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CHICAGO – Nitel, Inc., a nationally recognized provider of telecommunications network services, has launched a mobile application that gives agents and clients instant access to telecommunications network data for any location nationwide.
Nitel’s new mileage calculator and telecom database search tool are now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices through Apple’s App Store. The calculator and search function provide immediate access to carrier, rate center, OCN (Operating Company Number) and CLLI code data so that telecom agents can provide a quote for services to and from a specific location, or between business operating units. more

Enabling WiMAX Services in Seven Days

WiMAX FORUM GLOBAL OPERATOR SUMMIT – TAIPEI, Taiwan – January 10, 2011 – Enabling an accelerated deployment of Guyana’s first Mobile WiMAX network, Aptilo Networks, the global leader in pre-integrated solutions for control of billing, user services and access in wireless networks including Wi-Fi, WiMAX™ and LTE, has been selected by E-Networks Inc, the largest wireless Broadband Internet Service Provider in Guyana, to provide service management, prepayment capabilities and policy control for their WiMAX service.

WiMAX is now available in the capital city Georgetown and surrounding areas. The launch is part of a broader strategy by the company, working with telecommunications equipment supplier Huawei, to roll out the services countrywide.

The service was deployed in record time thanks to Aptilo’s WiMAX CSN System™, a pre-integrated wireless broadband solution with standards-compliant Mobile WiMAX AAA Server, prepaid system, hotlining portal, policy management more

HICKORY, NC–Touting one of the wireless industry’s most comprehensive location platforms, Andrew Solutions, the CommScope, Inc. division that is a global leader in wireless communication systems and products, has upgraded its GeoLENs® Mobile Location Center (MLC) to Version 10.1 with additional and expanded functionalities.

“GeoLENs MLC 10.1 will continue to enable commercial, emergency, and security location-based applications in wireless networks on what we believe is the widest range of positioning capabilities available from a single vendor on a common platform,” said John Baker, vice president and general manager, Network Solutions, Andrew. “The Version 10.1 upgrade makes it possible for operators to deploy such services on larger networks with additional positioning technologies, enhanced performance, and the potential to share infrastructure.”

GeoLENs MLC 10.1 can support networks of up to two million cells, intended for operators whose network footprints continue to grow with macro base stations and more

STOCKHOLM – January 4, 2011 – Aptilo Networks, the global leader in pre-integrated solutions for control of billing, user services and access in wireless networks including Wi-Fi, WiMAX™ and LTE, announced today the company has signed an agreement to acquire Service Factory, a division of Birdstep Technology listed on Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker BIRD.

The company also announced that Norvestor V L.P., a leading private equity company, has invested in Aptilo Networks, acquiring the shares of previous financial investors and becoming the majority shareholder.

With the acquisition of Service Factory, Aptilo Networks strengthens its leading position in the field of
wireless service management and policy control with the addition of large service provider customers like TeliaSonera, 3 Scandinavia, DU, Eircom and TDC.

“Already a profitable company, Aptilo represents a solid platform for further expansion within the more

Device identification and differentiated access reporting enable company and privately owned devices to securely coexist at customers such as Baron Capital Management

Santa Clara, Calif. – Dec. 14, 2010 – Avenda Systems, the innovation leader in network access security, today announced new features within its eTIPS platform that enable customers to efficiently allow or deny the use of personal devices for workplace applications. In a recent Gartner report titled “Gartner’s Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users, 2011 and Beyond: IT’s Growing Transparency,” Gartner predicted that by 2014, 90 percent of organizations will support corporate applications on personal devices. (1)

As the use of tablets such as the iPad and Smartphones increases, organizations have had to address wireless bandwidth issues, security concerns related to the use of approved and non-approved devices, and internal compliance issues. Avenda’s eTIPS platform allows IT groups to easily create policies that tie more

Company’s managed wholesale VoIP enablement solution is ideal for interconnects, service providers, carriers, and entrepreneurs looking to offer Internet telephony services within weeks with minimal upfront investment  

SAN DIEGO – December 13, 2010 – Telcentris®, Inc., a leader in cloud communications, today announced the immediate availability of its white label solution— an end-to-end managed wholesale VoIP enablement platform that offers customers a complete suite of services and robust back-end infrastructure. The white label solution is designed to provide interconnects, ILECs, CLECs, ITSPs, and entrepreneurs a plug-and-play environment that enables them to set up a VoIP company in a matter of weeks with little upfront investment. In addition to offering the platform directly for private labeling, Telcentris is one of few companies to provide this type of turnkey white label VoIP solution to indirect sales channels through its Channel Partner Program. 

“The demand for VoIP continues to grow as consumers and businesses shift from traditional telephony to Internet-based phone services due to cost and feature considerations,” said Bryan Hertz, CEO of Telcentris. “Our white label solution equips customers with the portfolio of a full-fledged VoIP provider, but none of the expensive infrastructure or maintenance cost requirements.”   more

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Occam Networks®, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCNW), announced today that Benton Ridge Telephone Company and C-M-L Telephone Cooperative have chosen the BLC 6000 multiservice access platform (MSAP) to bring IPTV and other high-speed services to their respective regions. Using a combination of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Broadband Infrastructure Program (BIP) grants and loans totaling almost $3.5M, Benton Ridge plans to offer 100 Mbps data, video and voice services to underserved residential customers in the northwest area of Ohio. C-M-L will use its $1.5M BIP grant to build a high-speed fiber network that can deliver today’s advanced services to residents and businesses in Northwest Iowa with the ability to expand its service delivery area in the future.

“There’s a real community excitement at the prospect of bringing advanced broadband services such as IPTV to the area,” said Bruce Johnson, President and CEO of C-M-L more

Picochip and Wavesat Achieve Key LTE Interoperability Testing Milestones
for Femtocells, Picocells and User Equipment

Bath, UK / Sunnyvale, CA – December 9, 2010 – Picochip and Wavesat announced today that they have successfully completed interoperability testing (IOT) between Picochip’s PC960x LTE small cell base station solution and Wavesat’s Odyssey 9000 family of UE chipsets. Completing this series of LTE service and IOT milestones represents success in the two companies’ jointly stated aim of delivering full performance with end-to-end interoperability.

“Open interoperability is key to the success of any cellular technology,” notes Peter Jarich, Service Director with Current Analysis. “To be sure, interop usually develops over time. Here, the fact that semiconductor reference designs are of a maturity and quality to support end-end system test, verification and IOT is an encouraging sign for the pace of LTE development and likely to accelerate the maturation of the market. In more

 By M. Vijay Raman, Vice President, Product Line Management and Marketing, Hatteras Networks

It is time to look beyond the backhoe for solutions to close the fiber gap that enable carriers to realize Ethernet revenue along the way. The advent of multi-service platforms means carriers can focus on systemetic migration and pay-as-you-grow strategies for accelerated ROI with Ethernet Service deployments. With the ability to leverage -these technologies and support any service over any media, carriers will find themselves well positioned to capitalize on emerging service revenue opportunities in the carrier Ethernet market.

Riding the Carrier Ethernet Wave

The global appetite for business Ethernet services will reach a staggering $40.2 billion by 2014, according to Vertical Systems Group and the Federal Communication Commission’s “Connecting America” National Broadband Plan calls for 100 Mb/s access in a minimum of 100 million homes across the U.S. by the year 2020. With more

Independent Research Firm: “We’ve Been So Worried about the Perimeter, We Forgot about the Malicious User on Our Internal Network”

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Nov. 30, 2010 – PacketMotion™, the leading provider of User Activity Management (UAM) solutions, today announced that its PacketSentry™ solution tightly aligns with the requirements for combating internal user threats highlighted in the new “Zero Trust Model of Information Security,” as defined by Forrester Research, Inc. In the Zero Trust Model, all internal network traffic is untrusted and security professionals must verify and secure all resources, limit and strictly enforce access control, and inspect all network traffic.

“In today’s network, companies have focused their controls on the perimeter, and now is the time to add controls on the internal network as well as the external network,” said John Kindervag, Forrester Research senior analyst. “In the Zero Trust Model, security professionals must assume that all traffic more