Global Crossing will provide global telecommunications services to its partner AT&T Government Solutions

Verizon Communications completes the sale of its interest in Puerto Rico telephone

PMC-Sierra announces cost reduction initiative and business outlook update for Q1 of 2007

Companies announce compatibility between Apertio's One-HSS (Home Subscriber Server) and Mavenir mOne

Australian carrier deploys a 400-Gbit/s long-haul and metro optical network with Nortel

Westcon Group bolsters convergence offering in Europe by signing a value-added European agreement with Alcatel-Lucent

Ericsson to expand Turkcell's network

Consumers have more choice but full potential of EU's internal market remains unexploited, European Commission reports

NextWave Wireless raises $355 million in new capital

GSA awards Networx Universal contracts

Rogers Wireless selects Nuance Voice Control, brings speech-based mobile search and communication to Canada

Verso to provide MetroNet VOIP overlay solution to MyTel of Pakistan

Verizon will soon begin deploying an advanced technology from Alcatel-Lucent

Sonus, Apertio team to help network operators realize the promise of convergence

Gridpoint will leverage its strengths in Carrier Ethernet, service management, and traffic management to launch its COCE solutions

Keynote Systems announces buildout of on-demand test and measurement network for mobile content, applications, and services

Hutchison Telecommunications International announces the launch of its Indonesian mobile operation PT Hutchison CP Telecom (HCPT)

Huawei to supply UMTS/HSPA network to Morocco Telecom

Huawei Supports PBB TE (Provider Backbone Bridge–Traffic Engineering) in its BT 21CN offering

Orca Interactive wins contract with ON Telecoms to enable IPTV rollout in Greece

Occam Networks's BLC 6000 selected by 3 Rivers to offer advanced triple-play services

Ofcom has received two applications for the Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) national radio multiplex licence

QuikCycle's new AutoLab Software automates test lifecycle for networks and related devices

Iusacell selects LHS to migrate its billing and customer care system from BSCS 5 to BSCS iX to support its 3G services with real-time rating

UK regulator announces new regulatory code for VOIP service providers

IBM opens Innovation Factory using Web 2.0 social networking technologies to help companies rapidly conceive and test new products

Agilent Technologies announces its new WiMax protocol conformance tester for 802.16e 2005

Infineon licenses its 130nm CMOS process technology to Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp.

SK Telecom rolls out Metro Ethernet wireless backhaul infrastructure from LG-Nortel

Nortel and Microsoft are expanding their efforts to drive the widespread adoption of unified communications among businesses

Ericsson wins WCDMA/HSPA contract with Síminn in Iceland

Nortel completes $1.15B Senior Notes offering

Starwin IPTV enters partnership with Guangdong Tisson Technologies Development Company

Epitiro, developer of Customer Experience Monitoring (CEM) services for communication service providers, has extended its reach to New Zealand

LTS and ComSpan-Bandon Networks will bring the fiber optic network that is now successfully operating in Bandon, Oregon to the town of Coquille

FiOS TV approved in 30th New York community

Verizon President and COO, Dennis Strigl, will speak at the Bank of America 2007 Media, Telecommunications, and Entertainment Conference

NetLogic to benefit from Alcatel-Lucent's contract with Verizon Wireless for ongoing network expansion and transition to an all-IP network

Nortel is integrating the Bridgewater Systems market-leading AAA Service Controller as part of their comprehensive mobile WiMax solution

CoAdna expands with new board director and talents

Orion has selected Juniper Networks M120 Multiservice Edge Router for the second phase of a network upgrade

Nufern announced the expansion of its NuComm line of specialty telecom fibers

The IMS Forum is announcing the second IMS Plugfest scheduled for June 4 - 8 at the IMS Forum UNH InterOp Lab (IOL) in Durham, NH

iBahn unveiled a Voice over Wireless LAN (VOWLAN) service for the European hotel industry

Researchers from Optium and CUDOS have demonstrated the ability of Optium's dynamic WSS to provide dynamic dispersion compensation

Xponent Photonics receives $23 million in Series 3 funding

Vtesse Networks is using BTI Photonic's optical networking platform, Netstender

TDC to create convergence between broadband, IP telephony, landline telephony, and mobile telephony in the entire Nordic region

Telecom Argentina selects Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management to launch next-generation services

BT has signed a range of new deals for its BT Vision Download Store

Denmark utility giant Tre-For goes live with FTTP-based triple-play services using NetCracker's OSS

Telstra awards Alcatel-Lucent 9,000km submarine network contract to support its IP network transformation strategy

Ericsson delivers IMS-based VOIP kit to Telekomunikacja Polska

Chunghwa Telecom reports net income totaled NT$42.07B in 2006, an increase of 26.3% over the previous year

Releases CM-4000 Packet Transport Switch (PTS) series

VOIP company reports revenues for the year were $7.3M, an increase of 59% compared to $4.6M the previous year

Overture Networks to showcase ISG 800 multiservice solution for packet-based cell tower backhaul

Introduces the 1347TL 11.3 Gbit/s Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA)/Limiting Amplifier (LIA)

CoAdna introduces 1x12 and 1x16 WSS modules

Kailight Photonics announces 40-Gbit/s transponder working group

Silicon Laboratories introduces jitter-attenuating clock multiplier IC to provide any-rate frequency synthesis

ECI Telecom presents the results of successful demonstration of 43-Gbit/s transmission over 1,000 kilometers at OFC

Capella announces Telcordia qualification of WavePath 4500

Tekelec and HP accelerate deployment of open, IMS-based multimedia services; Tekelec also delivers enhancements for IP signaling

Touts technical trial featuring transmission of 10 channels of 111 Gbit/s at 50GHz channel spacing over 2400km

Cisco adds 3G to its integrated service routers; AT&T's wireless WAN service uses Cisco 3G-enabled high-speed WAN interface card

Infinera features digital ROADMs, benefits of GMPLS intelligence at OFC

FPL FiberNet selects Infinera for Florida regional optical network

Tundra Semiconductor announces share repurchase program

Point Topic reports DSL dominates global broadband subscriber growth, accounting for 66% of the 281M subscribers

Elma Electronic announces a new second-generation AdvancedTCA system platform for carrier-grade applications

Verizon Business is boosting the capacity of its ultra long haul all-optical network from 10 Gbit/s to 40-Gbit/s

Chinese optical components vendor opens sales and marketing office in Shenzhen, China

MetaSwitch ramps up efforts in the Caribbean and the Latin American (CALA) region

Bay Microsystems announces the sampling of its Chesapeake 40G network processor and traffic manager

IIJ to launch high-definition content delivery platform service

Time Warner Telecom applauds FCC ruling

Spirent's FLO1-ATS provides complete, automated minimum performance testing of MediaFLO-capable mobile devices

Avanex introduces transponder at OFC

Bookham to give first live demo of next-generation tunable technology at OFC/NFOEC 2007

SyntheSys Research announces its latest innovations at OFC

Alphion announced the introduction of an integrated 2x2 loss-less nanosecond switch

ADC to present efficient FTTX networks at OFC/NFOEC 2007

Teknovus and Cavium Networks collaborate on development of EPON home gateway

Fulcrum Microsystems and Applied Micro Circuits to demonstrate switch at OFC/NFOEC

Photon Kinetics will demonstrate two new measurement systems designed specifically for characterizing specialty optical fibers

PhoXtal Communications demonstrates its Monolithically Integrated FTTH Diplexer Array

Arasor introduced a new way to control optical wavelength connections at the electro-optic layer instead of the electrical or optical layer

Opnext will demonstrate how its products are reducing costs and adding features at OFC/NFOEC 2007

Telecom Argentina selects Oracle Communications billing and revenue management to launch next-generation services

Finisar announced the achievement of a record-setting industry milestone

Broadcom's recently introduced 10 GigE serial transceiver now interoperates with leading SFP+ module products

Veraz announced the availability of both a new multimedia softclient and a web portal application

DT owned Magyar Telekom selects Transmode and partner Kapsch for nationwide Hungarian CWDM deployment

Verizon deploy an advanced technology from Alcatel-Lucent that will dramatically improve the capabilities of Verizon’s FTTP network

RAD Data Communication has announced that it will unveil its feature rich, IPmux-116 pseudowire gateway at CTIA Wireless 2007

Best Buy has agreed to acquire Speakeasy, one of the largest independent broadband voice, data ,and IT service providers in the US

Optium announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Kailight Photonics

NEC Corporation announces extended reach XFP transceiver based on AZNA CML TOSA

Fujitsu to release the world's lowest drive voltage (4.0v) DQPSK LN optical modulator for optical transmission systems

Corning announced the introduction of a new Corning hermetic single-mode specialty fiber

Azea has secured a Series D funding round of more than $20 million led by TVM Capital and supported by its existing investors

Finisar Corporation announced demonstrations of several new modules at the Optical Fiber Conference

Corrigent releases new packet transport switch product line

Auxora demos at OFC 2007 and strengthens executive management team

Sonus Networks announced a definitive agreement to acquire Zynetix, designers of innovative GSM infrastructure solutions

Alcatel-Lucent announced its latest broadband access innovations with the introduction of Release 3.3 to its ISAM product family

Largest North American and leading European wireless operator selects Optimi for network optimization

StrataLight Communications introduces a new 40G/43G 300 pin MSA optical VSR module, the OTM-400

Proximion demonstrates new dispersion compensation module at OFC

Ericsson has been awarded two contracts for hosted services by SunCom Wireless for prepaid services and ringback tones

Ericsson to provide Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Systems with flexible rate plans and new features for prepaid subscribers

UK regulator announces new charge controls limiting the amount operators are able to charge rivals for connecting calls on their mobile networks

Siemens awarded managed services contract to operate UMTS network for Qatar Telecom (Qtel)

Nokia Siemens Networks debuts at CTIA ahead of the new company's start of operations on April 1, 2007

TeliaSonera to roll out Motorola's RSGu3502 UMA-enabled voice gateway in Denmark

Motorola announces it's participating in 25 WiMax trials and 9 network deployments; latest trial is with TVA in Brazil

Alltel uses Arantech's touchpoint performance management software

According to research commissioned by BT Business, 48% of small businesses will be using VOIP services by next year

BT signs interconnect agreement with Telekomunikacja Polska to provide voice services for Polish businesses

Convergys, Microsoft, QinetiQ, and Tibco are to participate in the second phase of the Product and Service Assembly (PSA) Initiative

Deutsche Telekom's T-Com division will use ADVA's Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 3000 to expand its optical metro and regional networks

Alphion announced the introduction of an innovative dual band semiconductor optical amplifier line

Teknovus demonstrates turbo 2.5G EPON with OE solutions' transceivers

Azna announces demonstration of 10-Gbit/s C-Band tunable chirp managed laser

Alcatel-Lucent has demonstrated the first CMOS silicon-based tunable optical waveguide equalizer

Agilent Technologies demonstrated its latest lightwave component analyzer (LCA)

Mavenir teams with Ericsson to extend the communications leader’s Fixed Mobile Convergence and Low Power GSM offerings

Pirelli demos first ever tunable DWDM XFP at OFC/NFOEC 2007

Finisar has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding equity interests in AZNA and Kodeos Communications

Sumitomo Electric Industries announced a new line of SFP+ transceivers

ECI Telecom announced the integration of IMS elements into a MSAN, allowing it to function as a gateway and policy enforcement point

Vonage reaffirmed its confidence in prevailing on appeal despite ruling

OpVista demonstrates wavelength tunability at OFC/NFOEC

AT&T will release its first-quarter 2007 financial results on Tuesday, April 24, 2007

AMCC announces new suite of chips and a complete portfolio of SFP+ PHYs at OFC

Axsun introduces high performance C+L optical monitor at OFC/NFOEC 2007

Bookham announced the launch of what is believed to be the world's most powerful 980nm pump laser module

JDSU previews new optical communications technology at OFC/NFOEC 2007

Fujitsu Laboratories announced their development of a wavelength tunable laser for 10-Gbit/s DWDM optical transmission

Avago announces the completion of full Telcordia GR-468-CORE qualification of its next-generation 850 nm CSEL

MTC makes highest bid for third mobile licence in Saudi Arabia

Telekom Austria pays €10M for Macedonia's third mobile license

Saudi regulator announces Kuwait's MTC offered the highest bid for the country's third mobile license

Verizon Wireless awards Alcatel-Lucent an expected $6B contract for ongoing network expansion

Huawei launches OTN/ASON-based intelligent multi-service WDM Platform, which includes the OSN6800 and OSN3800

Fiberxon announces availability of SGMII interface industrial-temperature reconfigurable Ethernet SFP transceivers

Pirelli Broadband Solutions to demo WDM-PON technology at C5 World Forum in Milan

Axiom Systems and NVision Group provide Russian operator JSC Central Telegraph with triple-play service fulfillment capabilities

ThePlatform to manage mobile video content for Helio

Polycom completes SpectraLink acquisition

Robert Vrij, Openwave's executive VP of worldwide field operations, appointed president and CEO following resignation of David Peterschmidt

Compal Communications licenses triple-band WCDMA mobile platform from Ericsson

BT launches MVNO service for businesses and the public sector over Vodafone Spain's network

BT activates new MPLS node in Chennai, India

Aegis Lightwave appoints former Occam and Ciena executive Jim Sparks as VP of global sales

ExceLight demonstrates interoperability of its SFP+ transceivers with electronic dispersion compensation chips at OFC

Redfern Integrated Optics to demonstrate 10GigE 40km SFP+ transceiver at OFC/NFOEC

Dowslake Microsystems announces 10-Gigabit Ethernet transport switch

Dowslake Microsystems announces Converged Access & Transport System (CATS)

NeoPhotonics boosts transceiver production capacity to 250,000 units per month

Orange to deploy the heaviest network of optical household connections in Slovakia

Digital Fountain announced the development of a new content delivery network (CDN) for streaming video

Aeluros will be showcasing its integrated 10G PHY/SerDes/EDC (electronic dispersion compensation) devices

The US District Court in Alexandria, Va. issued an order enjoining Vonage from using certain VOIP technology named in its patent litigation with Verizon

SureWest Communications announced that it has bolstered its management team by promoting three employees to officers

DiCon announces an OCPM based on the company’s recently introduced MEMS Tunable Filters and its industry-leading MEMS 1xN switches

Tribold announced a syndicated $15 million Series B funding round with new investors and existing investors

Avanex introduced its in-line Tunable Dispersion Compensator (TDC) platform

Emcore announces the live demonstration and subsequent release to sampling of its 1550nm DWDM long reach XFP optical transceiver module

NeoPhotonics is exhibiting at OFC a broad line of modules and subsystems that will form the basis of next gen 'reconfigurable' optical networks

Palm reported revenue of $410.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2007, ended March 2

Reef Point raises $25 million in funding

StockerYale launches new erbium-doped fiber and fibers for RGB imaging and laser diode pigtails

Bookham announces $28.6 million private placement of common stock and warrants

Fourth quarter sales increases 24% year over year to $415.1M; 2006 sales increased 33% to $1.59B

Pakistan MNP Database, set up by the mobile operators, selects Telcordia Number Portability Clearinghouse

Olympus Microsystems America, developer of MEMS-based wavelength selective switches, opens new offices in San Francisco and Atlanta

Net income totals €14.1M, up 2.9% compared to 2005

Peopleline announces PBX VOIP service expansion for small and medium sized businesses

CrossFiber has developed the industry’s first MxN optical switch to be offered at $99 per optical port

Oracle introduced Oracle Communicator, a standards-based PC softphone client, featuring GIPS' best-in-class audio technology

Mediterranean Nautilus selects Alcatel-Lucent for multi-million Euro submarine network upgrade and extension in the Mediterranean

Open SOA collaboration chooses OASIS to advance SCA and SDO specifications

Eblana extended its laser product offerings to incorporate lasers for use in IEEE 802.3ae 10G Ethernet

Ekinops has announced today the opening of its North American customer support center in Dallas

Wi-Next will provide broadband access to Alta Langa for the first time as part of Europe's largest ever wide-area WiFi mesh project

Pirelli will demonstrate the interoperability between its MSA 300-pin Duobinary Transponder and its ultra-long reach DWDM XFP32 Transceiver at OFC/NFOEC

Avanex introduced its in-line Tunable Dispersion Compensator (TDC) platform

Google announced that Michael Moritz will not seek re-election to its board of directors at the 2007 stockholder meeting

Altera announced that John Shoemaker, former executive vice president of Sun Microsystems will join the company's board of directors

Nortel announces proposed senior convertible notes offering

Telco Systems has formed an alliance with AFL Telecommunications to create a turn-key active Ethernet FTTH network solution

FiberNet announced that it has entered into a new $25 million credit facility with CapitalSource

Scarlet has announced the upcoming conversion of Scarlet's current Navini-based wireless broadband network to the Mobile WiMax 802.16e standard

Ornis has selected Highdeal to power its IP Business Service offering to enterprises

ExceLight Communications will be demonstrating new 10 Gb/s lasers for CWDM at OFC/NFOEC, Booth 2340, in Anaheim on March 27 to 29

TeraXion introduce new dispersion compensation products at OFC/NFOEC

Corning, Nortel have developed technologies that improve performance and lower costs for regional and long-haul networks

MergeOptics will demonstrate its SFP+ LR the latest member of the SFP+ product family at OFC 2007

AirWalk Communications announced a femtocell solution for CDMA voice and data coverage for the home or small office

News Corp. and NBC will launch the largest Internet video distribution network ever assembled with the most sought-after content

Former FCC chairman Michael Powell joins the Cisco board of directors

ETI Software Solutions serves up billing/OSS capabilities for eastern Iowa municipality

JDSU introduces unmatched return loss measurement capabilities for FTTx optical components

Russian mobile operator reports consolidated revenues of $6.38B and net income of $1.256B

IBM wins outsourcing deal with India's IDEA Cellular valued at between $600M and $800M

Dittberner predicts telecom mediation software market to reach $519M in 2011

Hutchison Whampoa reports 3 Group's total revenue increased by 35% to HK$50.7B

Orange Spain completes pilot of Thomson's headend equipment and mobile TV service platforms with Viaccess content security

Photop will present the latest products, and technical & customer services at the OFC/NFOEC 2007

Freescale inaugurated its new 300,000-square-foot semiconductor design center in Noida as part of its ongoing expansion plans for India

Verso and Navini form strategic alliance to bring voice to WiMax

Voex extends its reach around the world for end-to-end VOIP

Avanex introduced its WSS platform built on its field-proven LC technology

Exent Technologies and Indiagames recently finalized a deal to bring games-on-demand to the fast-growing Indian economy

Ixia announced new VOIP and IMS testing capabilities with a new release of its IxVoice test solution

Digium, the Asterisk company, announced the immediate availability of the Asterisk Appliance telephony solution

Digital Lightwave announces testing support on NextGen Multi-Rate Module

DiCon Fiberoptics introduces an ultra-compact 1-CH MEMS ROADM

Syntune announced it is sampling the S4500, the world’s first truly monolithic, integrated 10-Gbit/s tunable transmitter

WTD attends OFC/NFOEC Expo with brand new products

Transmode announced that it has closed a funding round of $12 Million to accelerate market penetration and product development

Pirelli to demo interoperability between XFP and MSA 300-pin Duobinary Transponder at OFC/NFOEC 2007

Cisco has made significant hardware and software upgrades to its Cisco ONS optical networking portfolio

Verimatrix announced the recognition of the company’s continued global strength in IPTV Content Protection

China Voice executes agreement to acquire StreamJet

ExceLight Communications will be demonstrating a new 10 Gb/s SFP+ transceiver at OFC/NFOEC, Booth 2340, in Anaheim on March 27 -29

Samsung, STMicroelectronics, and Metalink unveil wireless high-definition IPTV set-top box at CeBIT

Motorola announced Thomas J. Meredith as acting Chief Financial Officer, effective April 1, 2007

Finisar Corporation receives Nasdaq notice regarding delayed filing of Form 10-Q

Vonage hailed a US appeals court affirmation of a decision that exempted Internet telephone companies from many state regulations and oversight

Orb Networks trumps Apple on day one with free PC to TV service for 17 million households

Assia announced the appointment of two telecom industry vets to help lead the development of the company's product and technology portfolios

Global Crossing adds GrandCentral as customer

Real-time electronic polarization tracking enables optical polarization-multiplexed QPSK transmission

Xtellus announced the availability of the WSS-11000 – a 10-port wavelength selective switch (WSS) ROADM module for C & L-band networks

Apple is now shipping Apple TV, an easy to use and fun way to wirelessly play all your favorite iTunes content from your PC or Mac on your TV

DTAC announced to move ahead with its plans to seek a listing of its shares on the Stock Exchange of Thailand and a delisting of UCOM

UTStarcom to deploy 1.3 million lines of iAN8K B1000 IP DSLAM solution in support of BSNL's nationwide ADSL 2+ broadband network

Cyfrowy Polsat is entering the Polish mobile telephony market and has chosen Nokia as its core network supplier

Control Risks selects AT&T to provide secure worldwide network

Digitel GSM has placed a first time purchase order for ECtel's Integrated Revenue Management Solutions

Motorola entrusted to manage Warid Telecom's national cellular and broadband network

OE Solutions announced a new family of Bi-Directional, single-fiber CWDM SFP Transceivers

Two former Alcatel executives indicted for allegedly bribing Costa Rican officials to obtain a telecommunications contract

Linksys cuts communication costs for consumers and small businesses with new ADSL2+ gateway

Fiberxon announced it will showcase its 10Gbps SFP+ optical transceiver product line at the Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) conference

Alvarion announced that Enforta has chosen its broadband wireless access solution to expand its national broadband network to six cities

Norwegian power utility companies Alta Kraftlag and Varanger Kraft deploy fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks using PacketFront technology

Verizon Business extends global footprint of its Private IP sevice; boosts service commitments and capabilities

Turnover reached RMB295.4B, up 21.5%, while EBITDA of RMB159.6B was up 19.7%

Eblana Photonics announces shipment of DM lasers into GPON

Intel selects Legerity's VoiceEdge voice ICs for converged application platform

911 Enable partners with eTelemetry to provide a total asset tracking and E911-compliant package for VOIP phone installations

Tektronix expands VOIP monitoring suite to enable service providers to deploy, monitor, and maintain enterprise VOIP services

Spirent announces availability of test cases and methodologies to streamline the verification of new revenue-generating IMS services

BroadLight announces quad GPON OLT controller

World Wide Packets announces LightningEdge 135B Ethernet access platform

Fujikura Europe announced the launch of two new test and measurement tools for optical fibre

CyOptics announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Apogee Photonics

Ligent Photonics announced the expansion of its product line

Zarlink expanded its voice processing solutions with a new device enabling high-quality voice in hands-free communication systems

The market for optical networking components will grow from approximately $2.8 billion in 2007 to $7.9 billion in 2012, says CIR

SOMA will incorporate McObject’s eXtremeDB High Availability (HA) in-memory embedded database in its award-winning FlexMAX System

FastWeb signed a credit agreement for a long term facility totalling 1,600 million Euro

Bay Microsystems has been invited as a guest presenter and panelist at the forthcoming Optical & Fiber Conference 100G technologies workshop

Ixia announced its statement of direction for test solutions designed to accelerate the adoption IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)

Sycamore Networks announced availability of the CPX module set for its DNX-11/88 multiservice cross-connect platforms

CoAdna WSS-8x1 and 1x8 pass Telcordia qualifications

Optoplex announced the introduction of a key coherent detection enabling device for QPSK demodulation

Peleton Photonic Systems has developed the world’s first MCLA product designed for deployment in communication systems

Corning unveiled a new single-mode optical fiber with Corning ultra-low-loss technology

Tekelec highlights enhanced VOIP solutions and IMS applications at Spring VON 2007

Covergence has selected Navtel's high performance test solution for product verification and support

Algérie Télécom has awarded Siemens an order for the infrastructure that will enable it to set up WLANs for business customers

Acme Packet Net-Net SBCs assure SLAs with policy servers from CableMatrix, Camiant, Juniper Networks, and Operax

Macropolitan announces that it owns the largest portfolio of exclusive telecoms rights at UK urban sites

Redknee announced its Turnkey Converged Billing Solution has been selected by APUA to strengthen and enhance existing operations

ECtel announced that Eitan Naor will step down as President and CEO of the company at the end of June 2007

Linksys enhances SIP-based LVS business series desktop IP phone family

JDSU will highlight solutions from its optical communications and communications test and measurement portfolios at the OFC/NFOEC

Nortel has achieved the industry's first live call over an Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) network delivering high-definition video and VOIP

ECI Telecom may recognize gains upon completion of Veraz Networks initial public offering

Telefonica SA is delivering anywhere, anytime communications in Spain with its Mobile Attendant service

Verscom has deployed the IMG 1010 Integrated Media and Signaling VOIP Gateway in its global network

Solegy launches managed PBX solution, enabling service providers to offer customers a single-sourced solution for their voice needs

GIPS announced that GIPS LSVX video codec is now available for evaluation by customers

NexTone Lab certifies the NexTone-Cantata-Pactolus Calling Card and VOBB service solution as ServiceReady with NexTone's IntelliConnect System

NexTone expands relationship with NeuStar for support of Lawful Intercept and CALEA regulations

Global Crossing is adding new features to its Global Crossing VOIP Local Service and extending the service into Rome, Milan, and Hong Kong

TeliaSonera assumes total responsibility for Folksam’s communications platform by a three-year agreement on Managed Services

KPN chooses BroadSoft to provide advanced VOIP services for the SME market

European Commission launches in-depth investigation into proposed acquisition of Télé2 France by SFR

Managed VOIP services provider VoEX names Terry Kremian as CEO and Andre Simone as CFO

NEC integrates Kineto's UMA network controller (UNC) into its home gateway

ZTE showcases at Convergence India 2007

Yahoo! expands the reach of its new oneSearch service to the mobile Web in the US

Hutchison Telecom International reports profit for the year of HK$1.58B from a loss in 2005

GSA announces 100 commercial HSDPA networks worldwide

ADC launches all-IP RAN wireless solutions for residential, enterprise, and outdoor applications

AT&T announces new contract with Nebo Systems

TeraXion announces volume deployment of its dispersion compensators in Siemens transport systems

Telco Systems announced that it has formed an alliance with AFL Telecommunications to create a turn-key active Ethernet FTTH network solution

Civcom announced the expansion of its M-DCM to include M-DCM Multi Ports Subsystem solutions

TeliaSonera chose Tibco as its sole IT supplier for standardizing application integration and SOA solution requirements

Ciena teams with Korean broadband service provider to improve network flexibility and enhance delivery of Ethernet services

Juniper Networks introduced a portfolio of SRC solutions that provide comprehensive subscriber management and deep policy control capabilities

Cisco announced enhancements to its IP NGN architecture designed to enable the delivery of business services with predictable performance

JDSU introduced two new high-performance products and disclosed industry leading reliability data related to its EDFA 980

Extreme has enhanced its Summit WM WLAN solution with a new software release that enables advanced wireless voice and mobility applications

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) awards 3G spectrum licenses to 4 companies

Tejas Networks ships its 100,000th Ethernet port

ADTRAN simplifies hosted VOIP applications for SMBs with introduction of all-in-one access gateway

VOIP equipment provider Newport Networks posts 2006 revenues 5% higher than 2005 at £1.06M

ECI Telecom announces new mini optical MSPP for wireless backhaul and metro networks

AT&T, Ericsson, France Telecom, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung Siemens, Sony, and Telecom Italia announce the founding of the Open IPTV Forum

AT&T filed suit against NASCAR, claiming the motor sports regulator has violated the company's right to sponsor the No. 31 race car

Nortel Networks announced results for the fourth quarter and audited results for the year 2006

XO Holdings reported its fourth quarter and full year 2006 financial and operational results

Fiberxon announced the availability of the serial of GPON OLT transceiver with Fast Digital RSSI functionality

MK Netzdienste has selected BroadSoft's BroadWorks platform to deliver a suite of VOIP services directly to German SMEs in Germany

Sunrise Telecom introduced the Voice and Video Test Suite for the Sunset MTT

Alcatel-Lucent to deploy one of Europe’s largest WiFi networks in Italy

BT announced the launch of a service that will enable ISPs and cable providers to deliver flexible VOIP-based services to their subscribers

Cisco unveils new TelePresence solutions to connect multiple locations and organizations in real-time collaborative meetings

The South African SNO Neotel has commissioned Siemens Networks to build a nationwide IP core network and a DWDM transport network

Regus Group to offer first public TelePresence service with Cisco

Sitronics announced three new appointments in its Telecommunication Solutions business division

Alcatel-Lucent and Dante have successfully completed the roll out of a new converged optical-data network

AlcaLu has been selected by Mobiltel to its wireless network with the latest generation of AlcaLu’s GSM/EDGE radio controller platform

O2 and Alcatel-Lucent complete first UMTS/HSDPA 900 MHz network deployment on the Isle of Man

Corenet has selected ECI's XDMR all range ROADM platform for deployment of one of Europe's first and most advanced ROADM mesh networks

Thomson to introduce forensic marking for set-top boxes

New portfolio stresses the importance of the gateway as the delivery platform of choice for multimedia and entertainment services

Telenor implements multi-country ring back tone solution from the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT)

Net Insight receives add-on orders from KPN Broadcast

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing upgrade its backbone network infrastructure serving derivatives markets with Nortel DWDM gear

Tilgin announces new home gateways for triple-play and IMS-based services

Sonus Networks is launching new dedicated focus marketing programs that align directly to the Company's target growth areas

Sycamore has received a letter from the Staff of the Nasdaq Stock Market

AiDi Corporation USA, has advanced current Passive Optical Networking (PON) technology with its low loss 1x64 PLC Splitter

A federal grand jury has charged four Minnesota residents with defrauding Cisco of over $1 million computer networking equipment

Dialogic announced the availability of the Dialogic 3000 Media Gateway Series

Legerity announced that it has joined the Home Gateway Initiative (HGI)

Bookham announced that its LambdaFLEX iTLA has been selected by equipment vendors to support 40Gb/s DWDM transmission systems

The Nasdaq Stock Market has formally notified Juniper Networks that it has demonstrated compliance with all Nasdaq Marketplace Rules

Patricia Russo delivered yesterday a keynote speech to open the 2007 CeBIT Fair in Hannover, Germany

EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering announced the release of FastReporter

Telco Systems's EdgeGate CPE 232 and 482 IP media gateways were accepted for use by the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS)

Cisco and WebEx announced a definitive agreement for Cisco to acquire WebEx

Hutchison Telecom announces settlement reached with Essar for the completion of the Hutchison Essar transaction

TELES has reached an important milestone in freenet's NGN migration project with the deployment of its MGC cluster technology

SkypeFind lets users rate, review, and log their favourite businesses; Skype Prime lets users share their expertise and knowledge

The company's consolidated revenue and adjusted gross margin for 2006 were $1.87B and $751M, respectively

HomePlug Powerline Alliance to showcase dozens of products from member companies at CeBIT 2007

Corenet in Finland has selected ECI Telecom's XDM all range ROADM platform for ROADM mesh network

Capella, provider of Wavelength Selective Switches (WSS) for use in ROADM applications, raises $20M in equity and debt financing

Solwise and Intellon announce the Solwise HomePlug Ethernet Adapter with Intellon's INT6000 high-speed powerline chipset for residential users

Comverse and Mobixell provide media adaptation and optimization for multimedia services at O2 in Germany

Emerging Markets mobile operator Millicom extends contract with MACH to provide roaming across 3 continents

Ericsson's new Enterprise Multimedia Server offers companies a fast, cost-effective way to roll out user-centric unified communications

Ericsson to acquire Mobeon, provider of IP-messaging components for mobile and fixed networks

NDS announces appointment of Simon Milford as new head of SiVenture, its consultancy organisation involved in silicon chip security

Cortina Systems opens offices in Shenzhen and Shanghai to support customers in the Asia/Pacific region

TeliaSonera International Carrier to expand transatlantic capacity by a minimum of 160 Gbit/s over the next three years

Vodafone and Essar agree partnership terms following Vodafone's acquisition of Hutchison Essar

Orange expands its presence in West Africa with acquisition of mobile licenses in Guinea Bissau and Guinea

MultiChoice selects Intelsat to support South African mobile broadcast TV trial

Managed services provider Cbeyond launches new office and service offerings in San Diego

Verso introduces 4-Wire Verso Verilink WANsuite 6450 AE

Digital Fountain's DF Raptor technology adopted as the enhanced application layer FEC option for the DVB Project's IPTV standard

The former Juniper CFO takes the helm at a Silicon Valley startup doing precision targeted advertising

Luxtera has developed an integrated long-wavelength photodetection capability

Kailight Photonics announced the Beta release of two new transponders

F5 Networks announced its number-two ranking in worldwide SSL VPN revenue

NexTone announced the latest version of its SBC

Akamai Technologies announced it has completed its acquisition of Netli

James Brosnahan, lead counsel for former HP Chairman Patricia Dunn, announced that charges against Ms. Dunn have been dismissed

Neuf Cegetel's Amdocs Service Mediation Manager platform expands to support mediation operations at Cegetel

Xilinx announced delivery of the Virtex-5 LX330T device, the industry's largest FPGA with high-speed serial transceivers

SingTel has formed an alliance with PT Telkom to deliver MPLS IP-VPN1 solutions in Indonesia

GIPS announced that it has partnered with Paradial, the leader in IP connectivity solutions

World’s largest service providers join forces to push for standards for managing end-to-end converged services

EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering announced the introduction of its E-Series OTDRs for end-to-end characterization of optical networks

T-VIPS announces that it has now closed its second round of funding, from which it raised NOK 15 million

Nokia and Siemens announced that Nokia Siemens Networks will start operations on April 1, 2007

AudioCodes announced that revenues and earnings for the first quarter of 2007 are anticipated to be lower than previously estimated

Shenick Network Systems released version 4.0 of its diversifEye software

ECI Telecom introduced the first access platform with virtual routing capabilities enabling Layer 3 VPN applications

Microsoft announced it will acquire Tellme Networks

Vodafone announces that customers in Europe will be able to utilize its services for a flat rate fee of only €12 for every day of use

Limelight selected to provide content delivery for the New Media Group's 'World-On-Demand' IPTV platform in the Asia-Pacific region

Eudyna Devices announced the appointment of Jane Li to the position of Executive Vice President and General Manager of Lightwave Business

Alcatel-Lucent reached a significant market milestone with the recent launch of its commercial IPTV service

Maxime Lombardini is joining the Group's General Management as development director

TeraGate has deployed Alcatel-Lucent’s IP solution as the foundation of its Ethernet VPN service introduction to corporate customers

Huawei partners with Digicel, allowing the GSM mobile operator to provide international roaming and mobile data services to CDMA customers

Keymile is presenting the latest addition to its MileGate Multi-Service IP DSLAM product family for the first time at CeBIT

Shanghai Unicom selects Sycamore Networks's multiservice switching gear to scale its mobile RAN infrastructure

Deutsche Telekom touts broadband for the mass market at CeBIT 2007

Alcatel-Lucent previews CeBIT demonstrations

Golden Telecom rejects claims of incorrect routing of traffic

TeleManagement Forum and the Broadband Services Forum form strategic alliance

French service provider reports consolidated net income of €124M, up 80% year on year, and EBITDA of €332M, up 47.8%

Vitesse Semiconductor will include Fast Fiber support in all future multi-port, dual media, Gigabit Ethernet transceivers

Polatis announced the appointment of two senior executives to its international sales force

Dell’Oro Group and Infonetics Research found that Acme Packet gained significant ground in the session border controller market in 2006

Sitronics is participating at CEBIT, which is taking place in Hannover in Germany on 15-21 March, 2007

EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering announced the introduction of the AXS-110 OTDR for access and enterprise network testing

Exent Technologies has relocated its North-American headquarters from Bethesda to Downtown San Francisco

Siano Mobile Silicon announced its expansion into the US market and the appointment of VP Loren Lasley as North America Business Manager

DiCon Fiberoptics, a leading manufacturer of fiberoptic components, modules, and test equipment, announces its new MEMS Tunable Filters

UTStarcom has received an additional Nasdaq Staff Determination Notice

ZTE Corporation has selected EZchip’s NP-2 and NP-3 network processors for its next-generation Carrier-class platform

Telus Corporation announced the successful closing of its previously announced offering

JDSU has shipped more than 21,000 units of the HST-3000, making it one of the industry's most widely deployed triple-play test instruments

IDT announced its high-density search accelerator

Sitronics has won an important contract for the delivery of a NGN solution to the largest municipal fixed-line operator in Russia

MotionDSP announced Ikena Copyright, a copyright detection technology that matches content solely on the video content

EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering announced the launch of its automated Network Quality Monitoring System (NQMS) test solution

Level 3's European Markets Group appoints James Heard as managing director of Level 3's European region

Telecom Egypt announced its consolidated financial results for the twelve months ending 31 December, 2006

Cavium Networks and Arada Systems announced the availability of an 802.11n solution

Telent is bringing its portfolio of advanced technology services to CeBIT 2007 for the first time this week

UTStarcom wins contracts from Philippine long distance telephone company to deploy next-generation network in Philippines

Swisscom closed 2006 with net revenue virtually on a par with the prior year at CHF 9.65 billion

Exar released MetroXS, a carrier class 5G multi-service access reference design that achieves Ethernet and RPR transport over Sonet/SDH networks

Divvio announced the formation of a company that will deliver a better way to consume digital media on the Internet and mobile devices

Cisco agrees to acquire file storage management provider NeoPath for an undisclosed sum

Digital home content and services provider Casabi secures $10M in Series B funding

Infocom expands IP services with NexTone IntelliConnect System

Telesur in Suriname has selected Comverse's Real-Time Billing Solution (RTBS) and Short Message Service Center (SMSC)

Nawras in Oman selects Telenity's Canvas service delivery platform (SDP)

Evolving Systems appoints former SmartTrust exec James King as VP of worldwide sales and marketing

T-Mobile Germany standardises on InfoVista for service performance management

ECI Telecom claims smallest multi-ADM64 multiservice aggregation platform for metro networks

OctWare announces the availability of SoftEcho, a new per-channel upgrade option for Asterisk-based IP PBX systems

AT&T announces it will invest more than $750M in 2007 to accelerate the delivery of global IP services

Telenor relaunches 400 wireless hotspots based on technology from Aptilo Networks

Oracle released the results of a global Communications industry survey

TEO LT has implemented the Allot NetEnforcer AC-1010 broadband management device

Ixia reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2006

Avanex announced that it appointed Pat Edsell as senior vice president and general manager

Voxbone establishes US Network Operations Center in Los Angeles

Foundry Networks received an Additional Staff Determination letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market

Nistica leverages Fujikura’s world-class quality, volume processes, field support for FLEDGE Series production manufacturing

SMC will incorporate SolarFlare PHY and controller silicon components in its standards-based networking products

Hifn announced that Michael Goldgof has joined the company as Vice President of Product Marketing

KT has extended its partnership with Ascade by enlarging Ascade's Carrier Cockpit Suite to include quality testing capabilities

Radcom announced that its CEO since 1998, Mr. Arnon Toussia-Cohen, will retire from his position effective April 1st, 2007

Cantata Technology announces enhancements to its IMG 1010 Integrated Media and Signaling VOIP Gateway and Excel MSP 1010

NetLogic Microsystems announced that its NL6000 processor family has been selected for Alaxala Networks’ AX6300S and AX6700S

Vyatta announced the availability of Vyatta Subscription Edition 2.0

Dialogic Corporation CEO Nick Jensen announced that the 2,500,000th Dialogic board had recently been sold

SEC charges four former senior executives of Nortel Networks Corporation in wide-ranging financial fraud scheme

Ceterus Networks announced a $20M funding round led by Intel Capital

Procera announced that TietoEnator Telecom & Media has entered into a partnership with Procera Networks regarding PacketLogic

Verizon Business transforms wide area networking with new Ethernet virtual private LAN service

Prysmian will be demonstrating its latest optical fibre solutions with a strong focus on FTTH at this week's CeBIT exhibition

Ikanos Communications announced the availability of the LoopNostics software suite

Cisco and IBM expand global services alliance to collaborate on maintenance services in 46 new countries

Bharti Airtel announces strategic managerial changes

Cellcom Israel announces 10% increase in revenues and 40% increase in operating profit for 2006

Cogent reports Q4 net loss of $0.21 per share compared to $0.47 per share for the three months ended December 31, 2005

Verizon Business launches Ethernet virtual private LAN service (VPLS)

Schema announces its Maxima Mentor CDMA and EVDO optimization product is now compatible with Nortel, Motorola, and Lucent equipment

ZTE will demonstrate its F3G (fast triple gain) multimedia network kit at CeBIT 2007

LCC International to expand its European operations through acquisition of WFI's EMEA business

FastWeb issues notice welcoming takeover bid by Swisscom

FastWeb chairman Silvio Scaglia intends to sell his shareholding at the same conditions as all other shareholders

Jan Bengtsson appointed new CFO of Teligent AB

Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) announces it's received 10 bids for Saudi Arabia's second fixed license

3 launches ad-funded mobile content offering

Ericsson selected by Swisscom as IMS supplier

Telindus launches portfolio of enterprise-class IPTV products in the UK

Lumenare Networks changes its name to QuikCycle, raises $8.9M in funding

Middle Eastern carrier reports revenues of $4.4B, an increase of 36% over December 2005

Swisscom submits proposal to FastWeb's board of directors to launch an all-cash friendly public tender offer for 100% of FastWeb

Vonage affirms company's strength and outlook

Nortel announced that its principal operating subsidiary has obtained a waiver from Export Development Canada

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation held its 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Swisscom Fixnet Wholesale has selected NetCracker’s OSS platform and applications suite to deploy its next generation network and services

Alcatel-Lucent has signed a turnkey contract with the EASSy consortium to lay the first optical submarine cable network landing in East Africa

Telecom Italia execs present strategic guidelines and targets for 2007 and for the three-year period 2007-2009 to the financial community

WisperTel, a wireless ISP in Colorado, acquires Northwest Denver WISP Path / Broadband Services

WLAN provider raises €10M in its second round of funding

Optoelectronic transceiver supplier OE Solutions closes $4.3M Series C round of financing

Hutchison Telecom International's shareholders approve the sale of Hutshison Essar to Vodafone

Gemini Mobile, developer of wireless software, secures $20M from Goldman Sachs

WiMAX Spectrum Owners Alliance (WiSOA) signs WiMax roaming agreement, forms partnership with MACH and Trustive

Vonage is found guilty of infringing three patents but says it's vindicated on four others. UPDATED 6:30PM

IDT Corporation announces operating results for the second quarter of fiscal 2007, the three months ended January 31, 2007

Telus announced the pricing of its previously announced offerings of senior unsecured Notes

Revenues grew by 4.5% to €31.28M, compared with €29.92M in 2005

Verizon Wireless will launch broadcast TV service for cellphones charging $15 to $25 per month for access to programs from eight networks

TXP has shipped its first Broadband Passive Optical Network ONT units to a major OEM and a Tier I Carrier

The California PUC approved the first video franchise application made under state legislation passed last year

ARCEP invites players wishing to apply for the fourth 3G license to submit their applications by noon on 31 July 2007

The IPv6 Forum announced that a series of successful VOIP calls over IPv6 has been carried out

Zupintra has integrated a new NexTone SBC technology into its infrastructure

Olympic training centers receive multimillion-dollar technology upgrade from AT&T

Verizon and PMS clan play games for a cause at ScreenBurn Festival

TelePacific Communications signs long-term contracts with AT&T

SS8 Networks announced that its Xcipio Platform was selected to enhance LI capabilities at wireless service provider Pocket Communications

Sonus Networks receives expected fiscal year 2006 Nasdaq staff letter noting delayed form 10-K filing

Sonus Networks delivers IMS-ready billing solution

Extreme Networks is transitioning its worldwide sales leadership with the appointment of Helmut Wilke to SVP of worldwide sales

Venezulan carrier CanTV chooses Radcom's Omni-Q for network service and revenue assurance monitoring

ZTE shipped over 12,000 units of CDMA BTS equipment in 2006, a 41% market share

Verizon Business tunes up Behringer, distributor of professional audio and musical instrument products, with private IP network

AT&T appoints Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. as new president of AT&T Global Operations

VOIP software provider Swyx announces the next release of its Swyxware product will include support for Microsoft Vista and Outlook 2007

Telecom Argentina reports 30% year-on-year increase in sales to P$7.44B

Social networking site selects PacketExchange's private high-speed network to avoid traffic delays and security issues

SMC ships new high-density clustering managed switches

Alcatel-Lucent demonstrates unified access to 3G and broadcast Mobile TV in Germany

Anders Gustafsson has left the company with immediate effect in order to pursue other opportunities

Appointed UBS Investment Bank and Hoare Govett as joint brokers and advisers

Singapore-based VOIP provider extends unlimited free calls to three new destinations: Australia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan

VSNL has expanded its relationship with Cramer, Amdocs OSS division

Verso Technologies announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2006

Viva! Vision has secured USD $5 Million of funding from its leading investors, Equal Elements, to fuel the company's continued growth

Provigent announced that it has closed a forth-round of financing in the amount of $16 million

Cyber Digital announced that the closing date has been set on or before April 12, 2007

Alcatel-Lucent announced its latest IP/MPLS edge routing innovations

Starent Networks has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the US-SEC

UUSee has raised US $23.5 million in new financing

AT&T expands global WiFi access footprint for business customers; enables 13,000 new hot spots

Foundry Networks adds high-speed packet over Sonet wide area network (WAN) capabilities to its industry leading Internet and metro routers

Global IP Solutions (GIPS) announced the availability of two enterprise solutions, Remote Extension (RE) and Click-to-Talk

CacheLogic announced the immediate availability of VelociX for Games

Verizon Business launches services to help companies fight phishing, spyware, and viruses

Neuf Cegetel outlines its FTTx strategy; plans to launch service in Paris in April

2006 targets beaten, demonstrating the profitable growth strategy of Neuf Cegetel and allowing for an aggressive investment plan

Alcatel-Lucent appoints Christian Reinaudo as President of Europe and North activities

Adjusted EBITDA grew to $61M in 2006 from $18M in 2005

Exponential-e provides bespoke converged access Ethernet service to Retna Pictures

STM Group, provider of VSAT terminals, opens new office in Moscow and appoints Alexander Alipov as general manager of STM Russia

Alcatel-Lucent and TMIB complete successful trial of EDGE wireless technology in Bangladesh

CVidya announces its MoneyMap product line complies with the TeleManagement Forum's new revenue assurance standard

Broadband wireless chipmaker Provigent raises $16M in fourth round funding; Globespan Capital Partners joins as new investor

Norman Yeung joins Inphi as vice president of engineering

Companies form strategic global partnership to preload and distribute Yahoo!'s mobile services on HTC devices

IP video provider completes a $7.11M private placement

Optical network hardware up 11 percent in 2006; WDM gaining, SONET/SDH declining

Vocalscape Networks and TelaZoom Communications will join forces to offer Voice over IP (VOIP) service

Ixia announced the ability to generate and analyze IPTV video traffic over emulated IP network topologies

Digium experiences growing global demand for Asterisk open source telephony solution

Alchemy Communications chooses MRV product line as basis for Los Angeles fiber network

Sprint Nextel announced that William E. Kennard resigned from the company’s Board of Directors effective March 1, 2007

Psytechnics announced the results from a voice quality performance evaluation

Verimatrix announced that ON Telecoms has selected Verimatrix to secure the first IPTV service in Greece

EXFO receives patent in the United States for PON power meter technology

PLDT and SMART select Comverse Kenan FX billing platform for fixed, mobile, and convergent services

Tekelec and Bouygues Telecom have signed a settlement agreement

SunRocket and American Telecom Services announced the launch of a fully certified DECT 6.0 cordless multi-handset Internet phone

BandTel is expanding its target market to reach out to ISPs and CLECs

FTS has been selected as an official billing partner of one of the world's leading providers of next-generation telecom networks

EZchip Technologies announced availability of application code and tech notes for its network processors implementing new specifications

New patent recognizes Redknee innovation in telecommunication services

BATS Trading has selected Yipes to provide Ethernet connectivity services to the BATS Electronics Communications Network (ECN)

Verizon FiOS adds films in the three languages to its lineup this month

AT&T announced that AT&T Homezone customers can now manage their television recordings via wireless handsets

The Ethernet Alliance elected Val Oliva as a member of the board of directors and an officer

Carrier Access Corporation has completed the acquisition of IP networking product assets from Mangrove Systems

Philippine Long Distance Telephone announced consolidated net profit of P35.1 billion for the year 2006

VTL [email protected] will immediately offer high speed services across Europe

Nokia announced two mobile advertising services

Epygi Technologies demonstrates its Quadro PBX system at the Spring VoiceCon trade show

Mitsubishi Electric develops low power consuming 10-Gbit/s XFP transceiver module for optical communication

Indonesian operator Mobile-8 Telecom selects Samsung to expand its CDMA2000 network

Dialexia, provider of softswitches, IP-PBX, and hosted PBX services for SMBs, interoperates with business VOIP provider NetLogic

Citel launches Portico telephone VOIP adapter (TVA) enabling enterprises to quickly convert PBX phones into IP phones over existing wiring

TynTec to deliver Skype SMS messages to mobile users worldwide

MACH and Cibernet join forces to form global clearing and settlement partner for mobile based transactions

Huawei announces that it secured 16 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO contracts and recorded a 30% growth in CDMA revenues in 2006

Reports group share of net profit €4.14B compared to €5.71B in 2005

New FSP 150CCf-825 Ethernet access product enhances universal service demarcation capability

Austrian carrier reports revenues increased by 9% to €4.76B and net income grew by 37.4% to €561.8M

Snom Technology and Borderware Technologies announce strategic partnership to increase VOIP security

Nortel introduced a new family of Ethernet routing switches

TranSwitch Corporation announced a workforce reduction which is being implemented in two phases

Global Crossing has transformed its standard IP VPN solution into an industry-leading offer by incorporating Network Integrity

Mobile game revenue reaches $151M (in US)

Ixia has shipped its IPTV test system to more than 150 customers worldwide

Finisar Corporation reported preliminary financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended January 28, 2007

Xilinx released its business update for the March quarter of fiscal 2007

Swyx resellers can turn to Gamma Telecom for SIP trunking

NeuStar announced that Lawrence J. Bouman has been appointed NeuStar Chief Operating Officer

Solace Systems signed an agreement with Net One Systems to distribute Solace's complete family of content-aware networking products in Japan

World Wide Packets announced the release of its Ethernet Services Manager 5.0

Level 3 strengthens business partner program to drive enterprise sales

AccessLine's SmartVoice for business now offers US-based customers the ability to use local phone numbers in Great Britain

XO Communications announced the launch of XO MPLS IP-VPN

AT&T and ION announced a distribution agreement to deliver ION's suite of programming channels as part of the AT&T U-verse TV channel lineup

KPN has launched the first standard’s based Push-To-Talk system

Digium announced the first formal reseller program for the Asterisk community

Calix announced that research from broadbandtrends.com shows it moved into the #2 position in North American DSL port shipments

With China’s telecom market having relatively high long-distance calling rates, VOIP has gained fast market recognition

Covergence announced that its Eclipse access-edge Session Border Controller (aSBC) now supports the ATCA standard

Mirror Image Internet announced the opening of its European-based office in London

Italtel touts images project

Latens enables new business models with IPTV World Forum launch of stream decryption engine

Brix and HwaCom announced the integration of Brix Networks’ IP television (IPTV) Quality Agent into HwaCom’s HC-100 set-top box (STB)

Tandberg brings new communities of video users face-to-face

Maven Networks announced the launch of its new Internet TV Platform and the latest roster of major media companies that have embraced it

Solegy has partnered with iotum to empower service providers with an open source access point to iotum’s voice communications services

Meraki to build free community WiFi network in San Francisco

Occam Networks announced that the DSL Forum has named Dov Zimring, Director of Strategic Technology and Solutions, a DSL Forum Consul

TriAccess Technologies announced that it has signed a multi-year supply agreement with LuminentOIC

CN 4200 platform provides advanced TDM aggregation capabilities for STP

Cisco announced applications that allow organizations to use their network as a platform for effective, personalized business collaboration

Cisco Systems has completed the purchase of select assets of privately-held Utah Street Networks

Tandberg Television has once again selected industry leading Tandberg encoding and monitoring solutions for a major network expansion

Pan-European service provider Viatel announces the launch of VTL WaveNet, its new wholesale division

Denmark's TDC launches IPTV service enabled by Alcatel-Lucent

Optibase demonstrates IPTV tools tailored to smaller telcos at IPTV World Forum

BTI Photonic Systems to showcase microWDM equipment at CeBIT

BitBand, Espial, and Tilgin announce the successful integration of a full-featured IPTV solution

Espial announces 1M subscribers for its Evo IPTV service platform

Wholesale Carrier Services to add Telecom Expense Management (TEM) module to its PartnerNet platform

New Edge Networks revamps channel partner program; new program gives selling partners more voice, access to resources, training, incentives

Envivio introduces the all-IP convergence generation headend for IPTV and mobile TV service providers

Amino and Netris strengthen strategic partnership for IPTV; extends to new technology and regions following joint success in Russia

Ericsson delivers its EDA VDSL2 gear to Finnish regional telephone company PHP

Tandberg announces that Inuk has selected its market-leading MPEG-4 AVC encoders and professional receivers for its Freewire TV service

Qatar Telecom acquires 51% stake in Kuwait-based Wataniya Telecom for $3.7B

UTStarcom announced an expected delay in filing its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006

Belgacom lives up to expectations in 2006

Gyron Internet has signed a long-term, multi-million pound contract with leading business telecoms service provider, Telstra Europe

Content security gateway appliance revenue jumps 70 percent in 2006

Chunghwa Telecom selects Alcatel-Lucent to build Taiwan's first universal WiMAX 802.16e-2005 network

BBC and YouTube partner to bring short-form BBC content to online audiences

Orascom CEO Naguib Sawiris resigns from Hutchison Telecom International's board, to be replaced by Orascom exec Michael John O’Connor

Ericsson has signed a turnkey contract with the city of Trikala in Greece for FTTx backbone infrastructure project

Nokia wins 3G network contract with RCS & RDS in Romania

The city of Paris has chosen Alcatel-Lucent to deploy the first urban WiFi network in France

KDDI and Fujitsu develop high-efficiency amplifier for mobile WiMax

Tatung will roll out a series of IP hybrid set-top box and home entertainment center products at the IPTV World Forum in London

Managed services provider reports revenues of $58.9M, up 32.8% over 4Q05

Aeluros announces new family of multi-channel 10G PHY devices targeting high-density SFP+ applications

NEC do Brasil to incorporate its own customizations to Tekelec's media gateway controller and NMS software into its core network products

SIPBox renames the company NeoPhonetics; new name better reflects company's engineering and integration services

Deltathree reports record full year 2006 financial results

Tundra Semiconductor reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2007

Zarlink Semiconductor expanded its family of Synchronous Ethernet timing solutions

Global Crossing introduces Global Crossing Managed IP Telephony Solutions

Internap Network Services Corporation reports fourth quarter earnings

PMC-Sierra announced that Michael W. Zellner will join the Company on March 2, 2007 as vice president, chief financial officer

ESnips announced close to a dozen new user-generated online music communities

Nortel Networks is delaying the filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission of its annual report on Form 10-K

Avanex divests optoelectronic fabs in France

Alcatel-Lucent expands Sferia's CDMA2000 fixed wireless network in the Warsaw area

Turkcell renews contract with BSG Clearing Solutions for GSM data clearing services

Slovenian operator SiOL launches advanced triple play with Thomson's service platforms

Vocalscape to offer IP termination services to customers

Strategic partners Irdeto and Huawei sign IPTV contract with Pakistan's PTCL

Introduces IPTV service fulfillment solution that manages both IPTV service content and connectivity across networks with a single platform

Siemens selects Verizon Business as global network services supplier

LogicaCMG helps Irish mobile operator Meteor protect minors from unsuitable mobile content

Telefónica posts record net profit of €6.23B in 2006, an increase of 40%

Fonality joins MSPAlliance, a global organization for managed service providers (MSP); offers IP PBX and VOIP for SMEs

ON Telecoms launches IPTV services in Greece, powered by BitBand's video delivery gear

Operax appoints Richard Lowe as CEO and Jay Borden to its board of directors

Deutsche Telekom records a decline in domestic business in 2006 amid continued growth in international business

Deutsche Telekom intends to grow in the mobile and fixed network mass market in the coming years, particularly on the back of broadband offers

Spirent TestCenter sales grew from £4M to £20M; older platforms, SmartBits and AX, orders declined by £27M to £48M

Motorola confirms receipt of Hart-Scott-Rodino notice from Carl Icahn