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TM Forum’s Management World: Destination Dublin

New state-of-the-art venue to host the world’s leading communications and digital services management conference in 2011

MORRISTOWN, NJ—September 3, 2010—TM Forum announced today that after eleven years in Nice, France, its flagship Management World conference will move to Dublin’s new, state-of-the-art Convention Center - the CCD - May 23-26, 2011. Dublin and the CCD will provide the perfect business environment for Management World attendees—a leading capital city that is easy to get to, easy to do business in and with a reputation for hospitality that is second to none.

As a vibrant European hub for global technology companies, including major communications service providers, IT organizations and large online businesses such as Google, Facebook and eBay, Dublin is a natural fit for the increasing scope of the industry’s premier conference.

“One of the keys to growing an event more…

Denver, CO – Sept. 2, 2010 - The NGN IMS Forum announced today that it has published the following Guideline documents on best practices for IP BSS/OSS & Security and Diameter implementations:

BSS/OSS & Security for Services in NGN/IMS Paradigm: Guidelines for Implementation
Interoperability Challenges in Diameter Implementations
IMS AAA Architecture: The Diameter Advantage

The BSS/OSS & Security for Services in NGN/IMS Paradigm Guidelines for Implementation, document is the result of the work of the BSS/OSS & Security Working Group and the Forum’s recent Plugfest interoperability test events. BSS/OSS solutions for a next generation landscape must work as one with the network while unifying critical business functions to better manage and effectively monetize NGN services and the next generation subscriber experience. This will call for open and flexible solutions that keep the customer experience at heart while adhering to industry standards and providing the much needed flexibility to more…

Unlimited Monthly Prepaid Data Package Brings Budget-Conscious Customers the Benefits of Popular 3G Devices without a Long-term Contract

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Verizon Wireless today announced it will be expanding its portfolio of prepaid offerings to include a new 3G Prepaid data package that lets customers access unlimited data on select 3G Smartphones and Multimedia phones for $30 monthly access. Multimedia phone customers also have the option of selecting a new $10 monthly data package for 25 MB per month ($.20/MB overage). These new prepaid data packages will be available in Verizon Wireless Communications Store today and online at www.verizonwireless.com beginning Sept. 28.

“These new data offerings will help our prepaid customers experience the full breadth of Verizon Wireless’ robust device portfolio and the many engaging, informative and helpful applications that depend on a data plan,” said Jim Sullivan, director of marketing for Verizon Wireless. “Our prepaid customers more…

LONDON, Sept. 1 — Truphone has made staying in touch with friends, family and colleagues both at home and abroad even more affordable with the introduction of its lowest calling rates ever.

The global mobile operator has reduced its calling rates to more than 30 destinations worldwide by an average of 60 percent when compared to previous rates for calls made using its Apple iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Nokia and Android smartphone apps.

Truphone has also reduced the cost of its unlimited monthly call package to just $12.95 per month.

Truphone’s new rates are now as low as 2.1 cents per minute, meaning even calls to some of the most popular destinations worldwide, such as the United States, France and China (see Notes to Editors for full TruStandard rates), can cost as little as $1.30 per hour. Calls made between Truphone customers over Wi-Fi or *3G remain more…

Combined Offering Meets Joint Customer Needs for Tiered Services and Personalized Subscriber Data Management

BOSTON and DENVER, Sept. 2 — Allot Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: ALLT), a leading supplier of service optimization and revenue generation solutions for fixed and mobile broadband service providers worldwide and BroadHop Inc., the industry’s deployment leader in policy management and control solutions for service providers, announced today that they have successfully completed integration and interoperability testing between Allot Service Gateway acting as an intelligent Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) and BroadHop’s Quantum Network Suite, the industry’s first fully virtualized Policy Management application acting as the Policy & Charging Rules Function (PCRF).

The result is an integrated solution that is designed to fully meet the demands of joint service provider customers who are looking to empower subscribers with greater control of their services. The solution also enables service providers to provide enhanced user more…

One of the World’s Largest Residential Broadband Solution Deployments

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 2, 2010 – Cisco today announced that Free (Iliad Group), a leading broadband solutions operator in France, has deployed the Cisco Carrier-Grade IPv6 Solution using Internet Protocol version 6 rapid deployment technology, also known as 6rd, allowing more than four million Free residential broadband customers to be a part of one of the world’s largest live IPv6-enabled residential Internet service deployments.

The investment lets Free prepare for and mitigate the impending IPv4 address exhaustion, while scaling its network to address the rapid growth of Internet-connected devices. Free customers will benefit from Internet connectivity that can scale to meet the growing number of devices and applications.

Highlights/Key Facts
• Exhaustion of IPv4 addresses is predicted to occur sometime in 2011, according to various sources including potaroo.net, a website that tracks IPv4 address allocation more…

An Effortless Integrated Solution Addressing Regulatory Compliance, Business Continuity, Liability and Risk

Ottawa, ON Canada – September 2, 2010 – KOM Networks™ and its OEM partner, Hyland Software, today announced the release of an integration for KOMpliance™. A secure archive storage solution for OnBase disk groups, KOMpliance is designed to secure, protect and enforce retention of electronic information, strengthen data security, and leverage existing storage infrastructure. This allows businesses large and small across all industries to meet the most stringent regulatory compliance requirements.
The seamless integration of KOMpliance with OnBase, Hyland’s enterprise content management (ECM) software suite, demonstrates the two companies’ commitment to simplify the customer experience. Much of the value of the integration derives from how it combines the familiarity of OnBase with a standard file system interface. This provides the simplicity of direct address access, secure storage and file protection more…

Market Momentum Building as Multiple Global Financial Services Firms and High-Frequency Traders Turn to Ciena’s Ultra Low-Latency Solutions for High-Performance Trading Infrastructure

LINTHICUM, Md.–Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ:CIEN - News), the network specialist, today announced an expanded portfolio of ultra low latency solutions including both 1GbE and 10GbE cards for its CN 4200 FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform. Combining Ciena’s ultra-low latency hardware, latency-optimized optical line systems, specialized professional services and ability to provide detailed performance metrics per wavelength at all locations for proactive service management results in a fast, reliable network with unrivalled execution speed.

With the recent availability and updates to the 2RS 1GbE and Quad 10-T 10GbE cards on the CN 4200, Ciena has signed up a variety of customers for its reliable ultra-low latency solutions, ranging from a multi-billion dollar global investment banking, securities and investment management firm to multiple electronic trading firms. The customers are located more…

Consumers can now get unlimited nationwide talk, text, picture messaging, Web, e-mail and calls to 411 for $2 per day

IRVINE, Calif.–Boost Mobile is providing even greater choice and flexibility with the launch of a $2 daily unlimited plan. Wireless consumers can now enjoy daily access to the worry-free benefits of Boost’s monthly plan, including unlimited nationwide talk, text, picture messaging, e-mail and calls to 411.

“The new $2 Daily Unlimited plan exemplifies what prepaid is all about – offering a daily offer with all the benefits of the Monthly Unlimited plan without having to compromise on quality and service,” said Neil Lindsay, chief marketing officer, Boost Mobile. “Now consumers have the flexibility and choice of a daily or monthly unlimited offer on a nationwide network. This new offer is just another way Boost Mobile is giving freedom of use and control back to wireless users across the more…

Acquisition Expands Company’s Developer Tools to Make Applications Available on Diverse Operating Systems and in More Service Provider Stores

PARIS, September 1, 2010 — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it has acquired OpenPlug, a mobile software and applications development tools vendor. Through this acquisition, Alcatel-Lucent deepens its role in the applications space by delivering, as part of its integrated suite of developer tools, a platform where application developers can write an application once, which will then be translated to run on any of the five major mobile operating systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Alcatel-Lucent can now extend OpenPlug’s functionality to service providers, enterprises and developers so they can create and deploy applications — in virtually record time and without sacrificing the unique customer experience — across multiple mobile devices and within service provider app stores. As a result, applications that had more…