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FORT MYERS, FL–Aug. 8, 2010–James A. Dwyer, Jr., 73, a visionary and serial entrepreneur who was instrumental in launching the cellular telecommunications industry worldwide, passed away Friday evening at his home in Fort Myers, Florida, after an extended illness. Born Dec. 31, 1936, in Woodside, Queens, New York City, he is survived by his wife, Nancy, as well as 12 children and 15 grandchildren. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 am Eastern time, Thurs., Aug. 12, at Church of the Resurrection of our Lord in Fort Myers.

One of the founding fathers of the cellular business worldwide, Mr. Dwyer was a lawyer and salesman best known for starting early cellular systems in several top U.S. markets and working with colleagues and competitors to build a strong base for the young industry. American Cellular Telephone Corp., the system he launched in more

Total Access 5000 Delivers Next-Generation Service Options for Businesses and Residents in Central Maine

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — ADTRAN, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation networking solutions, today announced that Oxford Networks, a telecommunications company providing phone, Internet and data services to businesses and residents across the state of Maine, has selected ADTRAN’s flagship product, the Total Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform (MSAP), to deliver a mix of voice, High-Speed Internet Access, Fiber–to-the-Home (FTTH), and Carrier Ethernet services to its residential and business customers, including key anchor institutions such as schools and libraries.

“We are pleased that Oxford Networks has selected the Total Access 5000 for its next-generation services delivery”
Oxford Networks has one of the largest fiber investments in northern New England and is aggressively modernizing its network to bring next-generation services to market using the 10 Gigabit Ethernet transport of the Total Access 5000. more

MILPITAS, Calif.–Aquantia, the leading developer of mainstream 10GBASE-T PHY solutions, announced today that the Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) subcommittee of the Ethernet Alliance has elected Kamal Dalmia, Aquantia vice president of sales and marketing, as its next EEE Marketing Chair.

The energy consumption by servers and data centers has been singled out as a growing concern in a report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency. Data suggests power consumption doubling in the next 5 years if current trends continue. Major efforts across the industry have been launched to try to abate these trends. Providing significant power savings have become a key differentiation and a goal for all players of the ecosystem.

The Ethernet community has gathered around the development of a new standard, the IEEE 802.3az or Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) providing significant power savings through the implementation more

Philadelphia-Based Private Investment Firm Gets Advanced, Low-Latency Transport Technology for Connectivity to Key Financial Exchanges in New York and New Jersey

HERNDON, V– RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ:RCNI - News) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that Monadnock Capital Management, a private investment firm, has selected RCN Metro as its provider for its Ethernet network that will connect its trading operations in Philadelphia to key financial exchanges in New York and New Jersey.

“RCN Metro has an excellent reputation for high quality network performance. Their ability to meet our implementation timeline, their impressive customer service and competitive pricing are superior to those of the other providers we considered,” said Daniel C. Bigelow, President of Monadnock Capital. “Trade execution is highly time-sensitive. With RCN Metro managing our network, we are confident that we have outstanding quality and reliability more

Service Commander to Transition NGN Management out of the Silo and into a Service-Level Approach; Available Now

HANOVER, N.H.–Amartus, a developer of next generation OSS/BSS solutions, today announced Service Commander, the industry’s first end-to-end next-generation connectivity service automation management platform, enabling service providers to automate their connectivity service delivery process.

The rapid proliferation of next-generation connectivity services required for cloud transport, wireless backhaul, residential and business services has placed increased pressure on carriers to deliver services more rapidly and cost-effectively than ever before. This is a sea change for service providers and Service Commander is the first solution available to automate the design, deployment and operation of those services.

“New connectivity services used to take years to deploy since the service was intrinsically bound up with the particular network equipment deployed. The new, more flexible, connectivity service layer being deployed with modern Ethernet and IP/MPLS equipment can more

MIMO and LTE Fuel 87 Percent Year-over-Year Revenue Growth of Spirent’s Wireless Channel Emulator

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT), a leading provider of wireless networks, devices and service testing, recently celebrated 87 percent year-over-year revenue growth for its SR5500 Wireless Channel Emulator in the second quarter of 2010, fuelling record first half revenue for the product. The SR5500 emulates physical radio channels and is used by the cellular industry for testing wireless receiver performance in base stations and mobile devices.

“We’re extremely pleased, especially considering that the SR5500 is already the most widely-used channel emulator in the market. This is major growth for an established, market-leading product which has already enjoyed tremendous market acceptance since its launch,” said Charles Simmons, president of Spirent’s wireless business.

The company attributed part of this result to new initiatives in the cellular industry. “The current focus on LTE is a more

VALLEY FORGE, Pa., Aug. 9 — NorthWestern Energy (NYSE: NWE) has selected Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) SEEsuite Smart Grid Command and Control™ platform to provide demand response management and integrated situational awareness for the utility’s Smart Grid Demonstration Grant Project.

NorthWestern Energy is a participant in the $178 million Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project. The effort, involving more than 60,000 customers in five states, will test new combinations of devices, software and advanced analytical tools to enhance the grid’s reliability and performance. NorthWestern Energy’s role is to evaluate the effectiveness of feeder automation, demand response and dynamic customer pricing.

SEEsuite combines Lockheed Martin’s expertise in systems-of-systems integration, service oriented architectures, cyber security and mission-critical systems development with utility-specific functionality. NorthWestern Energy will deploy two SEEsuite applications including SEEload™ for demand response management and SEEgrid™ for smart grid situational awareness.

“We are pleased to partner with more