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Brightstar (News - Alert) Introduces Ericsson’s Fixed Wireless Terminal Solutions to North America
Brightstar has entered into partnership, to sell, customize and distribute Ericsson (News - Alert) ’s Fixed Wireless Terminal (FWT) solutions in North America. The FWT solution enables homes, small businesses and other organizations to attain high speed data, voice and fax services through WCDMA/HSPA mobile networks, offering a cost-efficient wireless alternative to fixed broadband.
www.brightstarcorp.com

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Sonus Networks (News - Alert) Achieves Milestone — Over One Trillion Minutes
Sonus Networks announced it entered 2008 achieving a historic voice network milestone. Leveraging Sonus’ industryleading, breakthrough technology for voice networks, operators now report that they have carried over one trillion minutes in aggregate on their Sonus-based networks. According to a report by iLocus, approximately 40% of all long distance IP-based voice traffic is carried over Sonus Networks’ IMS-ready networks, more than three times its nearest competitor.
www.sonusnet.com

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NexTone and Reef Point Merge to Form
NextPoint (News - Alert) Networks

NexTone Communications and Reef Point Systems announced they will merge to form NextPoint Networks, Inc. This merger is being touted as creating the world’s first fully integrated fixed-mobile connectivity platform. The combined company is expected to bring mobile and fixed-network operators around the world the ability to quickly, securely and profitably deliver voice, data and video services over all-IP networks.
www.nextone.com

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www.nextpointnetworks.com

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BNS Deploys GENBAND (News - Alert) Communication Applica-tions Server
BNS Telecom Group has deployed GENBAND’s M6 Communication Applications Server to provide mobile PBX (News - Alert) and PBX trunking services. The M6 Communication Application Server cost-effectively enables advanced VoIP and multimedia applications for business and residential users. Built for today’s legacy, mobile, and IP networks, as well as future IMS network deployments, the M6 platform is a carrier-grade, scalable applications server that delivers revenue-generating multimedia services out of the box.
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ZTE (News - Alert) (News - Alert) Integration Reveals How IMS and NGOSS Complement Each Other
ZTE Corporation successfully demonstrated the integration of their IMS products with Telemanagement Forum’s (TMF) New Generation Operations System and Software (NGOSS) framework as part of the TMF’s Catalyst Project, championed by such carriers as China Unicom (News - Alert) and Chungwa Telecom. NGOSS is a standard global framework for back-end business operations platforms. ZTE claims that this is the first seamless integration of an IMS platform with NGOSS framework.
www.zte.com.cn

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IMS Forum (News - Alert) Announces IMS Plugfest IV for 2008
The IMS Forum (News - Alert) , the industry’s only association dedicated to IMS application and service interoperability
and certification, has announced that their fourth IMS Plugfest is to be held February 25 to 29, 2008, at the UNH InterOp Lab (IOL) in New Hampshire. The theme of Plugfest IV is “IMS Triple Play (News - Alert) , OSS/BSS and Billing Applications.”
www.imsforum.org

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Veraz Networks and Apertio (News - Alert) Announce New IMS Solution
Veraz Networks and Apertio have announced a new IMS solution designed to simplify integration of applications for fixed and mobile communication service providers. This joint solution consisting of Veraz ControlSwitch-USC and Apertio One-HSS is expected to enable communication service providers the flexibility to integrate existing and new application platforms with their back office systems. Such flexibility will allow these providers to maximize service revenue even in complex converged networks.
www.veraznetworks.com

www.apertio.com

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Nortel and Qualcomm (News - Alert) Drive Market Availability of VCC-Enabled Mobile Phones
Nortel announced the successful testing of a solution with Qualcomm that improves the mobile phone experience for users. The solution allows users to continue conversations uninterrupted and avoid additional roaming charges when a caller is moving between different wireless networks. According to Nortel (News - Alert), the completion of testing between Nortel’s IMS-based Voice Call Continuity (VCC) network solution and the Qualcomm chipset solution that uses their IMS/VCC device client is a giant leap towards the availability of out-of-the box VCC-enabled mobile phones.
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HP Intros OpenCall Media Platform 4.0 for Enhanced IMS-based Multimedia Services
HP launched a new version of its OpenCall Media Platform for broadband and wireless network operators seeking to offernext-generation, IMS-based services. Now in release 4.0, OpenCall Media Platform is a media server that handles call connections and other digital processing. Carriers can use the platform to offer multimedia content-based services, such as advanced messaging and rich video for social network communities. Because it efficiently handles multimedia, OpenCall Media Platform enables operators to offer competitive, attractive services capable of generating increased revenue and locking in customer loyalty.
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Aculab (News - Alert) Announces Partner Event
Aculab announced its annual global partner event, Aculab Communications Exchange (ACE), will be held March 31-April 2. The event brings together customers and partners to understand the future of the communications industry including challenges and insight into opportunities available thanks to technological advancements. Topics include intelligent and next generation networks; security; video; distributed and services oriented architecture; IMS, SIP, and much more.
www.aculab.com

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Tecore Ramps Up with 700 MHz Capability across Multi-Technology Mobile Networks Portfolio
Tecore Networks announced its portfolio of core and radio access network products is capable of operating on the 700 MHz frequency band. Tecore’s core platform incorporates IMS and creates support for existing and emerging communications technologies while building on the company’s highly successful multi-technology mobile switching center. Now, operators can look to provide communications and media to subscribers across the technology spectrum.
www.tecore.com

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Network Operators to Begin Migration to All-IP Mobile Networks by 2010
ABI Research (News - Alert) has conducted a study, finding that network operators are planning to roll out all-IP networks beginning in the next two years. “As we move to the end of the decade, mobile networks will emerge with a flat all-IP architecture using 3GPP standards to deliver multimedia services and VoIP. Operators want to control operating costs by eliminating the current dual circuit and packet switched networks, which will enable service delivery platforms and IMS to be deployed in the network, streamlining operations and allowing new services to be introduced quickly.”
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Intertex (News - Alert) Data AB Announces New Product in SurfinBird Series
Intertex Data AB announced a new product its SurfinBird series. The SurfinBird IX78 ADSL is a CPE with full SIP support that also integrates separate IP services like Internet, TV, Telephony and mobility into a Multimedia LAN for the user. The IX78 enables all services, whether delivered over IMS or otherwise, on a single protected multimedia network where all LAN or WLAN connected terminals have access to all applications and services, according to the company.
www.intertexdata.com

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SPIRIT Increases VoIP Engines Market Share
Marking a successful 2007 campaign, SPIRIT DSP (News - Alert) deployed dozens of its VoIP engined for Tier1 customers and increased market share in all key segments of the maturing V2oIP (voice and video over IP) market, including expanding its presence in the IMS softswitch and media gateway market by launching the IMS-ready version of its TeamSpirit Voice & Video Engine, supporting both PCs and mobile devices.
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Nokia (News - Alert) Siemens Supplies T-2 Slovenia with High Speed Mobile Network
Nokia Siemens Networks is supplying T-2 Slovenia (News - Alert) with an innovative high-speed mobile network that will allow the operator to offer new top-quality multimedia and data services. This marks the first commercial implementation in Europe of a pioneering Internet High Speed Packet Access (I-HSPA) flat architecture solution from Nokia Siemens Networks (News - Alert), including the MSC (News - Alert) Server mobile softswitching solution with VoIP server functionality is included in the deal. In addition, the IMS will enable T-2 Slovenia to introduce new IP-based voice and multimedia services.
www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com

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AppTrigger Enables Service Providers to Navigate the Path to IMS/NGN
AppTrigger’s Ignite Application Session Controller (ASC) version 8.0 delivers Intelligent Network - Service Capability Server (IN- SCS (News - Alert) ) functionality that enables service providers to bridge the gap by ensuring their existing voice-centric IN applications are able to work within the IMS networks. The ASC (News - Alert) provides a network element that resides between the application layer and the control plane with the purpose of delivering the right combination of call/session control, signaling, switching and media capabilities to support multiple applications for both new and legacy networks.
www.apptrigger.com

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Tango Networks (News - Alert) (News - Alert) Announces Industry’s First Enterprise VCC Offering
Tango Networks announced support for Voice Call Continuity (VCC) functionality to further enhance the capabilities of its Abrazo product line. VCC enables calls to continue uninterrupted as the caller transitions between disparate networks, including Voice-over- WiFi (News - Alert) and mobile networks. The addition of VCC functionality further expands
Tango’s commitment to seamlessly extend employees’ enterprise PBX experience to any mobile phone – including dual-mode WiFi devices – and using any mobile network, including GSM, CDMA, 3G and now WiFi.
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