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Cisco announced that KORE Telematics, the world’s largest fully digital wireless network provider specializing exclusively in the rapidly expanding machine-to-machine (M2M) communications market, has deployed the Cisco ASR 1000 to support its continued growth.

ABI Research forecasts that the mobile M2M connectivity market will grow from 58 million connections globally in 2008 to approximately 225 million in 2014, a compound annual growth rate of about 25 percent.

KORE is at the forefront of the M2M growth market, currently delivering service to more than 600 application providers, powering diverse applications ranging from asset management to vehicle location, utility metering and payment processing. Now, 3G applications, including video surveillance and router-backup services, are gaining ground.

The KORE GSM network spans more than 93 percent of the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean, with more than 50,000 cell sites and more than 400 roaming partners in 220 countries worldwide. A more

May 28, 2010, Plano, TX – GENBAND, a leading developer of next-generation networking solutions and services, today announced the completion of its acquisition of substantially all assets of the Nortel Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions Business (CVAS). The acquisition combines GENBAND’s media, session and security gateways with Nortel’s softswitches, media gateways and application platforms, creating a global market leader in next generation IP infrastructure with best-in-class, end-to-end switching and global services portfolios.

The combined company’s products are deployed at more than two-thirds of the world’s marquee service providers and encompass broad markets including fixed, mobile, cable and broadband operators. With the addition of Nortel CVAS, GENBAND now has vast resources in R&D, sales and support spanning 46 countries and delivering innovative carrier solutions that lay the groundwork for an all-IP future. GENBAND will remain headquartered in the Dallas area, with strategic product and support facilities in Ottawa, North Carolina, more

SINGAPORE–Global shipments of Wi-Fi ICs have experienced an extraordinary growth in recent years, due to the increasing demands for wireless-enabled devices and enterprise level applications.

Wi-Fi IC shipments are forecast to surpass 770 million units in 2010, up almost 33% compared to 2009. Shipment of 802.11n ICs will surge ahead of 802.11g and dominate the market this year, accounting for approximately 60% of total Wi-Fi IC shipments.

Growth engine

“The 802.11n standard which was ratified last year is a powerful growth engine to drive the Wi-Fi IC market increases,” says ABI Research wireless and semiconductor industry analyst Celia Bo.

The accompanying chart shows the Wi-Fi IC shipment forecast by product type. The cellular handsets segment is seen to be maintaining the highest unit shipment of Wi-Fi-enabled products in next five years, achieving an estimated CAGR of 25% between 2009 and 2015; the penetration rate will reach more

Overland Park, Kan. May 27, 2010 – To extend the Small Business Week celebration (May 23-29), Sprint (NYSE: S) today reinforced its commitment to small businesses with discounts and a mixed bag of bonuses for corporate-liable accounts aimed to give small businesses the competitive edge they want – every week of the year.

• Instant discounts – on select devices, with no need to mail in a rebate form. Sprint will offer these devices (www.sprint.com/business) at the same low price as big businesses pay.

• Volume discounts – monthly service discounts to help small businesses’ bottom line. These discounts are available when a small business grows to five or more corporate-liable lines (www.sprint.com/volume).

• Rate plan analysis – customers can find out which price plan offers the best buy, working directly with a Sprint sales representative at their nearest Sprint retail store. Small more

Paris and Geneva, May 25, 2010

adds innovative Maritime Satellite Service in 2-year pilot

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) signed a 5-year contract renewal for Business VPN, a fully-managed, secure, global IP infrastructure from Orange Business Services. The solution provides MSC an MPLS-based network for 65 sites in 30 countries. Additionally, the shipping company will test the Maritime Satellite Service from Orange Business Services in a 2-year pilot.

Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, MSC is a privately-owned shipping line that employs over 30,000 staff and is the second largest carrier with respect to container slot capacity and the number of container vessels operated, 404 in early May 2010. Moreover MSC Cruises is a leader in the Mediterranean cruise market, sailing in the region throughout the year, as well as offering a wide range of seasonal itineraries in Northern Europe, the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, North America and Canada, more

Standard now available for free public download to spur innovation in the telecom industry

San Ramon, Calif. – May 26, 2010 – The ZigBee Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, today announced the certification of 13 products from three different companies using ZigBee Telecom Services. These are the first wave of products certified to deliver value added services ideally suited for mobile network operators, businesses and government agencies. The Alliance has also made this standard available for free public download.

The mobile location-based services market is expected to exceed $12 billion by 2014 according to Juniper Research. These services will help businesses grow their customer reach by expanding communication through advertising improved product information and simplifying the process of locating missing objects and even people.

“These ZigBee Telecom Services products represent the first step in more

Campbell, CALIFORNIA, May 26, 2010–Market research firm Infonetics Research (www.twitter.com/infonetics) released its first quarter 2010 (1Q10) Service Provider Routers and Switches market share and forecast report.

ANALYST NOTE
“Cisco is on a roll, bumping up their service provider IP core and edge router revenue by 6% in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the previous quarter, and up 33% compared to the first quarter of 2009. Smaller players Tellabs and NEC posted gains in the IP router segment, while many other vendors, notably Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, and Huawei, posted revenue declines. Both Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson noted supply problems with components and parts,” reports Michael Howard, co-founder and principal analyst for carrier and data center networks at Infonetics Research.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS
- Combined worldwide revenue from service provider IP edge routers, IP core routers, carrier Ethernet switches, and multiservice ATM switches declined 5% in the first quarter of 2010 more

Cisco announced that the Saudi Telecom Company (STC), a leader in providing integrated communications services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has chosen Cisco technology solutions to introduce managed data center services.

The contract, which will be delivered by Cisco partner Wipro, represents the first Vblock Infrastructure Package (VIP) win for Cisco in the Middle East region — that combines best-of-breed virtualization, networking, compute and storage technologies from Cisco, EMC and VMware, with end-to-end vendor accountability.

Data centers are changing in architecture, new technologies, application architectures, regulations, efficiency focus, and application and workload demands. These changes are causing one of the most comprehensive IT infrastructure transformations in the past decade.

Cisco Managed Data Center services will enable the STC to meet the challenge to address these changes.

The Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition, formed jointly by Cisco, EMC and VMware, represents an unprecedented level more

New product eliminates order fallout by integrating multiple order management

Nice, UK
18-May-2010

Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a leading software provider that enables enterprises to be operationally responsive, has announced the launch of the new Progress® Order Management Stability solution accelerator. The Order Management Stability solution accelerator provides telco service providers with the ability to gain end-to-end visibility across multiple order management systems identify order fallout and resolve potential problems across their customer order lifecycle, without needing to change their existing operational support system (OSS) infrastructure. The solution accelerator can be deployed rapidly and can dramatically reduce the cost of order fallout, while leveraging existing order management applications and provisioning systems.

The Progress Order Management Stability solution accelerator, which supports both complex services and high transaction service offerings, is built on the Progress® Responsive Process Management (RPM) suite, which brings together comprehensive visibility, detection and response more

Guide focuses on how businesses with multiple office locations and remote workers can leverage VoIP to cut costs and unify their business telecommunications

San Diego — May 26, 2010 — TelCentris® Inc., an innovator in cloud-based unified communications and VoIP solutions for business, consumer and wholesale markets, today released a free strategy guide for multi-office businesses that are seeking to dramatically reduce their monthly phone bills while making their workforce more efficient and productive. The guide, titled “Taking Communications to the Cloud: 5 Ways a Hosted VoIP Solution Can Benefit Multi-Office Businesses,” is geared toward small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) struggling with the costs and inflexibility of traditional phone systems. Download the paper now at www.telcentris.com/multioffice.

Written for a non-technical audience, the strategy guide identifies the top communication more