Next Generation Communications

Cassidian, Alcatel-Lucent Intro 4G LTE Mobile Broadband to the 400 MHz Frequency Band
5/16/2012 - Cassidian, a European Aeronautic Defence and Space company, announced with Alcatel-Lucent, an innovator in the field of networking and communications technology, the launch of a new wireless solution, Evercor, on Tuesday at TETRA World Congress 2012 in Dubai. This 4G LTE-based technology, aimed at public safety agencies as well as energy and transport companies, enables the use of video, data and other media in order to improve the way professionals in these industries serve and protect their communities.

InformInvestGroup, Altair Collaborate to Deliver LTE Solutions to Russia
5/16/2012 - InformInvestGroup, a Russian scientific and industrial holding has partnered with Altair Semiconductor, a global developer of ultra-low power, small footprint and high performance LTE chipsets, to deliver LTE solutions to Russia. Both companies will jointly deliver Altair-based terminals to the flourishing Russian LTE market.

Industry Experts Included in Qualys' CSO/CTO Advisory Board
5/15/2012 - Qualys, Inc. recently added four new members to its CSO/CTO Advisory Board. The organization's CSO/CTO Advisory Board, which already consists of the top information security experts from eBay, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, PayPal and other major companies, will now include the CISO of Cox Communications, Phil Agcaoili; CISO of Saba, Randy Barr; Audit Lead at Cisco Systems, Doug Dexter; and Vice President of Technology Innovation at Intuit, Hugh Molotsi.

3 Scandinavia Upgrades to Comverse Solutions
5/15/2012 - Comverse will upgrade a broad range of advanced voice, messaging, mobile broadband and call completion solutions for 3 Scandinavia. The company's services are being installed at 3 Scandinavia: next-generation voicemail, SMS, MMS, Mobile Internet, Who Called (captures missed calls) and more.

Alcatel-Lucent to Disclose Groundbreaking Innovation in Core Networking
5/15/2012 - Alcatel-Lucent said it's time to rethink the structure of its network. At the company's annual Technology Symposium 2012 in Santa Clara, Calif., May 22 - 23, networking and communications equipment supplier Alcatel-Lucent is planning to hold a live video press conference to announce a groundbreaking innovation in core networking.

NextGen Unveils Blue City Neutral Interconnection Platform
5/14/2012 - NextGen has launched the Blue City neutral interconnection platform at International Telecoms Week 2012 in Chicago. NextGen is a subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited.

Olive Telecom Selects Altair Semiconductor
5/14/2012 - Altair Semiconductor is a provider of TD-LTE products. The company has explored markets in Brazil and has completed advanced pre-commercial field trials with carriers around the world, including Softbank in Japan, China Mobile and leading carriers in India. The company has also launched a cost and feature-optimized chipset specifically for the Indian TD-LTE market.

TMCnet Next Generation Communications Week in Review
5/12/2012 - The next generation communications community remained focused on wireless, but also saw some interesting developments regarding things related to data centers, undersea cables, and the role service providers are playing smart girds.

Tonga Selects Alcatel-Lucent for New Undersea Cable
5/11/2012 - Tonga Cable Limited, recently picked Alcatel-Lucent to provide an undersea cable link between Tonga and its neighbor Fiji.

Alcatel-Lucent Upgrades Data Center Switching Mesh
5/9/2012 - As bandwidth consumption continues to drive the need for higher performance networks, telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent this week unveiled significant upgrades to its data center switching solution, Alcatel-Lucent Mesh. The Paris-based company said that by extending high-performance 40 gigabit Ethernet (40 GigE) links throughout the Mesh, Alcatel-Lucent has increased the speed and flexibility of enterprise data center networks, making them better equipped to support bandwidth-consuming, real-time apps such as video collaboration, virtual desktops and cloud services.

Globecomm Introduces LTE Hosted Network Solutions at CTIA Wireless 2012
5/8/2012 - Globecomm Systems Inc., a full-service GSM/ CDMA/UMTS/LTE mobile technology and wireless technology provider of 2G/3G/4G services and products, is launching a new time and cost-saving 4G switching solution for cellular operators. The company made the announcement today at CTIA 2012, where they are hosting a full demonstration of the solution.

Kineto's Smart WiFi Solution Compatible with GSMA's VoLTE
5/8/2012 - Kineto Wireless, Inc., an innovator in the mobile industry, recently announced in a press release that its Smart WiFi solution now has IMS-based voice and messaging capabilities compatible with the GSMA's VoLTE.

Alcatel, GE, and Lockheed Participate in PPL's Pennsylvania Smart Grid
5/7/2012 - About 60,000 utility customers this year, and 70,000 customers next year, will benefit from a smart grid project already in progress in PPL Electric's 29-county service territory in Pennsylvania.

Red Bend's Mobile Device Management for LTE Networks Is Interoperable with Alcatel-Lucent Software
5/7/2012 - Mobile software management provider Red Bend Software announced that its next-generation, drop-in device management client vDirect Mobile 5.0 is interoperable with the Motive Mobile Device Management solution from Alcatel-Lucent, enabling mobile network operators to significantly reduce time to market for 4G LTE devices and services.

TMCnet Next Generation Communications Week in Review
5/5/2012 - From a news perspective this could have been declared wireless week in the next generation communications community. However, despite the breaking news the features and blogs did cover industry trends and the impact information and communications technology (ICT) will have on eco-sustainability and improving the delivery of healthcare.

Strategy Analytics New Report Focuses on Smartphone Multi-Core Apps Processor Market
5/4/2012 - Smartphone multi-core processors had some significant momentum in 2011. Experts believe they benefited from the use of various smartphone manufacturers such as Apple, HTC, Samsung and Motorola.

InToTally Solves Today's Acute Mobile Network Capacity Problem with New Technology
5/4/2012 - Network congestion is a pressing problem today and InToTally, a provider of wireless technology solutions for network operators and device manufacturers, has come up with a network performance technology reportedly capable of solving a 20-year-old power control problem. This is expected to result in a 40-percent increase in network capacity.

Anaren Signs Digi-Key Corporation as Distributor for Integrated Radio (AIR) Modules
5/3/2012 - Anaren, which designs and manufactures microwave and RF technology solutions, announced a partnership with Digi-Key Corporation, an Internet-based distributor of electronics products, to market its new family of Anaren Integrated Radio (AIR) modules with Digi-Key Corporation. Anaren's AIR modules find applications in industrial control, building automation and low-power sensor networks.

Value of RF Components to Spike in Coming Years
5/2/2012 - The influx of multi-band, multi-mode LTE-enabled handsets is expected to drive the value and growth of the RF component market to record heights over the next five years, according to a new survey from market research firm Mobile Experts. Mobile device sales are expected to reach 3 million annually by 2017, resulting in the existence of more than 20 billion bands and operating modes.

Accuris Networks, Acme Packet Join to Launch Innovative Solution for Mobile Operators
5/1/2012 - Acme Packet recently announced it will collaborate with Accuris Networks to launch a Wi-Fi Mobile Interworking Solution for network operators. This innovative solution will allow mobile operators to extend network capacity and network coverage to Wi-Fi, and offer carrier-grade security and value-added services (VAS) to customers even when not connected to a Wi-Fi network.

Telguard's TG-7FS Cellular Communicator Lets Hochiki ESDs Improve Their RMR
5/1/2012 - Telguard recently announced that the Hochiki FireNET family of panels for commercial fire installations is now compatible with the Telguard TG-7FS cellular alarm communicator for commercial fire. The company is an expert in advanced security communications solutions.

SK Telesys Uses Mindspeed's Transcede SoCs to Drive First Ever LTE + Wi-Fi Femtocell
5/1/2012 - Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. recently announced that SK Telesys, the Wireless system manufacturer in SK Group Korea, has selected its Transcede wireless baseband processors to power the world's first long-term evolution (LTE) femtocell. "We selected Mindspeed's LTE solution as the most robust and most complete LTE small cell solution on the market," said Dr. Il-Hyun Sohn, director, at SK Telesys.

Tiny Cell Towers Solve Big Data Problem
5/1/2012 - The "cell phone apocalypse" is a problem that many experts have been scrambling to solve before the clock runs out, and it's been one heck of race trying to keep up with the increased usage of smartphones, tablets and video streaming that everybody seems to have a propensity for.

Harris Corp, Jotron Win $4M Radio Upgrade Contract for Military Radio Comm.
5/1/2012 - Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company and Jotron AS, has been awarded a five-year, $4-million U.S. Army Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract to upgrade air-to-ground radios at the White Sands Missile Range. For more than 40 years, Jotron has specialized in high-quality products and systems for airspace and maritime communication.

DAS is Essential for 4G Rollout, Says TE Connectivity
4/30/2012 - TE Connectivity Ltd., manufacturer of highly engineered data and power solutions, recently went on record to say that Distributed Antenna Systems are crucial to mobile operators' plans to roll out 4G service simply due to the need to deploy small cells cost effectively. The company added that DAS will be essential in getting the maximum potential out of small base stations - not the more well-known picocells and microcells.

TMCnet Next Generation Communications Week in Review
4/28/2012 - Next-generation communications has been all over the news. This week consisted of a variety of developments, global and domestic. In fact, while the features and blogs are always worth reading, it is difficult not to be impressed with such a volume.

Alcatel-Lucent Earnings Reflect Continuing Uncertainties
4/26/2012 - Alcatel-Lucent reported first quarter earnings and despite a net profit the news continues to be problematic for the company. Investors were quick to note that without the net income gained from the sale of its former Genesys subsidiary for €659 million ($872 million) there were continuing challenges on multiple fronts. This was reflected in total net profits for the quarter being €398 million ($526 million). The stock as might be expected has been under pressure since the announcement.

Android and Windows Platforms Now Support InterDigital's Smart Access Manager Client
4/26/2012 - InterDigital, Inc. recently announced that its Smart Access Manager (SAM) client will now be officially available on both Android and Windows phone platforms. The company had recently completed the successful interoperability and demonstration with Alcatel-Lucent's lightRadio Wi-Fi solution. This innovative solution will provide mobile operators with an intelligent traffic management solution that enables them to optimize access and application connectivity according to each service provider control.

Alcatel-Lucent Supplies Opelika, Ala. with FTTH Network, Smart Grid Technology
4/25/2012 - Residents of the City of Opelika, Alabama are recent beneficiaries of two equally attractive services - green power consumption and high-speed broadband. According to a press release, Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert), an innovative networking and communications company, has endowed the small Southern town with smart grid technology and a fiber optic network.

Brazilian Telecom Oi Taps Alcatel-Lucent as IPTV Supplier
4/25/2012 - Brazilian telecom operator Telemar Norte Leste (TNL), better known as Oi, has selected French equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent as its IPTV service supplier, according to Telecompaper.com, citing several local media reports.

Intrinsyc Signs Agreement with Major Silicon Vendor to License its RapidRIL
4/25/2012 - A new software license agreement has been signed by Intrinsyc Software International with a major Silicon Vendor for RapidRIL telephony technology.

Study: DPI Market May Jump to $2 Billion in 2016
4/25/2012 - The Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) market may increase to $2 billion in 2016, with most of the jump coming from the mobile sector, according to a new study. Infonetics Research reports global DPI product revenue increased some 29 percent to more than $470 million during 2011.

VOIPFUTURE and Astellia Team Up To Improve Quality Monitoring of Next Gen VoIP Networks
4/24/2012 - One of the top mobile network QoS and QoE in Astellia is partnering up with one of the kings of the hill in voice quality monitoring in VOIPFUTURE. The two companies will work together to perfect Astellia's network monitoring software for the 2G, 3G and LTE networks that VOIPFUTURE will be offering the very near future.

After Rural Germany, LTE Provider Are Now Offering High-Speed Internet to City Customers
4/24/2012 - When it comes to gaining from technological advancements, urban areas typically are the first to start enjoying the benefits. As a rule, the benefits of the advancements are felt much later in the rural areas. But Germany is an exception; the administration made sure through a stipulation, that LTE reach first to the rural areas lacking high-speed internet access. As a result, the towns of 5,000 inhabitants or less were connected to new high-speed networks first, beating the global cities like Berlin or Munich in the race.

Tanzania Mobile Subscribers to Reach 36.6M by 2015
4/24/2012 - A new report came out from the Business Monitor International, an organization that releases studies on various types of uses, from mobile phones to more traditional business types. The report shows that the telecommunication industry of Tanzania is expected to grow at a penetration rate of more than 70 percent within the next three years, mostly due to an increase in mobile phone users.

Alcatel-Lucent Set to Release Q1 Results, Bonds Appear Interesting to Analysts
4/24/2012 - As Alcatel-Lucent (A-L) gets ready to announce Q1 results this week, there's an increasing interest in the company's bonds. On Thursday, A-L will announce first quarter 2012 results. A conference call and statement will be available from the company for download. Details can be found here.

Should We Expect a Revamped 4G/LTE Infrastructure in the Near Future?
4/24/2012 - By now, just about everyone should be familiar with the annoyances associated with being on a 4G data plan - especially those who are addicted to the Internet. Due to its young age and lack of in-depth research that goes with it, virtually every service provider will cap the user's data plan when a certain amount of bandwidth is reached - usually four or five gigabytes of data - and the overall speed of the connection starts to crawl.

Next Generation 911 Will Make 911 Dispatch Future Friendly
4/24/2012 - Next Generation 911 is a term referring to future systems which will be used to provide better 911 services. Those systems will particularly allow current dispatch systems used in North America to better cope with modern communications technology like text messaging, while Next Generation 911 previously allowed mere dispatches to better handle more phone calls.

Completion of Two Undersea Cables Adds Connectivity to Middle Eastern Countries
4/24/2012 - The TGN-EA (Jeddah) and TGN-Gulf undersea cables construction have been completed. The TGN-EA (Jeddah) connects Egypt, India and Saudi Arabia while the TGN-Gulf cable links Bahrain, India, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The construction was done by TE SubCom on behalf of Tata Communications.

Zain KSA Adopts DOVADO Mini Routers
4/24/2012 - Zain KSA, a global telecommunication operator in the country of Saudi Arabia, has just announced that they will be the first company to deploy DOVADO technology to their customers in order to bolster cell phone and mobile Internet service, through advanced technology provided by these mini router devices. This will allow faster speeds and more reliable access for all customers of the telecommunications provider, and bring it a step above competitors in the region.

Pittsylvania County, VA Awards $10 Million to Harris Corporation
4/23/2012 - Harris Corporation has been awarded $10-million contract to deploy public safety communications system in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The public safety digital communications system is based on P25 Phase 2 standards.

TMCnet Next Generation Communications Week in Review
4/21/2012 - This week saw next generation communications news, developments and commentary focused on the insatiable appetite for broadband of all types, and admonitions on various fronts that telecom service providers need to be more actively involved in markets such as smart cities and in improving their management of customer experiences they are providing or run the risks of being left behind.

Verizon Says No More DSL in FiOS Areas
4/20/2012 - The Verizon earnings call this week focused a lot of attention on its wireless business and the increase in contract subscribership, as well it should. However, while it may have taken a little while to sink in, there was other interesting news that has raised some eyebrows. Turns out the company is not only continuing to lose customers on its DSL lines, but going forward it does not plan to offer DSL in areas where FiOS is offered. It may not be surprising that Verizon is hemorrhaging DSL customers, what is surprising is the admission that it will not even attempt to compete against cable companies by having a two-tiered approach to broadband with DSL positioned as the diet version.

Agilent Pours Money into LTE-Advanced Technology
4/20/2012 - A U.S. company called Agilent Technologies has became increasingly interested in the Indian mobile market and has started to create a viable LTE-Advanced signal generation and signal analysis platform. This exciting news comes from the General Manager of Marketing Guatam Awasthi from the Electronic Measurement Group.

Asia-Pacific Operators Slow to Adopt 4G
4/20/2012 - While Asia-Pacific operators have been excelling in adopting technologies that their Western counterparts have been using for a while, adoption of 4G has been significantly slower, with only nine percent of operators currently using 4G LTE networks.

4G Device Shipments to Hit 87 Million in 2012
4/20/2012 - According to ABI Research's "4G Subscriber, Device and Networks Market Data",? 4G devices are expected to generate 87 million in unit sales this year. A greater share of 4G device market now focuses on LTE. As this support grows, service provider and vendor support have fallen away from WiMAX.

Alcatel-Lucent - Enabling the Multi-Screen Experience
4/20/2012 - The demand for rich, multimedia content on multiple screens is driving the need to expand current networks to support IPTV. Alcatel-Lucent is playing an integral role in this build-out. To support these efforts and share what the company is up to in this space, Derrick Frost, the company's head of IP Video activities, was on hand at the IP&TV World Forum in London.

Mobile Ecosystem Revenue Still Favors Access Providers
4/20/2012 - 2011 was the first year that global consumer spending on media content, apps and services for mobile phones broke through the $100 billion barrier, according to Strategy Analytics.

PCTEL, Inc. Launches SeeGull EX+ Six-band Scanning Receiver
4/20/2012 - PCTEL, Inc. recently unveiled the SeeGull EX+ six-band scanning receiver, a precision-calibrated tool to measure signal quality and coverage of wireless cellular networks. The SeeGull EX+ is based on PCTEL's leading EX platform and allows measurements to be simultaneously made across multiple technologies.

BridgeWave Communications Hits $100 Million in Revenues
4/19/2012 - Provider of LTE wireless backhaul solutions BridgeWave Communications announced its crossing of the $100 million mark in cumulative revenues today. Specializing in 60 and 70/80 GHz millimeter wave hardware, the company supplies high capacity wireless solutions to a majority of providers across the world. According to registration data provided by the FCC, BridgeWave made up 72 percent of the 4G market share in the US last year. Richard Webb of Infonetics Research pointed out that much of the company's success is due to the extensive catalog of products it offers, which apply to a considerably large audience.

RADCOM Expands Contract with Major South American Operator
4/19/2012 - RADCOM, a provider of test and service monitoring solutions, announced it has expanded the contract with a major South American client to support the upgrade of their UMTS 3G network.

Alcatel-Lucent's lightRadio is Promising Solution to Meet Mobile Data Demand in Africa and Worldwide: News Reports
4/19/2012 - Demand for mobile data keeps on increasing. Is there sufficient technology and infrastructure to meet the global need? The search for options has led one report to ask if Alcatel-Lucent's lightRadio could someday replace cell towers.

Alcatel-Lucent Announces Technocom 2 Fund to Invest in French Telecom Startups
4/19/2012 - One of the largest IT companies in the world, Alcatel-Lucent is getting set to invest in a slightly different business sector in partnership with other European telecom based companies. Alcatel-Lucent announced yesterday that it was helping to set up a new seed fund that will be dedicated to fund start-up telecom companies and will be focused in France. The fund is being called Technocom 2 and is being created in concert with Orange, Group SEB and Soitec.

iPass MultiLink Connect Brings Fresh Speed to Wide Area Networks
4/18/2012 - iPass Managed Network Services today brought out their new MultiLink Connect service, a service that looks to add new levels of speed and access capability on to networks over a wide area. Businesses using a Frame Relay, MPLS, or similar WAN service are set to benefit from increased speeds and the accompanying boosts in efficiency.

Amdocs LTE Control System Deployed in Puerto Rico
4/18/2012 - Open Mobile, a mobile service provider in Puerto Rico, has deployed the Amdocs LTE Control System for its Long Term Evolution (LTE) network.

Yota to Expand Presence of LTE Operations in Russia
4/17/2012 - Russian Long Term Evolution (LTE) provider Yota is rumored to be setting up shop in a number of new locations throughout the country. Moscow, Sochi and Samara will soon be hosting the company's commercial operations, beginning in early to mid May - with Krasnodar receiving LTE service within the same time frame.

Alcatel-Lucent Bringing Relief to Besieged Mobile Operators
4/17/2012 - People want data. This particular fact is driving a lot of challenges and possibilities alike for large portions of the mobile computing infrastructure. From smartphones to tablets to people's own homes, people want access to large amounts of data, they want it fast, and they want it cheap. But this point is putting a lot of strain on mobile operators, who are finding their infrastructure under a lot of strain from new mobile customers who want as much data as they want. But Alcatel-Lucent is looking to help, and they're setting up some new and impressive means to do so.

Reliance Communications, iBasis to Set Up First IPX Connection in India
4/17/2012 - Reliance Communications will collaborate with iBasis, a KPN Company, to provide a next-generation alternative to public Internet in India. Reliance will apply the IP eXchange (IPX) network of iBasis to establish the first IPX connection in the country.

TMC Next-Gen Communications Week in Review
4/14/2012 - Next-generation communications lived up to its name this week. News from the market, analyst reports, featured developments and blog perspectives on the opportunities that lie ahead all highlighted growing demand for solutions that can meet future needs.

Alcatel-Lucent's Velocix CDN Solution Bags IPTV Industry Award
4/12/2012 - Like other consumer products, TV has changed a lot in last couple of years and continues to evolve. Thanks to digital technology and the Internet, IPTV services are gaining momentum and PayTV providers are rapidly adopting new technologies to deliver advanced video services to meet new expectations of the subscribers.

Vermont Telephone Ramps Up Broadband Functionality with Alcatel-Lucent
4/12/2012 - Users of the Vermont Telephone system located in you guessed it Vermont are likely very happy to hear that their chances of getting superfast broadband service have just gone up, thanks to a joint effort between Vermont Telephone and Alcatel-Lucent.

4G Boom Has Positive Effects on Many Companies
4/11/2012 - Five Star Equities, a market research company, recently released the results of a study they did of Alcatel-Lucent and InterDigital Inc, to see how their outlook was toward the 4G boom. Any time new technology gains traction, it's easy to see the result on related companies' bottom lines.

Sixnet LTE for EnterprisePro Routers
4/11/2012 - Good news for owners of EnterprisePro cellular routers and Verizon services, as Sixnet announced today their clients can now take advantage of company LTE support, connecting clients faster to 4G, 3G and 2G networks. The source announcing the event explained that LTE delivers at accelerated speeds and comes with fresh bandwidth that can effectively support virtually all Quality of Service (QoS) functionalities.

Cisco, Avaya and Mitel Positioned Atop IP Telephony Vendor Market
4/10/2012 - Although the IP telephony vendor market is once again dominated by the likes of Cisco, Avaya and Mitel, a number of recent technological innovations have reenergized competition and forced every player in the space to evolve their product line to remain viable, according to a new report from Info-Tech Research Group.

Four New Customers for Agnity's ACONYX Application Solutions
4/10/2012 - Agnity, a global provider of application solutions and technology services dedicated to help businesses, network equipment manufacturers, and service providers design, develop, and deploy application solutions, has won four new customers for its ACONYX CAS and application solutions.

VelaTel Buys Stake in Zapna
4/10/2012 - VelaTel Global Communications, a provider of deploying and operating wireless broadband and telecommunication networks worldwide, recently announced in a press release that it has acquired a 75 percent equity interest in Zapna, ApS, a Denmark corporation that provides telecommunications solutions and services. VelaTel gave 6,000,000 of its shares for the stake in Zapna.

Alcatel-Lucent Issued Patent for System that Increases Alternative Route Convergence Speed
4/9/2012 - Telecom equipment giant Alcatel-Lucent has been granted a patent for a system and method for increasing optimal alternative network route convergence speed and a border gateway router for use with a path vector routing protocol such as BGP (Border Gateway Protocol), the company noted in a statement last week.

London Businesses may be Unprepared for 2012 Olympics
4/9/2012 - YouGov conducted a survey to find exactly how prepared London businesses are for the disruption the 2012 Olympiad is expected to cause. Studies show nearly 80 percent of U.K. business managers anticipate a large portion of their staff to see some complications in commuting to and from work.

TMCnet Next Generation Communications Week in Review
4/6/2012 - For those of us in the U.S., this is a short week because of the Easter and Passover celebrations and on behalf of TMCnet, happy holidays. Short however did not mean a lack of interesting developments regarding next generation communications. From the news to the features to the blogs, there was a lot to take note of all around the world.

Oceus Networks Optimizes New Xiphos R2 Solutions for Extreme Conditions
4/4/2012 - Oceus Networks recently released the new and improved fourth-generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) suite of interoperable solutions. The latest offering from Oceus, designed to support secure and high-speed, voice, video and data transmissions, has been enhanced with new capabilities, ideal for deployment in extreme situations.

Oceus Networks Delivers 4G LTE Broadband Anytime, Anywhere
4/3/2012 - Broadband solutions provider Oceus Networks has expanded its fourth-generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) family of fully interoperable solutions to enable secure high-speed, high-capacity, voice, video, and data transmissions.

Super-fast Internet Connectivity Coming to Texas and New Mexico
4/3/2012 - People living in the states of New Mexico and Texas will for the first time enjoy streaming online services that consumers in other states have been enjoying. The high-speed Internet access will be provided by Penasco Valley Telecommunications (PVT) and has the support of Alcatel-Lucent (ALU). PVT will serve the expansive diverse terrain, the mainly agricultural rural communities and the Santa Fe and Las Cruces metropolitan areas under the Fuego Wireless brand name.

Alcatel-Lucent Sees Positives in Continued Investment with China
4/3/2012 - Alcatel-Lucent has long been one of the most important and prestigious companies in the world when it comes to communication technology. The company recently secured a contract with FVC in order to distribute their products and service through the Middle East and Africa (MENA) regions of the world and now the country is turning its eyes squarely towards China. In fact, Alcatel-Lucent is so confident in the ability for their business to grow in China that they are doubling down on their time and attention in the country.

New Mexico, Texas to be Offered 4G LTE via PVT and Supported by Alcatel-Lucent
4/3/2012 - Portions of New Mexico and Texas will be offered 4G LTE Internet access. It is believed to be the first time the parts of New Mexico and Texas will be provided with such a high-speed service.

FVC Reaches Agreement with Aruba Networks to Distribute ClearPass Program
4/3/2012 - Regional distribution company FVC has had a very good couple of years. The company was first able to secure a contract with Alcatel-Lucent that allowed them to be the main distributor in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Then they also secured an invitation to Algeria's MED IT show, one of the leading conventions in the area. Now the company has signed a deal with Aruba Networks. This deal will allow FVC to distribute Aruba's ClearPass Access Management Solutions in the MENA region.

Ascom Network Testing Partners with GCT Semiconductor
4/3/2012 - Ascom Network Testing, a division of Ascom, recently announced it signed a partnership agreement with GCT Semiconductor Inc., a major designer and supplier of advanced 4G mobile semiconductor solutions. According to the terms of the agreement, Ascom's TEMS Investigation, the world's most widely used network testing platform, will integrate with integrate phones, modems and tablets enabled by GCT's LTE single-chip GDM7240.

TMCnet Next Generation Communications Week in Review
3/31/2012 - This week showed just how important the adoption of next generation communications capabilities is for enterprises and service providers around the world. Featured items touched on such things as collaboration functionality, high-speed connectivity, how next gen can reduce carbon footprints, and the role service providers (SPs) can and should play in the deployment of smart city technology.

Converged Data/Storage Networks -- Inevitable but You Need to Have a Game Plan
3/30/2012 - A few weeks ago, I wrote about how virtualization and a host of other factors impacting data centers are forcing enterprises and services providers to think intensely about their respective paths going forward. I noted that the earthquake off the coast has already occurred and the tsunami warnings are up. This is going to be big.

Procera Wins Fourth Follow-On Order from US MSO for PacketLogic Solutions
3/30/2012 - Procera Networks reportedly won the fourth follow-on order from a Tier-1 US MSO for its PacketLogic solutions. The operator, undergoing an expansion process, will deploy the solution in sites where bandwidth has increased over the past six months.

Alcatel-Lucent Integrates Voice, Video and Online Collaboration Tools
3/29/2012 - With the "bring your own device" or BYOD gaining momentum in the workplace, networking and communications company Alcatel-Lucent has created a software, dubbed OpenTouch Conversation, that gives employees the ability to shift between different types of business communications services - instant messaging, data sharing, voice calls and video collaboration - without interrupting their conversations. According to Alcatel-Lucent, OpenTouch Conversation (OTC) software delivers all of these services to employees' personal devices, including smart phones and tablets.

Genesys SIP Server Deployed by More than 300k Customers
3/29/2012 - Genesys, a major provider of customer service and contact center software and services, recently announced its SIP Server has been adopted by more than 300,000 customer service agents. The company proudly announced that many Fortune 100 and Global 2000 enterprises use the SIP Server to improve customer service operations.

Next-Generation Bi-PON Technology Reduces Fiber-to-the-home Carbon Footprint
3/29/2012 - GreenTouch has announced a solution that will considerably reduce fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network energy consumption. The result of this next-generation Bit-Interleaved Passive Optical Network (Bi-PON) technology will cut back on consumption is such a large way that it has been presented as equal to taking nearly half a million cars off the road.

High Capacity Undersea Cable to Connect Haiti to the World Two Years after Quake
3/28/2012 - Two years after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti, leaving most of the country with little to no communication networks to the outside world, the country is to receive a large boost through an undersea cable. Access to Internet broadband connectivity has been vital to the economy of the country and this undersea 200KM cable costing US $16M by Digicel Group will be pivotal in the country's business, public and social sectors. Digicel Group has partnered with Alcatel-Lucent and Columbus Networks to bring expertise in the deployment of this high-capacity cable.

U.S. Government to Share Spectrum with Commercial Wireless Carriers
3/28/2012 - The U.S. federal government has agreed to share a small portion of its spectrum with commercial wireless operators in response to the growing outcry over what experts describe "spectrum crunch."

GreenTouch and Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs Make FTTH More Energy Efficient
3/28/2012 - By 2018, Internet traffic will have increased 50 times over its 2008 rate. Therefore, users need solutions that will deliver rich multimedia content without major power consumption. The GreenTouch consortium projects that 142 million people will utilize fiber-to-the-home technology by 2016. With the invention of bit interleaving passive optical network technology, or Bi-PON, by Alcatel-Lucent, customers using FTTH can cut their power consumption by a factor of 10.

NFC-enabled Handsets Rise in Number
3/27/2012 - There has been a sudden rise in the usage of near field technology (NFC) in the mobile phone segment. In 2011, phone makers sold as many as 30 million handsets featuring NFC technology, an annual increase of about 10-fold, according market research firm Berg Insight. For the NFC, the future is brighter still. The research firm predicts that in 2012 more than 100 million NFC-enabled phones will be sold, and by 2016 the figure will reach to 700 million.

Alcatel-Lucent's OpenTouch Conversation Software Targets iPads
3/27/2012 - According to a report on CIO.IN site, Alcatel-Lucent said that its OpenTouch Conversation software will first be available on Apple's iPad. The software allows enterprise users to switch between different ways of communicating. Consequently, the user can switch from instant messaging to voice calls and video conferencing without interrupting conversations.

TMCnet Next Generation Communications Week in Review
3/24/2012 - This was the week that featured items that literally spanned the globe and spanned virtually every part of the telecommunications. A great place to start is in directing you to the just concluded Alcatel-Lucent sponsored webinar, The Why, When, and How of Network Convergence. Zeus Kerravala, Affiliate at the Yankee Group and Cliff Grossner, Ph.D., Director of Strategic Marketing, Network Business, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, presented their views on why network convergence is inevitable and what your organization should be doing to get ready. It was sitting room only and a session not to be missed.

Is Cable About to Start Losing Voice Lines?
3/23/2012 - The U.S. cable industry, once thought to be "recession proof," no longer is resistant to economic pressures, analysts at Standard & Poor's Ratings Services now say. Market saturation and ever-higher end user bills are reasons for the more cautious stance, it appears.

TEOCO, NetNumber, Alcatel-Lucent Join Up to Launch International LCR Solution
3/23/2012 - LCR, or Least Cost Routing, used to be a problem. It involved not only setting up a route for information through a variety of different switches from a variety of different vendors, but then the routes on the switches had to be synchronized to a series of rate sheets coming in from the various partners on the route. And those rate sheets? They were constantly changing. Enter a triumvirate of telecommunications firms - TEOCO, NetNumber and Alcatel-Lucent - who have set out to build a pre-integrated international solution for running an LCR system.

Squire Technologies' Media Gateway Controller Deployed at Telemach Slovenia
3/22/2012 - Squire Technologies, a provider of next generation networks (NGN), Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) and IP telecommunications products, has deployed its Media Gateway Controller (MGC) for Telemach Slovenia, an alternative provider of telephone service in Slovenia.

Alcatel-Lucent Makes Waves in the Ethernet Switching Market
3/21/2012 - Telecom equipment vendor Alcatel-Lucent made a strong push in the Ethernet switching market in 2011, and is planning to accelerate its initiatives in the coming year, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise's new president, Michel Emelianoff, told Computerworld. While not known for its presence in the switching market, Alcatel saw its enterprise LAN and wireless LAN revenue grow 7 percent and 66 percent, respectively, in 2011. The company's Layer 2/3 switching business grew 6 percent on the year.

OpenTouch May Help Continue Last Year's Success for Alcatel-Lucent
3/20/2012 - Alcatel-Lucent last year saw its first profitable year since merging the two companies. Also, 2011 was the second successive year of improvements in financial results for the company - despite the many challenges found in the economy and the overall sector.

Ducab Selects Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise OmniPCX
3/19/2012 - Ducab, a provider of global cables, selected Alcatel-Lucent's OmniPCX Enterprise communications server for a company project.

TMC and Alcatel-Lucent Present a Webinar on Network Convergence
3/19/2012 - TMC, a global, integrated media company helping clients build communities in print, in person and online, and Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, announced today a complimentary Webinar, "The Why, When, and How of Network Convergence", live on Friday, March 23, 2012 at 11:00 AM EDT/8:00 AM PDT.

TMCnet Next Generation Communications Week in Review
3/17/2012 - This was the week that featured the use of several "Cs" - convergence, collaboration, connectivity, and a few more. It also was one where wireless and security concerns were front and center.

Intertek Expands its Telecom Certification Services
3/16/2012 - Intertek is expanding its telecommunication certification services in San Diego, CA and Shenzhen, China.

Alcatel-Lucent Employees Offered Enhanced Converged Network Solution
3/16/2012 - Alcatel-Lucent has extended its converged network solution, thereby improving network performance, service quality and protection for its employees using their smartphones and tablets on the corporate network. The different applications used by the employees at work are identified by the solution, which then prioritizes the most important services. The latest enhancements therefore ensure that the reliability of the corporate networks is not compromised and at the same time, employees are ensured of a superior experience while using personal devices for accessing individual and professional content and services.

Taldan Capital Acquires Teledata Networks
3/15/2012 - Taldan Capital will be acquiring Teledata Networks. Although terms of the deal were not released, Teledata Capital supplies broadband and network service providers with high-speed data solutions, including IP, xDSL, VoIP, IP and GPON.

DTMF Powers New Solution Complete with a Load Balancer
3/15/2012 - DTMF Networks, a Malaysia-based provider of next-generation network solutions, is now offering a carrier-grade softswitch solution, vSwitchPro, based on FreeSwitch's SIP Engine.