Top NewsSureWest adds home monitoring to triple playSureWest Communications announced a new remote monitoring service Tuesday that allows users to keep tabs on their home while they’re away, using live video and alerts.... Occam outgrows Tellabs partnershipOccam Networks’ three-year partnership with Tellabs expires this month, without having generated much revenue.... Former White Rock CEO to lead AktinoIndustry veteran Lonnie Martin, a longtime ADC Telecommunications executive who also helped found White Rock Networks, has stepped in to lead Aktino.... Google pushes for ‘white space’ bandwidthJust like it didn’t win the 700Mhz auction – but played a major influencer role in its outcome – Google made a filing last Friday with the FCC calling for the use of unlicensed over-the-air TV ‘white space’ spectrum to be used for broadband services, though it doesn’t want to provide those services itself.... IBM aims to secure ‘mashups’Applications mashing together Web and voice features are all the rage, but enterprises and service providers have security concerns about opening up APIs that your average Web developer can probably afford to ignore... Covad pitching quality in its bundleSmall to mid-sized businesses are seeing the value of VoIP, but they are also insisting on quality service and that is turning them away from best-effort services, according to Lisa Graham, senior vice president and general manager of Covad Communications’ Wholesale Division... XO weighs debt options in a difficult marketXO Communications is mulling a range of options for paying down its $377 million in debt amid a turbulent credit market. ... Orange Business debuts mobile management in USRealizing that many corporations face the daunting task of tracking, securing and maintaining the explosion of mobile devices that employees now carry, Orange Business Services this week launched a mobility management service that it says provides an holistic view of the mobile office environment.... VON: Start-up wins VON Best in Show award for high-def conferencingSAN JOSE, Calif. -- Just one week after announcing a startup venture to deploy wideband audio conferencing technology, WYDE Voice – backed by Free Conferencing Corp. founder and CEO David Erickson – has already been recognized as the “Best in Show.”... VON: Dialcom takes on big guys in unified collaborationSAN JOSE, Calif. -- Unified collaboration provider Dialcom introduced the North American market to Spontania, a real-time collaboration platform, at the VON show this week. ... Verizon Wireless reveals open-network strategyVerizon Wireless kicked off its developer program in New York today, revealing the first details of just how open-access will work on CDMA network. Verizon will maintain control over pricing plans for third -- party services and devices on its networks, but it appears surprisingly willing to give outsiders access to key elements of the network... Adva CEO: How AT&T is holding Ciena ‘hostage’Adva Optical Networking announced restructuring moves this week after reporting a disappointing” 2007. On the company’s quarterly earnings call Tuesday, CEO Brian Protiva spoke out on a number of topics in response to analyst questions... VON: Digium CEO gives open-source VoIP primerSan Jose – At the VON conference in San Jose this week, Digium, creators of the Asterisk open-source telephony software, unveiled the Switchvox 3.5 and the AA60 Switchvox Appliance, designed for large businesses and small businesses, respectively. ... VON: PhoneFusion offers voice mail integrationPhoneFusion this week launched a free, downloadable application that lets smartphone users centralize their voice mailboxes and see a visual list of their messages on their phone.... VON: Broadsoft marketplace brings carriers into Web 2.0 equationVoIP platform vendor BroadSoft announced at the VON.x show this week a set of APIs and developer programs that will let developers integrate voice into their Web applications, leveraging service provider networks... Verizon extends security to application layerVerizon Business today announced an extension to its managed security services that will protect its customers’ network infrastructure at the application layer... 700 MHz auction ends after 261 roundsAuction 73 came to a close this afternoon after 38 days when Round 261 failed to garner a single new bid. The auction raised $19.592 billion, but aside from the cash payout the FCC revealed few of the auctions results... VON: Applications trump network, Sprint VP saysSan Jose – The wireless industry is moving from an environment where the network was key to one in which applications and content reign, according to Ben Vos, vice president of core technologies at Sprint Nextel.... VON: Low-power devices, true Internet access to drive mobile usageSAN JOSE -- New Internet technologies like online video and social networking are driving massive increases in broadband traffic, but for that usage to move to mobile networks requires new developments in mobile performance, software compatibility and core network capabilities. ... NMS gets into music biz; buys Groove MobileNMS Communications said today it has acquired mobile music company Groove Mobile for $14.5 million, allowing NMS to expand beyond ringback tones into full track music downloads.... In the spotlight: Tandberg’s Rick SnyderTandberg is one of a number of companies riding the popularity wave of telepresence, announcing yesterday that it has signed agreements with both Nortel Networks and Micosoft. Rick Snyder, president, Americas, for Tandberg, spoke to Editor-in-Chief Carol Wilson from the VoiceCon show. ... MegaPath enhances integrated voice-data offerMegaPath this week is announcing new SIP and PRI interfaces to enable its Duet integrated voice and data service to support both digital and IP-based PBXs.... VON: IIA chairman urges investment in bandwidthSan Jose – Don’t say we didn’t warn you. This was Larry Irving’s word of caution to service providers at the VON.x conference in San Jose. Speaking at the Town Hall meeting kicking off the conference, Irving, co-chairman of the Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA), said something has to be done to increase bandwidth or better utilize existing bandwidth today.... VON: A new wave of unified communications hitsSAN JOSE, CA – Several new products announced Monday at the VON.x conference in San Jose had a common theme: Cisco Systems isn’t the only name for unified communications. Many companies unveiled new products to promote UC, a concept championed by Cisco in recent years, at all levels of the enterprise network. ... Moto links the smartphone to the PBXMotorola’s newest smartphone won’t be the fancy 3G device we’re used to seeing in operator commercials or window displays.... Zhone adds active Ethernet optionZhone Technologies introduced active Ethernet equipment to its access portfolio today, adding active Ethernet modules to its access platform as well as new customer premises gear, giving carriers the option of high-speed broadband over point-to-point fiber.... DragonWave unveils 1.6-Gig backhaul linkDragonWave today said it has broken the wireless backhaul speed barrier, announcing the latest generation of its wireless Ethernet radio, the Horizon Duo, which can deliver capacity up to 1.6 Gb/s.... Microsoft goes where Apple won’t, licenses FlashMicrosoft today said it is licensing Adobe’s Flash Lite and Reader technology to run in future versions of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile phones.... Polycom, Tandberg extend telepresence reachTwo different video players – Tandberg and Polycom – today announced plans with Microsoft that will enable them to bring higher quality videoconferencing to the desktop.... ECI unveils MPLS-based Ethernet platformECI Telecom today introduced a suite of carrier Ethernet gear spanning from metro core networks to customer premises.... |
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