Approximately 1.75 million BellSouth customers live in the area affected by Hurricane Katrina

Green versions of its Envoy-CE2 and Envoy-CE4 multiport carrier-class Ethernet controllers are shipping to customers

IPlan Networks uses Global Crossing's IP Transit Service to converge voice and data services for its business customers in Argentina

Cavalier Telephone selects Amino's AmiNET124 set-top box for its upcoming IPTV service

Escarsa to deploy UTStarcom's AN-200O IP DSLAM to deliver broadband services in Colombia

Widevine introduces version 3.0 of its Cypher content security suite

Harmonic launches DiviCom MV 3500 encoding platform, multi-format high definition encoder supporting either MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), SMPTE, VC-1 or MPEG-2

Chunghwa Telecom reports revenues of NT$46.2B, net income of NT$12.8B, and earnings per share of NT$1.33, or US$0.42, for Q2

Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance announces new members and product requirement definitions

Microsoft acquires VOIP software and services provider Teleo

LogicaCMG reports earnings per share up 63% to 3.1p from 1.9p for the first half of the year

Orca to showcase IPTV service creation and delivery system among its products at IBC

Skype awards first prize in its developer competition to Jyve plugin and forms Platform Advisory Council

Net Sales from continuing operations were $315 million, up 40% from 3Q04

MFA Forum neared completion on Interoperability Agreements (IAs) addressing ATM and Frame Relay to MPLS Control Plane Interworking

Infonetics reports worldwide optical network hardware revenue grew 10% to $2.7 billion between the first and second quarters of 2005

Has entered a settlement agreement to resolve the patent litigation brought against the Company by Toshiba in November 2003

Revenues of $18.2M up 6% sequentially but down 20% year-on-year (assets not frozen)

Ranks second only to Cisco in mid-low media gateway shipments, according to Infonetics

Shekou Cable launches digital video services based on BigBand's BMR (Broadband Multimedia-Service Router) and BME (Broadband Multimedia-Service Edge)

Manitoba Telecom Services launches video-on-demand service using software and servers from SeaChange International

Expanded strategic relationship integrates Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 and Live Communication Server with Nortel's SIP-based communications server

Norwegian operator Lyse Tele deploys Entone's full suite of VOD products

BT outsources hosting of its customer self-help software to Motive

Energis upgrades and expands its use of MetaSolv's IP VPN activation solution

TTI Telecom launches Mediation Studio for convergent networks

Wanadoo deploys Jabber's Extensible Communications Platform (Jabber XCP) for its Livecom voice, video, and chat service

PacketPointe Communications deploys Sylantro's applications feature server to power its new phusionPointe hosted VOIP and IP Centrex services

Meru Networks to co-market wireless VOIP solutions with Juniper, joins J-Partner Infrastructure Alliance program

Motorola announces cash tender offers for up to $1B of its outstanding debt

Nozomi Photonics raises $8 million in financing round led by Japanese investor Globis Capital Partners

Alfalight launches high-performance Combined Power Module II with precision wavelength control

SIPfoundry announces availability of the OpenOSP project for secure VOIP peering

SkyStream Networks announces it now has 20 MPEG-4 AVC customers worldwide for its Mediaplex and iPlex video headend systems

Georgia ILEC Public Service Telephone selects FiberPath GPON system from Optical Solutions for a greenfield FTTP deployment

Atlantic Telephone selects Fiber Scalability Center from APA Cables & Networks (APACN) for its FTTP networks

CacheLogic publishes analysis of peer-to-peer traffic, finds eDonkey has overtaken BitTorrent to become the largest P2P network

LBiSat deploys Path 1 video gateways to aggregate live and file-based content from its customers

ADC announces it has completed the acquisition of Fiber Optic Network Solutions (FONS)

Pioneer Telephone Cooperative deploys Redback's SmartEdge Service Gateway for advanced broadband services

Alker Optical Equipment to showcase its fiber optic termination products at ECOC

VOIP service provider MediaRing announces S$24.14M placement to expand through acquisitions and investments

Internap has been awarded a new US patent for its Private Network Access Point (P-NAP)

Launches XO Wholesale Local Voice services platform for CLECs

SMC Networks integrates Vitesse's Gigabit Ethernet switch chips and ultra-low power copper PHYs into its new GigE switches

Incatel announces scaling and performance models following benchmark tests of its NIMS flagship product

Path 1 launches Vx8000 v1.2 multi-port, bi-directional IP video gateway for live broadcast applications

Intelsat to acquire PanAmSat for $3.2B to provide expanded coverage for the delivery of digital video and government communications

Cisco and Motorola fuel 25% jump in worldwide CMTS revenues to $182M in Q2, according to Infonetics

Pixelmetrix, provider of preventive monitoring solutions for digital TV, wins contract with Chinese cable operator Nanjing Cable

Worldwide DSL aggregation ports jumped 19% to 20.7M in Q2, following a 6% increase in Q1, and revenue is up 11% to $1.62B, says Infonetics

Kagan Research projects that 69M digital subscribers in the US will be equipped with interactive platforms by 2009, accounting for 59% of TV households

Telstra launches international VPLS Ethernet service in Asia/Pacific

Google signs OEM license agreement with Global IP Sound for its Google Talk VOIP service

TeliaSonera acquires 91.2% stake in Vollvik Gruppen, owner of Norwegian service provider Chess/Sense

Ericsson launches stand-alone version of its MX-ONE IP communications platform

Alcatel teams up with sports programming provider Eurosport for new media services

Broadband provider B2 will deploy VDSL2 technology from Ericsson to deliver triple-play services

Swisscom Fixnet acquires licence to provide interactive TV service

Alcatel works with Telecom New Zealand to build an IP voice platform

Integrate Microsoft's TV IPTV Edition software platform with Scientific-Atlanta's IP set-top boxes

eDatingPlanet.com offers free InPhonex VOIP long-distance service to its members

Gigabit Ethernet to connect 106 school districts across Western New York to enable video conferencing, data networking, other apps

Enforcement Bureau provides further guidance to providers of interconnected voice over Internet protocol service

Korean National Supercomputing Center deploys Force10 TeraScale E-Series to build resilient international grid network

Enters frequency control market with the Si530 and Si550 families of oscillators (XOs) and voltage-controlled oscillators (VCXOs)

Has been awarded a new US patent relating to its Private Network Access Point(R) (P-NAP)

University of Luebeck deploys Foundry's 10 Gigabit Ethernet and IPv6-ready technology to support new high-speed network infrastructure

Has augmented its Reporter Analyzer traffic analysis capabilities with support for Cisco Network Analysis Modules

Empirix Hammer FX-IP 2.2 VOIP feature test system adds Cisco Skinny Client Protocol support

Service provider announces successful deployment of Excel Switching Corp.'s IMG 1010 Integrated VOIP Gateway

Its Netstender has earned technical acceptance from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) division of the USDA

Public Service Telephone Company of Reynolds, Ga., has selected the FiberPath GPON system for a greenfield FTTP deployment

ACE-201 network termination unit allows service providers to deliver Gigabit Ethernet services over their ATM infrastructures

Dell'Oro ranks Corrigent the #2 vendor worldwide of 10-Gbit/s Sonet/SDH multiservice networking equipment for 1H02

Series C round of funding of $13 million brings the total funding of the company to $33 million to date

Beaver Creek Cooperative Telephone Company deploys Redback Network’s SmartEdge Service Gateway and NetOp Policy Manager

Internet Security Systems appoints Peter Evans as Vice President of Marketing

Has evolved its IOS software for the Catalyst 6500 switches so that modular Cisco IOS subsystems now run in independent processes

Launches next-gneration line of multi-gigabit integrated security appliances: Gateway Security 5600 series

Arvig has deployed MetaSwitch's award-winning VP3510 Class 4/5 softswitch and UC9000 unified communications system

Cavium will provide joint solutions for next-generation networking systems with Cypress

Quarterly service appraises worldwide carrier Ethernet switch/router market activity, including detailed market share and revenue projections

Global carrier Ethernet switch/router sector grew 43% in 2Q05 and will reach $410M this year, according to Heavy Reading's market tracker

Sycamore's Audit Committee of its Board of Directors has completed its independent investigation into stock option accounting

Netomat announces the appointment of Joe Carsanaro as company President

Andreas Bernhardt, previously CEO of Alcatel SEG in Germany, joins the executive management of Siemens Communications

PCCW IMS China acquires 50% stake in CNCBB from China Netcom

Belgacom reports net income of €780M, up by 54.3% compared with the first half of 2004

Polycom acquires Chinese video solutions company DSTMedia Technology

Vistula installs its V-Cube VOIP platform on trial in Transtel's network in South Africa

Triple-play provider Video Networks completes its migration from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 video compression using Harmonic's DiviCom MV 100 multi-codec encoding platform

Norwegian broadband provider Lyse Tele renews agreement with Kreatel Communications

Avanex reported financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2005

C-COR announced the decision of Lance T. Shaner to resign as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors

Agere promotes Peter Kelly from the position of executive vice president of global operations to CFO

Rob Sturgeon, has been appointed to the position of executive vice president and general manager at Juniper

Siemens and Juniper have completed the upgrade T-Com's deployed Juniper Networks E-Series Broadband Service Routers

Cablevision and TiVo announced an agreement to test market TiVo and a wireless router along with Cablevision's triple play offer

AboveNet introduces new Lite suite of metro and nationwide Internet and Ethernet services

Looking Glass Networks reports 32% increase in revenues during the first half of the year

Cesky Telecom promotes 512-kbit/s Internet Expres Ideal service with introductory pricing offer

Carrier VOIP equipment revenue was up a record 18% sequentially in Q2 and 55% year over year, reports Infonetics

IDC predicts European IPTV market will boom over the next five years, growing from $262M in 2005 to $2.5B in 2009

Harmonic will exhibit its IPTV solutions at IBC Sept 9-13

Siemens Communications and Juniper upgrade T-Com's broadband access network

Broadband subscribers exceeded 39M in Q2, with cable operators holding a slim lead on telcos according to CMA Group

Huawei joins Micromuse Alliance Program and will provide pre-integration between its equipment and Micromuse's Netcool platform

TCOM subsidiary 3G Dynasty to acquire HK FilmsLib Group, which it says will become an integral part of TCOM's IPTV China strategy

AdventNet releases OpManager 5.6 with combined WAN, Server, and application monitoring

Motorola and Intel team to create IMS network functions based on Motorola's ATCA Avantellis communications server

Widevine announces its Cypher Virtual SmartCard (VSC) is fully integrated with Texas Instruments's TMS320DM642 digital media processor

Verizon expands availability of its Iobi communications software tool to the mid-Atlantic states

Qwest Communications names Patrick J. Martin to its Board of Directors

Worldwide enterprise router revenue totaled $791 million in 2Q05, up 4% from 1Q05, but 7% lower than a year ago, says Infonetics Research

Google launched Google Talk, a downloadable Windows application enabling Gmail users to quickly and easily talk or IM

MergeOptics announced the X2 SR and X2 ER products, providing the most comprehensive range of X2 modules from a single supplier

Itaas launched the VOD Session Simulator, which gives broadband operators and VOD service providers a powerful simulation tool

In a report issued by iLocus, networks based on Sonus tech carried an estimated 38.2 billion minutes of VOIP traffic

Harmonic announced that its VOD delivery solution, based on NSG, will provide real-time content encryption

Portugal Telecom has selected Telarix's iXTools(tm) software for the carrier's interconnect business.

ISS is offering customers increased protection for SCADA systems, the control system used to run most utilities

Golden Lines, has selected BATM to supply thousands of VOIP devices to its customers

Veraz together with Verso announce the deployment of an advanced prepaid services solution

PacketFront has entered into a partnership with Westell to enhance the delivery of triple-play broadband services over ADSL2+

Communications industry is rebounding but Internet technology throws up new challenges, says OECD's Communications Outlook 2005

CATA-CAIP TelecomACT Working Group urges the Canadian government to modernize the Telecommunications Act

Ace-Comm reports 71% increase in Q4 revenues to $6.8M, for a net income of $337,000, up from a $2M net loss

SeaChange records a net loss of $6.6M, or $0.23 per share in Q2 of fiscal 2006, compared with net income of $3.3M, or $0.12 per share, in Q2 of fiscal 2005

Skype opens its platform to the Web, enabling anyone to integrate Skype's presence and IM services into their Website or application

Equant appoints France Telecom executive VP Barbara Dalibard as its new president and CEO

KT touts new management strategy with the appointment of Nam Joong-soo as CEO

Telekom Austria reports consolidated net income increased by 81.8% to €191.4M during the first half of the year

The chip company launches its CompactNode and MicroNode lines

Intel and Cisco announced an expansion of their alliance to deliver new capabilities that enhance the reliabilty of wireless LANs

Sonus announced that its Chairman Emeritus, Rubin Gruber, will be retiring from its Board of Directors at the end of August

Tandberg has received a further order from DIRECTV valued in excess of $7.5M

Verizon and Yahoo! today began offering a new, fully integrated DSL service to Verizon Online DSL subscribers

Carrier has signed a MOU with Tellabs to produce a solution that enables reduced transport costs for wireless service providers

Cavalier will be using Paradyne's 8000 BLC platform to support Cavalier's entry into IPTV

The IP PBX has reached a new stage of maturity with shipments of IP lines expected to exceed those of traditional PBXs

VoIP, Inc. has received certification and the first purchase order from Alcatel Argentina

Veraz announced it is the recipient of the 2005 Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Line Strategy in Global Carrier Infrastructure

ADVA has completed the qualification of a remote high-definition video editing system in Japan in collaboration Softbank

Granby selected the Occam BLC 6000 System to transition its existing network to an Ethernet- and IP-based broadband access network

Overture announced a new patent in resilient packet technology granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

NGT announced that it has completed the sale of its IWT business unit to StarVox

Cavalier Telephone has licensed SecureMedia's Encryptonite System to secure the delivery of advanced IPTV services

ASI SIGT released a spate of new ASI-related product and technology announcements from its member companies

Leading Israeli ISP readies for advanced services and multicast video over broadband

Prominence licenses Telchemy's VOIP performance monitoring technology for active QOS control

Allied Telesyn has added the 9900 series of 10/100/1000T switches to its broad Layer 3 line-up

Siemens and Sycamore announced that they are teaming to deliver KT Corp.a state-of-the-art optical switching solution

Telenor is now introducing two new speeds for SHDSL, the broadband that offers equal speeds for up and downloading of data

Israeli Internet and communications service provider smile Internet Gold has deployed Juniper Networks M-series routing platforms

eWAN has agreed to join with Enlace to bring its entire suite of advanced broadband products to subscribers in Sonora

Mindspeed and LynuxWorks announced LynxOS RTOS support for Mindspeed's Comcerto enterprise VOIP processors

Lightconnect completes 5000 hours of damp heat testing on small VOA

Texas Instruments launches voice-over-cable chipset and new Wideband DOCSIS reference design

Clovis Solutions supports HP's Advanced Open Telecommunications Platform (AOTP)

Intec reports figures for the nine months ended June 30, including 63% increase in revenues to £76.5M

CopperCom deploys its Converged Switching eXchange (CSX(R)) next-generation switch at Border to Border Communications

Alloptic raises $30M in venture capital funding

Verio has formed a partnership with Optimus, a leading federal government IT contractor

RAD introduced the RICi-E3 and RICi-T3 enabling service providers and ISPs to provide transparent Ethernet services

Pannaway has signed a deal with Empire for the delivery of next-generation broadband services

QTSC is deploying BroadSoftR's BroadWorksR hosted VOIP applications platform in its multi-tenant office in Vietnam

U4EA Technologies Earns tekVizion Labs' VOIP Interoperability Certification

Patapsco can now enable synchronous ISDN devices, such as Brent phones, to operate over IP networks

LHS has signed a deal with Globalstar to supply its BSCS iX billing and customer care solution

CableLabs awarded PacketCable MGC and CMS qualification to Nortel CS 2000 in this certification wave

AdaptiveLink will be available to businesses located along OnFiber's extensive national footprint

Launches digital home solution combining a home gateway, home network peripheral equipment, and ZTE's Equipment Management System (EMS)

Emergica Broadband selects outsourced services from Broadstream for IPTV deployment in northern Colorado

Filipino broadcaster ABS-CBN extends relationship with BT Media and Broadcast

Passave Technologies introduces the PAS5211 optical line terminal (OLT) and the PAS6211 optical network terminal (ONT)

NetCracker Technology opens regional office in Melbourne, Australia to support growing demand in the Asia/Pacific

LS Telcom to distribute Marconi's Planet EV wireless network design and optimization software in Eastern Europe, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

The Fast Variable Optical Attenuator Series 5000 successfully completed 5000 hours of damp heat testing

Telefónica Deutschland interconnects with iBasis for VOIP services

Kasenna works IBM to develop RegenTV, a community-based digital service for the London Borough of Newham

Newport's 1460 session controller receives Certificate of Compatibility from Nortel following interoperability testing

Shenick and The Tolly Group release benchmarking whitepaper and announce 'Up To Spec' certification

Informa predicts IPTV subscriptions will increase 10-fold to 25.9M by the end of 2010

Tele2 exits Finnish market due to "the current competitive and regulatory environment"; launches twelfth GSM network in Russia

According to Dittberner, the switch/routers market grew by 9% to $1.68B in Q2 largely due to network operators migrating from legacy networks to converged IP

Entone will showcase its VOD solutions at IBC, Amsterdam, 9th – 13th September

Juniper announced that the 1,000th T-series core routing platform will be deployed at KT

Teem has purchased JDS Uniphase's passive Q-switched microlaser product line

Concurrent to acquire on-demand reporting and analytic software provider, Everstream

ZTE announces contracts to supply Telefónica Brazil and Telemar with DSL equipment

Cisco tops respondents' short list of vendors in Infonetics study; Juniper jumps to second place

Dittberner reports worldwide market for DSL ports shipped increased by over 25% over last quarter to 17.38M

London Internet Exchange funds research and development project at University College London to improve the monitoring of Internet traffic

Cable & Wireless activates first stage of its IP NGN in London

Company reports second-quarter fiscal 2006 results

The company falls out of compliance with Nasdaq listing rules and has until Aug. 26 to present a new plan

TVA awarded a federal contract to Fujitsu for a large optical communications network

JDSU will postpone its Q4 and fiscal 2005 announcement in order to complete the year-end audit its financial statements

Sigma has begun sampling its new SMP8634 media processor, designed for the latest IPTV set-top boxes and high-definition DVD players

Verizon and Lucent completed the first, live, over-the-air calls using CDMA2000(R) 1xEV-DO Revision A technology

SBC announced that contracts have been awarded to both SFA and Motorola

Current EU Regulatory Framework for Electronic Networks and Services is a barrier to investment in new generation broadband, says FTTH Council

Marvell announced a family of highly integrated VOIP solutions targeted at the IVC market

Bell Canada has renewed its contract as security services provider for Sympatico and small business Internet customers

Omron is introducing new versions of its Multiplexer/ Demultiplexer devices at ECOC 2005

ADC's OmniReach FDTs have been accepted by RUS, making it the first RUS-approved FDT solution

Using AppGate Network Security Server customers can encrypt Skype traffic between users of Skype inside a company network

Brooktrout has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Excel

Light Reading to become an autonomous business unit of CMP Media, giving CMP a market-leading position in the global telecom segment

Formula's shares have today been admitted to trading on AIM under the ticker "FTS"

C-COR reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2005

$27M deal will help LR grow as an autonomous business unit within CMP Media

PCCW reports H1 results; revenues up 9% to HK$11.7B and profit up 43% to HK$1.1B

Infonetics charts rapid growth for high-speed access for metro and WAN services

Alcatel announces plans to set up a new research and development center in China

The acquisition combines Intel's hardware capabilities with Sarvega's XML software technology and engineering expertise

Oplink reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2005 that ended July 3, 2005

NSF has awarded $10 million to TACC over the next five years to expand the TeraGrid

Following the merger of Emblaze Systems and VCON, Emblaze announces the creation of Emblaze VCON

ANT announced the availability of its next generation browser-based user interface software, ANT Galio, on IPTV set-top boxes from six leading developers - Pace Micro Technology, Amino Communications, Homecast, Humax, InfoEQ and Kaon Media.

GlobalNet has appointed Thomas P. Dunn as CFO replacing Tom Seifert who resigned

Xilinx has elected J. Michael Patterson as a new board member expanding the number of members to nine

Brick received a $600,000 grant from the NSF to develop a device that supports next-generation IP video

ColorChip has acquired Lambda Crossing's plant whose operations had ceased a month ago

Azure has provided solutions based on its Azure Inter-Party Management product for AST

Ray Burgess has joined the Tundra in the position of Vice President of Strategy and Marketing

Cable laying for the FALCON terabits/s fibreoptic cable between Oman and Mumbai commenced yesterday

Alfalight has received an additional $7 million in funding, led by GF Private Equity Group, LLC

Sygate's technology will complement Symantec's presence on the endpoint to create solutions

Incumbent Chinese operator selects MetaSolv to deploy ordering and inventory management solution for voice and data services

AT&T rolls out MPLS IP VPN network for for Tata Consultancy Services

Fortune 200 Insurance provider UnumProvident selects Broadwing to deploy and manage a private Ethernet and VOIP network

PicoLight receives $27.5M in funding with the addition of $14.5M in a combination of new equity investment and debt financing

Bookham to receive $11.9M from transaction with Deutsche Bank

Nortel and LG Electronics form joint venture to develop products for wireline, optical, wireless, and enterprise customers

Chris Davis resigns as CEO and Ken Burckhardt resigns as CFO; McLeod appoints Stan Springel of Alvarez & Marsal as chief restructuring officer

Positive results from TranSwitch's tests and field trials of OEMs’ equipment are now leading to confident deployments

Speakeasy has deployed Juniper Networks E- and M-series routing platforms to introduce market leading Bonded T1 service

EGT introduced ALTO, the company's flagship H.264 / MPEG-4 video processing platform

Cavalier Telephone selected Tut's Astria content processor video headend and edge-processing solutions for delivering IPTV

Redback has signed a reseller agreement with systems integrator Dynavar

Extreme Networks was selected by France Televisions Publicite to support high-definition programming

WatchGuard introduced more than 370 new signature updates to its Gateway AntiVirus/Intrusion Prevention Service to defend against spyware

Speakeasy has deployed Juniper Networks E- and M-series routing platforms to introduce market leading Bonded T1 service

Symantec launched a compatible technology track within the technology partner program for message security solutions

Huawei has selected Mindspeed's Comcerto Series voice-over-IP (VOIP) processors for Huawei's product

Sandvine Inc. will use a Glimmerglass intelligent optical switch for its advanced broadband network optimization product testing operations

Peleton announces availability of its TM3050C multi-wavelength laser source

Nortel submits report to Canada's Telecommunications Policy Review Panel

Cable & Wireless acquires alternative UK operator Energis

Syndesis has signed an agreement to purchase CoManage, a global provider of data integrity management solutions for service providers

U.S.-based carrier adds a VOIP service for enterprises

Fueling the sales growth was the broad diversification and expansion of Force10's worldwide customer base

Platinum Equity will acquire USRobotics in an all-cash transaction

Intel Capital completed three investments in Chinese companies from the US$200 million Intel Capital China Technology Fund

Qovia to deliver remote IP telephony monitoring and management services as part of the company's new suite of IP telephony to Vital

Nuvio has requested the U.S. Court of Appeals in the hopes of reaching a decision before the FCC Order takes effect

Cedar Point and three Colombian cable system operators will deploy SAFARI C³ Media Switching System

Tandberg will provide IBC visitors with a clear picture of the technologies that improve digital TV

Luxtera Inc. solved the problem of building ultra-high-density optical modulators into mass-produced silicon chips

IPEX announced that it entered into a binding letter of intent to acquire San Diego-based Vinculum Communications

Lavastorm delivers broadest revenue assurance capabilities to enable global carriers to achieve financial and operational excellence

ENUM Commander allows VOIP service providers to manage inter-office translation peering

MediaRing Limited achieved a net profit of US$1.2 million driven by strong growth in revenue

WatchGuard launches Firebox SSL core VPN gateway with Citrix Secure Access for SMBs

Silicon advances could help equipment makers extend the life of Sonet/SDH platforms, according to Light Reading’s Comm Chip Insider

Broadcom introduces AVC/VC-1 high definition (HD) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for set-top boxes and gateway/client architectures

Announces two new hardware modules for its NetScreen-5000 Series firewall and VPN systems

Mindspeed Technologies partners with Legerity for VOIP solutions for carrier and broadband digital access equipment

Nexagent joins MFA Forum

Sonus Networks appoints Paul McDermott as VP of finance, corporate controller, and principal accounting officer

Primanex introduces new design for athermal reference filters

ONX System 3 OS has carrier-grade SIP service, security, and routing capabilities for its VOIP switching and service delivery architecture

Revenues during the quarter were $1.69 billion, 10 percent below last year

Energis says 'outline proposal from Thus offers inferior value' to Cable & Wireless bid

THUS has proposed reverse takeover of Energis owner Chelys; suspends trading of ordinary shares

Neil Berkett, previously managing director for distribution at Lloyds TSB, joins NTL as chief operating officer

Sandvine demonstrates PCMM solution integrated with Motorola’s CMTS and Camiant’s policy server to demonstrate VOIP protection

Kingston Communications selects Marconi's Impact softswitch for next-generation SIP services

Avanex has received a letter from Nasdaq that the company fails to comply with the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement

Cogent reports 65.8% increase in revenues to $33.8M, cutting net loss from $29.51 per share to $0.47 per share

Siemens Venture Capital makes strategic investment in Dune Networks, provider of merchant silicon solutions

Birch Telecom says FCC ruling on unbundling contributed to restructuring; Mike Cassity resigns as CEO, will be replaced by Gregory Lawhon

Kaiser Optical Systems develops high throughput (HT) grating process

Hammerhead Systems receives NEBs Level 3 certification for its 6000 Layer 2.5 aggregation switch

Valdor partners with Titan Photonics to promote its HeptoPort FTTx product line

Alphion, which develops integrated components for wavelength management and performance monitoring, secures $12.1M in third-round funding

Infinera to showcase its DTN optical networking system at the CableLabs Summer Conference

Vonage UK adds PAP2 broadband telephone adapter from Linksys to its product range

Brightpoint announces agreement to distribute Motorola VT1000 Broadband Voice Gateways

Teleglobe cuts net loss from $3.8M in 2Q04 to $400,000, on revenues of $239.2M

Datameg board member to take a hands-on role as general manager of its QoVox subsidiary

PeerMe launches its peer-to-peer voice software in Japanese and English language versions

AT&T, Clifton Gunderson sign $3.7M three-year networking agreement

Ingram Micro distributes UCN's hosted VOIP products under its ISV Program

Cedar Point Communications launches its Safari C(Cubed) cable media switching system in Europe

Anritsu to acquire NetTest, provider of network monitoring systems

Centennial Communications reports revenues of $229.7M, up 13% from 4Q04

Ethernet service provider Yipes announces 26% year-on-year increase in revenues and 92 net new customers in H1

Movicel selects Nortel to upgrade its wireless network in Angola to EV-DO to boost capacity and meet demand for wireless data services

Adjusted for special factors, net profit increased by 2% to almost €2B in the first half of the year

Telewest to upgrade its blueyonder broadband service, with entry-level speed of 2Mbit/s

Telewest reports net income of £19M, compared with a net loss of £126M in 2Q04

Revenues fell slightly by 0.7% to HUF 299.9B in H1, while net income increased from HUF 30.3B to HUF 41.4B

Spirent's service assurance division reports loss, reducing overall revenues by 4% to £230.4M during the first half of the year

CacheLogic market study of file formats traversing the Peer-to-Peer Networks identifies the formats of choice for audio and video files

Bixby Telephone of Oklahoma selects Tut Systems' Astria content processor platform for delivering IPTV service

Marvell adds Arturo Krueger to its board of directors

Cortina Systems secures $30M in Series C financing

Teknovus completes IEEE 802.3ah compliance testing for two Gigabit EPON chips

Fonix Telecom completes deployment of its next-generation IP network using Lucent equipment

Cable One names Nortel its its primary VOIP technology and professional services provider

Ericsson to supply Greek operator Vivodi Telecom with 10,000 ADSL 2+ lines using its Ethernet DSL Access solution

Equant selects FiberNet to provide metro Ethernet services in the New York and New Jersey areas

Municipality of Rishon LeZion in Israel deploys IP telephony network from Nortel

Swisscom Group reports 1.7% fall in revenues to CHF 4.91B in the first half of the year

VoIP Inc. signs contract to acquire the VOIP business of WQN

Motorola invests in Intellon, provider of HomePlug-compatible ICs for home networking, networked entertainment, and connected powerline applications

XO Communications reports Q2 net loss of $29.5M, down from a net loss of $43.5M in 2Q04

Revenue falls 21% year on year to $499M, while EBITDA was a loss of $27M, down from a loss of $38M

Sales were $6.6B, up 11.1% from $5.9B in last year's Q4, for net income of $1.5B ($0.24/share), up from $1.4B ($0.20/share) last year

LVL7 Systems names Walter P. Scott, formerly senior VP of engineering for Alcatel's network infrastructure unit, as its VP of engineering

StarGen raises a $15.5M round to fund next-generation development and sales expansion

Huawei-3Com has selected Passave's Ethernet Passive Optical Network chips for deployment in its Quidway S6500 Series Switch product line

Ample Communications has shipped more than 250,000 1GE MAC ports, more than doubling its total number of shipments in June 2005

VoiceLift debuts its vBX Virtual Branch Exchange (PBX) telephone services system

BroadSoft hires Philip B. Livingston, a 'renowned expert in corporate accountability and regulation,' as Audit Committee Chairman

Dell'Oro Group forecasts the IP PBX and hybrid IP/TDM PBX market to reach $6.1B in 2009

China Central Television (CCTV) introduces its first two interactive channels

Sprint and Nextel announce intention to close their merger on August 12

Bell Canada subsidiary Northwestel deploys Juniper routing platforms

F5 Networks adds Japanese language support to its TrafficShield Web application firewall with version 3.2

Virtela appoints Bill Dodds from BT Infonet as vice president of direct sales and John Powell from Equant as vice president of global channels

THUS provides National Ethernet to North East Metropolitan Area Network (NorMAN) Consortium

KPN reports 40% drop in net profit to €239M due to taxes and one-time charges; EBITDA outlook improves to mid-single digit decline

NTL reports 2.3% decline in revenues to £482.5M and operating income of £6.4M, compared to a loss of £22.6M in 2Q04

Iowa Telecom replaces legacy switches with CopperCom's Converged Switching eXchange (CSX) next-generation switches

Revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 were $58.1 million compared with $33.6 million in the first quarter

i3 micro technology and PacketFront form technology partnership to reduce triple-play support cost for operators

SDN Communications has selected ECI's ST200 multiservice edge routers to deliver enhanced IP services

Company provided its mVision end-to-end IPTV solution for a recently completed trial of triple-play services in Brazil with Telemar

Telefónica chooses Corinex 200-Mbit/s AV Powerline to deploy IP TV in homes

Bruce Municipal Telephone System selects Pannaway for delivery of next-gen triple-play services to its Ontario customer base

Expansion of its VOIP network coverage area to include more than 92% of the calling public in the domestic US

Bresnan Communications is utilizing the ARRIS Touchstone TM402P Embedded Multimedia Terminal Adapters (E-MTAs) in its phone markets

Datameg Corp. today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, North Electric Company Inc., has changed its name to QoVox Corp.

Global IP Alliance officially launches public access to the Global IP Policy Matrix

Enhanced tool for AT&T CallVantage Service users that will improve their ability to self-install the broadband phone service

Supplier of integrated packet-based voice switching technologies for the cable industry closes funding round led by Focus Ventures

Websense says its BrandWatcher service protected EDS Credit Union from being exploited in a recent attempted phishing attack

Juniper introduces four new Secure Access SSL VPN platforms

Fujitsu will participate in panel discussion at Light Reading's Telco Video 2005 event

Infoblox appoints former RSA Security executive Victor Chang as vice president of engineering

ADVA reports revenues of €32.7M, up 28% from €25.6M in 2Q04

Nortel reports Q2 net income of $45M, or $0.01 per share, up from $16M, or zero per share, in 2Q04

Tiscali announces €150M debt financing from Silver Point and reports Q2 revenues of €178M, up 9% year on year

NTL plans to make 10 Mbit/s its standard broadband access speed

Chinese language Internet search provider Baidu.com announces IPO of 4,040,402 shares on Nasdaq

Consumer Electronics Association likes the new rules covering broadband networks issued today by the FCC

GL Communications' new PPP Protocol Analyzer is designed to capture and analyze various PPP protocols over IP network

Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance has contracted with IDC to assess the challenges presented by convergence over the next five years

Celestica, a world leader in EMS, has acquired CoreSim, a leader in advanced design analysis and redesign services

Telefonia Dialog, the second largest telecom operator in Poland, has selected Cisco IP NGN technology for its multiservice IP backbone

Claranet claims that certain events have occurred that trigger a right to terminate the agreement to purchase Via Net.works

Eschelon Telecom announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 5,357,143 shares of its common stock at $14.00 per share

WorldGate Communications completes a private placement of $17.5 million of its common stock and warrants with several institutional investors

Metconnex issued a statement in response to allegations filed against it by JDSU

Golden Telecom reports 18.4% increase in revenues to $322M and 25.9% increase in net income to $39.8M in the first half of the year

CopperCom appoints Manuel Vexler, former VP of marketing at the IPCC, as its CTO

Corrigent Systems to make presentation at Telco Video 2005 event held by Light Reading and Heavy Reading

Revenues increased 47% year over year to $6.9M and net loss fell 54% to $409,000 or $0.01 per share

US law firm replaces incumbent ISDN videoconferencing service with Glowpoint's IP-based service

KPN launches multipoint international Ethernet services with speeds up to 1 Gbit/s

Alltel reports 53% increase in net income to $402M on revenues of $2.3B, which were up 11%

Telekom Austria wins tendor for broadband initiatives in the province of Styria

Hubei Telecom selects Alcatel's IP service routing solution to expand and optimize its metro area network

Alcatel establishes network operation and integration center in Hong Kong

Belgian mobile operator Mobistar selects Alactel equipment for its broadband DSL infrastructure

Arbinet-thexchange increases net income from $618,000 or $0.03 per share to $2.3 million or $0.09 per share in Q2

PacketFront and 42Networks partner to develop advanced triple-play solutions

PT Indosat upgrades to Intec's InterconnecT v7 for fixed and international billing

SingTel reports net profit up 9.5% to S$762M; earnings per share increased 22.2%

Revenues were €191M, up 33% from 2Q04 revenues, for a net income of €2M compared with a net loss of €4M

TDC posts revenues of DKK 11.7B, up 8.5% year on year; upgrades guidance for 2005 revenue and income

Netopia picks Ikanos's CleverConnect 600 chipset to power its new triple-play VDSL2 gateways

Revenues were $133M, up from $95.6M in last year's Q2, for net income of $5.6M ($0.08/share), up from a net loss of $304,000 ($0.00/share)

The Federal Communications Commission blesses the proposed merger of Sprint and Nextel Communications

Revenues were $96.1M, up from $92.2M in the year-ago quarter, for net income of $0.1M ($0.00/share)

Hitachi Information Systems has partnered with Virtela for managed network services portfolio and to extend its enterprise network reach

Empirix unveils Hammer CallMaster 5.0, with support for both voice self-service applications and VOIP networks

China's IPTV market to boom in 2007 despite outstanding issues, says ABI Research

ACE*COMM wins multi-million dollar contract in Southeast Asia for network data collection

Interoute says it's doubled business in the uS so far this year as operators seek to expand into Europe

Cost savings and virus threats drive strong growth in VPN and security services, reports Infonetics

Carrier Access restates financial results for the fiscal years 2003 and 2004; expects to file Q1 and Q2 by September 2

Revenues were up 4.2% year on year to $5B for earnings per share of $0.61, up $0.01 from last year

MIND CTI acquires wireless billing and CRM software provider Sentori for $5.1M in cash to expand product portfolio and US presence

Cavalier Telephone selects Kasenna's PortalTV product suite and content from its ViewNow division

Marconi promotes VP of business operations Joseph Ferrara to CEO of its North American operations

MCI announces availability of its wholesale VOIP product suite, which was initially planned for launch later this year

Hutchison discusses expansion opportunities with Essar in India; appoints executive director and CEO; reports operating profit up 297.6% to HK$1B

Dedicated VOIP gateway manufacturer VegaStream receives interoperability validation from BroadSoft

Paradyne introduces new 6300 family of ADSL2+ modems for the residential market

Mediacom Communications reports revenue of $277.3M, an increase of 3.6% over 2Q04

Sign letter of intent to integrate Amdocs's IP Convergence Solution with Alcatel's suite of IPTV offerings

Internet Security Systems launches new managed firewall services with tiered service levels

CyberGuard introduces network security and Wide Area Network (WAN) connectivity appliance for SMBs

Telewest deploys Entone’s VOD servers for its TV-on-demand service

Ericsson implements Micromuse's Netcool for managed services in the Asia/Pacific region

Nortel declares preferred share dividend

Bell Canada will deploy the Tekelec EAGLE 5 Signaling Application System (SAS) and integrated network monitoring platform

VOIP service provider VoicePulse cuts the price of its unlimited calling plan

Nortel moves its reporting date closer to its SEC filing; will release Q2 results on August 8

Announces H1 revenues of SEK 42.56B and net income of SEK 5.99B, compared with revenues of SEK 40.19B and net income of SEK 7.12B

Marconi announces operating loss of £6M, compared with a profit of £21M in the previous quarter

NeuStar boosts revenue to $62.3M, up from $39.6M, while net income was $11.7M, compared with $16.2M in 2Q04

Finisar elects former Adaptec CEO Robert Stephens and Dominique Trempont, CEO in residence at Battery Ventures, to its board of directors

Reports Q2 loss of $74.7M on revenues of $723M, compared to net profit of $44M on revenues of $689M in 2Q04; appoints new CFO

JDS Uniphase completes the acquisition of Acterna

Bell Canda acquires the residential TV and Internet assets of Montreal-based cable company Cable VDN

N.Y. State Comptroller reaches settlements with ex-execs Scott Sullivan, David Myers, and Buford Yates; Sullivan to surrender mansion, 401k

Wake Electric offers satellite-delivered broadband Internet access as a distributor of WildBlue service

Per Suneby takes the reins as president and CEO; Malik Khan now executive chairman; Jean Dubois now senior VP of engineering

Cable One picks BigBand's Broadband Multimedia-Service Router to manage SDTV and HDTV offerings at 42 sites

Telecom Italia Sparkle to buy Tiscali's optic fiber network, 'Tiscali International Network SAS' for €8M

Widevine Technologies hires Jim Veres, formerly Microsoft DirectX group manager, as its VP of advanced engineering

Prairie Stream Communications deploys Zhone's Multi-Access Line Concentrator to provide POTS lines to phone customers in Kansas

Cochrane Cooperative Telephone deploys a MetaSwitch VP3510 Integrated Softswitch and UC9000 Unified Communications System

Second-quarter revenues were $1.3B, an increase of $84M, or 7%, over 2Q04 revenues of $1.2B, due to rising high-speed Internet revenues and ARPU

Glimmerglass appoints Joe Parker, founder of metro optical company Opthos, to the newly created role of vice president of systems

Alltel Communications Products to offer ADC's OmniReach product line as its premium FTTx solution

Ben Franklin Technology Partners invests $150,000 in Ciclon Semiconductor

Cybera deploys Juniper's E- and M-series routing platforms and the NetScreen-5200 firewall/VPN system

XO Communications completes extensive OSS data migration to single MetaSolv inventory system

Visual Networks introduces VOIP Advisor, a new assessment bundle that VARs and enterprises can deploy to manage the VOIP lifecycle

Alcatel to install 50,000 DSL lines for TE Data, the Internet arm of Telecom Egypt, and 30,000 for Egyptian ISP Nile Online

Qwest cuts net loss from $776M, or $0.43 per share, in 2Q04 to $164M, or $0.09 per share

MCI agrees to buy remote managed services provider Totality

Revenue increased 10.5% year on year to $5.6B for operating income of $1B, up 23.2%

Triple-play operator reports 52% increase in revenues to €337.8M and 24% rise in ADSL subscribers to 1.3M

Hawaiian Telcom awards managed services contract to management consulting and systems integration firm BearingPoint

Time Warner Telecom reports quarterly results fueled by 33% data and Internet growth and 18% enterprise revenue growth year on year

Time Warner Cable appoints John Martin as CFO, Landel Hobbs as COO, and Robert Marcus as senior executive vice president

Ixia expands functionality of its IxVPN product for testing of IPSec-based VPNs and edge VPN devices

Sprint doubles network capacity in Europe to support IP/MPLS demand

Pricoa Capital Group takes full ownership of Keymile

Revenues were $61M, up 57% from last year's Q4, for a net loss of $39M ($1.16/share)... it calls these 'positive financial results'

Adams NetWorks picks Sandvine to manage broadband traffic and protect 'subscriber experience' on its DSL and fixed wireless broadband network

Says its internal stock-option accounting investigation is nearly complete; estimated Q3 revenues were $17.8M, up from $14.7M last year

BT wholesale reduces price for symmetrical DSL by 30%

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NeoPhotonics appoints Jeffrey Lo to new position of VP, Active Components following its merger with Photon Technology

University of Reading selects Extreme Networks and Data Integration to upgrade its IT infrastructure

Onetel selects Easynet's LLUStream to offer broadband services

StarVox Communications launches next-generation network with wholesale VOIP services

Portal software adds support for Linux with version 7 of its billing and revenue management platform

TelTel unveils new SIP-based public Internet telephony network

Hathaway completes acquisition of OptiCon Systems, a unit of Corning

Optical Solutions scores GPON contract with Pinnacle Communications to deploy an FTTH network in Lavaca, Arkansas

Netopia launches MiAVo VDSL2 triple-play gateways for carriers and service providers

Monty Bannerman, currently senior VP of Strategic Initiatives, assumes Lewis Jaffe's role of president and COO and will become CEO from October 1

Portugal Telecom creates Asia PT sub-holding and invests €15M in Asia

Germany's Netcologne selects Alcatel to offer VOIP services

THUS wins contract to provide a fully managed MPLS IP VPN to Murray International Holdings

Tele2 launches high-speed ADSL services in Belgium

ABN AMRO is outsourcing the majority of its worldwide mobile telecommunications to KPN