F5 Networks, a player in Application Delivery Networking (ADN) and Quova, a provider of IP geolocation data and services, have announced a partnership and OEM agreement. The partnership is expected to improve F5′s ability to provide intelligent context-aware application delivery solutions to IT organisations worldwide. The Quova technology maps IP addresses and related data to [...]
Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, a player in mobile messaging and mobile commerce services, and Telecom New Zealand International (TNZI), a division of Telecom New Zealand, a full-service telecommunications provider, have announced a new partnership for the availability of a joint IPX voice service offering. The companies are working together to offer a voice [...]
Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Fujitsu, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and NTT Docomo have announced the joint development and successful testing of common technical specifications for value-added IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network services. The technical specifications recently demonstrated by the six companies support deployment of data processing functions, such as image conversion, on the IMS network. The [...]
Alcatel-Lucent has launched a new IP Transformation Centre (IPTC) in Chennai, India. First centre of its kind in the sub-continent, the IPTC is aimed at developing, integrating and testing end-to-end IP networking solutions for Alcatel-Lucent’s Indian and global customers as they migrate to next generation architectures. The centre will enable service providers to design, test [...]
Alcatel-Lucent has signed two contracts with Vietnam Telecom National (VTN), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vietnam Posts & Telecommunications Corporation Group (VNPT), to help the operator transform its network. Alca-Lu said that it will provide its IP/MPLS solutions, including the 7750 Service Router(SR) and the 5620 Service Aware Manager (SAM). the company believes its flexible IP/MPLS [...]
Alcatel-Lucent has signed a centralised purchasing contract with China Telecom, a telecom operator in China, to provide and maintain an IP/MPLS backbone across ten provinces (Guangxi, Hubei, Jiangxi, Ningxia, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Guizhou, Gansu, Xinjiang and Shanghai). Upon completion in October, China Telecom hopes to deliver advanced broadband services with improved quality. The contract, which is [...]
ZTE, a global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, is rolling out an all-IP mobile phone and data network for Madamobil, a new mobile operator in Madagascar. Madamobil is owned and operated by Life Telecom Holdings (a telecom investment and management firm based in the Netherlands) in partnership with Tecom Investments (a subsidiary of [...]
Alcatel-Lucent has been chosen by Samart Telcoms, a provider of network system services in Thailand and a member of the JJS consortium, to supply an intelligent optical network for TOT Public Company (TOT). This contract is aimed at supporting TOT’s IP broadband project. Alcatel-Lucent will provide Samart Telcoms with an integrated, end-to-end solution allowing TOT [...]
Intel and Nokia have announced a long-term relationship to develop a new class of Intel Architecture-based mobile computing device and chipset architectures, aimed at combining the performance of powerful computers with high-bandwidth mobile broadband communications and ubiquitous internet connectivity. To realise this shared vision, both companies are expanding their relationship to define a new mobile [...]
AT&T has extended Alcatel-Lucent’s contract for end-to-end multivendor network integration for AT&T U-verse. The AT&T U-verse portfolio brings together U-verse TV, U-verse High Speed Internet and U-verse Voice services all delivered over AT&T’s advanced Internet Protocol (IP) network using Alcatel-Lucent’s Triple Play Service Delivery Architecture (TPSDA). Under the latest agreement, Alcatel-Lucent will continue to provide [...]