BT acquires Radianz from Reuters; companies sign $3B network services contract

Top Layer launches Attack Mitigator IPS 5500-50 for networks operating up to 100 Mbit/s

AMCC names Kambiz Hooshmand as president and CEO

Polatis signs worldwide distribution agreement with JDS Uniphase

NTT-ME expands network backbone with Juniper Networks T-Series

DSL.net reports fourth-quarter and full-year 2004 results

NetLogic launches national VOIP service

Netrake launches VOIP and IP multimedia call center solution

Introduces distributed Abacus IP Telephony rollout platform; Sylantro Systems selects Spirent's Abacus 5000 test system

SIP Forum announces new technical working group

BtNAccess selects Rodopi Software to automate hosted PBX services

KBT Systems has selected Sentito's Open Network Xchange (ONX) to deliver VOIP wholesale services

DFN uses Riverstone routers to prove viability of 10-gig, VPLS-based carrier Ethernet for advanced applications

Bolivian carrier delivers VOIP and calling card services with net.com's Shout platform

Enterprise Digital Architects selects Lucent Technologies IP PBX solution

NetTest introduces the 'Pocket CMA' handheld test equipment line

Iskratel and LastMile AG enter into alliance to deliver optical transport solutions

Broadcom opens European wireless design center in Denmark

Introduces application server for unified communications

Sylantro selects TekVizion as authorized certification, testing lab

Marconi softswitch is certified for deployment in Russian Federation

Lucent Technologies announces 14 contract wins with European customers at CEBIT 2005

Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs officially opens research center in Ireland

Issaquah Highlands upgrades its fiber network using Ethernet access equipment from World Wide Packets

AOL deploys Sonus for its new Internet phone service

Swisscom deploys Kagoor's session border controllers for SIP-based consumer triple-play services

Fujitsu introduces industry’s first 32-bit MCU for network-enabled appliances

Aventail sells its Managed Services Division to Netifice Communications

Empirix completes Hammer XMS interoperability testing with Safari C³

BroadSoft platform powers Primus 'Lingo'

Venezuelan service provider Intercable chooses Nortel's cable VOIP solution

Orthogon Systems bolsters channel commitment

Newport Networks and BroadSoft offer interoperable systems to deliver next-gen services

Alliance Systems and TekVizion sign joint services agreement

Associated Network Partners selects Versatel Networks intelligent media gateway to support national VOIP rollout

Hargray selects Occam Networks to deliver IP video over DSL to Hilton Head Island subscribers

SingTel Expan partners with Inkra Networks for managed firewall services

Veraz Networks and Sylantro Systems supply carriers with an end-to-end VOIP services solution for next-gen networks

VOIP terminal vendors join Nortel's collaborative open client initiative to promote industry wide SIP adoption

T-Systems and KPN enter agreement for IT and communications services

Netia chooses Marconi's access hub to support broadband rollout

Band-X and NexTone partner to enable managed VOIP services

Alcatel's optical multi-service transport solution enhances T-Mobile's delivery of mobile broadband services in the Netherlands

Fusepoint acquires services provider Worldwide Online

AccessLine Communications launches SmartVoice VOIP service for business

Issaquah Highlands upgrades fiber network using World Wide Packets Ethernet access equipment

Globix closes merger with Neon

Tellme Networks incorporates Data Connection’s DC-SIP software solution into its network

CEO Lothar Pauly offers up a positive assessment

NTL expands its Ethernet portfolio with a national wide-area networking service

Research study on consumer adoption shows 71% of respondents would consider moving to VOIP

Yangtze Communications Bureau selects Lucent to build a network monitoring its water transportation network

Cox Communications is considering the sale of four of its cable operations serving 900,000 customers

Swisscom deploys platforms from Sylantro and Siemens Switzerland for its Bluewin Phone VOIP and video services

Big Bear Networks appoints Amit Jain as president and chief executive officer

Veraz Networks offers Enhanced Long Distance services solution to accelerate carrier’s network migration to VOIP

Ditech launches platform for packet voice processing, enabling carriers to deploy universal transcoding and toll-quality VOIP

Ikanos CEO to demonstrate symmetric 100 Mbit/s over copper at FastNet Futures Conference

S&P places France-based Eutelsat S.A. on CreditWatch negative due to potential leveraged recapitalization

Onyx eliminates waste with IP VPN from Telewest Business

SureWest picks Occam BLC 6000 for 3-Mbit/s DSL service

TekVizion establishes VOIP interoperability certification lab

NetTest enhances its MasterQuest VOIP monitoring

Global Crossing announces new VOIP LDS service offering

Xponent releases triplexers and diplexers for FTTx market

DynamicCity announces first rollout of MStar's UTOPIA-powered municipal fiber service in Orem, Utah

White Rock Networks acquires Seranoa Networks

Gilat announces acquisition of remaining shares of StarBand Communications

Infinito chooses Asylum Telecom to power Italian broadband voice offering

NeuStar announces its new service called Enhanced Service Request

Freescale advances PowerQUICC architecture with high-performance, packet-friendly communications engine

Introduces solution for triple-play installation verification and ongoing support

Allot announces customer wins for its NetEnforcer

Announces its IP PBX network trunking solution

Announces market leadership in session border control

Verizon CFO cites company's strong balance sheet as factor for recent dividend increase

DSL Forum steps up focus on remote management of CPE and drives new levels of interoperability

Anritsu Corp. names Hiromichi Toda as new president

Radcom to unveil its new SIP service and application test solution, SIPability

Riverstone introduces scaleable portfolio of HVPLS-enabled Ethernet routers

World Wide Packets names Kevin Daines chief technology officer

Vonage selects Texas Instruments as its preferred provider for VOIP silicon and software

Infineon selects MIPS architecture as standard for VOIP solutions

AMCC unveils high-speed, low-cost PowerPC processor for networking applications

New NetScreen-5GT Wireless extends best-in-class enterprise security to wireless environments

CyberGuard and Toshiba America Medical Systems partner to deliver secure VPN solutions to HIPAA-sensitive healthcare providers

Tekelec uses TimesTen/DataServer real-time database system as the data management backbone for its application server

BCS Global Networks, NuVox, and WestTel deploys IP Unity

Pactolus introduces fault tolerant call recovery software, RapidFLEX CallComplete

Scarlet selects Alcatel as strategic technology provider for rollout of its broadband infrastructure

Marconi will introduce a long-haul SDH radio system at CeBIT

ECI Telecom will sell long term notes from Global Village Telecom of Brazil (GVT) to ABN Amro Bank for $96M for $11M capital gain

Kotura signs non-exclusive license for a portfolio of patents on silicon photonics from Bookham

Marconi will introduce its OMS2400 carrier-class optical Ethernet platform at CeBIT

Telco Systems will introduce its Access600 VOIP integrated access device for Europe and the Far East at CeBIT

Announces the addition of detecting mixed-mode signal capability within its line of optical channel monitors

PowerDsine announces changes to board of directors

Fujikura Europe announces launch of SpliceMate

Coaxsys enables McDonough Telephone Cooperative to roll out IPTV to subscribers

Industry leaders collaborate to create a QSFP transceivers to support Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and Sonet/SDH

Heavy Reading finds that many makers of VOIP softswitches have no plans to incorporate critical session border control

UX introduces first 155-Mbit/s chipset in China

AePona announces $20 million funding transaction

NuVox will deploy Acme Packet's Net-Net session border controllers for its hosted business VOIP offering

Tiscali is first to offer commercial QOS over DSL

Takes aggressive steps to bolster network security

NetworkIP launches its new generation of iQ Technology measurement tools

Nortel announces senior management appointments

Worldwide network security appliance and software revenue topped $3.7B in 2004, up 30% from 2003, according to Infonetics

Revenues expected to be $43M to $46M; separately, company finds 'material weaknesses' in its financial reporting

Broadband boom continues as CPE units jump 73% in 2004, reports Infonetics Research

FCC fines Madison River Communication for blocking VOIP ports

Reports financial results for third quarter ended January 31, 2005

MRV debuts a high-density cross connect for automating network testing at the physical layer

Valdor Fiber Optics receives purchase order from Northwest Datacom and Power

Fulcrum’s PivotPoint Interconnect is selected by GDA Technologies for AdvancedTCA board

Texas Instruments and KTL provide enhanced interoperability testing for DSL products

LignUp selects TekVizion as development/integration partner

ETSI has published a new version of TS 101 524

Delivers Wistom optical layer monitor to India

KT to offer data, voice, and video services using Cisco optical equipment

Xinhua Finance upgrades the issuer rating of ZTE Corp. to A+

S&P clarifies the rationale behind Deutsche Telekom AG's upgrade to 'A-'

Alcatel ended 2004 with clear leadership position in global DSL market

Eblana Photonics introduces single-mode laser diodes to eliminate the need for optical isolators

Teleglobe increases Q4 revenues from $214.8M to $280.2M, cutting net loss from $11M to 9.2M

Tekelec responds to complaint filed by Bouygues seeking $81M compensation plus punitive damages for a service interruption

Motorola's Brazil Networks business announces $5M investment over the next two years for two new research initiatives in Brazil

MCI meets with Qwest to review its offer

RHK names Fujitsu market leader in metro ROADM deployment with over 75% share

Posts increase in net income from €1.3B to €4.6B in 2004; expects EBITDA of between €20.7B and €21B for 2005

KPN upgrades its Alcatel DSL infrastructure to offer subscribers increased bandwidth with ADSL2+

PBX market jumps 11% in 2004, fueled by hot IP PBX segment, says Infonetics

France Telecom joins consortium to participate in the tender process for Cesky Telecom

Raises $18 million in oversubscribed funding round

Sonus Networks expands presence in India

Citylink deploys Juniper Networks J-series to upgrade managed services

MCI to engage in further discussions with Qwest

China Telecom deploys Alcatel’s VPLS solution and achieves 60 percent decrease in VPN provisioning times

Demonstrates unified control plane & ASON interoperability in Asia, participates in integrated IP/optical technologies testbed in Europe

Signs long-term, multi-state commercial agreement for wholesale services with New Rochelle Telephone

NTT Com delivers secure and assured mobile access with Juniper Networks

Arroyo closes $12 million to accelerate its growth in advanced video services; Kim Kelly steps down as CEO

Infonetics Research reports that service provider router/switch market is up 26% in 2004; Juniper gains on Cisco

Sandvine surpasses 20 million subscriber mark

Verizon issues statement to MCI

Visual Networks launches suite of VOIP assessment and monitoring services

ZTE has drafted a crucial recommendation (G.665) on optical amplifier technology

VOIP equipment manufacturer General Bandwidth receives $18M in new funding

Posts full-year revenues of £1.66B, a 2.2% decline from the previous year

BT selects Siemens and Nortel to provide equipment, maintenance, and support services for its enterprise voice systems and infrastructure

Advanced Switching Interconnect Special Interest Group (ASI SIG) announces release of the ASI version 1.1 specification

VPIsystems receives $9M in Series C financing, adds new board members

Nortel launches supply chain center in Shanghai to manage its growing supply base in Asia

Marconi to showcase network transformation at CeBIT, launching a new multiservice optical platform and a long-haul SDH radio product

Alcatel to acquire Native Networks, provider of carrier-class optical transport solutions, for approximately $55M

Zhone Technolgies to showcase its market-leading access and transport solutions

MCI chairman Nicholas deB Katzenbach issues the following letter today to Qwest chairman and CEO Richard Notebaert

Photline Technologies partners with Keopsys in growing its North American business

Adds video support to its VQmon family; announces Acterna to sponsor VoIPTroubleshooter.com

Optical hardware market up 21% for the quarter, 10% for the year, says Infonetics Research

Nortel unveils enterprise assurance services for EMEA channel partners

SimpleTelecom launches its carrier-class wholesale SIP service

Company's NIR-LN series LiNb03 modulators withstand 1 W of launch power at 1064 nm

Enterasys Networks has licensed and integrated NextHop GateD routing software into its Matrix X family of secure core routers

Introduces advanced switching interconnect protocol analyzer and exerciser

Two independent operators select Tekelec’s Class 5 switch

Primus Canada chooses Brix Networks' VOIP management solutions

Sonus Networks to showcase VOIP solutions at Spring Von 2005

Targets growing voice-over-packet gateway market with new H.110 TDM switch

Will demonstrate multiple converged services live during VON Spring 200

Tundra advances the standard for host bridges for PowerPC

Introduces new NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet controller

Time dotCom deploys next-gen virtual private LAN service with Juniper Networks

Licenses its VOIP software to a major service provider

MIPS Technologies launches operations in China, appoints chief representative for China, and establishes R&D center in China

StarGen launches its AXSys Architecture for platforms using the PCI Express and ASI standards

Michael Pascoe has joined Meriton Networks as chief executive officer

VOIP provider MediaRing reports 67.6% jump in revenues in 2004 to S$87.8M and 89.4% reduction in net loss to S$0.7M

RAD will exhibit Ethernet Network Termination Units for the managed local loop at CeBIT 2005

RED-C Optical Networks introduces its Sentior 2120 Variable Gain EDFA

KPN exceeds guidance, almost doubling DSL connections; reports pre-tax profit increased by 15% from €1.548M in 2003 to €1.781M in 2004

Calix ships FTTP OLT line cards for its C7 multiservice platform

Diatem Networks appoints former Nortel Exeuctive Marco Pagani as chairman