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No Need for Gadgets or Gizmos; Verizon, Fox, and USA Mobility Leaders Converge Face to Face to Shape Telecommunications at the Next Generation Telecoms Summit

While services are converging in Telecoms, so are the executives that lead the top enterprises. Miriam Holzman, VP of Content Production and Distribution for Fox Mobile Entertainment as well as cross Telco sector giants Bradford Duea, President of Napster, and Tom Saine, CIO of USA Mobility, have all confirmed attendance at the Next Generation Telecoms Summit North America. READ MORE>>

Omnix Software Partners with Ventera Corporation

Omnix Software, the UK-based provider of project automation software solutions for telecom infrastructure management, today announced a partnership with Ventera Corporation, a systems integration consultancy working across the wireless telecoms, financial and government sectors in the United States. READ MORE>>

Stelera Selects Ceragon IP Solutions to Backhaul Wireless Broadband in Rural America

Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: CRNT), a leading provider of high-capacity, LTE-Ready wireless backhaul solutions, today announced that its advanced FibeAir® IP solutions are deployed by Stelera Wireless, a pure-play (data only) wireless broadband services provider headquartered in Oklahoma City. Utilizing Ceragon’s solutions, Strelera will build out a high-capacity wireless backbone that would serve to bring the benefit of broadband internet access to underserved communities in rural America. Initial equipment orders are valued at over $1 million. READ MORE>

Clarity Demonstrates Innovation with its Integrated Service Operations Centre

Clarity, the market leader in Unified Operational Support Systems (OSS), today announced that it will be demonstrating its Integrated Service Operations Centre (iSOC) at Management World 2009, Nice, to complement the launch of the white paper by Stratecast, “Service Operations Centre – An Essential Necessity - An Executive Brief Featuring Clarity”. READ MORE>>

PamFax Partners with Voxbone To Add Fax Receiving to its Skype Extra Application

Voxbone, provider of worldwide telephone numbers and origination services for voice carriers, today announced that it has been chosen by Scendix Software GmbH to supply numbers, origination and conversion services for traditional PSTN fax for the PamFax for Skype solution. PamFax, the prominent Skype “Extra” that allows users to send any printable PC document out as a fax and pay with Skype credit or a credit card, is tapping Voxbone to add inbound faxing as part of its launch of PamFax 2.0. READ MORE>>

TOPEX Signs a Distribution Agreement with Avanzada 7

TOPEX, the Romanian telecom equipment manufacturer and NGN solution provider, announced the conclusion of a business partnership with Avanzada 7, a leading Spanish distributor referring to all type of VoIP hardware for the telecommunications field. READ MORE>>

Stage 2 Networks and BroadSoft Develop Enhanced Call Screening

Stage 2 Networks, a leader in hosted PBX solutions, today announced that it will be offering an Enhanced Call Screening feature for its hosted PBX service. Stage 2 originally purchased a Hosted PBX solution from BroadSoft®, the leading worldwide provider of VoIP applications. Leveraging BroadSoft's Web services, both companies worked together to develop an Enhanced Call Screening feature that will be offered to Stage 2's customers as an additional service attribute. READ MORE>>

XConnect Names Richard Shockey, ENUM Pioneer and IP Communications Expert, To Advisory Board

Richard Shockey, a pioneer in ENUM (Electronic NUMbering) and expert in VoIP (Voice over IP), has joined the advisory board of XConnect, the leader in VoIP and Next Generation Network (NGN) interconnection services. READ MORE>>

Clarity Selected as Finalist for TM Forum Excellence Award

Clarity, the market leader in Unified Operational Support Systems (OSS), today announced that it has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious TM Forum (TMF) Excellence Awards in its ‘Best Practices – Supplier or System Integrator’ category.READ MORE>>

XConnect Expands Global Alliance Federation Services

Communications service providers in the XConnect Global Alliance program, the largest worldwide ENUM-based IP-peering federation, can now take advantage of a wide range of new enhancements, XConnect, the VoIP and Next Generation Network (NGN) peering and interconnect leader, announced today.READ MORE>>

SoliCall Announces Three International Deals for Voice and VoIP Quality Improvement

SoliCall, a leading provider of noise reduction, echo cancellation and quality monitoring software designed to improve voice quality, is tightening its grip in the telecom market. The company announced today that three companies - from the UK, US and India - have recently acquired its noise reduction and echo cancellation (AEC) technology.READ MORE>>

Xeround Wins Billing & OSS World Excellence Award for Best OSS Transformation FOR T-Mobile Project

Xeround, Inc., a provider of real-time database virtualization software, today announced that the Xeround Intelligent Data Grid™ has received the Billing & OSS World 2009 Excellence Award for Best Operational Support System (OSS) Transformation based on a project deployed by T-Mobile USA. The awards recognize the leaders — vendors, service providers and integrators — in the development and deployment of billing and OSS technologies and solutions. READ MORE>>

IMImobile Helps Students Receive Exams Results Through Mobile SMS

IMImobile, a specialist provider of technology platforms and value added services to mobile operators and media companies worldwide, has today announced an exclusive partnership with the National Network of Education (NNE) to deliver board and university examination results direct to students via a mobile SMS.READ MORE>>

Tektronix Communications Announces Acquisition of Arantech

Tektronix Communications, a leading worldwide provider of Communications Test and Network Intelligence Solutions, today announced that it has acquired Arantech, the leading provider of Customer Experience Management (CEM) solutions for wireless communications providers. The terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed.READ MORE>>

TOPEX MultiACCESS GSM Gateway Increases the Call Capacity Up to 64 Voice Channels

TOPEX, a European telecom equipment manufacturer and NGN solution provider, has released a new version for its GSM boards launching the 4 channels board designed for its GSM/UMTS Gateway family.READ MORE>>

eGain Achieves Knowledge-Centered Support (KCS) Verification from the Consortium for Service Innovation

eGain Communications Corporation (OTC BB: EGAN.OB), the leading provider of multichannel customer service and knowledge management software, on-site and on-demand, announced today that its knowledge management solution, eGain® Knowledge™, has been recognized as “Knowledge-Centered Support (KCS) Verified” by the Consortium for Service Innovation (CSI).READ MORE>>

AAE Systems, Inc. Commemorates 25th Anniversary with Release of the Lightweight Mobile Communications Trailer

This year, AAE Systems, Inc. (AAE) has reached a major milestone as it celebrates 25 years of innovation in delivering comprehensive satellite-based communications solutions to its international, multi-industry customer base. To commemorate its silver anniversary, it will release its lightweight mobile communications trailer (LMCT) system. READ MORE>>

TOPEX Shows Its Contribution for the IP-Technology Improvement in ATM Industry

TOPEX, as a EUROCAE WG67 member, proved its experience in integrating VoIP in ATM industry taking part at the 2nd phase of Air Traffic Management VoIP Plugtests events organized by ETSI in Sophia Antipolis, France.READ MORE>>

Transverse Launches Industry's First Commercially Supported Open Source BSS Solution, blee(p) Enterprise Edition

Transverse, a leader in providing high-quality, low-cost carrier-grade business support solutions (BSS), today announced the availability of blee(p) Enterprise Edition, the commercially supported version of the industry’s first open source BSS solution for telecom service providers. Transverse is showcasing blee(p) Enterprise Edition at the CTIA Wireless Show, April 1-3, 2009 at the Las Vegas Conference Center in booth # 6367.READ MORE>>

Squire Technologies Gain France Telecom SS7 Interconnect Approval, In Collaboration With IP Directions France

Squire Technologies, a global provider of SS7 and VoIP telecommunication products and solutions, and IP Directions, a leading VoIP service provider in France, announce that they have successfully completed interconnect tests (ISUP SPIROU) with France Telecom. READ MORE>>

Ceragon Wireless Backhaul Ethernet Solutions Selected by a Leading Carrier in North America

Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: CRNT), a leading provider of high-capacity LTE-ready wireless backhaul solutions, today announced that a leading North American wireless communications carrier, has selected its advanced wireless Ethernet solutions. Ceragon’s FibeAir® IP-10 systems in combination with Ceragon’s High Power RF units will be deployed by the carrier to provide long-haul transport for high-speed data and voice services. This deployment will support the carrier’s geographical expansion and network capacity enhancement. Initial orders are valued at over US$6 million, of which $5 million has been recorded as revenue. READ MORE>>

N'compass Senior Data Center Consultant to Present on Developing a Data Center Capacity Plan at the AFCOM Educational Program on April 15

N’compass Solutions, Inc., a technology solutions company delivering The Power of Strategic IT, is presenting at the Minneapolis/St. Paul chapter of AFCOM; a national association dedicated to providing education and resources for data center managers on April 15, 2009. READ MORE>>

Media-Saturn Group acquires majority stake in 24-7 Entertainment, Europe’s leading digital distribution provider

Media-Saturn- Holding GmbH has acquired a controlling interest in 24-7 Entertainment, Europe’s leading B2B digital distribution provider specializing in online and mobile distribution of music, music video and ringtones. The company, which was founded in 2000, operates 41 download stores in 13 countries and has license agreements in place with over 12,000 labels including all the major record companies and independent labels. READ MORE>>

Sophisticated Market Segmentation and Innovative Solutions Are Key To Drive MSS Revenues

Mobile satellite communications require refined market segmentation and an ability to develop innovative solutions to be able to boost MSS revenues, said Dr. Sven Rohte, Chief Commercial Officer, Thuraya Telecommunications Company, at today’s CEO panel “What’s Next for MSS Industry” during Satellite 2009, conference and exhibition in Washington, US. READ MORE>>

Covergence Session Manager Latest VOIP-Peerable Device Certified XConnect-Ready

XConnect, the leader in Voice over IP (VoIP) and Next Generation Network (NGN) peering, today announced that the Covergence Session Manager has been certified XConnect-Ready. The certification is another step in the development of a global, multi-provider, IP alternative to legacy TDM communication infrastructure. READ MORE>>

Transverse Named "Cool Vendor" by Leading Analyst Firm

Transverse, the leader in providing high-quality, low-cost, carrier-grade Business Support Solutions (BSS), has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors” in the “Cool Vendors in Telecom Operations Management (TOM) 2009,” report by Gartner, Inc. The report was written by Norbert Scholz et al. and was published on March 12, 2009. READ MORE>>

Ivory Coast Operator Goes Live with Tango Telecom Convergent Charging Solution

Tango Telecom, the leading provider of advanced messaging and real-time charging solutions, has today announced that a leading African operator has gone live with iAX™ Charge, its advanced convergent charging solution supporting Voice, SMS and Data services for pre and post paid subscribers. READ MORE>>

N'compass to Present on "Pricing and Budgeting for IP Telephony and Unified Communications" at VoiceCon Spring 2009 in Orlando

N'compass Solutions, Inc., a technology solutions company delivering "The Power of Strategic IT," is presenting at the enterprise communication industry's premier event, VoiceCon in Orlando, Florida on April 2. READ MORE>>

TOPEX received EUROPEAN SEAL OF E-EXCELLENCE 2009 Award / Platinum

TOPEX announced that for the second consecutive year the European Multimedia Forum (EMF) have distinguished the company as a recipient of European Seal of E-Excellence 2009 / Platinum for innovation marketing. READ MORE>>

Etisalat & Tata Communications introduce advanced communication services in UAE

Etisalat, and Tata Communications, a leading provider of the new world of communications and a part of the $62.5 billion Tata Group, today jointly announced the launch of enterprise network services, enabling to offer a range of dedicated Ethernet services to the customers seeking connectivity in the UAE and globally. The partnership enables Etisalat to extend its reach by offering Layer-2 Global Ethernet services into and out of the UAE, while Tata Communications can now extend its global network coverage into the UAE. READ MORE>>

Tektronix Communications Enables Continued IP Network Migration

Tektronix Communications, a leading worldwide provider of network intelligence solutions, today announced new product enhancements that provide fixed, mobile and converged network operators with the necessary capability required to monitor key protocols in IP signalling and transport networks. READ MORE>>

Tadiran Telecom Unveils New Softswitch Application Bundle and Chooses European Market to Pioneer its Assimilation

Tadiran Telecom®, a leading global IP business telephony and communications supplier, today announced the launch of a new Softswitch application bundle including Sea Navigator, workgroup communication management tools, and the Coral Sea Softswitch. Tadiran Telecom declared that it has strategically chosen the European market to pioneer the assimilation of this new technology and will be negotiating new partnerships in the region. READ MORE>>

Tadiran Telecom Set for Expansion in Australia: Appoints Seasoned Veteran as Country Manager

Tadiran Telecom®, a leading global IP business telephony and communications supplier, today announced the appointment of Mike Montgomery, a 20 year veteran of Australia's Telecom industry, as Country Manager for Australia. READ MORE>