Telecom
Trilogy increases stake in NZ operation
Trilogy International Partners (Trilogy), a US-based telecommunications holding company, has announced its intention to acquire an additional 26 per cent stake in 2degrees, a Greenfield mobile wireless operator in New Zealand, bringing Trilogy’s interest in the venture to 52 per cent. Trilogy agreed to purchase the interest currently held by Hong Kong-based General Enterprise Management [...]
Alca-Lu to power TOT’s IP broadband project
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 [...]
Neustar expands UltraDNS network infrastructure in Europe
Neustar has deployed a new UltraDNS network node in Amsterdam, expanding the company’s DNS infrastructure. The new node – the third in Europe along with London and Luxembourg – is expected to increase the performance of the UltraDNS Managed DNS Service, especially for end users in Europe. The new European node is located at Telecity’s [...]
Ericsson provides converged IP solution to O2 in Germany
Ericsson has been selected to provide Telefonica O2 Germany with an IMS core system with an IMS-based VoIP application server. These two contracts include hardware deployment and software systems integration services. This will see O2 migrate its existing fixed and mobile systems into a converged IP-based Next-generation network (NGN). Ericsson will also integrate in Germany [...]
Teliasonera to deliver content from NY to Sweden in 55 milliseconds
Teliasonera International Carrier has signed a deal to deliver live television broadcasts of a Swedish entertainment show from New York to Sweden – which, the company informed, it will do in 55 milliseconds. Teliasonera claims to be the first network operator with its own fibre-based media network to offer this service on an international and [...]
WACS consortium and Alcatel-Lucent sign contract
The WACS consortium and Alcatel-Lucent have signed a turnkey contract valued at several hundred million US dollars to deploy a new submarine cable network that will provide the first direct connection between Southern Africa and Europe. Named the West Africa Cable System (WACS), this 14,000 km-long submarine network system is expected to bolster internet and [...]
Cablecom selects Patton’s Smartnode VoIP technology
Patton-Inalp Networks, creator of Smartnode VoIP technology, has announced that Cablecom, a cable-network operator in Switzerland, has selected the Smartnode 4630 Multiport BRI VoIP Router as customer premise equipment for its ‘connect PBX’ ISDN VoIP and data service for small-to-medium enterprises. Providing up to 5 BRI ports and 8 VoIP channels, the Smartnode 4630 connects [...]
Digicel Antilles selects Alcatel-Lucent solution
Alcatel-Lucent has successfully completed the deployment of its microwave packet radio technology for the IP transformation of the mobile network operated by Digicel Antilles, a mobile telecommunications operator in the Caribbean, to support both traditional and new, advanced high-speed services in the Antilles. The company informed that by optimising traffic transport and aggregation from the [...]
MPA signs contract extension deal with BT
The Ministry of Public Administration (MPA) of Spain has awarded BT Spain a contract extension worth up to E44.5m over its lifetime, to provide networked IT and telephony services. MPA – which co-ordinates and offers administrative support to the Spanish government at a central, regional and local level across 400 offices – awarded BT Global [...]
SK Broadband selects Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS solution
Alcatel-Lucent has been chosen by SK Broadband (formerly known as Hanaro Telecom), a service provider in Souh Korea, to supply and maintain its IP service routing solution to support the operator’s real time IPTV service. Alcatel-Lucent said its IP/MPLS technology will enable SK Broadband to deliver advanced broadband services including real time IPTV services, high-definition [...]
