Internet Access
Mag selects Starent’s 3G/UMTS and 4G/LTE solutions
Starent Networks, a provider of infrastructure solutions, has announced Mobilkom Austria Group (Mag) has selected Starent’s multimedia core solution for deployment in its mobile operator member companies across Europe for UMTS and LTE mobile broadband services. Starent is working with Kapsch CarrierCom, Austria for the solution deployment. Mag is a mobile service provider in Central [...]
Sierra Telephone selects Tellabs for Ethernet services
Sierra Telephone, a service provider in Central California, has selected Tellabs to put to rest its network migration challenges. The company wanted to offer new services at lower costs and better speeds as well as prepare for future demands of residential, business, and government users. To this effect, Sierra Telephone is gradually migrating to a [...]
Ericsson, DT trials higher bandwidth optical transmission
Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom have successfully made a field trial of higher bandwidth optical transmission. Besides others, Ericsson and DT are engaged in the public funded R&D project 100GET, where this test took place. Ericsson informed that the new technology (delivered in this trial from the Marconi MHL 3000 WDM platform) will accommodate customer’s steady [...]
Ericsson to build 3G network for Turkcell
Ericsson has signed a contract with Turkcell, a communication and technology company in Turkey, as the main supplier to build a complete WCDMA/HSPA network and a range of related services. The deal is aimed at enabling Turkcell to launch high-speed mobile broadband services, such as high-speed mobile internet and other advanced multimedia services, across Turkey. [...]
BT launches IVPN service for large organisations
BT has launched its BT Intelligent Virtual Private Network (iVPN) service in 172 countries, in a bid to allow global organisations to better manage and improve the performance of their IT network and business applications, and reduce technical and operational costs. Bt informed that the development of BT iVPN was made possible by its investment [...]
Ixia launches ‘next generation’ VoIP testing
Ixia, a supplier of IP test systems, has announced the next generation in residential and business VoIP testing. The company claims the IxLoad Voice matches the capacity of modern media gateways with a 1 million SIP- and RTP-based endpoints per chassis. IxLoad tests VoIP network components, including IP-based PBXs, softswitches, call managers, session border controllers, [...]
Nordic operator expands order for Tilgin’s IP software
Tilgin, a provider of solutions for multiplay and next-generation broadband services, has announced a new order on software and services from a Nordic telecom operator. Tilgin believes its software will enable the operator to strengthen its consumer offering by IP-services. The operator will upgrade to Tilgin’s latest service and device management software, VCM 5, to [...]
Speakeasy launches direct SIP for Integrated Voice
Speakeasy, a Seattle-based broadband voice (VoIP), data and IT service provider, has expanded its SIP IP voice and data integration capability as part of its ‘Integrated Voice’ service. Speakeasy can now provide combined voice and data service over direct SIP trunks (Session Initiation Protocol), in addition to its existing service over analog and digital lines. [...]
Novatel integrates Alca-Lu NLG technology into MiFi 2352
Alcatel-Lucent, a player in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, and Novatel Wireless, a provider of wireless broadband solutions, have announced that the Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian enterprise security and management solution will be ported to operate on MiFi 2352, an HSPA version of Novatel Wireless’ Intelligent Mobile Hotspot product. MiFi 2352 is [...]
Alca-Lu to power M-net’s fibre access network
Alcatel-Lucent has been awarded a multi-million Euro contract by the Munich-based regional network operator M-net, to deploy the first extensive fibre access network in Munich. The comany informed that in the future, additional Bavarian cities will be connected to M-net’s high-speed access network that consists of a mixed fibre-to-the-building (FTTB)/fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) architecture. Alcatel-Lucent will begin [...]
