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Tribold Appoints New CEO John Rainger

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Tribold has recently announced the arrival of a new CEO, John Rainger, as it accelerates growth of its operation in support of the increasing demand from Communication Service Providers (CSPs) for effective product management. [Read more…]

Subex Azure registers 10 new wins in APAC in 12 months

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Subex Azure Ltd, a leading global provider of Operations Support Systems (OSS) solutions for telecom operators, has registered 10 new wins in the Asia Pacific ( APAC ) region, over a period of 12 months from September 2006 to September 2007. The combined value of business has run into several millions of dollars, considerably strengthening the company’s position in the region. [Read more…]

NetScout Acquires Network General

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NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT), an industry pacesetter for advanced network and service assurance solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Network General Corporation, in a combined cash, stock, and debt transaction currently valued at approximately $205 million. The acquisition, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, is expected to be completed by early November. Network General employees will become NetScout employees, and the newly combined entity will be headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts. [Read more…]

ARRIS Group Acquires C-COR

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ARRIS Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ARRS) and C-COR Incorporated (Nasdaq: CCBL) told OSS News Review today that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby ARRIS will acquire C-COR for a purchase price of approximately $730 million in a mix of cash and ARRIS stock. With over 250 customers around the world, the companies collectively reported revenues of over $1.2 billion over the past twelve months and the merged company will be the largest pure-play provider of equipment and solutions to the cable industry. [Read more…]

Revenue Leakage Rises Amongst Global Telecom Players

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Subex Azure Ltd, a leading global provider of Operations Support Systems (OSS) solutions for telecom operators, have announced key findings from the 2007 Global Operator Attitudes to Revenue Management Survey. According to the independent study commissioned by Subex Azure and conducted by telecoms analyst house Analysys Research average revenue leakage among global telecom operators increased to 13.6 percent, from 12.1 percent in 2006. [Read more…]

ECtel Launches New Multilingual Version of RAP Revenue Assurance Solution

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ECtel Ltd. (NASDAQ: ECTX), a leading provider of Integrated Revenue Management™ (IRM™) solutions, has launched its new version of revenue assurance solution, RAP, supports multilingual user interface and enables complete GUI and data processing to be displayed in any local language (such as Spanish, Portuguese, German and French) including special characters and double byte (such as Chinese and Japanese). [Read more…]

Nortel Recognizes Telrad Networks with Most Innovative Supplier Award

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Telrad Networks, a developer of carrier-grade telecommunications equipment, has recently won Nortel’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Supplier Recognition Award for Innovation. The award is presented annually at Nortel’s EMEA Supplier Forum conference to strengthen best practices and successful relationships among Nortel’s suppliers. [Read more…]

ECtel Wins Order for the Expansion of its Revenue Assurance Solution from AT&T Mobility

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ECtel Ltd. (NASDAQ: ECTX), a leading provider of Integrated Revenue Management™ (IRM™) solutions, has received a follow-on order for expansion of its revenue assurance solution, RAP, from AT&T Mobility, one of the leading wireless companies in the US for voice, data, and access to content. This expansion ensures financial accuracy and addresses content losses detection. [Read more…]

Telrad Enables High Availability for Voice over WiMAX

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Telrad Networks, a developer of carrier-grade telecommunications equipment, has recently announced the release of a dramatically improved hardware and software configuration for the Commatch 6004 SIP to v5.2 access gateway for voice over WiMAX networks. The newly released Version 3.2 includes full redundancy, enhancing reliability and eliminating the risk of disruption from a single point of failure. [Read more…]

Sigma Systems’ Proven VOIP Solutions Deployed at Cogeco Cable

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Sigma Systems, www.sigma-systems.com, a premier provider and leader in the design, development and deployment of OSS service management solutions, has announced that Cogeco Cable has selected and deployed Sigma’s Residential Voice Service Package and services to deliver SIP-based VoIP services across its Ontario region. [Read more…]

Streaming21 Presents Innovative Digital Home Technology at Microsoft Windows Server Conference

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Streaming21, the world leader in broadcast-quality streaming solutions, and Microsoft (NASDAQ “MSFT”) Embedded Sever team, will present their fully-integrated end-to-end digital home and IPTV solutions at Microsoft Windows Server Conference on August 29 in Microsoft’s ShenZhen office. A new innovation of fully-integrated Home Server, which enables to manage personal contents (such as photos, videos and music) and control digital home devices based on recently released Microsoft Home Server, will make its public debut at the seminar. [Read more…]

ATEME Selects Skyline’s DataMiner as Product-Wide Network Management Solution

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Skyline Communications, the leading supplier of multi-vendor network management solutions, recently announced that ATEME (Bievres, France), an acclaimed provider of MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 video encoding technology, has signed a DataMiner Strategic Partnership (DSP) agreement. This follows ATEME’s decision to include Skyline’s flagship DataMiner multi-vendor network management platform throughout its product portfolio as the company’s standard network management solution. [Read more…]

Comptel Poll Shows Global Uncertainty on IMS Adoption

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A recent poll by Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), the leading vendor of dynamic Operations Support Software (OSS), found that operators around the globe have still not fully decided on a migration path to IMS. The poll, conducted at Comptel’s annual User Group forum, showed that while a third (32%) of operators worldwide had decided to move towards an IMS architecture within the next two years, another third (32%) had made no plans with regards to adoption. [Read more…]