IP
Washington Gas selects Alcatel-Lucent solution
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected to build Washington Gas’ new communications network linking the untility’s operations throughout Washington, D.C., and the surrounding region.
Alca-Lu informed that its Internet Protocol/Multiprotocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) solution will support Washington Gas in making better use of its existing infrastructure and enabling efficient delivery of natural gas to the company’s residential, commercial [...]
Siemens Enterprise Communications selects Verizon solution
Siemens Enterprise Communications has chosen Verizon Business to streamline its communications network management while setting the stage for advanced services.
Verizon’s solution for upgrading Siemens Enterprise Communications’ European communications infrastructure integrates voice over IP with centralised, multicountry and multisite IP Trunking to link the company’s Munich headquarters with operations across 10 European countries. Additionally, Verizon IP [...]
SoftBank Mobile chooses Ericsson mobile broadband solution
Japanese operator SoftBank Mobile has chosen Ericsson’s Service Aware Support Node (SASN) solution to provide expanded capabilities to its smartphone subscribers.
The SASN is aimed at providing efficient usage of telecom infrastructure through sophisticated traffic inspection functionality.
Ericsson informed the solution will enable flexible charging options and pave the way for Softbank Mobile to develop differentiated service [...]
AT&T selects Alcatel-Lucent as equipment supplier
AT&T has selected Alcatel-Lucent as one of the domain suppliers for IP/MPLS/Ethernet/Evolved Packet Core equipment. The domain award includes Alcatel-Lucent’s entire IP/MPLS/Ethernet/Evolved Packet Core family of products needed to support AT&T’s IP-based network.
As announced earlier this year, AT&T selected Alcatel-Lucent as one of two equipment suppliers for its planned deployment of LTE mobile broadband technology [...]
Pannon selects Alcatel-Lucent solution
Alcatel-Lucent has announced that Pannon, a Hungarian mobile operator and member of the Telenor Group, has selected an all-IP solution from Alcatel-Lucent to unify its mobile core network and its existing IP/MPLS-based mobile backhaul infrastructure.
By transforming the entire network to IP, Pannon is reportedly preparing for the anticipated surge in mobile traffic and laying the [...]
Quova helps F5 improve its IP geolocation capability
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 geographic locations [...]
Sybase 365, TNZI to launch joint IPX voice service
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 service [...]
NTT Docomo, five vendors develop specifications for value-added IMS
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 processing functions [...]
Alcatel-Lucent launches IP Transformation Centre in India
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 and [...]
VTN selects Alcatel-Lucent’s IP and optical solutions
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 infrastructure [...]
