Fixed vendor strategies - 28/09/06

Cisco, Nokia/Siemens, Italtel and Bull are working together to bid for a big IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) RFQ from France Telecom.

Metrobility Optical (US) has been bought by Telco System (ex BATM) for $7m. Telco System also bought Canadian Critical Telecom, an IP DSLAM maker.

Cisco has made enhancements to its Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture, and unveiled new managed services solution. It has unveiled new products and offerings for its Cisco Catalyst switching portfolio with more scalable architecture.

CoreOptics, a 10Gb/s and 40Gb/s optical networking subsystems maker, has received funds from T-Com Ventures.

Oracle is launching operator-hosted virtual PBX, an element of the Oracle Service Delivery Platform (Oracle SDP).

Ocean Broadband Networks has announced the closing of Series B fund, that will help expanding in China and deploy its EPON offerings. Motorola and Atlas Ventures are among the investors.

ADVA and InfoVista have announced a global partnership to mix ADVA Ethernet-enabled products with Infovista performance-management offering.

Cisco and ADVA are joining efforts to beef up their Ethernet access options

Cisco, Intel and Embratel have deployed a WiMAX network in Amazonia (Brazil) for a a healthcare center, two public schools, a community center and a university.

Cisco has introduced a set of products focused on allowing large businesses to create and distribute video messages under the Digital Media Systems line. Cisco will begin shipping a portal,a video software and encoders.

Ericsson has successfully completed a next-generation 43 Gbit/s optical transmission trial over a 1000km link in T-Com' s DWDM network in Germany.

Thomson' softswitch tops 4m VOIP lines in commercial service.