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Ericsson to manage Vodafone Netherlands' core and transport network
Ericsson has signed a five-year contract with Vodafone Netherlands for a managed
services cooperation in the country. As of June 1, Ericsson takes over all
engineering, implementation and operational activities in Vodafone Netherlands'
multivendor core and transport network. As a result, 97 Vodafone Netherlands
employees will be transferred to Ericsson.
The employees will be located at the office in Stein, in the South Limburg
region, from where Ericsson already performs other activities that were taken
over from Vodafone Netherlands last year.
Hans Vestberg, Executive Vice President and Head of Ericsson's Global Services,
says: "We are extremely proud and delighted that Vodafone Netherlands has chosen
us as a partner for managed services for their core and transport network
activities. This announcement, in combination with the recent ones related to
operators in the Northern Europe markets, shows great momentum for managed
services and that operators worldwide have confidence in our know-how to provide
high-quality network services and attractive work conditions for transferred
employees."
John Samarron, CTO of Vodafone Netherlands, says: "Vodafone Netherlands is
increasingly evolving from a technically oriented company to customer-services
oriented company. By transferring responsibility and existing resources for the
core and transport part of the network, we are convinced that we will be able to
capture synergies with Ericsson, and that the quality of our core and transport
network will be further enhanced. Moreover, the shift to a partnering model
allows us to focus on additional elements of the value chain that will enable
growth and new product introduction. It also brings yet another growth business
to the region of South Limburg."
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Nokia, Neusoft to jointly explore online security market in China
Nokia has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Neusoft to jointly
explore the online security market in China.
Under the agreement, the two sides will carry out a series of cooperations on
technology, products and sales in the online security sector. Neusoft is a
specialized Chinese vendor of solutions, digital products and services with
expertise in software technologies.
After the signing of the agreement, Neusoft will became an OEM of Nokia's
network security product line and it will take advantage of its sales network in
China to sell the new products jointly developed by the two sides.
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US government awards $20 billion telecom contract to 5 telcos
Verizon, AT&T, Sprint Nextel, Qwest Communications, and Level 3 Communications
on Thursday were awarded a federal telecommunications contract worth up to $20
billion over 10 years.
It's the second telecom contract awarded by the General Services Administration
in about two months.
In late March, Qwest Communications International Inc., AT&T Inc. and Verizon
Communications Inc. were winners of the much larger Networx Universal contract,
the government's largest telecom contract ever awarded. That deal is potentially
worth up to $48 billion over a decade.
Universal requires companies to not only maintain current agencies' needs, but
also offer advanced services, such as Internet-based telephone service, network
security and video and Web conferencing, domestically and internationally.
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CapMan invests in IP software vendor Movial
Movial Applications and CapMan have announced an investment of funds managed by
CapMan in Movial Applications Oy. Movial Applications develops IP (Internet
Protocol) communication software for network equipment manufacturers, device
manufacturers and operators. The investment is made to expand the company's
software product sales and international customer support operations throughout
Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Movial has gained international success with major operators deploying its
Movial Communicator and Messenger client software products. Movial clients
enable service providers to capitalise and unify the IP communications user
experience across PC, mobile and connected devices. Its customers include
Orange, Telefonica, KPN, Elion, and others on three continents.
"We believe Movial is in strong position to capitalise the growth in its key
markets as the whole telecommunications industry is rapidly moving towards
Internet based communications. Movial has rapidly become an established player
in the industry. The company has proven its products with its global customers
and created a partnership network through strategic business development
projects", says Vesa Walldén senior partner of CapMan.
"The industry has seen a rapid shift to digital high-speed and broadband
networks. Now the new frontier, uniting mobile and fixed networks is IP
communications that will offer unparalleled number of experiences to the end
user. Movial is on the forefront of this wave and will enable operators to offer
the most robust and uniform end user experience across networks and devices",
says Dr. JT Bergqvist CapMan's Industrial Advisor.
"The investment boosts Movial's capability to support customers and partners
globally. Our client software products enable mobile and fixed lined operators
to introduce branded converged multimedia services, which embrace IP telephony,
video telephony, IP Centrex, Instant Messaging, and presence services. Today our
unique technology enables similar IP Communication features across PC, browser
and mobile devices. We plan to support wider range of services and devices",
says President of Movial Applications Victor Donselaar.
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Vimicro and Microsoft strengthen working alliance in China to develop digital
multimedia market
Vimicro Corporation, a leading fabless semiconductor company designing advanced
mixed-signal multimedia products and solutions, and Microsoft China, reaffirmed
their strategic partnership during a ceremony in Beijing on May 24. The
companies are continuing to cooperate in the Microsoft-Vimicro Multimedia
Technology Center, originally established in 2003 within Vimicro's Beijing
headquarters, and are expanding the scope of their work together to include the
mobile multimedia sector. Mike Yu, vice president of Vimicro is appointed as the
Dean of Microsoft-Vimicro Multimedia Technology Center.
Vimicro and Microsoft China are finalizing a Memorandum of Understanding to
increase their joint efforts in further developing the digital multimedia
market. One goal of the Microsoft-Vimicro Multimedia Technology Center is to
enable Vimicro's multimedia processors to be compiled to the requirements of
Windows Vista drivers and be ready to get Windows Vista logo certification.
''Vimicro is honored to be Microsoft's ongoing partner,'' said Dr. John Deng,
chairman and founder of Vimicro. ''Over the past four years, Microsoft and
Vimicro have experienced great successes. As a result of our collaboration,
Vimicro has earned international recognition for the quality of our products at
a faster rate and Chinese Ministry of Information Industry's recognition as the
outstanding representative of Chinese IC design industry. Together, Vimicro and
Microsoft are continuing to cooperate in multimedia area and expand the
international digital multimedia market.''
Dr. Ya-Qin Zhang, corporate vice president of Microsoft and chairman of
Microsoft China Research and Development Group stated, ''Technology innovation
is essential to China's sustainable economic development. Microsoft desires to
contribute to China's innovation blueprint by developing a flourishing IT
eco-system through collaborating with partners on innovation. Vimicro is one of
the outstanding independent innovation representatives in China. Through
combining the innovation thoughts, strength and experience together, we're
confident that this new collaboration will continue to provide world-class
digital multimedia experiences
Dr. Ya-Qin Zhang, corporate vice president of Microsoft and chairman of
Microsoft China Research and Development Group stated, ''Technology innovation
is essential to China's sustainable economic development. Microsoft desires to
contribute to China's innovation blueprint by developing a flourishing IT
eco-system through collaborating with partners on innovation. Vimicro is one of
the outstanding independent innovation representatives in China. Through
combining the innovation thoughts, strength and experience together, we're
confident that this new collaboration will continue to provide world-class
digital multimedia experiences to consumers.''
Through their partnership over the past four years, Vimicro and Microsoft have
cooperated in real-time multimedia communications and 3C convergence areas. The
collaboration has already resulted in breakthrough PC-camera and embedded
notebook-camera solutions.
Vimicro and Microsoft began collaborating in 2002, when they formed a strategic
partnership to promote Windows-based digital imaging technology in the worldwide
market. The partnership combined Vimicro's VXP imaging technology with the
Windows XP platform to provide an enhanced multimedia experience for PC-users
worldwide.
About Vimicro
Vimicro International Corporation is a leading fabless semiconductor company in
China designing, developing and marketing proprietary digital multimedia signal
processing chips and solutions enabling multimedia applications for mobile
phones over 2.5G/3G networks and PCs over broadband Internet.
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KPN's Telfort selects Huawei's OSS solution
China-based Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei"), a leader in providing next
generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world,
recently held the contract signing ceremony in its headquarters in Shenzhen,
China with Telfort, part of the Netherlands' largest telecoms operator KPN,
announcing that Telfort will procure the prepay solution of Huawei CBS. Huawei
CBS will help operators build an open and horizontal billing architecture with
the capability to support various networks and services.
Huawei currently supplies the KPN Group with extensive transmission and all-IP
based core network products. Telfort will have the opportunity to significantly
shorten its service delivery cycle for 2G and 3G services with the convergent
rating, charging and billing infrastructure powered by Huawei CBS.
The benefits of Huawei's CBS are manifold:
- It provides common and rule-driven rating engine to offer flexibly
configurable tariff plans, enabling short time-to-market to win in fierce
competition.
- It adopts customer-oriented data model and offers unified customer view,
enabling personalized marketing to attract new customers, reduce churn and boost
traffic.
- It supports both prepaid and postpaid subscribers with open and modularized
architecture, enabling converged operation and multi-supplier environment to
reduce CAPEX & OPEX.
Telfort CEO Mr. Marco Visser expressed his satisfaction with the cooperation
with Huawei at the ceremony. He said, "Huawei CBS is an important building block
for Telfort's future service development. This is the first time that the KPN
Group has been cooperating with Huawei on services, and marks a deepening of the
relationship between us."
Dr. Haiping Che, President of Huawei Application and Software Product Line,
said, "KPN is a prominent European operator that is highly innovative in
adopting new services to grow its competitive edge. Our product portfolio is
closely aligned with KPN/Telfort's strategy and well positioned to meet its
needs. We will continue to work closely with the KPN Group to help it achieve
its business goals."
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Google, Microsoft, Apple and British Telecom
start to shift their outsourcing focus from India to China
Google, Microsoft, Apple and British Telecom have started to shift their
outsourcing focus from India to China. Remi Vespa, a veteran of the outsourcing
industry, said over 50% of its prospects - mostly mid-sized corporations -
currently outsource to an Indian provider, and were considering changing.
Vespa also points to a problem for outsourcing to India: "Apart from the top
Indian players, smaller companies have a very bad reputation. You work with a
company, and six months later, it's gone - or its key staff have left to start
their own company and want your contract!"
China plans to build service outsourcing bases in 10 cities, encourage 100
multinationals to outsource services from China, and foster 1,000 large- and
medium-sized service outsourcing enterprises.
The Global Outsourcing Report predicts that by 2015, China, currently placed
second, will have taken over the No 1 spot from India.
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Chinese government agencies support WAPI
WAPI Industry Alliance has hosted a small-scale meeting and reported about the
WAPI status to senior officials from National Development and Reform Committee (NDRC),
Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Ministry of Information Industry (MII). The three
ministries were determinant in government procurement. In the follow-up plenary
conference, Zhou Chengyue, vice director-general of the Treasury Dept. of MOF
said, MOF will further enhance its support to WAPI ( Wireless LAN Encryption
Standard with Chinese IPr). MOF will require the regional government to adopt
Chinese IPR products in priority.
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Microsoft, Chunghwa Telecom form JV
Microsoft is forming a joint venture with Chunghwa Telecom to develop
telecommunication services together and gain exposure to small and medium-sized
businesses in mainland China.
Through its alliance with Microsoft, Chunghwa Telecom hopes to add more value to
its telecom and internet services, including internet protocol television (IPTV),
voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP), and other multimedia services.
Chunghwa hopes to broadcast TV via broadband networks using Microsoft's IPTV
software, currently in its initial stage trials, as part of a broader plan to
expand its TV business and compete with traditional cable TV operators in
Taiwan.
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Agilent integrates Net-O2's software into its multiservices tester
Agilent Technologies and Net-O2, a developer of automated communications testing
software, Friday announced Net-O2's integration of its ATTEST Connectivity Fault
Management (CFM) protocol conformance test suite into Agilent's N2X
multiservices test solution. Network equipment manufacturers and service
providers can use N2X to ensure their Carrier Ethernet switches and routers
implementing the CFM mechanisms conform to the relevant IEEE and ITU-T
standards, enabling the reliability of voice, video and data services over a
robust and proven Ethernet infrastructure.
Defined currently in IEEE 802.1ag draft 8.0, CFM provides end-to-end Carrier
Ethernet diagnostic capabilities that allow service providers to rapidly detect
and locate faults, ensuring the reliable delivery of delay-sensitive triple play
services. The IEEE CFM mechanisms are very similar to those in the ITU-T Y.1731
standard. The tight alignment between these two influential standards bodies
attests to the relevance of CFM to the industry. The Agilent N2X CFM test suite
provides the industry's first solution for validating CFM standards compliance.
"Conformance testing early in the switch-and-router product development cycle is
a prerequisite to successful interoperability in multi-vendor networks," said
Rod Unverich, business manager of Agilent's Data Networks Operation Division.
"Every vendor constantly 'tweaks' their protocol implementations, either as the
standards evolve or simply as bugs are discovered and fixed over time.
Therefore, ongoing regression testing for each release is mandatory to claim
auditable and traceable compliance to their service-provider customers."
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Huawei, Symantec to form JV to deliver
security and storage appliances
China-based Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei) and US-based Symantec Corp.
are forming a joint venture company. The new company will develop and distribute
world-leading security and storage appliances to global telecommunications
carriers and enterprises.
Businesses around the world are building and maintaining IP networks and IT
systems that support a growing number of connections. This requires balancing
increasing performance and availability requirements with system security and
data integrity. The joint venture will help carriers and enterprises effectively
address these challenges by offering security and storage appliances that are
easy to implement and maximize value to customers. According to IDC, the global
security and storage appliance market is $23 billion today, and the market in
China is forecast to exceed $1.1 billion.
"Symantec is a software leader that offers world-class security and storage
technologies that our customers are demanding," said Ren ZhengFei, chief
executive officer, Huawei. "The partnership with Symantec is part of Huawei's
All IP and FMC (Fixed mobile convergence) strategy. Network security will
definitely form the foundation as telecom networks migrate toward an All IP
environment. The partnership will enable us not only to provide leading network
security solutions to carriers, but also to deliver professional security and
storage solutions to enterprises, helping our customers build a safer and more
efficient network."
The new company will be headquartered in Chengdu, China, with Huawei owning 51
percent of the joint venture and Symantec owning 49 percent. Huawei will
contribute its telecommunications storage and security businesses including its
integrated supply chain and integrated product development management practices.
Additionally, the new company will have access to Huawei's intellectual property
(IP) licenses, research and development capabilities, manufacturing expertise
and engineering talent, which includes more than 750 employees. The joint
venture's services and support infrastructure will draw upon Huawei's successful
model for customer service and technical support, including worldwide technical
support and call center operations.
"Huawei and Symantec agree that we need to constantly innovate and develop new
solutions to keep pace with the evolving risks and increased availability
requirements facing service providers and enterprise customers," said John W.
Thompson, chairman and chief executive officer, Symantec. "Huawei's world-class
product development and manufacturing capabilities joined with Symantec's
leading edge security and storage software technologies will offer unique
solutions that will give customers more confidence that their systems are secure
and available."
Symantec will contribute some of its leading enterprise storage and security
software licenses, working capital, and its management expertise into the new
company. Symantec will also contribute $150 million toward the joint venture's
growth and expansion.
The joint venture is expected to close late in the calendar year, pending
required regulatory and governmental approvals.
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Agilent accelerates 3G troubleshooting
Agilent Technologies Wednesday introduced functionality that extends its
existing assureME session trace solution beyond a 3G core network to the UTRAN.
The enhanced solution now enables end-to-end correlation of wireless
transactions, single-screen visibility, and quick and easy troubleshooting.
Agilent added these capabilities as part of its Power of 3 service assurance
initiative to provide carriers with comprehensive, three-minute detection of key
performance indicator (KPI) violations; three-click root cause identification;
and three-dimensional business intelligence across networks, services and
customers.
Agilent's extended session trace solution addresses the extreme complexity of
UMTS networks, substantially cutting time to repair, reducing operational
expenses and preventing the loss of customer revenues. Ordinary wireline calls
usually require six to seven messages for setup and clearance; 3G wireless
transactions require hundreds to thousands, making it nearly impossible to
correlate messages and identify any particular one as the cause of a service
problem. UMTS complexity is so great that typically only a company's Tier 3
engineers understand it.
Although Agilent's proven session trace tool has been available for the core
network, until now carriers were blind to the UTRAN, where more than 60 percent
of service problems originate. By extending session trace, Agilent simplifies
and accelerates near-real-time UTRAN monitoring and troubleshooting so that Tier
1 and Tier 2 personnel can easily detect and diagnose ordinary network problems.
This enables carriers to maintain high-quality service and allows Tier 3
engineers to focus on more complicated issues.
"Sustained service quality requires simple, fast and effective monitoring and
troubleshooting across an entire 3G network," said Neil Haydon, marketing
manager, Assurance Solutions Division. "If a session trace solution ignores the
UTRAN, carriers can't locate the source of most service problems, and customers
suffer and leave as a result. Agilent's enhanced tool removes this huge blind
spot and allows carriers to deliver a consistently high-quality customer
experience."
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Ixia tests security
Ixia Wednesday announced new capabilities for thorough testing for all forms of
authentication on switches and routers including Layer 2 and Layer 3 testing of
Cisco network admission control (NAC). In an Infonetics Research study User
Plans for Security Products and Services: North America 2006, Cisco tops the
list of vendors respondents think about when it comes to NAC.
The distributed nature of today's enterprises is changing network security
requirements. With anywhere connectivity on the horizon, companies must open
their sensitive data to users with many different profiles that require various
levels of network privileges. Many large enterprises are struggling with
maintaining multiple directory stores, so managing user access has become a
challenge. Increasingly, they are turning NAC, a set of technologies and
solutions that uses the network infrastructure to enforce security policy
compliance on all devices seeking to access network computing resources, to
limit damage from emerging security threats.
"Enterprises and service providers are turning to NAC to meet the ever
increasing threat and impact of worms, viruses and other forms of malware to
networked businesses," said Victor Alston, senior vice president of Product
Development at Ixia. "However, NAC places greater demands on the network than
traditional anti-virus approaches. IxNetwork 5.30 enables comprehensive testing
of NAC and other avenues of identity authentication to ensure that businesses
stay up and running and productivity is running at peak highs."
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Intelliden raises $10M in VC funding
California-based Intelliden Inc., a leading provider of Intelligent Networking
solutions that enable organizations to control, manage and scale their networks,
Wednesday announced that it has secured up to an additional $10 million in
financing. Matrix Partners led this round of financing supported by existing
investors including 3i, Granite Global Ventures, Hercules Technology Growth
Capital and Westbury Partners. Intelliden intends to use this capital to support
aggressive customer acquisition and geographic expansion, and to accelerate its
product leadership in Intelligent Networking solutions.
"Companies around the globe are seeking solutions that enable network agility
and control, which are pre-requisites to rapid, cost-effective deployment of
next generation services," said Tim Barrows, General Partner at Matrix Partners.
"Support and validation of Intelliden's open, services-oriented paradigm
continues to grow and reinforces our conviction in the significant market
opportunity for Intelliden."
The company recently announced that it was entering the Asia Pacific market to
capitalize on the growing demand for its solutions in Japan and other countries
in the region. In June 2007, Intelliden will launch its Policy-Based Compliance
Management solution to automatically detect and correct out-of-compliance
network conditions. This solution will provide a new level of control and
predictability in dynamic and complex network environments. The company also
intends to continue investment in its intellectual property building on its
portfolio of ten issued U.S and international patents awarded in 2006 and 2007.
"Our progress as a company and the value we have created over the last few years
has been validated by our investors through a significant up-round," said Alan
Black, president and CEO of Intelliden. "We appreciate our investors' continued
trust and confidence and that of our customers whom we serve."
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HP wins OSS deal for FTTH in Denmark
HP Tuesday announced that it has teamed with Cisco and MidtVest Bredbaand (MVB),
a Denmark-based broadband provider, to build a high-speed, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH)
network for the delivery of advanced services such as video on demand (VOD) and
interactive TV to homes and businesses.
Using the new network, MVB’s Content Denmark subsidiary will deliver to more
than 200,000 customers the so-called “triple play” of Internet protocol
(IP)-based services: Internet, digital TV and voice. Content Denmark customers
can, for example, use their TV sets to surf the web and do email, access
telephone voice mails, enjoy interactive TV and download movies or other video
on demand.
Stretching the definition of “triple play” into “multiple play,” MVB plans to
add other services in the future, including high-definition TV programming,
storage on demand, and remote back-up and restoration of data.
HP worked closely with Cisco, MVB, and Content Denmark, to build the network,
implement HP operations support systems (OSS) management software, train the
Content Denmark staff, and provide ongoing mission-critical support services for
network operation.
“With the Cisco fiber-to-the-home network, MVB has laid the foundation for a
truly exciting customer experience,” said Lars Peter Christiansen, operation
manager, MidtVest Bredbaand, A/S. “The HP OSS tools help us improve that
customer experience by automating many of the complexities of network and
service management. At the same time, they help us reduce the internal costs
associated with operating complex, converged services.”
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Shanghai-based Zhangjiang High-tech industrial
park to establish VC fund
Shanghai-based Zhangjiang High-tech industrial park is planning to establish a 1
billion yuan risk capital investment fund to support fast-developing enterprises
in the park. It is reported, 300 million comes from Zhangjiang Group, 3 million
from Zhangjiang holdings and 4 million are collected from the market. Main
investment will be put in semiconductor, software, etc. The fund is mainly used
to fuel fast-developing companies and those who has potential to be public
listed. The administrative committee of the fund will invite famous investors
like IDG, Sino-century assets management Co.Ltd. etc. to involve in the fund
management.
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China Unicom launches GPRS-based data services
China Unicom, the smaller of China's two cellular operators, launched data
services based on the GPRS standard, which could give the company a leg-up in
the booming value-added service (VAS) market.
The GPRS data services will enable Unicom's GSM users to surf the mobile
Internet, send MMS (multimedia messaging service) messages and download data,
including music, using their mobile phones.
Unicom, has been operating cellular networks based on second-generation (2G)
mobile telephony standards, GSM and CDMA.
The CDMA networks have already been upgraded to the high-speed CDMA1x-2000,
usually billed as a 2.75G service, which offers users a number of data services,
such as mobile Internet access and MMS.
But its GSM subscribers could only make voice calls and send short text
messages.
An upgrade from GSM to GPRS, a 2.5G mobile technology, could boost the
competitiveness of Unicom's GSM networks, said company vice-president Li Gang.
The upgrade marks Unicom's shifting focus from the CDMA service to GSM networks.
The company has been investing heavily on CDMA networks to snap up subscribers
from its larger rival, China Mobile, while investing little in its GSM networks.
Since last year, however, Unicom has stepped up its investment in GSM networks.
Some industry observers say this is as a sign Unicom might sell its CDMA
networks to fixed-line carrier China Telecom and focus solely on GSM services.
China Telecom Chairman Wang Xiaochu has publicly expressed interest in buying
one of Unicom's two cellular networks. Unicom denies it is in talks to sell to
the operator.
Rumors suggest Unicom will scale down or cease investment in CDMA networks this
year. Li denied the reports, saying Unicom will continue its investment, but
would not elaborate.
He added that the GSM service offers much untapped potential for Unicom.
Hong Kong-listed Unicom had 110 million GSM subscribers by March, an increase of
16 percent year-on-year. The number of CDMA subscribers totaled 37.7 million by
March. China Mobile had 316 million subscribers by March.
Unicom's GPRS service is now available in 70 cities across the country and will
be expanded to 129 cities on June 18.
Tong Xiaoyu, head of Unicom's VAS unit, said the company will soon launch a
number of new data services based on GPRS, such as banking, instant messaging,
as well as e-mail and mobile stock services.
The soaring stock market has boosted demands in China for mobile data services,
such as real-time stock quotes and transactions on mobile phones.
The Shanghai Composite Index has quadrupled after a five-year slump that ended
in July 2005. Mobile stock, enabled by CDMA services, is already very popular
among customers, according to Unicom.
Value-added services have become a new revenue stream for both China Mobile and
China Unicom. China Mobile last year generated 23.5% of its total revenue from
the value-added services, compared to 20.6 percent in the previous year. Unicom
generated 21.5% of its CDMA revenue from VAS, or non-voice services.
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China Unicom to launch 3G-related VAS in Guangdong
China Unicom will launch a series of 3G-related value-added services (VAS) in
south China's Guangdong province in an effort to meet the continuously changing
demand. Presently, some of those value-added services such as instant messaging
tool, smart home and video surveillance have been put into an initial commercial
operation. Other 3G-related services like video sharing, mobile payment, and
mobile phone TV have also been put into technological experiment.
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Delayed 3G launch in China gives Ericsson more opportunity to accelerate
transformation
Ericsson need to face a new transformation when business expansion of global
telecom carriers slowed down, especially in newly emerged 3G markets like China
and India.
“Ericsson is strong in traditional hardware and network equipment market. In the
future, Ericsson will do more in software architecture and we will focus on
multimedia service.” said Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO of Ericsson in an interview.
“The delayed 3G launch in China gives us more opportunity to accelerate
Ericsson’s transformation.”
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Agilent monitors and troubleshoots IMS
Agilent Technologies Monday announced that its NgN Analysis System now offers
end-to-end monitoring and troubleshooting of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
networks. This major product extension facilitates the delivery of multimedia
services via a converged wireless, cable and wireline signaling domain and
enables complete visibility of IMS, VoIP and PSTN networks.
The solution’s new functionality correlates IMS, VoIP and traditional protocols
and integrates IMS monitoring with Agilent’s acceSS7. Agilent’s IMS initiative
is part of its broader Power of 3 service assurance strategy, which provides
carriers with three-minute detection of KPI violations, three-click root cause
identification and three-dimensional business intelligence across networks,
services and customers.
Building on five years global experience in complex call modeling, VoIP and
Push-to-Talk over Cellular, Agilent is well positioned to help carriers exploit
the opportunities and meet the challenges of IMS. IMS offers service providers a
standard, cost-effective, access-independent domain for implementing
Internet-type applications such as voice and video telephony, audio and video
conferencing, dual mode telephony, multimedia streaming, and presence and buddy
services. The successful convergence of so many services depends on complex
interactions among devices within the IMS infrastructure and between that
infrastructure and VoIP and SS7 networks. Carriers must manage these
interactions effectively to maintain high-quality customer service, which
requires a comprehensive solution for monitoring and troubleshooting.
Agilent’s NgN Analysis System connects at key signaling points within an IMS and
VoIP infrastructure, and provides the OSS industry’s most complete network-wide
correlation across all protocols, on demand on a per-call basis. Newly
incorporated protocols include Diameter, MAP, CAMEL and ENUM. Complete protocol
correlation enables the NgN Analysis System to provide end-to-end visibility of
IMS-based services. It also performs real-time and historical call monitoring,
call trace and ongoing management of service quality. The solution’s integration
with acceSS7 extends these capabilities to SS7 components of any service.
“Although carriers are keen to provide IMS-based services, they are wary of the
potential complexity and do not want to disrupt their existing service quality,”
said Neil Haydon, worldwide marketing manager of Agilent’s Assurance Solutions
Division. “To retain and attract customers, they need to get IMS right from the
start -- as well as support their adjacent VoIP architecture. Agilent’s NgN
Analysis System has already proven itself with VoIP and will enable carriers to
roll out reliable new IMS services. The solution provides end-to-end visibility
for quick and effective troubleshooting.”
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Agilent intros cell-based 3G analyzer
Agilent Technologies Monday introduced its Cell-Based Analysis solution for
monitoring, troubleshooting and optimizing UTRAN performance in 3G networks.
This industry-first solution simplifies end-to-end management of complex 3G
processes so that operators can repair network problems quickly, reduce reliance
on high-paid experts, ensure high-quality customer experience, and plan the most
efficient and cost-effective use of resources.
Cell-Based Analysis is a key element in Agilent’s Power of 3 service assurance
strategy, which provides carriers with three-minute detection of key performance
indicator (KPI) violations; three-click root cause identification; and
three-dimensional business intelligence across networks, services and customers.
Agilent’s Cell-Based Analysis is specifically designed for 3G UTRANs, which are
far more complex than 2G radio networks because they require many more cell
sites and because 3G mobile phones communicate with multiple cell sites at once.
The solution’s probes capture all UTRAN signaling and display real network
traffic in near real time. The dashboard’s straightforward row-and-column format
uses colors to signify when specific cell sites exceed KPI thresholds. Users
simply click for detailed measurements and troubleshooting. The drill-down
capabilities enable operators to analyze a variety of critical issues,
including:
- how to regulate signaling between adjacent cell sites;
- why handovers fail, calls drop or calls drift onto competitors’ networks;
- how to optimize cell sites for a high-quality customer experience;
- how to allocate network equipment efficiently; and
- when to purchase additional equipment.
- The solution also complements Agilent’s Wireless Network Optimization
Platform, a proven “drive test” tool, which measures network performance with
respect to simulated calls. The Agilent Cell-Based Analysis helps operators
determine where drive testing will be most effective.
“Agilent’s Cell-Based Analysis solution not only provides a complete view of
actual customer traffic, it simplifies network management and can save carriers
money and increase revenue,” said Neil Haydon, worldwide marketing manager,
Assurance Solutions Division. “In particular, the solution monitors key UTRAN
parameters and presents data in such an uncomplicated way that non-specialists
can quickly respond when values exceed pre-specified thresholds. Higher-paid
experts can devote themselves to the most complicated problems and network
optimization. Operators pay less for employees, avoid unnecessary equipment
purchases, fix problems faster, and provide the kind of service that attracts
customers and encourages them to spend more.”
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KPN picks Atreus OSS for business VoIP
Ottawa-based Atreus Systems, the leading supplier of provisioning software for
VoIP and IMS-based services, Monday announced that its IP Service Provisioning
Solution has been selected by KPN to deploy a full range of VoIP business
applications for their small business and enterprise customers.
Using Atreus as a single, robust service delivery system, KPN will streamline
service ordering and provisioning using intuitive self-management portals;
simplify feature bundle creation and management capabilities; automate IP phone
ordering, shipment and configuration; and simplify complex operational tasks
including PSTN interconnect, number portability, directory listing updates and
emergency services. By automating the provisioning process, KPN will sign up new
customers quickly and cost effectively while generating significant follow-on
revenue with the delivery of a wide variety of value-added IP services.
"With Atreus’ software, KPN’s customers can easily configure their own PABX and
activate a wide variety of communication services," said Louis Rustenhoven, vice
president Voice, KPN. "Atreus’ carrier-class provisioning solutions, coupled
with their extensive deployment experience and high level of professionalism and
responsiveness, will help us quickly deploy VoIP and complementary IP bundles to
our customers with proven reliability."
"KPN is well known for their advanced voice communications and committed to
delivering innovative applications with an improved user-experience for their
customers," said Andrea Baptiste, CEO, Atreus Systems. "KPN has a unique
approach to delivering differentiated service bundles that will enable them to
provide high value solutions for their customers. With Atreus, KPN will be able
to shorten time-to-market and increase satisfaction by putting their customers
in control with self-care."
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Microsoft to acquire aQuantive for $6 billion
Microsoft Corp. friday announced it will acquire aQuantive, Inc., for $66.50 per
share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6 billion. This deal
expands upon the Company’s previously outlined vision to provide the advertising
industry with a world class, Internet-wide advertising platform, as well as a
set of tools and services that help its constituents generate the highest
possible return on their advertising investments.
“The advertising industry is evolving and growing at an incredible pace, moving
increasingly toward online and IP-served platforms, which dramatically increases
the importance of software for this industry,” said Steve Ballmer, chief
executive officer of Microsoft. “Today’s announcement represents the next step
in the evolution of our ad network from our initial investment in MSN, to the
broader Microsoft network including Xbox Live, Windows Live and Office Live, and
now to the full capacity of the Internet. Microsoft is intensely committed to
creating a thriving advertising business and to partnering closely with all key
constituencies in this industry to help maximize the digital advertising
opportunity for all.”
The aQuantive acquisition enables Microsoft to strengthen relationships with
advertisers, agencies and publishers by enhancing the Company’s world-class
advertising platforms and services beyond its current capabilities to serve MSN.
The acquisition also provides Microsoft increased depth in building and
supporting next generation advertising solutions and environments such as cross
media planning, video-on-demand (VOD) and IPTV.
“Combining the talented people and deep technology and service expertise of
these two companies will help make buying and selling media simpler, smarter and
more cost effective for advertisers, agencies and publishers alike,” said Kevin
Johnson, president, Platforms and Services Division at Microsoft. “Joining the
capabilities of these groups is an important step toward our goal of becoming an
industry leading, Internet-wide advertising platform.”
“aQuantive’s mission has been to leverage the power of digital marketing
services and technologies to drive measurable results for our clients,” said
Brian P. McAndrews, chief executive officer of aQuantive. “Microsoft has set a
leading example in prioritizing industry partnership, transparency, measurement
and quality, and we look forward to combining forces and bringing the value of
our combined assets to bear for the benefit of advertisers, ad agencies and
publishers.”
The deal is expected to be completed in the first half of Microsoft’s fiscal
year 2008. The acquisition is not expected to have a significant impact on the
financial guidance previously issued by the Company.
aQuantive, which has approximately 2600 employees, will continue to operate from
its Seattle headquarters as part of Microsoft’s Online Services Business. The
combination of Microsoft and aQuantive takes the Company’s advertising platform
to the next level in its ability to serve Microsoft’s first party audience
assets like MSN, Windows Live, Xbox Live, and Office Live, as well as for third
party publishers and applications such as Facebook and Activision game titles.
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SAP acquires Wicom Communications
In a move that will enable companies to streamline and improve the agility of
their customer- facing processes, SAP AG announced the acquisition of Wicom
Communications, a leading, privately-held provider of all-IP contact center and
enterprise communications software based in Espoo, Finland. The acquisition will
enable SAP to offer companies the ability to better integrate communications
technologies and business systems so that they can more effectively serve their
customers, regardless of how they connect to the business; connecting functions
such as customer service, marketing, finance and sales; and making sure that all
customer-facing employees wherever they are located have access to the same
relevant knowledge and data. Founded in 1999, Wicom delivers concrete business
benefits for approximately 200 contact centers and contact-intensive multi-sited
enterprises in 18 countries. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The
announcement was made at SAPPHIRE® '07, SAP's international customer conference,
being held in Vienna, Austria, May 14 - 16.
SAP sees a growing market trend for companies to create, mature and service
their business network: including customers, partners, suppliers and
competitors; extending business processes beyond the traditional enterprise
boundaries. To successfully leverage these network members, companies must be
able to build and manage virtual business processes and teams to harness the
full range of knowledge, resources and communication channels. With the addition
of Wicom, SAP will enable our customers to leverage communication- enabled
business processes to more effectively serve and manage their business networks
to deliver superior customer experience.
"Wicom firmly established itself as an innovator in improving the performance
and quality of customer service, telesales and daily business interactions for
our growing customer base," said Ilkka Kivimaki, CEO, Wicom. "Together, SAP and
Wicom will support communication-enabled business processes, starting with a
complete solution for a multichannel all-IP contact center. Joining SAP opens up
our innovation to a larger set of business and development opportunities. I'm
excited for our employees to join the SAP team and for our customers, who will
benefit from a unified solution to manage communication-enabled business
processes."
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Verizon Business to acquire Cybertrust
Verizon Business Monday announced a definitive agreement under which it will
acquire Cybertrust, a privately held provider of global information security
services. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The combination will make Verizon Business the leading provider of managed
information security services to large-business and government customers
worldwide. By combining Cybertrust's global presence and customer base, focused
security expertise and professional services with Verizon Business'
"cloud-to-core" security portfolio, global IP network and financial strength,
the acquisition creates a powerful and unique player that will redefine the
global security landscape. The companies expect to close the transaction in 60
to 90 days.
Cybertrust -- an information security firm with 800 employees and operations in
30 locations across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific
region -- is a global leader in securing critical data, protecting identities
and helping its customers demonstrate ongoing compliance. Services include
identity management, managed security services, vulnerability/threat management,
security certification programs and a full range of professional services
including enterprise-wide quantified risk analysis, individual application
assessments, and forensics and incident response services.
"Security is a top concern for corporate CIOs worldwide, and this transaction
demonstrates Verizon Business' focus on and commitment to providing world-class
security solutions," said John Killian, president of Verizon Business. "As the
world continues to move to IP, this combination creates an essential engine for
protecting our customers' operations end-to- end.
"It will also enable Verizon Business to accelerate its creation and deployment
of world-class security solutions to meet our customers' increasing need for
comprehensive security solutions that are available globally," he said.
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Sun Microsystems launches Java-based mobile OS
At the JavaOne conference, Rich Green, EVP of Software, Sun Microsystems,
previewed a mobile phone prototype with a rich, graphical interface, made
possible by new software from Sun. JavaFX Mobile, a mobile phone software system
available to carriers, content owners and consumer electronics manufacturers,
could help to reduce the costs of creating rich, mobile Internet devices.
Dr. Djibril Diallo, director of the United Nations New York Office of Sport for
Development and Peace, and chair of the UN Youth Summit series, offered his
support for Sun's technology for developing countries. "Bringing the Internet to
people through mobile handsets can greatly expand access, and it is imperative
that the technology industry continues to innovate to make that a reality
worldwide," said Diallo.
Unlike other device platforms built around proprietary technologies, JavaFX
Mobile uses industry standard technologies -- this means that applications built
with JavaFX can run on a wide range of Java-enabled devices, and content
providers can add them to their devices quickly. The latest standards, including
the Mobile Services Architecture set of device APIs, are tightly integrated in
JavaFX Mobile, so developers have a rich set of highly portable capabilities.
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Verizon Business ready for government biz under Networx Universal
Verizon Business has officially unveiled a comprehensive suite of services and
capabilities to help the federal government usher in a new era of advanced
communications services under the multibillion-dollar Networx Universal contract
awarded by the U.S. General Services Administration on March 29.
In a meeting in Virginia Thursday (May 10) with representatives from federal
agencies that soon will begin submitting orders under Networx Universal, Verizon
Business provided an overview of the cutting-edge voice, data, wireless,
security and Internet services the company is prepared to provide to more than
135 government agencies around the globe. Verizon Business was one of three
prime contractors awarded the Networx Universal contract, which authorizes the
company to compete for business from individual agencies.
Networx Universal is the first of two Networx contracts awarded by the GSA to
modernize federal government communications with seamless, secure and
interoperable services to support the business of government.
The second contract, Networx Enterprise, is expected to be awarded later this
month.
The Networx program is among the largest federal communication contracts in
history and has an overall value estimated at $20 billion over 10 years spread
among all awardees. Networx will replace FTS2001 and several other
telecommunications agreements.
"We are ready to help the federal government unleash the power of Internet
protocol, wireless and other advanced services," said Susan Zeleniak, vice
president for Verizon Federal, an organization within Verizon Business dedicated
to serving federal government customers. "As a communications provider to the
federal government under the GSA FTS2001 contract, we have the unique experience
to help agencies transition to Networx. We realize that transitioning from one
network to another is not without challenges, and we are committed to working
with our government customers to address their distinctive needs for today while
anticipating their needs for tomorrow."
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IAC/InterActive to launch Ask Mobile GPS service
US-based IAC/InterActiveCorp. Friday launched a new mobile application for its
Ask.com Web search service to help consumers find friends, shops and services
based on their location.
"Ask Mobile GPS" was launched on Ask.com's Web site on Friday and will be
available next week on Sprint Nextel through a deal between Sprint and
WaveMarket, which provides location-based services for cellphones.
IAC plans to expand the service to other U.S. carriers and may offer more basic
tools to consumers for free.
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Intel Capital invests in 6 startups
Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Intel Corporation, kicked off its
eighth annual CEO Summit with the announcement of six investments totaling $31
million. The deals, all led by Intel Capital, include: China-based 51.com
(social networking) and Phoenix Microelectronics (microelectronics); Aternity
(application management software) and Ceedo (portable computing environment),
both based in Israel; and from the United States, Jajah (Internet telephony
solutions) and Tutor.com (education network).
This year’s CEO Summit, held at the La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif, is
being attended by more than 400 executives -- an event record -- from Intel
Capital portfolio companies and global 2,000 companies. The event includes
keynote presentations, expert panel discussions and more than 500 matchmaking
meetings between portfolio company CEOs and industry executives as part of the
focus on learning and deal-making.
“With global reach, larger investment stakes and active collaboration, Intel
Capital is a leader in company building and becoming engaged with companies
beyond our initial investment,” said Arvind Sodhani, president of Intel Capital.
“By bringing together savvy business executives, global decision makers and our
inspired entrepreneurs, the CEO Summit demonstrates our proactive strategy in
helping our portfolio companies succeed. We look forward to welcoming CEOs,
executives and entrepreneurs from around the world to this year’s event.”
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ZTE strengthens global momentum with 2007 VAS Forum tour
China-based ZTE Corporation, the leading global provider of telecommunications
equipment and network solutions, is this month raising product awareness with a
global tour highlighting its range of value-added services (VAS). As an integral
part of this tour, ZTE is offering a series of technical workshops to major
operators in nine countries around the world, focusing in detail on the uses and
benefits of its latest network solutions and technologies like IMS SOFTDA,
Handset Television, NGCC (Next Generation Call) and OCS (Online Billing system).
With a theme of "Information, Content and Entertainment", the 2007 tour follows
two similar and highly successful events in previous two years, and will cover
major cities around the world including United Arab Emirates, Egypt, India,
Bengal, Brazil, Vietnam, Algeria, Kenya and Pakistan.
"In the converging telecoms world, traditional voice and data services can no
longer be regarded as the revenue-generating services that they once were," said
Mr. Kan Yulun, General Manager of ZTE's value-added product range. "In the
on-going effort to retain customers and increase ARPU, services that add value
on top of voice and data are fast becoming the key to the creation of
future-proofed, profit-generating networks. Our VAS forum places the new breed
of services in context for national operators who are seeking an economically
viable means to scale services in a way which meets customer expectations."
ZTE delivers its value adding technology through its Anyservice solution, a
system which enables multiple services such as polyphonic ringtones, SMS, 3G
data services, prepaid services, intelligent public phone services and a number
of corporate solutions to streamline communications in the enterprise.
Demonstrating ZTE's ability to meet the diverse demands of local customers,
ZTE's VAS forum highlights the full portfolio of VAS solutions, simultaneously
focusing on one or two specific customised solutions for local markets.
To date, ZTE's Anyservice VAS solutions have been deployed for around 70
carriers in over 60 countries around the world. Several defining applications,
including prepaid service, SMS and "Colour" Ring Back Tone (CRBT) service, have
been deployed in more than 60 carrier networks, becoming profit generators for
these customers.
The ZTE VAS Forum Tour is running throughout May and will conclude in Pakistan
in June.
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China to do $4.3B high-tech shopping in US, including 27 contracts in
California
A delegation of Chinese business leaders committed to buying $4.3 billion in US
technology, hoping to soften a political backlash to the massive trade imbalance
dividing two of the world's economic powers.
The agreements were trumpeted at a ceremony, two weeks before the scheduled
start of government talks in Washington where leaders will try to tackle the US'
$232 billion trade deficit with China and other prickly issues.
California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi hailed 27 contracts as an "important step in
furthering the deep relationship between this state, this country and China."
To underscore China's resolve to explore more US investments, executives from
more than 200 Chinese companies are meeting with their US counterparts in 24
cities scattered across 23 states, said Ma Xiuhong, vice minister of China's
Ministry of Commerce.
In its first stop, just north of Silicon Valley's high-tech heartland, the
Chinese coalition primarily sealed deals with computer software, semiconductor
and telecommunications companies.
The US beneficiaries included high-tech bellwethers Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, HP
and other companies.
Already boasting the world's largest population, China has become an
increasingly attractive market for makers of high-tech gear as the country's
rapid economic growth feeds the demand for more powerful computers and more
sophisticated mobile phones, advanced photonics components and chips for FTTP
and IPTV, and new software for OSS/BSS and network security.
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China Mobile to deploy AsiaInfo's BOSS for TD-SCDMA tests
OSS/BSS solution provider AsiaInfo Holdings has won an order from China Mobile
to deploy Business and Operation Support Systems (BOSS) for China Mobile's
extended TD-SCDMA tests in four provinces and three municipalities.
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Motorola integrates Docsis 3.0 into its broadband services router (BSR)
software release
Motorola, Inc. Wednesday announced that support for DOCSIS 3.0 will be
integrated into the Motorola Broadband Services Router (BSR) 64000 cable modem
termination system (CMTS) 4.4 software release. The new software offers all
existing BSR 64000 customers with 2:8 CMTS Modules the ability to leverage
standards-based, downstream channel bonding with a simple software install. This
new software release will give operators the ability to achieve Ultra-Broadband
rates and deliver more than 145 Mbps to a single DOCSIS cable modem and more
than 200 Mbps to a single EuroDOCSIS cable modem without the need for additional
hardware.
Motorola works with service providers around the globe to drive enhanced
capacity and throughput on every kind of broadband network. For cable operators,
channel bonding is a way to expand throughput by a factor of four to individual
DOCSIS and EuroDOCSIS 3.0 cable modems. This improved bandwidth lends cable
operators an advantage as they face increasing competitive pressures from the
telecom industry and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) deployments.
"Our goal has always been to give our customers a viable route toward the
delivery of Ultra-Broadband services, and our intensive development work on the
DOCSIS 3.0 standard was conducted specifically with that goal in mind," said
Kevin Keefe, vice president marketing, Motorola Connected Home Solutions. "The
4.4 software release provides the bandwidth benefits of the DOCSIS 3.0 standard
while at the same time helping to protect our customers' investments in Motorola
CMTS hardware."
The BSR 64000 configured with existing 2:8 CMTS Modules is designed to allow
cable operators to bond up to four physical channels into a single logical
channel for delivering targeted bandwidth. Through Dynamic Load Balancing, the
Motorola software solution also helps enable legacy cable modems to share the
same bandwidth as bonded, DOCSIS 3.0 cable modems.
The Motorola implementation of channel bonding will be demonstrated at CableNET
Pavilion -- Booth #221 in the Las Vegas Convention Center, May 7-9, 2007.
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Broadsoft appoints Jonathan Reid as VP for Asia Pacific headquartered in
Shanghai
BroadSoft, Inc., a leading provider of VoIP application software, Tuesday
announced the continued expansion of its global sales force leadership with the
appointment of Jonathan Reid as the vice president for Asia Pacific.
Headquartered in Shanghai, China, Reid will be responsible for increasing the
marketshare of BroadSoft’s BroadWorks® VoIP platform in the region.
Reid has more than 15 years of international business development and sales
experience in several industries, including software and telecommunications. He
joins BroadSoft after serving as the managing director of APAC for Sylantro
Systems Corp., where he drove business development and led APAC activities,
including establishing a regional headquarters in China. Prior to Sylantro, he
led business development initiatives at softswitch provider Syndeo Corp. Before
working in high-tech start-ups, Reid performed venture capital and strategy
consulting at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). He has worked and lived
throughout Asia Pacific for more than a decade.
"Jonathan’s carrier relationships in China and the APAC region are impressive
and make him a valuable addition to BroadSoft," said Michael Tessler, president
and CEO for BroadSoft. "Building on the success of the BroadWorks platform, this
appointment will advance further the adoption of BroadWorks among APAC service
providers and our overall market leadership position."
As vice president of APAC, Reid is responsible for the development and execution
of sales strategy and channel relationships, and development of the APAC team.
BroadSoft has sales operations in Hong Kong; Melbourne, Australia; Auckland, New
Zealand; Seoul, Korea; and now Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Shanghai, China.
"Growth of the Asian Pacific telecom market is progressing at record rates, and
all the carriers want the best hosted VoIP offering, delivered via fixed line,
mobile, broadband and fixed-mobile convergence," said Reid. "BroadSoft’s
BroadWorks VoIP and IMS solutions are well-known in this region. I look forward
to helping BroadSoft expand its market share among service providers and
assisting our customers in selling-through to the end-user."
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OpenCloud appoints Jonathan Bell and Bob Drummond as VPs
U.K.-based OpenCloud Limited, the supplier of open standards-based application
servers for the deployment of next-generation convergent telecommunications
services, Tuesday announced two senior appointments to its management team.
Jonathan Bell joins as VP of product marketing and Bob Drummond as VP of
professional services and marketing communications. The appointments follow the
increased uptake of OpenCloud’s Rhino™ platform and the company’s commitment to
world-class service delivery.
As VP of product marketing, Jonathan Bell will leverage his extensive experience
in product conception for early and growth stage software product companies.
Prior to OpenCloud, Bell worked as an independent consultant advising telecoms
product companies on product strategy and proposition. As one of the founding
management team at leading telecoms billing start-up Geneva Technology, Jonathan
was responsible for the original conception and design of Geneva, the world's
first truly convergent real-time billing system and remained as VP of product
strategy when Geneva was acquired by Convergys.
Bob Drummond joins OpenCloud as VP of professional services and will have
overall responsibility for the company’s professional services business
worldwide, including its growth targets and for all market-facing marketing
activities. Prior to joining OpenCloud in 2006, Drummond was Regional Director
at a global telecommunications supplier, responsible for a solutions and
professional services business within EMEA. He has over 20 years management
experience in the telecommunications industry in New Zealand, Germany, UK, Asia
and the US.
“Both Jonathan and Bob have a long history of successfully delivering complex IT
solutions and robust products into the telecommunications industry, and
achieving measurable business results for clients. The appointments of these
industry experts fit into OpenCloud’s business strategy of continually enhancing
our product strategy and global product delivery capabilities. With a
strengthened management team, we have the infrastructure in place to meet the
accelerating adoption of our Rhino open platform and ensure our customers
receive the optimum service to meet their needs,” said Stephen Newton, CEO of
OpenCloud.
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Google China is reportedly moving its marketing headquarters to Shanghai
Local media report that Google China will make a major adjustment on its
regional functions and move its marketing headquarters and client service
department from Beijing to Shanghai and its engineering institute from Shanghai
to Beijing.
Google's new office in Shanghai will be located at Raffles Square and Google
will move into the new office in July.
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Microsoft reportedly in merger talk with Yahoo to better compete with Google
Microsoft Corp is resuming its pursuit of search engine operator Yahoo Inc that
could help it better compete with Web search leader Google Inc. The New York
Post reported that Microsoft has asked Yahoo to enter formal negotiations for an
acquisition that could be worth US$50 billion.
Yahoo's market capitalization was about US$38 billion on last Thursday.
The Wall Street Journal said executives of the two companies are looking at a
merger or some other kind of matchup and said the talks appear to be early-stage
discussions.
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Cavium announces IPO pricing
California-based Cavium Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM) announced an initial
public offering of 6,750,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $13.50 per
share (before underwriting discounts and commissions). Cavium Networks has
granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,012,500 additional
shares of common stock at the initial public offering price, less underwriting
discounts and commissions, to cover over-allotments, if any. Cavium Networks'
common stock will be listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "CAVM"
and will begin trading Wednesday, May 2, 2007. All of the shares in the offering
are being offered by Cavium Networks.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Lehman Brothers Inc. acted as joint
book-running managers for the offering, with Thomas Weisel Partners LLC, Needham
& Company, LLC and JMP Securities LLC serving as co-managers. A copy of the
final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained by contacting Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 180 Varick Street, Second Floor, New York, NY 10014,
Attention: Prospectus Department, by telephone at 1-866-718-1649 or by e-mail at
prospectus@morganstanley.com, or by contacting Lehman Brothers Inc., c/o
Broadridge, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11786, by e-mail at
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Huawei helps industry leaders advance digital music market
China-based Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei"), a leader in providing
next-generation telecommunications networks for operators around the world, has
announced that it successfully held a global seminar in Beijing entitled the
"Music@Mobile Seminar 2007 - Profit from RBT and Digital Music". Top global
operators including China Mobile, Orange participated at the event and discussed
how operators, service providers and content providers can cooperate on
technology development, product integration, and content and services
development to benefit the rapidly booming global digital music market.
The digital music is an important core businesses for telecommunication
operators and has huge development potential worldwide. According to statistics
from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the sales
volume of digital music has been rapidly growing and is estimated that the music
market will grow at an annual rate of approximately 5.2%. The turnover is
expected to reach US$48 billion in 2010 with digital music taking up a
proportion of 40-60%.
During the seminar top operators, record companies, service providers, content
providers and consulting firm discussed the importance of cooperating to create
a win-win and sustainable value chain, to support the global development of
digital music. The participants also shared their experiences on Ring Back Tone
(RBT) operations, and how to generate profits from digital music compared to the
traditional music industry.
"With the traditional music industry evolving in the direction of the digital
music realm, operators and service providers need a full value chain to tap into
this brand new market," said Mr. Che Haiping, President of Huawei's Application
and Software Product Line, "Huawei has made a great contribution to linking the
digital music value chain to add value to content providers, service providers
and terminal equipment providers and to drive digital music services."
Huawei AiMi (Active Music) integrated end-to-end digital music solution helps
operators to achieve more market share and more business value by jointly
building and improving their industrial value chain. It is a flexible and
convergent solution supporting 'platform + applications + service + operation'.
Huawei has also formed strategic cooperative partnerships with content providers
such as Orchard, the world's leading global marketer and distributor for
independent record labels, to provide a complete digital music solution targeted
at operators worldwide.
Through speeches at the seminar and close communications at the round table,
together with a combination of theories and practice,
