Fixed vendor strategies

Motorola is reselling Modulus MPEG-4 products and will develop MPEG-4 AVC encoder with Modulus.

Cisco announced the introduction of several new products in its Internet Protocol Next-Generation Networks (IP NGN) portfolio: the Cisco XR 12000 Series routers, new features for the Cisco 7600 Series routers and a the new Cisco 7604, a wide range of Interface Flexibility (I-Flex) options with new shared port adapters (SPAs) and SPA interface processors (SIPs), and the introduction of the Cisco Call Session Control Platform.

Conexant and Tandberg are teaming to provide MPEG 4 advanced video coding interoperability.

Nortel unveiled several enhancements to its Office Anywhere product.

Harris introduced new Video Networking and Microwave solutions.

IBM and Tarari teamed to supply video encoding for the media and entertainment industry.

Scientific Atlanta will resell Tropic’s ROADM platform.

Ericsson has signed a manufacturing agreement with Lorom in China. The JV will be located in Hangzhou.

Alcatel and Motive announced a joint marketing and development agreement for the remote management of home networking devices that deliver Triple Play services (IP-based voice, video, data).

Netgear is combining Wi-Fi and BPL. The solution is made of a network interface (XE102) and of a wireless router (WGX102) to be plugged in a power outlet.

Thomson bought Cirpak (France). After Mediasec and Inventel, Thomson is boosting its telecom business with this softswitch expert.