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Wednesday, March 10...

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.

.... Randi Martin, Faulkner Information Services


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