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ADTRAN captures top
spot in license-free microwave market
ADTRAN Inc., a leading supplier of license-free microwave radios,
announced the company now holds the leading worldwide market share for these
products according to a report recently released by Skylight Research.
According to the report, ADTRAN now holds at least 28% of the worldwide
market for unlicensed 5 GHz and under, up from only 17% one year ago. The company
attributes the rapid growth to its successful penetration of the wireless
carrier market. ADTRAN's TRACER products are deployed by all of the Tier 1
and many Tier 2 and Tier 3 wireless service providers in the U.S., as well as
several global service providers. The TRACER 6000 Series is the industry's
first modular wireless solution offering user-configurable TDM and Ethernet
functionality in a single, 1U-chassis. The newly released, higher-transmit
power versions of the TRACER 6420 and TRACER 6410 radios allow wireless
carriers to maximize distance, while utilizing smaller, more cost-effective
antennas.
Visit www.adtran.com.
Upfront
IBM, 3Com tag-team on IP telephony suite
3Com and IBM announced a partnership to port 3Com's IP
telephony server onto IBM's System i server platform, the re-branded,
multiplatform version of the old AS/400 series. The System i IP Telephony
Suite will enable IT to reduce the cost and complexity of mid-market offices
by deploying a single server housing all of their core applications -- ERP
and CRM, Websphere, DB-2 and now their IP telephony server, 3Com's VCX. Up to
2,000 users will be supported on a single System i5 520 or 550. While the IBM
System i IP Telephony solution may be the first server to integrate an IP
PBX, it's hardly the first integrated device. Cisco claims to have shipped
750,00 of its Integrated Service Routers (ISRs) that combine switching,
routing, network security. So successful has Cisco been with the ISR, that
Adtran has since released its own ISR-killer. The NetVanta 7100 IP PBX was
introduced at the VoiceCon show and includes a router, Ethernet switch,
firewall, VPN, CSU/DSU and an IP PBX. However, the IBM and 3Com deal will be
unique in that they target the regional office, not the small branch. What's
more, by running on i5/0S the VCX will inherit the availability and
scalability features inherent in the platform. Since 3Com's VCX is pure SIP,
IBM intends to use VCX as a platform for integrating convergence capabilities
into other applications.
Visit www.ibm.com or www.3com.com.
Nortel could buy, or be
bought, after Alcatel deal
Nortel Networks Corp. could be the next to buy or be
bought after the tie-up announced between Alcatel and Lucent Technologies, an
analyst said. Alcatel said it would buy Lucent in a deal that creates a
company to rival industry leader Cisco Systems Inc. "We believe the
geographic exposure of the combined Alcatel/Lucent represents an attractive
aspect that other vendors may wish to emulate with other deals," said
Prudential Financial analyst Inder Singh. Merriman Curhan Ford analysts
focused on Nortel as "the best value in the space and most likely to be
the next player." They said Nortel could be a buyer, a seller, or remain
as a standalone, although that was unlikely. "Given the changing
environment we view major strategic activity at Nortel as a near
certainty," they added. The Merriman analysts said Nortel would most
likely benefit from a combination with Siemens, a deal that would make it the
world's largest networking equipment supplier, and surpass the new Alcatel as
the world leader in wireline, with market-leading positions in optical and
VoIP. Merriman said Motorola would also be an attractive addition to Nortel's
wireless unit, and would potentially add wireline access capability as well
if Motorola could be coaxed to part with it.
Visit www.nortelnetworks.com.
News in Review
Conferences
IT industry leaders to headline keynote lineup at Interop
Las Vegas 2006
Interop announced its keynote lineup for the 2006 Las
Vegas event, featuring executives from Cisco, Google, IBM, Avaya, Juniper,
Extreme Networks, Siemens, Sybase and Internet Security Systems (ISS). These
industry visionaries will be on hand to address the most pressing issues
facing organizations that are demanding more from IP communications to drive
business success. Interop Las Vegas will be held April 30 - May 5, 2006 at
the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. This distinguished list of speakers is
online at www.interop.com/lasvegas/exhibition/keynote.php.
Management
solutions
Avotus announces
multi-year deal to support BT
Avotus Corporation, the leading provider of communications
expense management and e-Procurement solutions, announced a contract with BT.
The contract enables BT to employ Avotus ICM Usage Management, including
traffic and call accounting, in support of a large end user customer. Part of
a larger engagement between BT and their customer, BT will initially deploy
Avotus’ ICM Usage Management hosted solution to 60 of their customer’s
locations worldwide. Within the next 12 months the installation will be
extended to support 15,000 users and 136 sites. BT will be installing a dedicated
circuit to directly connect their customer’s European headquarters to Avotus
in Canada in order to facilitate the polling data collection process. Avotus
ICM Usage Management will collect call and traffic data from multiple sites
and will generate local, regional and corporate-wide Web-based reports in a
standard format.
Visit www.avotus.com.
Power protection
MGE offers easy UPS network connectivity
In its ongoing effort to provide customers with
unsurpassed power protection solutions, MGE UPS SYSTEMS announced its new
Network Management Proxy (NMP) plug-and-play software agent that allows any
of its Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs) to be interfaced with an
Ethernet Network at no extra cost. The NMP is an economical solution for
small UPS systems as it allows a UPS to be controlled over an existing
network without adding a network management card and associated cost to the
UPS. With the proxy software agent installed on a PC or server system that is
connected to any MGE UPS via a USB or RS232 port, users can monitor and
manage the UPS remotely using a standard browser or a network management
console. The NMP agent provides both XML and Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) protocols and can be
operated in standard secure mode or in SSL secure mode (Secure Socket Layer).
OEM Roundup
Avaya
Avaya IP telephony
solutions win "Best in Test" from Miercom
For the second time this year, IP telephony solutions from
Avaya Inc. were rated in first place in the industry's most demanding IP PBX
competition by Miercom, a leading network consultancy and product test center.
Avaya took top honors as "Best in Test" for its IP telephony
solution for small to medium businesses (SMBs), adding to its first place win
for "high end" IP telephony systems in a January 2006 review. In
the most recent competition, Miercom cited Avaya IP telephony solutions for:
- Top
performance in endpoints, performance and security
- Achievement
of the only perfect scores in endpoints and performance categories and a
near-perfect score in security; and
- Its
security system, which outranked the other vendors' solutions, and
included voice-stream encryption on all end points, including
softphones.
Visit www.avaya.com or
www.miercom.com.
Nortel
Nortel strengthens
global VoIP market leadership position
According to recent reports, Nortel was ranked No. 1
globally in enterprise and carrier IP telephony for the entire year and
fourth quarter of 2005. Dell'Oro Group reported that Nortel sustained a
significant market share lead in the global next generation networks (NGN)
carrier market, which grew 55% in 2005. Nortel held 21.5% share for the full
year of 2005 and 26% share for the fourth quarter of 2005 in carrier IP
telephony, as well as maintained revenues more than double its closest
competitor in the fourth quarter. Dell'Oro ranked Nortel as the global leader
in enterprise IP telephony line shipments with 23.3% share for the fourth
quarter of 2005. According to Synergy Research Group, Nortel is the global
carrier VoIP market leader for the entire year of 2005 with 19% share based
on revenue and 18% share based on ports shipped. Nortel also leads in carrier
softswitch and overall media gateway ports, as well as in VoIP and voice over
ATM gateway categories for the entire year of 2005. Synergy Research Group
also ranked Nortel as the global leader in enterprise telephony based on
ports shipped for the entire year of 2005.
Infonetics attributes 23% revenue share to Nortel for the full year of
2005, and 26% revenue share for the fourth quarter of 2005 for worldwide
carrier softswitches and trunk gateways. Infonetics ranked Nortel as the
global leader in enterprise telephony line shipments for the entire year and
fourth quarter of 2005 with 19% share. In addition, Info-netics ranked Nortel
the leader in North American enterprise telephony line shipments for the
entire year and fourth quarter of 2005 with 26% share.
Siemens
Siemens solution
helps enable the sharing of multimedia applications
Siemens Communications announced a new version of its
Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS)-based fixed mobile convergence
(FMC) solution with a deployment model supporting the enterprise market, the
consumer cable operator market as well as the fixed/mobile telephony market.
Enhanced by a number of global and U.S. IMS/FMC trials with a range of
service providers over the last year, Siemens is leveraging its multi-industry
expertise to enable barrier-free multimedia service delivery, independent of
device preferences. The Siemens IMS/FMC solution features transparent roaming
and active handoffs across fixed and mobile networks. The solution includes
personalized multimedia services and – for enterprises – presence-aware
collaboration technologies that help improve workflow and business process
efficiencies.
Visit www.usa.siemens.com/communications.
The Flag: EU & International Telecom News for
IATD Members
BroadSoft launches
state-of-the-art European operations centre
BroadSoft Inc., a leading provider of VoIP applica-tion
software, announced that it will increase its presence in Europe with the
opening of a new global operations centre in Prague, Czech Republic. The
facility will provide unparalleled levels of service, training and
engineering support to BroadSoft customers. Continuing BroadSoft's commitment
to the European market, the new centre will join BroadSoft's other operations
cen-ters in North America and Asia to deliver global 24 by 7 live support
through local market technology expertise and assistance. The ability to
quickly satisfy BroadSoft's more than 30 European carrier customer needs
through a centrally located operations office was the primary incentive
behind BroadSoft's decision to establish the Prague facility, which
complements the BroadSoft sales offices in Bonn, London, Paris, and Stockholm.
Visit www.broadsoft.com.
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