Cisco Unveils New, Next Gen Core Router
Cisco announced its latest
generation core router, the CRS-3. Offering up to 322 Terabit per second
of capacity, Cisco said the CRS-3 offers unified service delivery of
Internet and cloud services with intelligence spanning, service provider
IP, next generation networks, and data center support. In a
press
release, Cisco said the new core router has more than 12 times the
traffic capacity of the nearest competing system.
AT&T Completes 100G Backbone Network
Field Trial
AT&T announced the successful completion
of a live network environment field trial of 100-Gigabit backbone network
technology. AT&T said the trial will advance development of the next
generation of backbone network technology to support growing volumes of
wireless and wired Internet and data traffic in the years to come. During
the trial, AT&T field-tested the new Cisco
CRS-3 Carrier Routing System in a live network environment. For the test,
AT&T also used Opnext 100 Gigabit CFP client side modules and Ixia’s “K2”
100 Gigabit traffic generator and analyzer.
NFL, Verizon Wireless Ink Deal
Verizon Wireless has signed a
four-year agreement with the National Football League, for the NFL Mobile
service. The service will launch with coverage of the 2010 NFL Draft, and
will continue with coverage of the NFL's regular season. Under the deal,
Verizon Wireless also becomes the NFL's wireless service sponsor.
Accenture Debuts New Mobile Money
Management Tools
Accenture announced that it is
offering a new mobile money management solution. The new tool is being
marketed as an unnamed "white label" product. The solution is designed to
aid online merchant and banks in setting up a mobile portal for customer
transactions. This includes all the services of online banking, as well as
support for micropayments. The new money management solution uses the
company's Fundamo Enterprise Mobile Financial Services (EMFS), and
combines it with Accenture’s Service Delivery Platform (SDP). The
Accenture mobile money management solution is available now.
BT Wins Managed Services Contract with
Cochlear
BT announced that it has signed a $3
million deal with Cochlear, a provider of hearing loss solutions. The deal
calls for BT to provide a full range of network services. BT said the
contract will allow the Cochlear to consolidate its supply chain, and
reduce costs. The bulk of the work will include unifying Cochlear's former
multiple network suppliers under the BT network services umbrella, and
providing a suite of managed applications and services.
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