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Optical Networking News Highlights
China Netcom, Asia Netcom to jointly operate landing station in Qingdao -- TXP to demo GPON ONTs -- Aware to demo VDSL2 -- Broadcom touts impulse noise protection technology -- Huawei ranking No.1 in global IP DSLAM market -- PMC-Sierra licenses Aware's VDSL2 technology -- Japan’s NII picks Juniper's core routers for SINET3 backbone -- LuminentOIC renewes BPON triplexer transceiver supply agreement with Tellabs -- Aegis Lightwave intros carrier-grade optical layer Monitor -- Huawei to build Ugandan's national data transmission backbone -- PMC-Sierra touts GEPON milestone -- Fluke intros new MicroScanner2 Cable Verifier -- Agilent to acquire Adaptif Photonics -- Spirent intros new testing architecture -- Ericsson, Telstra run live 40-Gbit/s DWDM optical transmission trial in Australia -- Hitachi GPON product receives USDA-RUS acceptance -- FTTH port shipments in 1Q07 declined 5% after a big jump in 4Q06 -- Ixia launches L2-7 Ethernet tester -- Harmonic intros CWDM forward path transmitters -- UTStarcom wins GEPON deal in India -- Foundry touts 10GbE routing switch -- Telekenex picks Infinera -- China Netcom USA picks XO Communications -- KPN picks Ceragon's native Gigabit Ethernet solution -- Ixia emulates 10 GbE traffic -- TDC picks Nortel's DWDM equipment -- Huawei, Global Marine Systems to establish JV to deliver submarine network solutions -- Huawei and Batelco enter into strategic partnership -- FibreSpan to extend Roehampton's SAN -- Dune Networks, Bay Microsystems partner on Carrier Ethernet -- Agilent tests triple play -- Isocore validates Alcatel-Lucent triple-play service delivery architecture -- China to do $4.3B high-tech shopping in US, including 27 contracts in California -- Motorola integrates Docsis 3.0 into its broadband services router (BSR) software release -- JDSU's Michael Ricci to join Ikanos as CEO -- Comcast boosts upload speed -- Yipes offers CoS over its global Ethernet VPLS-based network -- Xelerated raises $23M in VC funding -- Swisscom speeds up its VDSL to 16 Mbit/s -- OpVista secures $15M in additional VC funding -- Motorola announces Cable PON for GPON FTTP -- TelicPhil pick ECI's MSPP and ROADM -- Ethernet service market to surge 171% from 2006 to 2010 -- Ixia touts highest GigE port density -- TXP launches mini-size GPON ONTs -- ZTE wins $160M deal in Ethiopia -- VANOC and Bell Canada pick Nortel -- US DOD certifies Juniper routers for IPv6 -- AT&T launches U-verse in Los Angeles area -- Shanghai Telecom to start construction of Trans-Pacific Express -- Zhone integrates WDM, Gigabit Ethernet, and TDM -- Alcatel-Lucent and NEC to jointly deploy Asia America Gateway (AAG) -- EXFO touts IPTV QOS test capabilities -- Shanghai Telecom expands and optimizes its network in Shanghai -- Optiwave refines OFC design tool -- EXFO enhances its 10GigE tester -- InfoVista, Wipro partner on Carrier Ethernet OSS/BSS -- TelStrat touts orders for its GPON ONTs -- Boreas-Net picks Infinera -- KDDI R&D Labs tests Novera Optics' λ-PON DWDM -- Ethernet Alliance adds six new members -- Belgacom picks Redback's video-centric router for IPTV -- iStor, Rackmountpro to demo GigaStor iS326 at NAB 2007 -- Motorola, ECI partner on FTTP, IP DSLAM and IPTV -- Jeff Townley named as Nortel's Chief Procurement Officer -- Mintera ships more 40 Gbps DWDM transport subsystems and appoints Bryan Hall as Worldwide Sales SVP -- NTT Com to launch international IP-VPN service in UAE -- Yokogawa, Fujitsu partner on 40-Gbit/s DQPSK optical transmission -- Veraz IPO on NASDAQ priced at $8 per share -- EPON and GPON sales are growing rapidly -- Nordic service provider picks Axiom for FTTx and DSL provisioning -- Alcatel-Lucent to buy Tropic's assets -- BT lands Internet deal with EC -- Biznet launches metro FTTH network -- ZTE to build MTN backbone in Rwanda -- Nokia Siemens Networks starts operations -- PacketFront launches NPU-based router for FTTH -- Huawei supports PBB TE (Provider Backbone Bridge–Traffic Engineering) in its BT 21CN offering -- Australian carrier PowerTel deploys 400-Gbit/s long-haul and metro optical network -- CoAdna intros 1x12 and 1x16 WSS modules -- Optium and CUDOS use dynamic WSS for dynamic dispersion compensation -- Kailight Photonics announces 40-Gbit/s transponder working group -- Capella's WSS gets Telcordia qualification -- Vtesse picks BTI Photonic -- Bay Microsystems samples its 40G network processor and traffic manager -- Verizon Business boosts its ULH all-optical network capacity from 10 Gbit/s to 40-Gbit/s -- Goldman Sachs invests in Vyyo -- ECI Telecom presents 40G demo results at OFC -- Infinera Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer Dave Welch to speak at OFC -- Siemens touts benchmark for 100-Gigabit Ethernet DWDM -- Alcatel-Lucent touts 25.6 Tbit/s optical transmission record -- Alcatel-Lucent tries to upgrade existing 40Gbit/s transparent long-haul transport networks to 100Gbit/s Ethernet -- Telstra awards Alcatel-Lucent 9,000km submarine network contract -- Optium to acquire Kailight Photonics -- Finisar demos new modules at OFC -- Fujitsu to release 4.0v DQPSK LN optical modulator -- Fujitsu to release new 10 Gbps XFP optical transceiver -- NEC demos extended reach 10 Gbps XFP transceiver for 160 km links without dispersion compensation -- Teknovus demos turbo 2.5G EPON with OE solutions' transceivers -- Wayne Davis joins Vyyo as CEO -- Hamamatsu to display 10 Gbps ROSA devices at OFC -- Olympus Microsystems America opens new offices in San Francisco and Atlanta -- Photop to display active/passive components/modules for FTTx and ROADM at OFC -- Corning, Nortel to highlight ultra-low-loss optical fiber at OFC -- CrossFiber to demo low-cost MxN optical switch for ROADMs at OFC -- Eblana intros lasers for use in IEEE 802.3ae 10G Ethernet -- Sumitomo's ExceLight to demo10 Gb/s lasers for CWDM at OFC -- TeraXion to display new dispersion compensation products at OFC -- Avanex intros in-line Tunable Dispersion Compensator (TDC) platform -- MergeOptics to demo SFP+ SR and SFP+ LR at OFC -- China's WTD to highlight 10Gbps TOSA, ROSA and tunable optical transceiver at OFC/NFOEC -- Syntune samples monolithic, integrated 10Gb/s C-Band tunable transmitter -- CoAdna WSS-8x1 and 1x8 pass Telcordia qualifications -- DiCon Fiberoptics intros ultra-compact 1-CH MEMS ROADM -- Avanex intros LC-based WSS for ROADM -- Xtellus unveils WSS ROADM module for C & L-band -- Pirelli to demo interoperability between MSA duobinary transponder and DWDM XFP transceiver at OFC -- Sumitomo's ExceLight to demo 10 Gb/s LRM SFP+ transceiver at OFC -- Real-time electronic polarization tracking enables optical polarization-multiplexed QPSK transmission -- OE Solutions intros bi-directional, single-fiber CWDM SFP transceivers -- Digital Lightwave supports GigE testing on next generation multi-rate (NGMR) module -- UTStarcom to deploy IP DSLAM for BSNL's ADSL2+ broadband network -- Transmode raises $12M -- Cisco enhances its ONS optical networking portfolio -- Optical networking components market to reach $7.9 billion in 2012 -- Corning unveils ultra-low-loss and low PMD single-mode optical fiber -- CyOptics to acquire Apogee Photonics -- Ligent Photonics expands OLT and ONT/ONU G-PON transceiver product line -- Peleton Photonic Systems develops multi-channel laser array (MCLA) -- Siemens picks TeraXion's dispersion compensators -- ZTE showcases at Convergence India 2007 -- ARRIS opens R&D Center in China -- Huawei-3Com kicks off “Warm-Hearted Service Check” pilot campaign to major Thai customers -- Top Story: China's MII wants to converge the country’s telecom, Internet, and cable networks -- Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is interested in ZTE's "National Broadband Network" proposal -- Narad, Strix test interoperability -- ECI Telecom unveils new mini optical MSPP for wireless backhaul and metro networks -- H3C constructs expressway IP network for Beijing, the 2008 Olympic City -- Top Story: China's MII steps up support for Chinese carrier’s IPTV business ventures -- Corenet picks ECI's ROADM platform -- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing picks Nortel DWDM gear -- EXFO to showcase FastReporter at CeBIT and OFC/NFOEC -- Cortina opens offices in Shanghai and Shenzhen -- ZTE to provide high-end router switch products to Bolivia's COTAS -- ZTE high-end router successfully passes MFA's MPLS test -- ZTE picks EZchip’s network processors -- EXFO intros ODTR for access and enterprise network testing -- EXFO launches optical fiber QoS test solution -- Vitesse adds Fast Fiber support in Gigabit Ethernet transceivers -- Polatis appoints Directors of Sales -- PLDT picks UTStarcom's IP softswitch and Multiservice Access Node (MSAN) -- Cisco to acquire file storage management provider NeoPath -- China Telecom to bid for fixed-line license in Saudi Arabia -- H3C touts its Gigabit Ethernet (GE) switches -- David Ripstein to succeeds Arnon Toussia-Cohen as RADCOM's new CEO -- Verizon Business launches E-VPLS service -- Ethernet service delivery solution provider Ceterus raises $20M -- China promotes .CN domain by making it almost free -- Chinese netizens to top 200M by 2010 -- ZTE picks Comtech -- EASSy to lay optical submarine network in East Africa -- TiVo and EarthLink to offer bundle of TiVo DVR and EarthLink DSL -- WDM gaining while SONET/SDH declining -- Nortel intros new Ethernet routing switches for VoIP -- LuminentOIC picks TriAccess' RFIC for triplexer transceivers -- BTI Photonic Systems to showcase microWDM equipment at CeBIT -- World Wide Packets releases Ethernet Services Manager 5.0 -- US telecom stocks down sharply again on Friday -- Verizon expands ultra-fast FiOS Internet Service to 4 more north Texas cities -- Verizon touts FiOS in six states -- ECI demos 43Gb/s over 1,000 km via WSS ROADM -- Jaguar Picks ECI's optical solution for FTTP backbone -- ECI completes first stage of Ukrtelecom's advanced metro optical network -- Carrier Ethernet switch and IP router sales surge -- Verizon touts FiOS in six states -- Anthony Maher joins Xtellus as Chairman -- Mindspeed, Terawave collaborate to develop GPON SoC device for FTTH and FTTC -- Verizon FiOS TV comes to Sudbury, Westwood, Mass. -- Verizon expands FiOS TV service to more New York consumers -- Accedian adds Performance Assurance Agent into its Ethernet Demarcation Device product line -- Redfern Integrated Optics (RIO) announces Telcordia qualification of its Silicon Photonics Technology platform -- Former US FCC Chairman Reed Hundt joins Infinera board -- US DoD agency picks NET's multi-service aggregation and switching platform -- PowerTel to roll out Mid-Band Ethernet services -- Sprint extends global MPLS VPN end-to-end service level agreements -- EXFO enhances OTDR software -- Narad secures $10M -- Mintera ships 40 Gbit/s DWDM subsystem to an Asia-Pacific systems company -- and more
Key Words: Ethernet, Switch, Router, Storage, MPLS, IP, VPN, WDM, SDH/SONET, DSL, Cable MSO; 10-Gigabit, 40-Gigabit, DWDM, CWDM, ROADM, Long-Haul, Submarine, Core, Backbone, Metro, Edge, Multiservice, Broadband Access, Gateway, DSLAM, CPE, VDSL, ADSL, SHDSL, NGN, VoIP, IPTV, ATM, TDM, LAN, WAN, MAN; Carrier, Enterprise; and more

FTTP News Highlights
TXP touts Power-Over-Anything (PoA) GPON ONTs for FTTP -- TXP to demo GPON ONTs -- CityNet picks Alloptic Hybrid RF PON solution -- Huawei ranking No.1 in global IP DSLAM market -- Verizon expands FiOS coverage in Florida -- LuminentOIC renews BPON triplexer transceiver supply agreement with Tellabs -- PMC-Sierra touts GEPON milestone -- Norwegian utility Hafslund picks PacketFront for FTTH -- Hitachi GPON product receives USDA-RUS acceptance -- FTTH port shipments in 1Q07 declined 5% after a big jump in 4Q06 -- UTStarcom wins GEPON deal in India -- Wave7 Optics wins FTTP deal -- HP wins OSS deal for FTTH in Denmark -- Verizon expands FiOS TV service to Upper Marlboro -- Verizon FiOS TV expands in NY -- China to do $4.3B high-tech shopping in US, including 27 contracts in California -- JDSU's Michael Ricci to join Ikanos as CEO -- Swisscom speeds up its VDSL to 16 Mbit/s -- China Telecom picks Fiberhome's FTTH system using Teknovus' EPON chipsets -- Conexant delivers SoCs for GPON/GE-PON gateways -- Motorola announces Cable PON for GPON FTTP -- TXP launches mini-size GPON ONTs -- Zhone integrates WDM, Gigabit Ethernet, and TDM -- FTTH Council Europe appoints Joeri Van Bogaert as President -- TelStrat touts orders for its GPON ONTs -- KDDI R&D Labs tests Novera Optics' λ-PON DWDM -- Verizon adds FiOS TV to Oregon -- Verizon adds FiOS TV to more NY communities -- Verizon intros FiOS TV in Canton -- Motorola, ECI partner on FTTP, IP DSLAM and IPTV -- EPON and GPON sales are growing rapidly -- Nordic service provider picks Axiom for FTTx and DSL provisioning -- Corning Cable Systems provides FTTH solution for Lake Las Vegas deployment -- Freescale intros voice-enabled GPON SoC -- Neuf Cegetel finalizes Erenis acquisition -- Biznet launches metro FTTH network -- PacketFront launches NPU-based router for FTTH -- Verizon to deploy GPON for FTTP -- Verizon President and COO Dennis Strigl to give speech -- Verizon's FiOS TV approved in 30th New York community -- Cavium, Teknovus collaborate on EPON Home Gateway -- Finisar demos new modules at OFC -- Teknovus demos turbo 2.5G EPON with OE solutions' transceivers -- Alphion intros dual band semiconductor optical amplifier line -- Photop to display active/passive components/modules for FTTx and ROADM at OFC -- Verizon to bring FiOS TV to New Port Richey, Florida -- Norway power utility companies deploy FTTH using PacketFront technology -- Optibase to provide IPTV system in Texas town via FTTP -- Eblana Photonics ships lasers for GPON transceivers -- BroadLight intros Quad GPON OLT Controller -- Optical networking components market to reach $7.9 billion in 2012 -- Ligent Photonics expands OLT and ONT/ONU G-PON transceiver product line -- Peleton Photonic Systems develops multi-channel laser array (MCLA) -- ZTE showcases at Convergence India 2007 -- Top Story: China's MII steps up support for Chinese carrier's IPTV business ventures -- Fiberxon unveils GPON OLT transceiver -- AiDi touts its low loss 1x64 PLC splitter for PON -- EXFO intros ODTR for access and enterprise network testing -- Prysmian to demo optical fibre solutions focusing on FTTH at CeBIT -- Neuf Cegetel to launch FTTx service in Paris -- Verizon and FTTH Council happy with US FCC's order streamlining video franchising process -- LuminentOIC picks TriAccess' RFIC for triplexer transceivers -- Verizon expands ultra-fast FiOS Internet Service to 4 more north Texas cities -- Greek city Trikala to build FTTx backbone -- Jaguar Picks ECI's optical solution for FTTP backbone -- Verizon touts FiOS in six states -- Mindspeed, Terawave collaborate to develop GPON SoC device for FTTH and FTTC -- Verizon FiOS TV comes to Sudbury, Westwood, Mass. -- Verizon expands FiOS TV service to more New York consumers -- Narad secures $10M -- Verizon's FTTP network brings lightning-fast Internet connections to 'The Crest Lofts' on Wall Street -- Verizon to expand its FTTP network in Portland, Ore., metro area -- Siemens touts 10G PON -- Alloptic partner with 2Connect and BCS -- Ericsson acquires Entrisphere -- Will China be in favor of EPON for FTTP? -- International patent requests from China, South Korea rise dramatically, U.N. agency says -- China's Huawei moved up 24 ranks to 13th after more than doubling its patent applications last year -- Alcatel-Lucent, Freescale partner on GPON for FTTH -- Amedia to deliver GPON home gateway -- Cavium, Jungo deliver residential and SMB gateway solutions -- UTStarcom lands IPTV deal with MTNL in India -- Chunghwa Telecom, Ruentex partner on FTTH -- Sweden's Jönköping Energi to deliver triple play services with GPON -- MRV to take Luminent public after acquiring Fiberxon -- MRV to acquire Fiberxon for $131M -- Mindspeed demos 2.5-Gbit/s transimpedance amplifier at Fiber Optics Expo -- ColorChip unveils GEPON and GPON transceivers -- EXFO launches VDSL2 tester to support IPTV and HDTV -- Allied Telesis unveils new GEPON media converter optical network unit -- Optical Entertainment Network promote CMO Albert Estrada to CEO -- and more
Key Words: Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH), FTTx, FTTN, FTTB, FTTC, PON, DWDM-PON, GEPON, EPON, GPON, BPON, ONT, ONU, OLT, Photonics, Triplexer, Transceivers, Transmitters, Receivers, Amplifiers, Splitters, Couplers, IMS, Triple Play, IPTV, HDTV, VDSL, Hyper-Fast Broadband Access, Verizon FiOS, NTT, AT&T, Free, Iliad, Telstra, TELUS, Huawei Terabit SmartAX FTTx, and more

Video/IPTV News Highlights
Orange wins Beijing Olympics deal -- BigBand wins cable MSO deals in Japan -- UTStarcom wins new contract from Tiscali Italia -- Aware to demo VDSL2 at NXTcomm 2007 -- Broadcom touts impulse noise protection technology -- Verizon expands FiOS coverage in Florida -- Shanghai Media Group, Shanghai Unicom partner on mobile TV service -- US government awards $20 billion telecom contract to 5 telcos -- Telkom Indonesia may spend US$2B to expand networks -- UTStarcom integrates Optibase encoding platforms for IPTV deployment in India -- Vimicro and Microsoft strengthen working alliance in China to develop digital multimedia market -- China Telecom might launch AVS-based IPTV trial in Shanghai -- Microsoft, Chunghwa Telecom form JV -- ITU cancels ITU Telecom Europe 2007 in Bulgaria -- Comcast promotes Derek Harrar to SVP and GM of Video Services -- Hitachi GPON product receives USDA-RUS acceptance -- FTTH port shipments in 1Q07 declined 5% after a big jump in 4Q06 -- Spirent touts remote testing and diagnostics for IPTV service assurance -- Harmonic intros CWDM forward path transmitters -- UTStarcom wins GEPON deal in India -- Wave7 Optics wins FTTP deal -- Cisco to acquire BroadWare -- China releases mobile TV standard (CDMB) -- China Telecom, Sina to launch co-branded video sharing platform, "Sina-Vnet Podcast" -- Microsoft to acquire aQuantive for $6 billion -- Harmonic to feature digital video processing solutions at ANGA Cable 2007 -- Motorola to acquire Modulus Video -- Swisscom acquires 82.4% of FastWeb for €3.1B -- Verizon expands FiOS TV service to Upper Marlboro  -- Verizon FiOS TV expands in NY -- Celrun, Metalink launch wireless HD IPTV set-top box at IPTV World Forum -- Deutsche Telekom simplifies its brand identity -- Nortel opens Texas-based Solutions Showcase touting hyperconnectivity -- Entropic appoints Susan Huberman as Marketing VP -- IPTV provider Joost raises $45M from Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Li Ka Shing Foundation, CBS, and Viacom -- Huawei and Batelco enter into strategic partnership -- Huawei and Batelco enter into strategic partnership -- Verizon Business ready for government biz under Networx Universal -- BT unveils advertising campaign for its BT Vision IPTV service -- Agilent tests triple play -- Isocore validates Alcatel-Lucent triple-play service delivery architecture -- ZTE strengthens global momentum with 2007 VAS Forum tour -- China to become the world's largest IPTV market -- China to do $4.3B high-tech shopping in US, including 27 contracts in California -- BBC World News joins Verizon FiOS TV channel lineup -- Teridian touts STB chip shipment milestone -- Motorola integrates Docsis 3.0 into its broadband services router (BSR) software release -- Ericsson CEO Svanberg touts strong position in global competition -- Comcast boosts upload speed -- Yipes offers CoS over its global Ethernet VPLS-based network -- TeliaSonera picks Nokia Siemens Networks' IMS platform -- China Telecom picks Fiberhome's FTTH system using Teknovus' EPON chipsets -- Verizon to deliver ION's suite for FiOS channel lineup -- OpVista secures $15M in additional VC funding -- Verizon offers FiOS in Tampa Bay region -- Verizon, Gemstar-TV Guide ink patent license deal -- TXP launches mini-size GPON ONTs -- Cablevision to go private -- ARRIS, China Cable Network (CCN) team on IP Video over broadband trial -- AT&T launches U-verse in Los Angeles area -- Shanghai Telecom to start construction of Trans-Pacific Express -- Shanghai Telecom and Shanghai Media Group (SMG) to launch HD IPTV on May 17 -- Mobile-TV trials started in The Philippines using DVB-H and in Taiwan using MediaFLO -- Randall Stephenson to succeed Ed Whitacre as AT&T's Chairman and CEO -- IBM unveils new IPTV infrastructure solution for EMEA service providers -- Ellacoya raises $13M -- EXFO touts IPTV QOS test capabilities -- Inadequate OSS affects time to market for VPN, IPTV and VoIP services -- Verizon adds HGTV HD, Food Network HD and LMN HD to FiOS TV -- TelStrat touts orders for its GPON ONTs -- Motorola to acquire Terayon -- Verizon adds FiOS TV to Oregon -- Belgacom picks Redback's video-centric router for IPTV -- Telefónica España picks Ericsson mobile TV solution -- Verizon adds FiOS TV to more NY communities -- Verizon intros FiOS TV in Canton -- Scientific Atlanta touts IP Stat Mux technology at NAB 2007 in Las Vegas -- Peter Kiriacoulacos to join Comcast Cable as Chief Procurement Officer -- Kasenna, HP and Intel test IPTV -- Microsoft expands IPTV ecosystem -- iStor, Rackmountpro to demo GigaStor iS326 at NAB 2007 -- PBS deploys Harmonic's MPEG-2 digital video solutions -- Deutsche Telekom's Ya.com launches IPTV in Spain -- Ericsson CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg touts IPTV and HSPA -- Cisco and Scientific Atlanta to showcase digital video at NAB 2007 -- Swiss Competition Commission approves Swisscom's acquisition of FastWeb -- Motorola, ECI partner on FTTP, IP DSLAM and IPTV -- TxDLA and digital video solution provider VBrick foster education innovation -- ExtendMedia raises $12 million in VC funding -- Sprint speeds up mobile broadband in Hawaii -- EPON and GPON sales are growing rapidly -- Motorola touts 1 million IPTV set-top shipment -- Corning Cable Systems provides FTTH solution for Lake Las Vegas deployment -- Alcatel-Lucent to buy Tropic's assets -- Neuf Cegetel finalizes Erenis acquisition -- Biznet launches metro FTTH network -- Nokia Siemens Networks starts operations -- Huawei successfully completes Mobile WiMAX trials in Japan -- BigBand gets six new digital video customers in China -- BigBand opens R&D facility in China -- Starwin IPTV partners with Guangdong Tisson in China -- Verizon to deploy GPON for FTTP -- QuikCycle's new software automates test lifecycle -- Verizon President and COO Dennis Strigl to give speech -- Verizon's FiOS TV approved in 30th New York community -- Cavium, Teknovus collaborate on EPON Home Gateway -- IMS Forum schedules 2nd IMS Plugfest for June 4 - 8 -- Telecom Argentina picks Oracle's OSS solutions -- Optium to acquire Kailight Photonics -- Teknovus demos turbo 2.5G EPON with OE solutions' transceivers -- ZTE wins China Telecom’s IPTV deal -- Thomas Frank joins Akimbo as CEO -- Envivio supports Chinese AVS standard with encoder for broadcast and IPTV -- CHVC to acquire StreamNet -- Spirent Communications streamlines IMS verification -- Ixia adds VoIP and IMS testing capabilities -- Verizon to bring FiOS TV to New Port Richey, Florida -- Optibase to provide IPTV system in Texas town via FTTP -- Verimatrix touts its global strength in IPTV content protection -- Samsung, STMicroelectronics, and Metalink unveil wireless HD IPTV set-top box at CeBIT -- Apple ships Apple TV -- ZTE showcases at Convergence India 2007 -- ARRIS opens R&D Center in China -- Top Story: China's SARFT intends to cooperate with telcos to promote mobile TV -- Top Story: China's MII wants to converge the country’s telecom, Internet, and cable networks -- Narad, Strix test interoperability -- Open IPTV Forum launches in Stockholm -- Top Story: China's MII steps up support for Chinese carrier’s IPTV business ventures -- Sunrise Telecom to debut VoIP and IPTV test suite at CeBit -- Ericsson to acquire Mobeon -- ZTE high-end router successfully passes MFA's MPLS test -- Ericsson gets 70% of Tandberg TV -- PLDT picks UTStarcom's IP softswitch and Multiservice Access Node (MSAN) -- Viacom sues YouTube and Google in US District Court -- Motorola Ventures invests in wireless HDTV chip maker Amimon -- ZTE to demo its F3G (fast triple gain) multimedia network kit at CeBIT 2007 -- ON Telecoms picks Optibase’s IPTV headend equipment -- FastWeb welcomes Swisscom's takeover bid -- Google CEO touts YouTube and IPTV revolution -- Shanghai Telecom more than doubled its IPTV user base in the past two months -- Mobile TV chipset vendor showcase at IIC-China -- China-based IPTV operator UUSee raises $23.5M -- Narrowstep secures $7M -- TiVo and EarthLink to offer bundle of TiVo DVR and EarthLink DSL -- Tut stockholders approve merger with Motorola -- CSM picks CMBSat' S-band satellite capacity for Chinese mobile video project -- China Network, Taiwan TV to test Qualcomm mobile TV -- Verizon and FTTH Council happy with US FCC's order streamlining video franchising process -- Ixia touts IPTV tester shipment -- Denmark's TDC launches IPTV service -- Top three Chinese online game firms, NetEase, Shanda and The9, reported better-than-expected fiscal results -- Amimon to launch wireless high-definition interface for HDTV video based on 802.11n -- Verizon expands ultra-fast FiOS Internet Service to 4 more north Texas cities -- Tandberg demos IPTV and broadband TV gear at IPTV World Forum -- Tatung to showcase STB at IPTV World Forum -- Huawei, Irdeto win IPTV deal in Pakistan -- and more
Key Words: IMS, Convergence, NGN, Triple Play, VOD, DVB-H, DMB, DMB-T, ADTB-T, Set-Top Boxes (STB), CPE, Middleware, SD, HD, HDTV, Interactive Digital TV, CATV, Videoconferencing, Videotelephony, Videophone, Video Game, Video Downloading, VoDSL, DVR, PVR, DVD, MPEG, AVC (H.264), Encoder, Decoder, Encryption, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Conditional Access, Content Security, ODAI, Streaming, Compression, Broadcast TV, Cable TV, Pay-TV, FTTP, FTTH, Verizon FiOS TV, AT&T, SARFT, SMG BestTV, MII, Shanghai Telecom, Shanda, PCCW, FASTWEB, TELUS, NeGeV, Carrier, Enterprise; and more

Photonics & Chips News Highlights
Motorola intros 10Gbps ATCA blade based on Cavium chips -- TXP to demo GPON ONTs -- Broadcom touts impulse noise protection technology -- PMC-Sierra licenses Aware's VDSL2 technology -- LuminentOIC renewes BPON triplexer transceiver supply agreement with Tellabs -- Aegis Lightwave intros carrier-grade optical layer Monitor -- PMC-Sierra touts GEPON milestone -- Fluke intros new MicroScanner2 Cable Verifier -- Agilent to acquire Adaptif Photonics -- PicoChip upgrades WiMax basestation reference design -- Vimicro and Microsoft strengthen working alliance in China to develop digital multimedia market -- Harmonic intros CWDM forward path transmitters -- Avago intros 10 GbE LRM transceivers with electronic dispersion compensation (EDC) -- Shanghai-based Zhangjiang High-tech industrial park to establish VC fund -- Nortel and Toshiba to jointly develop WiMAX base stations -- JDSU appoints Helmut Berg as head of its Communications Test & Measurement business -- Entropic appoints Susan Huberman as Marketing VP -- Intel Capital invests in 6 startups -- Dune Networks, Bay Microsystems partner on Carrier Ethernet -- China to do $4.3B high-tech shopping in US, including 27 contracts in California -- RDA Microelectronics launches first TD/GSM dual-mode RF chipset supporting HSDPA -- Global WiMAX chipset market to reach 21 million units in 2011 -- Teridian touts STB chip shipment milestone -- JDSU's Michael Ricci to join Ikanos as CEO -- IPG Photonics reports strong first quarter results -- Xelerated raises $23M in VC funding -- Oplink challenges OCP's "poison pill" -- China Telecom picks Fiberhome's FTTH system using Teknovus' EPON chipsets -- Aprius raises $11M in VC funding -- Conexant delivers SoCs for GPON/GE-PON gateways -- Cavium announces IPO pricing -- TXP launches mini-size GPON ONTs -- WTD unveils 10Gbps tunable transponder integrating with MZ LiNbO3 external modulator and 16-channel Mux/Demux -- General Photonics releases PolaWise polarization measurement system -- Infineon touts VoIP chipsets with HD sound telephony -- Optiwave refines OFC design tool -- Lumics intros high power pump diode laser -- KDDI R&D Labs tests Novera Optics' PON DWDM -- Oplink to acquire majority stake in Optical Communication Products -- Avanex divests its optoelectronic fabs in France -- Titan Photonics intros 10G 1550nm XFP transceiver module -- Wintegra launches WinMax -- Marvell's WLAN products support Intel's Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) initiative -- Kasenna, HP and Intel test IPTV -- Photop and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics to jointly establish photonics lab -- Jeff Townley named as Nortel's Chief Procurement Officer -- Entropic to acquire RF Magic -- Nokia pays Qualcomm $20M for 3G patent licenses -- Corning Cable Systems provides FTTH solution for Lake Las Vegas deployment -- Freescale intros voice-enabled GPON SoC -- Avago Chairman Dick Chang joins CoAdna Board -- CoAdna intros 1x12 and 1x16 WSS modules -- Cavium, Teknovus collaborate on EPON Home Gateway -- Nufern intros new specialty telecom fibers -- Optium and CUDOS use dynamic WSS for dynamic dispersion compensation -- Kailight Photonics announces 40-Gbit/s transponder working group -- Capella's WSS gets Telcordia qualification -- Vtesse picks BTI Photonic -- Bay Microsystems samples its 40G network processor and traffic manager -- Corning intros hermetic single-mode specialty fiber -- Optium to acquire Kailight Photonics -- Finisar shipped 10 million optical transceivers/transponders in 2006 -- Finisar demos new modules at OFC -- Fujitsu to release 4.0v DQPSK LN optical modulator -- Fujitsu to release new 10 Gbps XFP optical transceiver -- NEC demos extended reach 10 Gbps XFP transceiver for 160 km links without dispersion compensation -- Tom Geyer joins Auxora as Business Development VP -- Auxora to demo 20 Channel 200 GHz Mux/Demux DWDM module at OFC -- Proximion demos FBG-based dispersion compensation module (DCM) at OFC -- StrataLight intros 40G/43G 300 pin MSA optical VSR module -- Agilent demos lightwave component analyzer -- Teknovus demos turbo 2.5G EPON with OE solutions' transceivers -- Alphion intros dual band semiconductor optical amplifier line -- Finisar acquires AZNA and Kodeos -- AZNA demos 10-Gbit/s C-Band tunable chirp managed laser -- Alcatel-Lucent demos CMOS silicon-based tunable optical waveguide equalizer -- Wayne Davis joins Vyyo as CEO -- Jim Sparks joins Aegis Lightwave as VP of Global Sales -- Hamamatsu to display 10 Gbps ROSA devices at OFC -- StockerYale launches new erbium-doped amplifier fiber -- Bookham to make $28.6M private placement -- Olympus Microsystems America opens new offices in San Francisco and Atlanta -- Photop to display active/passive components/modules for FTTx and ROADM at OFC -- Comcore intros Multimode Fiber High Power Combiners -- Corning, Nortel to highlight ultra-low-loss optical fiber at OFC -- CrossFiber to demo low-cost MxN optical switch for ROADMs at OFC -- Eblana intros lasers for use in IEEE 802.3ae 10G Ethernet -- Sumitomo's ExceLight to demo10 Gb/s lasers for CWDM at OFC -- TeraXion to display new dispersion compensation products at OFC -- Avanex intros in-line Tunable Dispersion Compensator (TDC) platform -- MergeOptics to demo SFP+ SR and SFP+ LR at OFC -- China's WTD to highlight 10Gbps TOSA, ROSA and tunable optical transceiver at OFC/NFOEC -- Syntune samples monolithic, integrated 10Gb/s C-Band tunable transmitter -- CoAdna WSS-8x1 and 1x8 pass Telcordia qualifications -- DiCon Fiberoptics intros ultra-compact 1-CH MEMS ROADM -- Avanex intros LC-based WSS for ROADM -- Xtellus unveils WSS ROADM module for C & L-band -- Pirelli to demo interoperability between MSA duobinary transponder and DWDM XFP transceiver at OFC -- Sumitomo's ExceLight to demo 10 Gb/s LRM SFP+ transceiver at OFC -- Real-time electronic polarization tracking enables optical polarization-multiplexed QPSK transmission -- OE Solutions intros bi-directional, single-fiber CWDM SFP transceivers -- Fujikura launches new T&M tools for optical fibre -- Eblana Photonics ships lasers for GPON transceivers -- BroadLight intros Quad GPON OLT Controller -- Optical networking components market to reach $7.9 billion in 2012 -- Corning unveils ultra-low-loss and low PMD single-mode optical fiber -- CyOptics to acquire Apogee Photonics -- Ligent Photonics expands OLT and ONT/ONU G-PON transceiver product line -- Peleton Photonic Systems develops multi-channel laser array (MCLA) -- Siemens picks TeraXion's dispersion compensators -- Top Story: China's MII steps up support for Chinese carrier’s IPTV business ventures -- Fiberxon unveils GPON OLT transceiver -- RSoft releases new CAD system for photonics design automation -- AiDi touts its low loss 1x64 PLC splitter for PON -- WSS vendor Capella raises $20M -- EXFO to showcase FastReporter at CeBIT and OFC/NFOEC -- ZTE picks EZchip's network processors -- Cavium, Arada unveil 802.11n solution -- EXFO launches optical fiber QoS test solution -- DiCon Fiberoptics intros new MEMS Tunable Filters -- Vitesse adds Fast Fiber support in Gigabit Ethernet transceivers -- Polatis appoints Directors of Sales -- Motorola Ventures invests in wireless HDTV chip maker Amimon -- Avanex appoints Pat Edsell as SVP and GM in Shanghai -- Michael Goldgof joins Hifn as Product Marketing VP -- Prysmian to demo optical fibre solutions focusing on FTTH at CeBIT -- ZTE picks Comtech -- Mobile TV chipset vendor showcase at IIC-China -- EASSy to lay optical submarine network in East Africa -- OE Solutions secures $4.3M -- Provigent raises $16M -- Mitsubishi Electric develops 40 km 10 Gbit/s XFP transceiver -- LuminentOIC picks TriAccess' RFIC for triplexer transceivers -- Top Story: 3G continues to be the focus during China's 11th FYP period -- Amimon to launch wireless high-definition interface for HDTV video based on 802.11n -- KDDI and Fujitsu jointly develop amplifier for mobile WiMax -- Avanex to divest semiconductor fabs in France -- ECI demos 43Gb/s over 1,000 km via WSS ROADM -- Comcore intros plastic fiber coupler family -- Emcore expands patent lawsuit against Optium -- Opnext's IPO underwriters purchase additional shares -- Sumitomo Electric ships more than 10M laser diodes for OFC applications -- JDSU to acquire Picolight -- Anthony Maher joins Xtellus as Chairman -- Mindspeed, Terawave collaborate to develop GPON SoC device for FTTH and FTTC -- Qualcomm and Broadcom agree to dismiss certain patent claims -- Agilent intros thin-film beamsplitters for optical applications -- Redfern Integrated Optics (RIO) announces Telcordia qualification of its Silicon Photonics Technology platform -- Alcatel-Lucent invests in WiMAX chip vendor Sequans -- Mintera ships 40 Gbit/s DWDM subsystem to an Asia-Pacific systems company -- Top Story: China's NDRC to promote technology innovation in IC and other arenas -- and more
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China News Highlights
Chinese President Hu Jintao attends Ericsson's signing US$1 billion GSM deal with China Mobile -- Sony Ericsson lands big deals from China -- France Telecom reiterates its decision to procure mobile phones from China -- China GrenTech wins TD-SCDMA bids from China Mobile and China Telecom -- Huawei to build Ugandan's national data transmission backbone -- Luxury cellphone seller Vertu opens flagship store in Shanghai -- Shanghai Media Group, Shanghai Unicom partner on mobile TV service -- Nokia to ship TD-SCDMA mobile phones to China in 1H08 -- China Mobile to invite bids for TD-SCDMA cellphones in September -- China Media Group expands its Telecom & Mobile Computing business unit -- Nokia, Neusoft to jointly explore online security market in China -- Datang Telecom's parent may transfer stake -- Tsinghua University and Nokia announce new research framework -- Vimicro and Microsoft strengthen working alliance in China to develop digital multimedia market -- KPN's Telfort selects Huawei's OSS solution -- Google, Microsoft, Apple and British Telecom start to shift their outsourcing focus from India to China -- China Telecom might launch AVS-based IPTV trial in Shanghai -- Chinese government agencies support WAPI -- TD-SCDMA handset vendors prepare for bidding in 3Q07 -- China Mobile tests mega-memory SIMs -- Hong Kong approves Wi-Fi plan -- Nokia completes construction of its China Campus -- ZTE wins CDMA WLL contract with United Telecom of Georgia -- Intel launches Chinese-language tech blog -- Huawei helps global mobile operators deploy ALL-IP core networks -- Huawei, Symantec to form JV to deliver security and storage appliances -- Vodafone launches ultra-low cost handsets made by China's ZTE -- China Netcom USA picks XO Communications -- Huawei wins Vodafone's Outstanding Performance Award -- China releases mobile TV standard (CDMB) -- Shanghai-based Zhangjiang High-tech industrial park to establish VC fund -- China Mobile wants to buy CMPak (formerly Paktel) from its parent -- China Mobile gained 5.28 million new users in April -- China Unicom Group to invest several billion Yuan in its CDMA network -- China Unicom launches GPRS-based data services -- China Unicom to expand its fast-growing mobile share trading service through partnership with portal websites -- China Unicom to launch 3G-related VAS in Guangdong -- China to see 200M netizens by 2010 -- Datang Telecom drafts 4G standard -- China Telecom, Sina to launch co-branded video sharing platform, "Sina-Vnet Podcast" -- NTT DoCoMo invests in Gobi Fund II targeting convergence in China -- Top Story: China adds WCDMA and CDMA2000 to 3G mobile standards to be used in China -- Top Story: TD-SCDMA Forum's Chen Haofei touts TD-SCDMA's prospects -- China Mobile expands GSM/GPRS/EDGE network -- Top Story: China Mobile's parent acquires 100% of Paktel for US$460M and renames it CMPak -- Huawei conducts forum with African Financial Ministers and African Development Bank -- China Unicom picks Alcatel-Lucent -- China VoIP's Jinan Yinquan receives ISO9000 Certification -- Huawei, Global Marine Systems to establish JV to deliver submarine network solutions -- ADRs of Chinese telcos (China Mobile, China Telecom, China Netcom, China Unicom) rally -- ADRs of China's Baidu and The9Limited climb -- China Unicom to test WiMax in 21 provinces -- Huawei and Batelco enter into strategic partnership -- ZTE strengthens global momentum with 2007 VAS Forum tour -- China to become the world's largest IPTV market -- VoIP equipment market in China to hit $1.1 billion in 2010 -- China to do $4.3B high-tech shopping in US, including 27 contracts in California -- China Mobile to deploy AsiaInfo's BOSS for TD-SCDMA tests -- China Unicom's mobile stock-trading service growing 30% monthly -- Vodafone to offer ZTE-made ultra-low-cost handsets in 2Q07 -- Qualcomm, Lenovo Mobile enter into W-CDMA license agreement -- RDA Microelectronics launches first TD/GSM dual-mode RF chipset supporting HSDPA -- China's SMBs to beef up their wireless infrastructure in 2007 -- Broadsoft appoints Jonathan Reid as VP for Asia Pacific headquartered in Shanghai -- Google China is reportedly moving its marketing headquarters to Shanghai -- Chinese mobile-phone subscribers exceeded 480M in March -- China Telecom picks Fiberhome's FTTH system using Teknovus' EPON chipsets -- ARRIS, China Cable Network (CCN) team on IP Video over broadband trial -- Huawei helps industry leaders advance digital music market -- China Mobile to buy RMB35 billion equipment for its GSM upgrades -- China Unicom to procure terminals for its mobile stock exchange services -- ZTE wins $160M deal in Ethiopia -- ZTE wins Sprint WiMAX bid after building telecom-class WiMAX networks in Singapore -- Datang Telecom’s 1Q07 profit doubled -- VIVO, China Mobile, and MTN select Huawei for GSM and mobile softswitch -- Huawei, ZTE and Haier rank top 3 among Chinese companies for software income -- Shanghai Telecom to start construction of Trans-Pacific Express -- Shanghai Telecom and Shanghai Media Group (SMG) to launch HD IPTV on May 17 -- China Mobile ranks 5th global brand, ahead of IBM -- China Unicom 1Q07 profits jump 41% year over year -- China to remain neutral on 3G standard licensing -- WTD unveils 10Gbps tunable transponder integrating with MZ LiNbO3 external modulator and 16-channel Mux/Demux -- AT&T opens office in Shenzhen, China -- ChinaCache raises US$31.5M -- Shanghai Telecom expands and optimizes its network in Shanghai -- Photop and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics to jointly establish photonics lab -- Jeff Townley named as Nortel's Chief Procurement Officer located in China -- Datang Mobile, Alcatel Shanghai Bell lands TD-SCDMA deal with China Mobile -- Huawei picks Optimi -- ZTE launches IMS-based solution (ZIMS) at Global NGN Summit 2007 in Beijing -- ZTE to build MTN backbone in Rwanda -- Huawei successfully completes Mobile WiMAX trials in Japan -- Huawei to supply UMTS/HSPA network to Morocco Telecom -- Huawei supports PBB TE (Provider Backbone Bridge–Traffic Engineering) in its BT 21CN offering -- BigBand gets six new digital video customers in China -- BigBand opens R&D facility in China -- Starwin IPTV partners with Guangdong Tisson in China -- China Mobile's parent company is busy with TD-SCDMA equipment procurement -- Macau SAR supports 3G TD-SCDMA -- ZTE wins China Telecom’s IPTV deal -- China Mobile net profit up 23.3% in 2006 -- China Mobile has not decided on how to float shares in the mainland market -- China Mobile's parent company will complete its TD-SCDMA trial network construction by end-October -- China Telecom eager to get a mobile license -- Photop to display active/passive components/modules for FTTx and ROADM at OFC -- China's WTD to highlight 10Gbps TOSA, ROSA and tunable optical transceiver at OFC/NFOEC -- Envivio supports Chinese AVS standard with encoder for broadcast and IPTV -- CHVC to acquire StreamNet -- ZTE showcases at Convergence India 2007 -- ARRIS opens R&D Center in China -- Huawei wins Algeria GSM-R contract -- Huawei-3Com kicks off “Warm-Hearted Service Check” pilot campaign to major Thai customers -- Top Story: Vodafone launches its China Sourcing Center (CSC) to more than double its annual procurement in China -- Top Story: Beijing NuFront submits application to IEEE for establishing super-high-speed WLAN international standard -- Top Story: China Unicom, China Netcom, China Telecom, and China Mobile carry out WiMAX experiments -- Top Story: China's SARFT intends to cooperate with telcos to promote mobile TV -- China Mobile to float shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange -- Datang Mobile denies rumor regarding merger with Shanghai Putian -- Top Story: China's MII wants to converge the country’s telecom, Internet, and cable networks -- Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is interested in ZTE's "National Broadband Network" proposal -- H3C constructs expressway IP network for Beijing, the 2008 Olympic City -- TD-SCDMA Forum's new Secretary-General Chen Haofei takes office -- Equipment vendors are bidding for China Mobile's TD-SCDMA orders -- China Unicom, Potevio partner on WiMAX -- Top Story: China's MII steps up support for Chinese carrier’s IPTV business ventures -- Cortina opens offices in Shanghai and Shenzhen -- Huawei and Digicel deliver 3G CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network in the Caribbean -- ZTE to provide high-end router switch products to Bolivia's COTAS -- ZTE high-end router successfully passes MFA's MPLS test -- ZTE awarded Chinese TD-SCDMA network entry certificate -- ZTE picks EZchip’s network processors -- China Unicom is separating its GSM and CDMA network operation -- Rumor: China Telecom is reportedly planning to operate China Unicom’s CDMA network -- China Telecom to bid for fixed-line license in Saudi Arabia -- SK Telecom demos TD-SCDMA services -- Baseband RR mode turns in favor for TD-SCDMA -- H3C touts its Gigabit Ethernet (GE) switches -- ZTE to demo its F3G (fast triple gain) multimedia network kit at CeBIT 2007 -- Avanex appoints Pat Edsell as SVP and GM in Shanghai -- Shanghai Telecom more than doubled its IPTV user base in the past two months -- China promotes .CN domain by making it almost free -- Chinese netizens to top 200M by 2010 -- Chinese mobile phone users to top 600M by 2010 -- 13 vendors involved in China's TD-SCDMA equipment bidding -- China's investment in 3G equipment to reach 50 to 60 billion Yuan annually in the next five years -- 80% of China Unicom’s first round 2007 handset procurement goes to ZTE, Huawei and Hisense -- Lenovo and Avaya collaborate on IP and unified communications solutions -- ZTE picks Comtech -- Mobile TV chipset vendor showcase at IIC-China -- ZTE shipped over 12,000 units of CDMA BTS equipment in 2006 -- China-based IPTV operator UUSee raises $23.5M -- CSM picks CMBSat' S-band satellite capacity for Chinese mobile video project -- China Telecom and China Netcom shake hands -- China Network, Taiwan TV to test Qualcomm mobile TV -- Huawei serves over 60M CDMA users worldwide -- VoIP gains fast market recognition in China -- Top three Chinese online game firms, NetEase, Shanda and The9, reported better-than-expected fiscal results -- Top Story: 3G continues to be the focus during China's 11th FYP period -- and more
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Wireless News Highlights
China's MII publishes detailed rules for 3G development -- Comtech wins cellular backhaul deal in Asia -- Chinese President Hu Jintao attends Ericsson's signing US$1 billion GSM deal with China Mobile -- Sony Ericsson lands big deals from China -- France Telecom reiterates its decision to procure mobile phones from China -- China GrenTech wins TD-SCDMA bids from China Mobile and China Telecom -- Telecom New Zealand picks Alcatel-Lucent for W-CDMA/HSPA -- Ericsson acquires Drutt -- UTStarcom wins iPAS deal with Chile telco Telefonica del Sur (Telsur) -- Nokia-Siemens Networks touts WiMAX in Tokyo -- Luxury cellphone seller Vertu opens flagship store in Shanghai -- Shanghai Media Group, Shanghai Unicom partner on mobile TV service -- Nokia to ship TD-SCDMA mobile phones to China in 1H08 -- China Mobile to invite bids for TD-SCDMA cellphones in September -- China Media Group expands its Telecom & Mobile Computing business unit -- Telkom Indonesia may spend US$2B to expand networks -- Datang Telecom's parent may transfer stake -- PicoChip upgrades WiMax basestation reference design -- Tsinghua University and Nokia announce new research framework -- Vimicro and Microsoft strengthen working alliance in China to develop digital multimedia market -- Chinese government agencies support WAPI -- TD-SCDMA handset vendors prepare for bidding in 3Q07 -- China Mobile tests mega-memory SIMs -- Hong Kong approves Wi-Fi plan -- Nokia completes construction of its China Campus -- Alcatel-Lucent wins WiMAX deal in Canada -- ZTE wins CDMA WLL contract with United Telecom of Georgia -- ITU cancels ITU Telecom Europe 2007 in Bulgaria -- Huawei helps global mobile operators deploy ALL-IP core networks -- Vodafone launches ultra-low cost handsets made by China's ZTE -- Agilent accelerates 3G troubleshooting -- Huawei wins Vodafone's Outstanding Performance Award -- China releases mobile TV standard (CDMB) -- China Mobile wants to buy CMPak (formerly Paktel) from its parent -- China Mobile gained 5.28 million new users in April -- China Unicom Group to invest several billion Yuan in its CDMA network -- China Unicom launches GPRS-based data services -- China Unicom to expand its fast-growing mobile share trading service through partnership with portal websites -- China Unicom to launch 3G-related VAS in Guangdong -- Delayed 3G launch in China gives Ericsson more opportunity to accelerate transformation -- China Netcom, Ace Achieve collaborate on TD-SCDMA -- Taiwan Mobile plans to acquire TTN -- Mobile advertising market set to multiply in just a few years -- Nortel and Toshiba to jointly develop WiMAX base stations -- Agilent intros cell-based 3G analyzer -- Datang Telecom drafts 4G standard -- Motorola to start selling Razr 2 in South Korea next month -- Wi-Fi Alliance to certify 802.11n products in June -- Top Story: China adds WCDMA and CDMA2000 to 3G mobile standards to be used in China -- Top Story: TD-SCDMA Forum's Chen Haofei touts TD-SCDMA's prospects -- China Mobile expands GSM/GPRS/EDGE network -- Top Story: China Mobile's parent acquires 100% of Paktel for US$460M and renames it CMPak -- China Unicom picks Alcatel-Lucent -- Deutsche Telekom simplifies its brand identity -- Nuance to acquire VoiceSignal -- Nortel opens Texas-based Solutions Showcase touting hyperconnectivity -- Golden Telecom appoints Fred Ledbetter as CMO -- Celrun, Metalink launch wireless HD IPTV set-top box at IPTV World Forum -- ADRs of China Mobile and China Unicom rally -- China Unicom to test WiMax in 21 provinces -- Huawei and Batelco enter into strategic partnership -- Comba enjoys wireless biz opportunities related to Beijing Olympics including Tibetan and Mount Everest highway -- IAC/InterActive to launch Ask Mobile GPS service -- Verizon Business ready for government biz under Networx Universal -- APAC remains the largest region for smart mobile devices, making up 46% of the global market -- Sun Microsystems launches Java-based mobile OS -- ZTE strengthens global momentum with 2007 VAS Forum tour -- China to do $4.3B high-tech shopping in US, including 27 contracts in California -- Hutchison Telecom sells Indian operations to Vodafone -- China Mobile to deploy AsiaInfo's BOSS for TD-SCDMA tests -- China Unicom's mobile stock-trading service growing 30% monthly -- Vodafone to offer ZTE-made ultra-low-cost handsets in 2Q07 -- Qualcomm, Lenovo Mobile enter into W-CDMA license agreement -- RDA Microelectronics launches first TD/GSM dual-mode RF chipset supporting HSDPA -- Global WiMAX chipset market to reach 21 million units in 2011 -- China's SMBs to beef up their wireless infrastructure in 2007 -- Ericsson CEO Svanberg touts strong position in global competition -- Chinese mobile-phone subscribers exceeded 480M in March -- India's largest CDMA player Reliance launches ultra-low-cost handsets ranging from $19 to $22 -- Billionaire Krishnan eyes Malaysia's largest mobile-phone operator Maxis -- Huawei helps industry leaders advance digital music market -- China Mobile to buy RMB35 billion equipment for its GSM upgrades -- China Unicom to procure terminals for its mobile stock exchange services -- ZTE wins $160M deal in Ethiopia -- ZTE wins Sprint WiMAX bid after building telecom-class WiMAX networks in Singapore -- Datang Telecom’s 1Q07 profit doubled -- US FCC approves WiMax-class laptop card -- Sonopia secures $12.7M in VC funding -- CommScope completes acquisition of Signal Vision -- Agilent intros fixed, mobile WiMax manufacturing tester for CPE -- VIVO, China Mobile, and MTN select Huawei for GSM and mobile softswitch -- China Mobile ranks 5th global brand, ahead of IBM -- China Unicom 1Q07 profits jump 41% year over year -- China to remain neutral on 3G standard licensing -- Mobile-TV trials started in The Philippines using DVB-H and in Taiwan using MediaFLO -- Randall Stephenson to succeed Ed Whitacre as AT&T's Chairman and CEO -- Philippine operator SMART picks Ericsson's mobile softswitch -- Wintegra launches WinMax -- Marvell's WLAN products support Intel's Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) initiative -- BlackBerry e-mail outage upsets White House and Wall Street -- Wireless connectivity to drive global Internet usage -- Telefónica España picks Ericsson mobile TV solution -- KDDI plans to launch MVNO in US -- Ericsson CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg touts IPTV and HSPA -- MetaSwitch, SOMA partner on VoIP over WiMax -- PacNet to launch WiMax in Philippines -- Jeff Townley named as Nortel's Chief Procurement Officer -- Datang Mobile, Alcatel Shanghai Bell lands TD-SCDMA deal with China Mobile -- Entropic to acquire RF Magic -- Smith Micro licenses Firmware Over-The-Air Update technology to Sybase iAnywhere -- Sprint speeds up mobile broadband in Hawaii -- Nokia pays Qualcomm $20M for 3G patent licenses -- Huawei picks Optimi -- ZTE launches IMS-based solution (ZIMS) at Global NGN Summit 2007 in Beijing -- Nokia Siemens Networks starts operations -- Huawei successfully completes Mobile WiMAX trials in Japan -- Huawei to supply UMTS/HSPA network to Morocco Telecom -- Keynote Systems builds on-demand mobile test and measurement network -- Agilent intros WiMax protocol conformance tester for 802.16e 2005 -- QuikCycle's new software automates test lifecycle -- Smith Micro launches QuickLink Media -- Smith Micro previews StuffIt Wireless Windows Mobile Edition -- NextWave Wireless raises $355 million in new capital -- Verizon President and COO Dennis Strigl to give speech -- IMS Forum schedules 2nd IMS Plugfest for June 4 - 8 -- Telecom Argentina picks Oracle's OSS solutions -- Motorola to deploy 802.16e WiMax network for VTR in Chile -- Sonus to acquire Zynetix -- China Mobile's parent company is busy with TD-SCDMA equipment procurement -- Macau SAR supports 3G TD-SCDMA -- China Mobile net profit up 23.3% in 2006 -- China Mobile has not decided on how to float shares in the mainland market -- China Mobile's parent company will complete its TD-SCDMA trial network construction by end-October -- China Telecom eager to get a mobile license -- Reef Point gets $25M VC funding -- Verso, Navini to bring VoIP to WiMax -- Samsung, STMicroelectronics, and Metalink unveil wireless HD IPTV set-top box at CeBIT -- Apple ships Apple TV -- ZTE showcases at Convergence India 2007 -- Huawei wins Algeria GSM-R contract -- Top Story: Vodafone launches its China Sourcing Center (CSC) to more than double its annual procurement in China -- Top Story: Beijing NuFront submits application to IEEE for establishing super-high-speed WLAN international standard -- Top Story: China Unicom, China Netcom, China Telecom, and China Mobile carry out WiMAX experiments -- Top Story: China's SARFT intends to cooperate with telcos to promote mobile TV -- China Mobile to float shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange -- Datang Mobile denies rumor regarding merger with Shanghai Putian -- Top Story: China's MII wants to converge the country’s telecom, Internet, and cable networks -- Far EasTone lauds HSDPA, laments VoIP -- Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) issues four 4G WiMAX licenses -- Samsung Electronics to build WiMax network in Washington, D.C. for Sprint -- Narad, Strix test interoperability -- ECI Telecom unveils new mini optical MSPP for wireless backhaul and metro networks -- TD-SCDMA Forum's new Secretary-General Chen Haofei takes office -- Equipment vendors are bidding for China Mobile's TD-SCDMA orders -- China Unicom, Potevio partner on WiMAX -- Italy's Tecnofin Immobiliare picks Alcatel-Lucent for WiFi deployment -- Hutchison, Essar reaches settlement for Hutchison Essar transaction -- Huawei and Digicel deliver 3G CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network in the Caribbean -- ZTE awarded Chinese TD-SCDMA network entry certificate -- Cavium, Arada unveil 802.11n solution -- Motorola Ventures invests in wireless HDTV chip maker Amimon -- China Unicom is separating its GSM and CDMA network operation -- Rumor: China Telecom is reportedly planning to operate China Unicom’s CDMA network -- SK Telecom demos TD-SCDMA services -- Baseband RR mode turns in favor for TD-SCDMA -- ZTE to demo its F3G (fast triple gain) multimedia network kit at CeBIT 2007 -- Chinese mobile phone users to top 600M by 2010 -- 13 vendors involved in China's TD-SCDMA equipment bidding -- China's investment in 3G equipment to reach 50 to 60 billion Yuan annually in the next five years -- 80% of China Unicom’s first round 2007 handset procurement goes to ZTE, Huawei and Hisense -- Mobile TV chipset vendor showcase at IIC-China -- 4G royalty rates will be much lower -- Fixed-mobile convergence with VoIP can reduce biz voice spend by over 30% -- Hutchison's shareholders approve sale of Hutshison Essar to Vodafone -- WisperTel acquires Path / Broadband Services -- WLAN provider FON raises €10M -- Gemini Mobile secures $20M from Goldman Sachs -- ZTE shipped over 12,000 units of CDMA BTS equipment in 2006 -- Provigent raises $16M -- Mobile infrastructure equipment vendor Starent Networks files for IPO with US-SEC -- CSM picks CMBSat' S-band satellite capacity for Chinese mobile video project -- China Network, Taiwan TV to test Qualcomm mobile TV -- Huawei serves over 60M CDMA users worldwide -- US on-portal mobile game revenue jumped 61% in 4Q06 -- LuminentOIC picks TriAccess' RFIC for triplexer transceivers -- US telecom stocks down sharply again on Friday -- Monthlong takeover speculation pushes Palm stock up about 27% -- Top Story: 3G continues to be the focus during China's 11th FYP period -- Top Story: New round of public bidding starts for China Mobile's TD-SCDMA project -- and more
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M&A, Investment, Appointments News Highlights
Ericsson acquires Drutt -- Comstar appoints Sergey Pridantsev as CEO -- Tollgrade to acquire Teradyne's Broadband Test Division -- IIJ completes acquisition of ISP hi-ho -- NaviSite appoints Rathin Sinha as CMO -- Agilent to acquire Adaptif Photonics -- DT's T-Online Venture Fund invests in VoIP startup JAJAH -- CapMan invests in IP software vendor Movial -- Comcast promotes Derek Harrar to SVP and GM of Video Services -- Intelliden raises $10M in VC funding -- Golden Telecom names Alexei Reznikovich new Chairman -- Cisco to acquire BroadWare -- Cisco completes tender offer for WebEx -- Jonathan Morley joins Orange as Group Brand VP -- Ditech appoints Todd Simpson as Marketing VP -- Shanghai-based Zhangjiang High-tech industrial park to establish VC fund -- China Mobile wants to buy CMPak (formerly Paktel) from its parent -- China Unicom Group to invest several billion Yuan in its CDMA network -- Taiwan Mobile plans to acquire TTN -- Siemens appoints Peter Löscher as CEO -- Alltel accepts $27.5B bid from TPG Capital and GS Capital Partners -- NTT DoCoMo invests in Gobi Fund II targeting convergence in China -- Microsoft to acquire aQuantive for $6 billion -- JDSU's John Peeler joins Veeco as CEO -- JDSU appoints Helmut Berg as head of its Communications Test & Measurement business -- Motorola to acquire Modulus Video -- Top Story: China Mobile's parent acquires 100% of Paktel for US$460M and renames it CMPak -- Testing software provider Fanfare secures $12M in VC funding -- Nuance to acquire VoiceSignal -- Golden Telecom appoints Fred Ledbetter as CMO -- Swisscom acquires 82.4% of FastWeb for €3.1B -- Entropic appoints Susan Huberman as Marketing VP -- SAP acquires Wicom Communications -- Verizon Business to acquire Cybertrust -- Alcatel-Lucent to acquire NetDevices -- ADRs of Chinese telcos (China Mobile, China Telecom, China Netcom, China Unicom) rally -- ADRs of China's Baidu and The9Limited climb -- JDSU to buy Innocor -- Bill Mortimer to lead JDSU CommTest Lab & Production Product Group -- Global Crossing completes acquisition of Impsat Fiber Networks -- IPTV provider Joost raises $45M from Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Li Ka Shing Foundation, CBS, and Viacom -- Intel Capital invests in JAJAH -- Intel Capital invests in 6 startups -- Hutchison Telecom sells Indian operations to Vodafone -- JDSU's Michael Ricci to join Ikanos as CEO -- Vonage names Jamie Haenggi CMO -- Broadsoft appoints Jonathan Reid as VP for Asia Pacific headquartered in Shanghai -- Xelerated raises $23M in VC funding -- OpenCloud appoints Jonathan Bell and Bob Drummond as VPs -- Oplink challenges OCP's "poison pill" -- Microsoft reportedly in merger talk with Yahoo to better compete with Google -- Billionaire Krishnan eyes Malaysia's largest mobile-phone operator Maxis -- Aprius raises $11M in VC funding -- OpVista secures $15M in additional VC funding -- Cablevision to go private -- Sonopia secures $12.7M in VC funding -- Mitel to acquire Inter-Tel for $723M -- CommScope completes acquisition of Signal Vision -- Spirent restructures executive team -- China Mobile ranks 5th global brand, ahead of IBM -- China Unicom 1Q07 profits jump 41% year over year -- Telcordia promotes COO Mark Greenquist to CEO -- Randall Stephenson to succeed Ed Whitacre as AT&T's Chairman and CEO -- FTTH Council Europe appoints Joeri Van Bogaert as President -- ChinaCache raises US$31.5M -- Ellacoya raises $13M -- IP Unity Glenayre appoints Oscar Rodriguez as CEO -- XConnect secures $12M in VC funding -- Motorola to acquire Terayon -- Oplink to acquire majority stake in Optical Communication Products -- Avanex divests its optoelectronic fabs in France -- Verso closes acquisition of sentitO -- Telecom Italia names Pasquale Pistorio Chairman and Carlo Buora CEO -- Peter Kiriacoulacos to join Comcast Cable as Chief Procurement Officer -- Akamai acquires Red Swoosh -- Swiss Competition Commission approves Swisscom's acquisition of FastWeb -- Jeff Townley named as Datang Mobile, Alcatel Shanghai Bell lands TD-SCDMA deal with China Mobile -- Entropic to acquire RF Magic -- ExtendMedia raises $12 million in VC funding -- Verso to acquire SentitO -- Cantata appoints Tim Murray as CEO -- Mintera appoints Bryan Hall as Worldwide Sales SVP -- Veraz IPO on NASDAQ priced at $8 per share -- Alcatel-Lucent to buy Tropic's assets -- Vyatta raises $18.5M -- Cisco announces venture capital initiative in Russia -- Neuf Cegetel finalizes Erenis acquisition -- Nokia Siemens Networks starts operations -- OSS provider Subex Azure closes acquisition of Syndesis -- NextWave Wireless raises $355 million in new capital -- Avago Chairman Dick Chang joins CoAdna Board -- Goldman Sachs invests in Vyyo -- Optium to acquire Kailight Photonics -- Tom Geyer joins Auxora as Business Development VP -- Sonus to acquire Zynetix -- Finisar acquires AZNA and Kodeos -- Wayne Davis joins Vyyo as CEO -- Openwave appoints Robert Vrij as CEO -- Jim Sparks joins Aegis Lightwave as VP of Global Sales -- China Mobile net profit up 23.3% in 2006 -- China Mobile has not decided on how to float shares in the mainland market -- Reef Point gets $25M VC funding -- Thomas Frank joins Akimbo as CEO -- CHVC to acquire StreamNet -- Transmode raises $12M -- CyOptics to acquire Apogee Photonics -- Managed VoIP services provider VoEX names Terry Kremian as CEO -- China Mobile to float shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange -- Datang Mobile denies rumor regarding merger with Shanghai Putian -- WSS vendor Capella raises $20M -- Hutchison, Essar reaches settlement for Hutchison Essar transaction -- Cisco to acquire WebEx -- Ericsson to acquire Mobeon -- Ericsson gets 70% of Tandberg TV -- Paul Caragher named President of Fluke Networks -- Polatis appoints Directors of Sales -- Cisco to acquire file storage management provider NeoPath -- Motorola Ventures invests in wireless HDTV chip maker Amimon -- Digital home content and services provider Casabi secures $10M -- Evolving appoints James King as VP of worldwide sales and marketing -- Rumor: China Telecom is reportedly planning to operate China Unicom’s CDMA network -- Avanex appoints Pat Edsell as SVP and GM in Shanghai -- Michael Goldgof joins Hifn as Product Marketing VP -- David Ripstein to succeeds Arnon Toussia-Cohen as RADCOM's new CEO -- Ethernet service delivery solution provider Ceterus raises $20M -- FastWeb welcomes Swisscom's takeover bid -- China's investment in 3G equipment to reach 50 to 60 billion Yuan annually in the next five years -- Hutchison's shareholders approve sale of Hutshison Essar to Vodafone -- WisperTel acquires Path / Broadband Services -- WLAN provider FON raises €10M -- OE Solutions secures $4.3M -- Gemini Mobile secures $20M from Goldman Sachs -- China-based IPTV operator UUSee raises $23.5M -- Provigent raises $16M -- Narrowstep secures $7M -- Mobile infrastructure equipment vendor Starent Networks files for IPO with US-SEC -- Top three Chinese online game firms, NetEase, Shanda and The9, reported better-than-expected fiscal results -- US telecom stocks down sharply again on Friday -- Monthlong takeover speculation pushes Palm stock up about 27% -- HiSoft merges with Envisage -- Operax appoints Richard Lowe as CEO -- Opnext's IPO underwriters purchase additional shares -- Eric Shepcaro joins tel(x) as CEO and Chairman -- JDSU to acquire Picolight -- and more
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Test News Highlights
Tollgrade to acquire Teradyne's Broadband Test Division -- Fluke intros new MicroScanner2 Cable Verifier -- Agilent to acquire Adaptif Photonics -- Spirent intros new testing architecture -- Agilent integrates Net-O2's software into its multiservices tester -- Agilent accelerates 3G troubleshooting -- Ixia launches L2-7 Ethernet tester -- Ixia tests security -- Spirent touts remote testing and diagnostics for IPTV service assurance -- Agilent monitors and troubleshoots IMS -- Agilent intros cell-based 3G analyzer -- JDSU's John Peeler joins Veeco as CEO -- JDSU appoints Helmut Berg as head of its Communications Test & Measurement business -- Testing software provider Fanfare secures $12M in VC funding -- Ixia emulates 10 GbE traffic -- China Unicom to test WiMax in 21 provinces -- Agilent tests triple play -- Isocore validates Alcatel-Lucent triple-play service delivery architecture -- JDSU to buy Innocor -- Bill Mortimer to lead JDSU CommTest Lab & Production Product Group -- Ixia touts highest GigE port density -- Agilent intros fixed, mobile WiMax manufacturing tester for CPE -- Spirent restructures executive team -- General Photonics releases PolaWise polarization measurement system -- EXFO touts IPTV QOS test capabilities -- EXFO enhances its 10GigE tester -- KDDI R&D Labs tests Novera Optics' PON DWDM -- Kasenna, HP and Intel test IPTV -- Fluke unveils NetFlow Tracker 3.0 -- Fluke partners with WorldSkills International -- Fluke offers new Performance Advantage Partner program -- Fluke's new LinkRunner Pro offers faster closure, fewer escalations of connectivity trouble tickets -- Keynote Systems builds on-demand mobile test and measurement network -- Agilent intros WiMax protocol conformance tester for 802.16e 2005 -- QuikCycle's new software automates test lifecycle -- IMS Forum schedules 2nd IMS Plugfest for June 4 - 8 -- Agilent demos lightwave component analyzer -- Agilent's Electronic Measurements Group reports directly to CEO Bill Sullivan -- Digital Lightwave supports GigE testing on next generation multi-rate (NGMR) module -- Spirent Communications streamlines IMS verification -- Ixia adds VoIP and IMS testing capabilities -- Fujikura launches new T&M tools for optical fibre -- Narad, Strix test interoperability -- Top Story: China's MII steps up support for Chinese carrier’s IPTV business ventures -- Sunrise Telecom to debut VoIP and IPTV test suite at CeBit -- EXFO to showcase FastReporter at CeBIT and OFC/NFOEC -- ZTE high-end router successfully passes MFA's MPLS test -- Paul Caragher named President of Fluke Networks -- EXFO intros ODTR for access and enterprise network testing -- EXFO launches optical fiber QoS test solution -- David Ripstein to succeeds Arnon Toussia-Cohen as RADCOM's new CEO -- Venezulan carrier CanTV picks Radcom -- China Network, Taiwan TV to test Qualcomm mobile TV -- Ixia touts IPTV tester shipment -- New round of public bidding starts this week for China Mobile's TD-SCDMA project -- Ixia tester supports MPEG-4, H.264, and VC-1 -- Trend Communications licenses Telchemy's VoIP performance monitoring technology -- Auriga, Delft University partner on RF characterization and modeling tools -- Agilent intros thin-film beamsplitters for optical applications -- Agilent intros in-circuit vectorless test technique -- Teradyne buys MOSAID's automatic test equipment (ATE) business -- Accedian adds Performance Assurance Agent into its Ethernet Demarcation Device product line -- EXFO enhances OTDR software -- HyWire to sell MRV's physical-layer switch for test-lab automation -- Swisscom picks Radcom's Omni-Q for IMS testing -- Bookham appoints Peter Bordui as interim CEO -- EXFO launches Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) -- Ixia enhances 3G video telephony tester -- Aperto joins WiMax Forum's second public Mobile WiMax PlugFest -- Spirent intros lab-based mobile video analyser -- Bridgewater, Oracle conduct interoperability testing -- NetHawk intros mobile WiMAX protocol simulation and analysis tester -- Ixia unveils conformance tester for mobile IPv6 -- RAD Data demos multi-vendor interoperability -- Nasdaq panel grants Ixia’s request for continued listing -- Agilent intros network analyzer for active device test -- Vodafone picks Keynote -- EXFO unveils new Ethernet test module -- China Mobile Communications Corp (CMCC) to invite 3G test bids -- and more
Key Words: Optical, Wireless; IMS, Triple Play, Video/IPTV, MPEG, FTTP/FTTH/FTTx, PON, VoIP, Ethernet, 10GigE, WDM, SDH/PDH, DSL, OTN; 4G, 3G, HSDPA, HSUPA, WCDMA, UMTS, CDMA, TD-SCDMA, WiMax, Wi-Fi, WLAN, RF; Tester, Analyzer, Monitor, Probe, Troubleshooting; Interoperability, Conformance, Compliance, Physical-Layer, Protocol, IPv6, Moonv6, QoS, Service Assurance, Validation, LAN, WAN, Security, OSS; Network, Simulation, Emulator, System, Router, Switch, CPE, Components, Cable; OTDR, OSA, Oscilloscope; Jitter, Bit Error Rate (BER), FEC; Portable, Field, Lab, Manufacturing; and more

VoIP News Highlights
UTStarcom wins new contract from Tiscali Italia -- KPN picks Alcatel-Lucent for business VoIP -- US government awards $20 billion telecom contract to 5 telcos -- DT's T-Online Venture Fund invests in VoIP startup JAJAH -- CapMan invests in IP software vendor Movial -- Microsoft, Chunghwa Telecom form JV -- ITU cancels ITU Telecom Europe 2007 in Bulgaria -- Huawei helps global mobile operators deploy ALL-IP core networks -- Huawei, Symantec to form JV to deliver security and storage appliances -- Cisco completes tender offer for WebEx -- Telekenex picks Infinera -- Ditech appoints Todd Simpson as Marketing VP -- China Netcom USA picks XO Communications -- Agilent monitors and troubleshoots IMS -- KPN picks Atreus OSS for business VoIP -- 8x8 awarded additional VoIP U.S. patent -- China VoIP's Jinan Yinquan receives ISO9000 Certification -- Deutsche Telekom simplifies its brand identity -- Nortel opens Texas-based Solutions Showcase touting hyperconnectivity -- Verizon Business to acquire Cybertrust -- Alcatel-Lucent to acquire NetDevices -- Global Crossing completes acquisition of Impsat Fiber Networks -- Intel Capital invests in JAJAH -- Huawei and Batelco enter into strategic partnership -- Verizon Business ready for government biz under Networx Universal -- Agilent tests triple play -- Isocore validates Alcatel-Lucent triple-play service delivery architecture -- Intel Capital invests in 6 startups -- ZTE strengthens global momentum with 2007 VAS Forum tour -- VoIP equipment market in China to hit $1.1 billion in 2010 -- China to do $4.3B high-tech shopping in US, including 27 contracts in California -- France Telecom picks Sonus -- Vonage names Jamie Haenggi CMO -- Motorola integrates Docsis 3.0 into its broadband services router (BSR) software release -- Ericsson CEO Svanberg touts strong position in global competition -- Broadsoft appoints Jonathan Reid as VP for Asia Pacific headquartered in Shanghai -- Yipes offers CoS over its global Ethernet VPLS-based network -- TeliaSonera picks Nokia Siemens Networks' IMS platform -- TXP launches mini-size GPON ONTs -- Verizon Business enhances Private IP services -- Mitel to acquire Inter-Tel for $723M -- VANOC and Bell Canada pick Nortel -- VIVO, China Mobile, and MTN select Huawei for GSM and mobile softswitch -- Shanghai Telecom to start construction of Trans-Pacific Express -- Randall Stephenson to succeed Ed Whitacre as AT&T's Chairman and CEO -- Philippine operator SMART picks Ericsson's mobile softswitch -- Ellacoya raises $13M -- Shanghai Telecom expands and optimizes its network in Shanghai -- Infineon touts VoIP chipsets with HD sound telephony -- Inadequate OSS affects time to market for VPN, IPTV and VoIP services -- IP Unity Glenayre appoints Oscar Rodriguez as CEO -- XConnect secures $12M in VC funding -- Verso closes acquisition of sentitO -- MetaSwitch, SOMA partner on VoIP over WiMax -- Fluke unveils NetFlow Tracker 3.0 -- Fluke offers new Performance Advantage Partner program -- Verso to acquire SentitO -- Cantata appoints Tim Murray as CEO -- NTT Com to launch international IP-VPN service in UAE -- Veraz IPO on NASDAQ priced at $8 per share -- ZTE launches IMS-based solution (ZIMS) at Global NGN Summit 2007 in Beijing -- Biznet launches metro FTTH network -- Nokia Siemens Networks starts operations -- Huawei supports PBB TE (Provider Backbone Bridge–Traffic Engineering) in its BT 21CN offering -- QuikCycle's new software automates test lifecycle -- IMS Forum schedules 2nd IMS Plugfest for June 4 - 8 -- Telecom Argentina picks Oracle's OSS solutions -- Sonus to acquire Zynetix -- CHVC to acquire StreamNet -- Verso, Navini to bring VoIP to WiMax -- Spirent Communications streamlines IMS verification -- Ixia adds VoIP and IMS testing capabilities -- Verizon Business extends its Private IP service globally -- ZTE showcases at Convergence India 2007 -- Managed VoIP services provider VoEX names Terry Kremian as CEO -- Huawei-3Com kicks off “Warm-Hearted Service Check” pilot campaign to major Thai customers -- Top Story: China's MII wants to converge the country’s telecom, Internet, and cable networks -- Far EasTone lauds HSDPA, laments VoIP -- Sunrise Telecom to debut VoIP and IPTV test suite at CeBit -- BT enables ISPs and cable providers to deliver flexible VoIP services -- Skype intros SkypeFind and Skype Prime -- Ericsson to acquire Mobeon -- PLDT picks UTStarcom's IP softswitch and Multiservice Access Node (MSAN) -- ZTE to demo its F3G (fast triple gain) multimedia network kit at CeBIT 2007 -- Lenovo and Avaya collaborate on IP and unified communications solutions -- Fixed-mobile convergence with VoIP can reduce biz voice spend by over 30% -- Jury orders Vonage to pay Verizon $58M for infringing on three patents -- Verizon Business links Behringer with global private IP network -- Venezulan carrier CanTV picks Radcom -- AT&T appoints Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. as new president of AT&T Global Operations -- VoIP gains fast market recognition in China -- Nortel intros new Ethernet routing switches for VoIP -- Global Crossing intros managed VoIP solutions -- Siemens selects Verizon Business as global network services supplier -- ZTE wins softswitch deal in UK -- Trend Communications licenses Telchemy's VoIP performance monitoring technology -- ITU approves global multimedia home networking standard -- ISkoot secures $7M -- Vonage denies infringing Verizon's VoIP patents -- Nortel enhances WLAN -- Mindspeed, Terawave collaborate to develop GPON SoC device for FTTH and FTTC -- Skype petitions US FCC for open cellular access -- Verizon FiOS TV comes to Sudbury, Westwood, Mass. -- Verizon expands FiOS TV service to more New York consumers -- Sprint extends global MPLS VPN end-to-end service level agreements -- Both Cisco and Apple are free to use the 'iPhone' trademark -- Polycom delivers real-time media conferencing platform for multipoint conferencing -- Vanco appoints Diarmid Massey as Asia/Pacific CEO -- Poland's Netia to deploy 10-Gigabit metro Ethernet network -- Cisco extends "IPhone" name talks with Apple until Feb. 21 -- H3C intros IPv6-compatible router and switches -- Verizon Business appoints Andrew Dobbins as Asia-Pacific Sales VP -- Huawei presents mobile broadband life at 3GSM Congress in Barcelona -- Huawei addresses next generation network challenges at 3GSM World Congress -- and more
Key Words: SIP, IMS, Convergence, NGN, Softswitch, Media Gateway, Multi Service Access Nodes (MSAN), Session Border Controllers (SBC), QoS, Service Quality Testing, Security, E-911, OSS, Billing, Peering, VPF, VPN, IP-PBX, IP Telephony, Cable MSO, Triple-Play, VoWLAN; Carrier, Enterprise; and more

OSS & Security News Highlights
Motorola intros 10Gbps ATCA blade based on Cavium chips -- Ericsson acquires Drutt -- Verizon, Goodmail team to provide CertifiedEmail -- Ericsson to manage Vodafone Netherlands' core and transport network -- Nokia, Neusoft to jointly explore online security market in China -- US government awards $20 billion telecom contract to 5 telcos -- CapMan invests in IP software vendor Movial -- Vimicro and Microsoft strengthen working alliance in China to develop digital multimedia market -- KPN's Telfort selects Huawei's OSS solution -- Google, Microsoft, Apple and British Telecom start to shift their outsourcing focus from India to China -- Microsoft, Chunghwa Telecom form JV -- Agilent integrates Net-O2's software into its multiservices tester -- Huawei, Symantec to form JV to deliver security and storage appliances -- Agilent accelerates 3G troubleshooting -- Ixia launches L2-7 Ethernet tester -- Ixia tests security -- Intelliden raises $10M in VC funding -- HP wins OSS deal for FTTH in Denmark -- Shanghai-based Zhangjiang High-tech industrial park to establish VC fund -- China Unicom launches GPRS-based data services -- China Unicom to launch 3G-related VAS in Guangdong -- Delayed 3G launch in China gives Ericsson more opportunity to accelerate transformation -- Agilent monitors and troubleshoots IMS -- Agilent intros cell-based 3G analyzer -- KPN picks Atreus OSS for business VoIP -- Microsoft to acquire aQuantive for $6 billion -- SAP acquires Wicom Communications -- Verizon Business to acquire Cybertrust -- Sun Microsystems launches Java-based mobile OS -- Verizon Business ready for government biz under Networx Universal -- IAC/InterActive to launch Ask Mobile GPS service -- Intel Capital invests in 6 startups -- ZTE strengthens global momentum with 2007 VAS Forum tour -- China to do $4.3B high-tech shopping in US, including 27 contracts in California -- China Mobile to deploy AsiaInfo's BOSS for TD-SCDMA tests -- Motorola integrates Docsis 3.0 into its broadband services router (BSR) software release -- Broadsoft appoints Jonathan Reid as VP for Asia Pacific headquartered in Shanghai -- OpenCloud appoints Jonathan Bell and Bob Drummond as VPs -- Google China is reportedly moving its marketing headquarters to Shanghai -- Microsoft reportedly in merger talk with Yahoo to better compete with Google -- Cavium announces IPO pricing -- Huawei helps industry leaders advance digital music market -- Verizon Business enhances Private IP services -- Sonopia secures $12.7M in VC funding -- Mitel to acquire Inter-Tel for $723M -- US DOD certifies Juniper routers for IPv6 -- Huawei, ZTE and Haier rank top 3 among Chinese companies for software income -- Telcordia promotes COO Mark Greenquist to CEO -- IBM unveils new IPTV infrastructure solution for EMEA service providers -- Ellacoya raises $13M -- Inadequate OSS affects time to market for VPN, IPTV and VoIP services -- Microsoft and Nortel open European Collaboration Centre -- InfoVista, Wipro partner on Carrier Ethernet OSS/BSS -- IP Unity Glenayre appoints Oscar Rodriguez as CEO -- XConnect secures $12M in VC funding -- SAP and Cisco partner on SOA -- V.i. Labs, Internet Crimes team on anti-piracy -- Porn-image invasion increasing -- Microsoft expands IPTV ecosystem -- iStor, Rackmountpro to demo GigaStor iS326 at NAB 2007 -- Akamai acquires Red Swoosh -- Smith Micro licenses Firmware Over-The-Air Update technology to Sybase iAnywhere -- Fluke unveils NetFlow Tracker 3.0 -- Fluke partners with WorldSkills International -- Fluke offers new Performance Advantage Partner program -- NTT Com to launch international IP-VPN service in UAE -- Nordic service provider picks Axiom for FTTx and DSL provisioning -- Telefónica picks InfoVista -- Huawei picks Optimi -- Vyatta raises $18.5M -- BT lands Internet deal with EC -- Nokia Siemens Networks starts operations -- OSS provider Subex Azure closes acquisition of Syndesis -- Smith Micro launches QuickLink Media -- Smith Micro previews StuffIt Wireless Windows Mobile Edition -- Infinera Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer Dave Welch to speak at OFC -- Telecom Argentina picks Oracle's OSS solutions -- Openwave appoints Robert Vrij as CEO -- Reef Point gets $25M VC funding -- CHVC to acquire StreamNet -- Spirent Communications streamlines IMS verification -- Verizon Business extends its Private IP service globally -- Verimatrix touts its global strength in IPTV content protection -- Managed VoIP services provider VoEX names Terry Kremian as CEO -- Huawei-3Com kicks off “Warm-Hearted Service Check” pilot campaign to major Thai customers -- Top Story: Beijing NuFront submits application to IEEE for establishing super-high-speed WLAN international standard -- H3C constructs expressway IP network for Beijing, the 2008 Olympic City -- BT enables ISPs and cable providers to deliver flexible VoIP services -- Cisco to acquire WebEx -- Skype intros SkypeFind and Skype Prime -- Ericsson to acquire Mobeon -- TeleManagement Forum and Broadband Services Forum form strategic alliance -- Cavium, Arada unveil 802.11n solution -- Cisco to acquire file storage management provider NeoPath -- Digital home content and services provider Casabi secures $10M -- Evolving appoints James King as VP of worldwide sales and marketing -- Michael Goldgof joins Hifn as Product Marketing VP -- Verizon Business launches E-VPLS service -- Cisco and IBM expand global services alliance -- Lenovo and Avaya collaborate on IP and unified communications solutions -- Verizon Business links Behringer with global private IP network -- Venezulan carrier CanTV picks Radcom -- AT&T appoints Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. as new president of AT&T Global Operations -- Verizon Business helps companies fight phishing, spyware, and viruses -- VSNL to deploy Amdocs' Cramer6 OSS Suite -- World Wide Packets releases Ethernet Services Manager 5.0 -- Top Story: 3G continues to be the focus during China's 11th FYP period -- HiSoft merges with Envisage -- BBC partners with YouTube -- Global Crossing intros managed VoIP solutions -- Huawei launches its next-generation Convergent Billing Solution at 3GSM -- and more
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