Fixed vendor strategies - 12/04/06

Comverse will pay $164m for VoIP application house Netcentrex.

Samsung introduced its WiMAX-based IP-based Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution.

Cisco launched a new Application Control Engine (ACE) for the Catalyst 6500 line.

Fujitsu has opened a new facility Platform Solution Center in Shanghai; It also announces single-chip Add/Drop multiplexer (ADM), the MB87Q2060.

BigBand Networks launched the release 4.5 of its BigBand Switched Broadcast.