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Fastweb, a leading Italian telecoms provider, announced that it has selected the Cisco Aggregation Services Router 9000 Series as the foundation of the company’s next-generation edge network.

Fastweb will deploy the Cisco ASR 9000 across its network, enabling delivery of enhanced video, data, voice and cloud services throughout its converged network.

This investment highlights Fastweb’s commitment to developing its Internet Protocol (IP) network to meet rising consumer and business bandwidth requirements and providing the technological platform required for delivery of next-generation Internet services — such as high definition video conferencing.

Deployment of the ASR 9000 begins this month and will include 32 ASR 9000 systems initially in Fastweb’s 10 Gigabit Ethernet network.

“We are seeing demand from our customers for higher connectivity speeds, as both businesses and consumers look to take advantage of the next generation of video and internet services,” said Guido Roda, more

Cisco announced that Cox Communications will deploy the Cisco ASR 9000 as the foundation of its nationwide IP-NGN — which will play a role in enabling advanced new video, online entertainment and communication services to Cox’s nationwide customer base.

Cox manages and maintains consumer voice, video and data residential services for its customers on a fully converged, next-generation IP network, which requires advanced IP traffic aggregation capabilities and scale. The Cisco ASR 9000 has the unique ability to support these requirements while providing operators with a network foundation to scale video services in a cost-effective manner.

Cisco predicts that the number of network-connected devices will be more than 15 billion, twice the world’s population, by 2015. In the fifth annual Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast (2010-2015) released last week, the company also said the total amount of global Internet traffic will quadruple by 2015 and more

Cisco announced that NTT Plala has deployed the Cisco Aggregation Services Router 9000 Series for its Internet access service. This will enable NTT Plala to build a secure wideband Internet service infrastructure while reducing energy consumption.

Today, it is imperative for Internet service providers to respond to the growth in Internet traffic brought about by the spread of video-sharing sites and on-demand video viewing services — as well as the expanding business use of cloud-based applications.

Service providers also need to address the issue of Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) address exhaustion, prepare their networks to meet IPv6 requirements, and offering attractive services to acquire new subscriptions.

Moreover, the environment surrounding Internet service providers is drastically changing, as they need to respond to concerns about energy supply. Under such circumstances, NTT Plala has employed the Cisco ASR 9000 Series to enhance the efficiency of its network more

Cisco will host an interactive, online event for media and industry analysts Tuesday, June 7, at 11:30 a.m. EDT/8:30 a.m. PDT, to make a major service provider technology announcement.

Following the announcement, Cisco will host a live roundtable discussion with technology and business leaders from major global service providers, which will be followed by a Q&A session.

Who:

Pankaj Patel, Senior Vice President, Engineering, Service Provider, Cisco
Suraj Shetty, Vice President, Marketing, Service Provider, Cisco
Executives from leading U.S. and global service providers

What:

“Building the Next-Generation Internet for the Zettabyte Era” roundtable discussion with executives from Cisco and leading global service providers to discuss the key opportunities and challenges facing the broadband communications and entertainment industries.

When:

Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Time: 8:30 a.m. (PDT) / 11:30 a.m. (EDT)

Where:

Attendees will have the opportunity to join in more

Please see summaries of the seven announcements below:

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Cavium Networks to Demonstrate Innovative Next-Generation Set-Top Box, Wireless Display and Networked Digital Home Applications at Computex 2011

Complete networking and connected home solutions for whole home wireless video distribution based on PureVu(tm), ECONA(tm), Celestial(tm), and OCTEON® processors

Taipei, Taiwan, May 31, 2011 - Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications and the digital home, will demonstrate a range of high performance, next-generation multi-media home technologies based upon Cavium’s latest PureVu(tm), ECONA(tm), Celestial(tm) and OCTEON® processor families at Computex 2011 on May 31- June 4 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Suite 2412.

Cavium continues to drive the innovation in the connected home by developing cutting edge technology across multiple fronts - broadband access, media processing, high-definition video distribution and media storage.

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Fast, Secure, Free Wi-Fi for Patients, Visitors and Physicians

The North State Service Area within the Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) network, the nation’s eighth largest health system, today announced the launch of free wireless Internet access (Wi-Fi) for patients, visitors and physicians. The service is available now, at Mercy Medical Center Redding, Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta, and St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff.

The Wi-Fi service is enabled by 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.

The free Wi-Fi provides patients and their visitors with secure, easy-to-use high-speed broadband Internet access to help make their stay more comfortable. Using the Wi-Fi, patients can remain connected to friends and family with email, search the Internet, etc. from their hospital bed.

Physicians more

Cisco will host a virtual international forum from the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. to announce the latest findings of the Cisco Visual Networking Index forecast on global Internet traffic growth.

The company will also host a panel discussing the impact of this surge in bandwidth demand on service providers networks, consumer and business services, regulatory policies and government transformation.
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Who:
Suraj Shetty, Cisco vice president of global service provider marketing, will unveil new, groundbreaking data on trends in global Internet Protocol (IP) traffic through 2015, as projected by a new release of the Cisco Visual Networking Index.

Dr. Robert Pepper, Cisco vice president of government affairs, will then host a roundtable discussion with the following international policy leaders:

Blair Levin, Aspen fellow and author of the U.S. National Broadband Plan (2009)
John Horrigan, vice president, Policy Research, TechNet
Carlos Rodriguez, manager of more

MAHWAH, New Jersey, May 19, 2011 – RAD Data Communications has joined the Symmetricom SyncWorld Ecosystem Program, which was formed to provide tested solutions for mobile backhaul synchronization over packet microwave networks.

Since Packet Switched Networks (PSNs) do not include inherent synchronization mechanisms, they require complementary clock transfer solutions. This is particularly relevant to mobile backhaul and Triple Play services, which require exact synchronization.
In response to that challenge, Symmetricom developed a portfolio of Grandmaster Clock solutions. The Grandmaster clock supports IEEE 1588-2008, or Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Version 2, ensuring the highest possible level of synchronization over a PSN. Deployed at mobile base stations, RAD’s Mobile Demarcation Devices (MDDs), which support 1588-2008 as well as Synchronous Ethernet, lock onto the Grandmaster Clock, functioning as “slaves” to synchronize all elements within the system.

“RAD is enthusiastic about joining Symmetricom’s SyncWorld Ecosystem Program,” said Ronen more

· Clearwire to Leverage Ericsson’s Global Best Practices, State-of-the-Art Tools and Processes to Maximize Efficiencies, Provide Continued Network Quality and Reduce Operating Costs

· Clearwire Retains Ownership of All Network Assets and Full Responsibility for Future Network Technology and Strategy Decisions

· Ericsson Responsible for Network Engineering, Operations and Maintenance for Clearwire’s Core, Transmission and Access Networks

· Ericsson to Add Approximately 700 Clearwire Employees

Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR), a leading provider of 4G wireless broadband services in the U.S., and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced a seven-year, managed services partnership that will transfer the day-to-day management of Clearwire’s 4G network to Ericsson and allow Clearwire to realize operational efficiencies and reduce operating costs.

“Clearwire’s effort to reduce costs and maximize efficiency while delivering a high quality mobile broadband service to our customers extends to all parts of our business,” said Erik Prusch, Clearwire’s more

Optelian, a trusted designer and manufacturer of optical transport systems, today announced that the Company’s comprehensive new product lineup will be featured at TIA 2011: Inside the Network, May 18-20 in Dallas in booth #811.

Optelian’s LightGAIN optical transport system has been enhanced to provide 80-channels of long-haul DWDM with multi-degree ROADM capability, automatic power balancing, higher powered optical amplifiers, and fully tunable transponders from 10 Mb/s to 10 Gb/s. In addition, Optelian will be featuring managed CWDM with up to and including 10 Gb/s more