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Operators Choose Affordable Compliance For Delivery of Public Safety Alerts to Customers

FORT MYERS, FL.–Sept. 13, 2011–Interop Technologies, a provider of core wireless solutions for messaging, mobile device management, and connectivity gateways, today announced that two leading regional wireless operators, Inland Cellular and Thumb Cellular, have selected Interop’s hosted Commercial Mobile Service Provider (CMSP) Gateway to comply with the government’s new Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) initiative. Interop’s hosted CMAS solution enables the operators to transmit government-issued public safety and weather alert messages to their subscribers while avoiding the expense and complexity of an on-network system.

Inland Cellular serves Eastern Washington and North Central Idaho, and Thumb Cellular operates in the Eastern region of Michigan. By deploying Interop’s hosted CMSP Gateway, the operators ensure their subscribers have the protection and security of receiving CMAS notifications issued by public safety and governmental agencies. more

MPAC Will Enhance Value of Messaging Services for Subscribers and Provide New Revenue Stream for Operators

FORT MYERS, FL–Sept. 13, 2011–Interop Technologies, a provider of core wireless solutions for messaging, mobile device management, and connectivity gateways, today announced that four regional wireless operators—Bluegrass Cellular, Inland Cellular, Nex-Tech Wireless, and Thumb Cellular—will deploy Interop’s Messaging Personalization and Control (MPAC) technology.

Bluegrass Cellular provides wireless service to subscribers in Central Kentucky, while Inland Cellular serves Eastern Washington and North Central Idaho. Nex-Tech Wireless offers service in Central and Western Kansas as well as in Colorado. Thumb Cellular operates in the Eastern region of Michigan.

All four operators already use Interop’s messaging solutions and are adding MPAC software to enhance the quality and value of the messaging experience for their Short Message Service (SMS) and Multimedia Message Service (MMS) subscribers. The four deployments more

Cincinnati, OH — September 13, 2011 - Optelian, a trusted designer and manufacturer of SMART™ optical transport systems, today announced during OSP EXPO 2011, its AT&T Account Manager, Ed Purcell, will present “Practical Considerations for Meeting Cell Backhaul Capacity Demands,” addressing a wide range of practical issues in using CWDM for additional capacity in cell backhaul architectures. Purcell’s presentation joins a stellar lineup of 30+ high-quality educational seminars offered at OSP EXPO.  More than 80+ presentations were reviewed by the more

Cisco today announced a major advancement in Internet networking with three new platforms in the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers System engineered to facilitate the proliferation of new mobile Internet services and devices such as tablets, smartphones and connected appliances.

Cisco is continuing its tradition of innovation by announcing a simpler way for service providers to architect the next-generation Internet to be more visual, mobile and virtual.

Fueled by Cisco’s advanced nV (Network Virtualization) technology, which intelligently blends the network edge, aggregation and access layers into a single 96 Tbps system, the new routing platforms will allow service providers to dramatically increase network capacity and accelerate IPv6 services. These platforms will also enable service providers to cost-effectively converge and manage residential, business and mobile services with unmatched simplicity through virtual capabilities and resource sharing.

The three new platforms for service providers include:
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As part of its infrastructure technology development project, TIM is investing 20 million BRL to improve its network quality and expand its capacity.

The new initiative includes replacing all the core IP equipment (National Multiservice IP Network) with the Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System. TIM has been a pioneer in Brazil and is one of the first telecom operators in the Latin America to use these routers. It plans to conclude installation of all 12 routers by the end of November.

The new generation of routers has an individual capacity of up to 4.5 terabits per second, up to 14 times faster than the equipment currently used by TIM and up to three times faster than other market technologies.

Manufactured by Cisco, one of the major companies on the IP network market, and deployed in partnership with Italtel, the CRS-3 routing system is the platform for evolving more

Elliptic Technologies Debuts NEW multi-packet processing security engine for high Capacity Wireless and Network Applications

September 1, 2011 – Ottawa, Canada: Elliptic Technologies, a leading global supplier of security IP and software, unveiled today its latest security engine called the Multi-Packet Manager, a highly programmable and efficient security protocol accelerator with enhanced processing capabilities for multiple data streams. The Multi-Packet Manager is perfectly suited for applications that deal with multiple active connections and significant traffic load on different contexts, such as 4G LTE-Advanced wireless cellular base stations and femtocells.

The market is experiencing an explosion of new multi-media enabled mobile devices that are connecting to networks in all market segments, from smartphones, tablets, datacom, to consumer electronics and smart grid. It is estimated that there will be more than 50 billion connected devices in use by 2020. This rapid growth puts a lot of pressure on more

Transcoding Enhancement to HD Alliance Will Bridge HD Voice ‘Islands’

LONDON, Aug. 23, 2011 – XConnect today announced a new transcoding technology designed to promote wider adoption and utilization of high-definition (HD) voice services. The new feature for members of XConnect’s HD Alliance delivers clearer, higher-quality and more effective voice communications by enabling fixed-line and mobile operators to seamlessly exchange HD voice traffic through an IP-peering federation for the first time.

“We are solving the key challenge to widespread adoption of high-definition voice services: the need to deliver traffic across disparate networks,” said XConnect CEO Eli Katz. “The enhancement to XConnect’s HD Alliance extends the benefits of cross-network HD voice service to mobile operators via cloud-based transcoding, thereby enabling fixed operators to connect HD voice calls with mobile endpoints and vice versa.”

Katz noted that the new transcoding feature will be increasingly useful as HD more

LONDON, Aug. 23, 2011 – XConnect today announced that its new high-definition voice transcoding feature, which enables HD voice traffic to cross the fixed-mobile divide through an IP-peering federation, has been developed in conjunction with AudioCodes.

Now available for members of the XConnect HD Alliance, the new capability draws on the combined strengths of XConnect’s carrier-ENUM registry and multimedia interconnection services and AudioCodes’ Mediant 3000 high-definition transcoder.

In a tested, certified end-to-end solution, XConnect’s interconnection hub detects the need for transcoding, prompting the AudioCodes transcoder to translate between the different codecs used by fixed-line and mobile operators.

As part of the deployment, AudioCodes will also become an HD Alliance partner and join the XConnect Ready Partner Program to support cooperation and co-marketing efforts between the companies.

“With the recent increase in HD voice uptake on cellular networks, predominantly relying on more

NEW YORK, August 23, 2011 – Siklu, a pioneer in the wireless backhaul market, has come to North America, and is now offering its low-cost millimeter wave radio systems in the North American market.

Siklu delivers carrier-grade millimetric wave Gigabit Ethernet radio solutions with unparalleled price-performance value. Offering the industry’s lowest total cost of ownership, and incorporating on-board networking capabilities, solutions from Siklu are ideally suited for mobile backhaul, Carrier Ethernet business services, enterprise,and vertical applications.

The flagship Siklu solution is the EtherHaul E-band radio, which operates in the licensed 71-76/81-86GHz portion of the spectrum.What distinguishes EtherHaul is its all-silicon design, which enables a price point 80 percent less than competitive systems. Siklu’s systems are installed in operator and enterprise networks across Europe.

Ilan Moshe, who is heading the North American activities, said the EtherHaul, which was successfully launched in the fourth quarter of 2010 more

Expanded search capabilities and simultaneous viewing of mobile network coverage in multiple countries increases productivity and strategic value

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – August 22, 2011 – American Roamer, the global source for spatial network intelligence, today announced the latest version of Global Coverage Analyzer (GCA), the company’s cloud-based interactive mapping application for viewing and comparing 2G, 3G and 4G mobile network coverage in more than 200 countries worldwide. This release includes new features and expanded search capabilities that enable more efficient utilization of the application to further increase productivity and strategic value for mobile industry decision makers.

With the proliferation of roaming hubs and group-level wholesale relationships, evaluating mobile coverage at an individual country level is not enough. GCA now includes an optional feature to view mobile network coverage in multiple countries simultaneously, enabling decision makers to make the best possible strategic and tactical business decisions.

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