New Handsets from Nokia yet to be launched  when just Mobile World Congress in the corner. Nokia 720 & 520 have been proved by the way of leaks as per certification given by Indonesian & the phones are based on Windows 8 OS.

Zeal is the codename given to Nokia Lumia 720 having 1 GHz dual-core CPU, 512 MB RAM, Clear Black Display of 4.3 inch, in terms of data connectivity it has HSPA+ support with USB. Again, it has 6 MP rear camera & 2 MP front camera. On the other side Nokia Lumia 520 features 8 GB internal memory with 1 GHz dual-core processor & on the camera section 5 MP on the rear part but no front camera. The screen is quite sensitive & of 4-inch & not so much RAM only 512 MB.

Actually we are looking at the pair of powerful devices & their specs might be true. Again Lumia 720 & 520′s price may be on the budget side if the price level between Lumia 920,820 & 620 has been fixed. So, we are mainly focussing on Lumia 5xx models since the price is very cheap & possess sporty look.

Again it only depends on Nokia to bring this wonderful phones into Indian market after the phone had made their appearance in MWC 2013. Already, the phones from Nokia has hit the Indian market quite late for example phone like Lumia 900. Most of us will be guessing that only this 2 phones will be launched or there will be some tablets from this Finnish company.

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One of the global leader in ICT i.e. Information & Communication Technology providing unique service to the consumer i.e. one & only fiber to the door (FTTD) solution.

Being an ultra broasband solution it provides data rates of around 100 Mbit/s to 1000 Mbit/s quite fast via. twisted pair or coaxial cables by developing different types of technologies, project implementation technologies, service provisioning & OAM technologies.

In this modern world for accessing large size videos & use the cloud services consumers need ultra broadband solutions. Already the earlier techniques like FTXX i.e. categorized into two parts like  FTTB and FTTH. Some cons & pros of using FTTB are like limited bandwidth, power supply issues based on different kinds of site location, grounding issues. Similarly, in case of FTTH most problem anyone faces is high cost, long installation time, drop fiber installation. Nowadays telco opertors are providing higher bandwidth at home by using copper cables rather than fiber cables.

So, if we talk about FTTD there are some quite advantages i.e. free grounding, reverse power supply, free configuration to support the plug-and-play feature &  no need to perform on-site configurations. Again FTTH OSS system is reused for OAM & service provisioning & the same equipments is easy to handled.

 President, Access Network Product Line at Huawei You Yiyong told “Huawei is dedicated to continuous customer-centric innovation. We believe that the FTTD solution can help our customers resolve difficulties in deploying FTTH networks. Relying on the advantages of the FTTD solution such as ultra-broadband access through any medium, simple deployment, and remote management, operators can stay ahead of the fierce market competition and achieve business success.”

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Dual-SIM Mobile Phones

Samsung Galaxy Y Duos Lite

One of Samsung’s affordable android based dual-sim smart phones. The main features like:
i.Network- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (SIM-1 & SIM-2) & HSDPA 900/ 2100 (SIM-1).
ii.Display Size- 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches (~143 ppi pixel density)
iii.Memory-micro-SD, up to 32GB & internal 3 GB storage.
iv.Data- GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA (3.6 Mbps), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (v3.0 with A2DP, EDR), USB (microUSB v2.0).
v.Camera- Primary Camera contains 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels & Video (QVGA@15fps)
vi.OS-Android OS, v2.3.6 (Gingerbread)
vii.Processor- CPU (832 MHz ARM 11).
viii.Battery life-  Stand By Time up to 410 h (2G)/ 370h (3G) & Talk Time up to 15h 20m (2G)/ 6h (3G).
ix.Colors-Black, White.
x.Expected Price-Rs 6700
Nokia Asha 308
One of Nokia’s most affordable candy bar dual-sim smart phone. The main features like:
i.Network- GSM 900 / 1800 (SIM-1 & SIM-2) & GSM 850 / 1900 (SIM-1 & SIM-2).
ii. Display Size- 240 x 400 pixels, 3.0 inches (~155 ppi pixel density)
iii.Memory-microSD, up to 32GB & 2 GB storage card included.
iv.Data- GPRS (85.6 kbps), EDGE (236.8 kbps), HSDPA (3.6 Mbps), Bluetooth (v3.0 with A2DP, EDR), USB (microUSB v2.0).
v.Camera- Primary Camera contains 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels & Video (176×144@13fps)
vi. Battery life- Stand By Time up to 510 h (2G) & Talk Time up to 6h (2G) & music play time up to 40h.
vii.Colors- Black, Golden light
viii. Expected Price-Rs 5570

iBall Andi 3e

One of iBall’s affordable dual-sim 3G enabled smart phone. The main features are like:
i.Network-GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 & HSDPA  2100
ii.Display Size- 320 x 480 Pixels, 3.2 Inches
iii.Memory-micro-SD, up to 16GB & internal 160 MB storage.
iv.Data- GPRS, EDGE,Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (v3.0 with A2DP, EDR), USB (microUSB v2.0).
v.Camera- Primary Camera contains 3.2 MP 2048×1536 pixels & Secondary Camera contains 0.3 MP.
vi.OS-Android OS, v2.3.6 (Gingerbread)
vii.Processor- 650 MHz ARM 9 Processor

iii .Battery life- Stand By Time up to 350h (2G) & Talk Time up to 4h  (2G).
ix. Colors- Black and Red (wine)
x.Expected Price-Rs 6350

Spice Stellar Craze

One of the best affordable smart phones. The main features are like:
 
  i.Network- GSM  900 / 1800  ( SIM 1 & SIM 2) & HSDPA 900 / 2100
  ii.Display Size-320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches (~165 ppi pixel density)
  iii.Memory-micro-SD, up to 32 GB & internal 140 MB, 512 MB RAM.
 iv.Data- GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB.
 v.Camera- Primary Camera contains 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels,, LED flash & VGA Secondary camera.
vi.OS- Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
vii.Processor- CPU (800 MHz).
viii. Battery life- Stand by Time up to 192h  & Talk Time up to  4h
ix.Colors- White
x.Expected Price-Rs 6275

Cassidian and Alcatel-Lucent bring 4G LTE mobile broadband to professional mobile radio in the 400 MHz frequency band

New ‘Evercor®’ solution integrates LTE mobile data capabilities with professional mobile radio enabling real-time video, collaboration and data services that improve operations and safety

Evercor will help network operators in public safety, transport and energy to save money by optimizing existing assets while providing an evolutionary path to LTE

Alcatel-Lucent

TETRA World Congress (TWC), Dubai May 15, 2012 – Cassidian, an EADS company, and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) are to enhance safety and operations for public safety agencies, energy and transport companies with the launch of a new solution called ‘Evercor®’. Based on 4G LTE technology, it enables the use of video, data and other media to improve the way the security professionals serve and protect their communities.

Evercor integrates Alcatel-Lucent’s 4G LTE mobile broadband with TETRA-based systems to form the first end-to-end integrated LTE 400 professional mobile radio (PMR) solution for the 380-470 MHz band – the frequency band currently used by public safety agencies and other essential services in many parts of the world. As a result it will support new broadband communications capabilities such as real-time video to complement existing radio systems. It also allows transport and energy companies using TETRA communications to benefit from mobile broadband applications.

Alcatel-Lucent and Cassidian are showing how Evercor enhances information-sharing between control centers and field operations at TETRA World Congress 2012 in Dubai. By delivering high-speed 4G LTE mobile broadband services such as enhanced location information and transmission of medical records to ‘smart’ emergency response vehicles, handheld tablet devices and control center systems, teams will be equipped with the vital information they need to rapidly prepare for and respond to any incident. This can improve safety and security for both the public and workers and allow teams to more quickly identify locations and respond to incidents.

The use of real-time video and data services will improve operations for those working in the transport and energy industries. Early warnings of outages and incidents will in turn result in faster response and reduced maintenance time and costs. For all companies using TETRA communications, the solution will enable cost-efficiencies, allowing them to re-use their existing sites and equipment.

Jean Marc Nasr, Head of Secure Communication Solutions at Cassidian said: “The launch of this innovative solution comes only a year since we announced the joint work program between Alcatel-Lucent and Cassidian and shows the real progress we’ve made to enhance operations for companies using the 400 MHz band. We are able to integrate these services within the Cassidian command-and-control collaborative suite of applications for our Public Safety and Defence users.”

Philippe Keryer, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s Networks Group said: “Alcatel-Lucent’s 4G LTE architecture is being embraced by the public safety sector. Evercor delivers the highest speeds and greatest capacity for mobile broadband communications networks today and supports essential operations in the most cost-effective manner. Alcatel-Lucent has deep-rooted expertise in providing groundbreaking mobile broadband communications solutions to enhance operations and safety across many industries and we are pleased to work with Cassidian to achieve this.”

The Evercor solution uses Alcatel-Lucent’s eNodeB base stations, wireless packet core and backhaul solutions, and Cassidian LTE 400 Remote Radio Head, terminals and applications. The LTE 400 eNodeB can be fitted into Cassidian’s new TB3S TETRA Base station. Working in the 400 MHz bands delivers advantages over communications in a higher frequency band. Fewer base stations are required to provide coverage to a comparable geographic area and communication is made more reliable inside buildings and within built up urban areas.

Source : Press Releases

Nokia Siemens Networks has entered a global reseller agreement with Ruckus Wireless to help operators integrate Wi-Fi networks to deliver cost-effective mobile broadband services. The contract, announced today, will enable Nokia Siemens Networks to offer easily deployable and manageable Wi-Fi coverage as part of its comprehensive small cells portfolio.

Nokia Siemens Networks will offer operators the complete line of Ruckus Wireless carrier-class Smart Wi-Fi systems, including indoor and outdoor access points and controllers. It will also deliver the award-winning Ruckus SmartCell™ Gateway 200. The SCG 200 is a new category of wireless service gateways that allows operators to transparently accommodate mobile subscriber devices using trusted Wi-Fi access without requiring any client software. The SCG 200 seamlessly integrates Wi-Fi traffic into operator packet core networks through standard industry interfaces, providing a variety of offloading options.

Enhancing these products is the Nokia Siemens Networks Smart WLAN Connectivity* solution. By seamlessly and smartly integrating Wi-Fi with mobile broadband networks, the solution enables subscribers to use both types of access transparently for a superior mobile broadband experience delivered very cost-effectively by the operator.

“With the explosion of mobile data, operators need more economical and practical ways to handle huge volumes of traffic while maintaining a high quality customer experience,” said Hossein Moiin, chief technology and strategy officer at Nokia Siemens Networks. “With this agreement, we will be able to provide operators with Wi-Fi access and Wi-Fi offload solutions right now for integration into their cellular networks.”

“Operators simply cannot inject capacity into their networks fast enough to address the mountains of data hitting their mobile networks,” said Selina Lo, president and chief executive officer of Ruckus Wireless. “As a result, operators are looking to new solutions that combine carrier-class Wi-Fi with small cell technology that complement their macro environments and can be seamlessly integrated within their existing and future core infrastructures. By working with Nokia Siemens Networks, we can help operators relieve these pressures while scaling to support future mobile broadband services.”

With relatively low deployment costs and long-term technology support from every smart phone and a broad range of client devices, Nokia Siemens Networks expects Wi-Fi to become an integral part of the mobile broadband experience. The company’s strategy is to support that future through the development of heterogeneous networks (HetNets) in which multiple radio access technologies and Wi-Fi will all co-exist, and macro cells will be complemented by a multitude of smaller cells, such as micro, pico and femto cells.

Nokia Siemens Networks will also embrace Wi-Fi in additional ways, such as integrating Wi-Fi from several partners through its Smart WLAN Connectivity solution, and providing small cell concepts, including its Flexi Zone** solution, with built in Wi-Fi access.

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About Ruckus Wireless

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Ruckus Wireless is a supplier of advanced wireless systems for the explosive mobile Internetworking market. The company markets and manufactures a wide range of indoor and outdoor “Smart Wi-Fi” products for mobile operators, broadband service providers, and corporate enterprises around the world. Ranked as the top telecom company by Inc. Magazine and named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, Ruckus invented and has patented state-of-the-art wireless technology, such as adaptive antenna arrays that focus and direct Wi-Fi transmissions over the best signal path, automatically avoiding sources of Wi-Fi interference. These unique capabilities extend signal range, increase client data rates and ensure consistent and reliable distribution of delay-sensitive multimedia content and services over standard 802.11 Wi-Fi. With over 55 patents, 13,000 customers, and 4,000 solution partners worldwide, Ruckus employs over 500 staff in 24 countries. To date, the company has shipped over 3 million Smart Wi-Fi systems around the world and has raised $75 million in funding from premier investors such as Meritech Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital, SingTel, Focus Ventures, Sutter Hill, Motorola, T-Ventures, Telus Ventures, and Firelake Capital. The company is led by Ms. Selina Lo, president and chief executive officer.

About Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is the world’s specialist in mobile broadband. From the first ever call on GSM, to the first call on LTE, we operate at the forefront of each generation of mobile technology. Our global experts invent the new capabilities our customers need in their networks. We provide the world’s most efficient mobile networks, the intelligence to maximize the value of those networks, and the services to make it all work seamlessly.

Source : Press Releases

MoMagic Technologies, a Noida based VAS Company and strategic partner for world’s leading mobile chipset company MediaTek has bagged the ”Excellence Innovative Mobile VAS Start Up” category award in the 6^th National Telecom Awards.         

“The company is just a little above a year old but within this small time period we have established ourselves very well in the VAS industry. The company has  developed various types of applications primarily in MediaTek’s Maui Runtime Environment (MRE) for the feature phones and emerging markets and aim to bridge the gap between feature and smart phone, ”, said Arun Gupta CEO and Founder of the MoMagic.

“This is just beginning for us. We do believe that with our focused vision and excellent support from our customer, we will achieve many such milestones in future”, he added.

Major products developed by MoMagic include Dynamic Handset Portal that provides a gamut of services ranging from cricket to beauty to health in multiple regional languages. But the most important feature is that server can control service type and also push local content depending on the location of the handset.

Remote Device Access, another very unique application developed allows user to control their phone by changing profile, fetch contacts, reject or divert calls from their misplaced phones just by sending an SMS from any phone.

MoMagic has a huge collection of MRE games that it has worked on individually and with other major mobile game developer. The collection of games is one of the major attractions for a MRE App Store that it has developed. It comprises MRE Applications across categories like Utility, Social Networking Sites, Games and Entertainment. The App store has all the usual features like featuring recent apps, most downloaded applications and supports a download manager with pause/resume capabilities for downloads. It sounds like a one stop solution for everything in MRE.

“Apart from this the company has worked on various other MRE solutions keeping in mind the emerging market. Within a year the company has made great strides. We hope that in near future we will see a bunch of more applications that tend to bridge the gap between feature and smart phones”, Arun Gupta concludes.

About MoMagic

MoMagic is head quartered in India and focuses on mobile platform operation and mobile Internet service for India and other emerging markets. MoMagic is strategic partner for world’s leading mobile chipset company MediaTek.

The focus of MoMagic is to work as enabler for delivering the applications, content, information and intelligent transactions to consumers. MoMagic works towards innovation in new generation mobile arena and is recognized for its product ingenuity, technology platform robustness, business responsiveness and flexibility.

MoMagic offers smart solutions to Enterprises using mobile as a medium for communicating with their customers and enabling business processes. MoMagic engages in development and operation of Mobile AppStore, Mobile middleware platform, Mobile applications, building up scalable backend servers and billing platform

Source : Press Releases

MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, has been conferred the ‘Best Innovation in Mobile Video Technology’ Award at the National Telecom Awards 2012, organized by CMAI, for its latest path-breaking audio-video compression software, ‘Mobile Theater’. CMAI is a national apex association of India with over 48,500 members and 50 international MoU partners.

The award ceremony was held on May 8th 2012 at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi. The nominations were adjudged on various criteria such as technology innovation, commercial success, execution of strategy and dedication to research and development by an eminent Jury Committee consisting of members from Department of Commerce, Law, Telecom, IT and industry associations’ representatives, former bureaucrats, and secretary/CMD from Telecom/BSNL/MTNL. The award selections have been vetted by international knowledge partners Mazars International and Dion.

MediaTek’s new audio-video compression software ‘Mobile Theater’ allows users to store digital or audio files of up to 50 film clips on a 2GB T-card. The software runs both MPEG-4 and H.264, among other popular digital video/audio coding formats. This ensures that the files compressed by “Mobile Theater” will play on almost any brand of feature phones. Many of India’s major handset brand names including, Micromax, SPICE, Karbonn, Lava, MAXX, Videocon, Onida, Intex, Lemon, have embraced MediaTek’s latest technological innovation. ‘Mobile Theater’ optimizes subtitle crispness and sound quality parameters to ensure that compressed video/audio files retain high fidelity. Besides solving the problem of video or audio files taking up excessive memory space in handset devices, ‘Mobile Theater’ also offers a clear improvement in the image and sound quality of compressed files during playback. In addition, “Mobile Theater” software also supports 2D/3D content switching.

On receiving the ‘Best Innovation in Mobile Video Technology’ award, Grant Kuo, Managing Director, MediaTek India, said “Since 15 years, MediaTek is committed to growing the global mobile ecosystem by introducing revolutionary technologies that enhance the experience of the handset users and provide them with the best-in-class multimedia solutions at affordable prices. As the world’s leading handset IC solutions provider, MediaTek has packaged ‘Mobile Theater’ with advanced multimedia features that give more added value to both smart and feature phone users at no added cost. We are proud on receiving this award which recognizes MediaTek’s relentless focus on delivering innovative, feature-rich yet cost-effective solutions to meet consumer’s entertainment, communication and information needs.”

The CMAI National Telecom Awards recognize outstanding contributions to the field of communication, ICT, multimedia, and infrastructure and provide greater encouragement and impetus to the players for their contributions in building a robust National Telecom Network and providing an effective means of Communication. MediaTek was also the recipient of Best Technology for Mobile Phone awarded at the 5th National Telecom Awards 2011 by CMAI Association of India.

Nokia Siemens Networks completes the sale of its fixed line Broadband Access business to ADTRAN

Nokia Siemens Networks announced today that the company has completed the transaction to sell its fixed line Broadband Access business and associated professional services and network management solutions to ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN). The transaction was initially announced in December 2011.

As of May 4, 2012, the business, including approximately 340 employees globally in engineering, R&D, sales and professional services, transferred to ADTRAN.

About Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is the world’s specialist in mobile broadband. From the first ever call on GSM, to the first call on LTE, we operate at the forefront of each generation of mobile technology. Our global experts invent the new capabilities our customers need in their networks. We provide the world’s most efficient mobile networks, the intelligence to maximize the value of those networks, and the services to make it all work seamlessly.

With headquarters in Espoo, Finland, we operate in over 150 countries and had net sales of over 14 billion euros in 2011. http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com

Nokia Siemens Networks has introduced two innovations that allow operators to deliver mobile broadband more effectively with their existing spectrum. They form part of the company’s Liquid Radio GSM software suite*, the industry’s first complete offering for frequency re-farming that ensures exceptional flexibility in using limited GSM spectrum more efficiently.

Nokia Siemens Networks

Described by the company as Energy Efficient Coverage (EEC)**, the first innovation enables existing GSM spectrum to support up to double the amount of traffic. Alternatively, it can achieve the same GSM performance using less spectrum, thus freeing up more frequencies for WCDMA re-farming. In addition it can significantly improve network coverage.

The second innovation is Configurable Carrier Bandwidth*** for WCDMA. This allows WCDMA carrier bandwidth to be set in software configurable steps of 200 kHz from the very narrow 3.8 MHz up to 4.2 MHz, depending on an operator’s spectrum. It gives operators full flexibility to allocate more GSM spectrum to WCDMA as it becomes available. The feature also allows co-location of GSM and WCDMA on the same frequency band for operators with extremely limited spectrum.

The two new software features will be available commercially in the second half of 2012.

“Mobile spectrum is scarce, and operators want to maximize the GSM spectrum they can re-farm to WCDMA and LTE,” said Dhruv Khanna, head of sales development for Mobile Broadband, North America, Nokia Siemens Networks. “Our software suite addresses this challenge. Operators can re-farm using much narrower spectrum than before, deliver GSM and WCDMA with 30% less spectrum, and also lower total cost of ownership by 20%. Moreover, they can deliver a vastly improved user experience, and potentially attract more customers to increase revenues.”

Operators can deploy the features with Nokia Siemens Networks’ Single RAN platform via a simple software upgrade to evolve their networks smoothly, and cost-efficiently manage the huge growth in mobile broadband traffic.

To help operators increase network capacity and improve network performance, Nokia Siemens Networks offers planning and implementation services for WCDMA and LTE re-farming. By supporting more than 65% of commercial WCDMA and over 50% of commercial LTE re-farming networks, the company is the leader in spectrum re-farming services.

Source: Nokia Siemens Networks Press Releases

Alcatel-Lucent  today announced a major upgrade of its award-winning data center switching solution or ‘fabric’, the Alcatel-Lucent Mesh. By extending high-performance 40 gigabit Ethernet (40 GigE) links throughout the Mesh, the company has dramatically increased the speed, responsiveness and flexibility of enterprise data center networks, making them better able to support bandwidth-devouring, real-time applications like video collaboration, virtual desktop, and the growing array of cloud services.

Alcatel-Lucent

To complete the evolution to 40 GigE in the Mesh, Alcatel-Lucent has added 40 GigE capabilities to its OmniSwitch 10K Modular Ethernet LAN Chassis, a high-performance network core switch. This move – coupled with the use of a technique called ‘Shortest Path Bridging’ which optimizes server-to-server communications across the entire Mesh -enables enterprises to essentially transform their data center networks into private clouds, giving them the flexibility to reconfigure data center resources quickly and easily.

To complement the 40 GigE enhancements, the Alcatel-Lucent Mesh has also been verified as Citrix Ready™.  The Citrix Ready program helps customers identify third-party solutions that are recommended to enhance networking and cloud computing solutions from Citrix, and ultimately provide a seamless experience for users. Alcatel-Lucent is collaborating with Citrix to support the growing demands of mobile workstyles, cloud services and the variety of new applications being delivered across enterprises wide area networks (WANs), and to support the introduction of virtualized desktops, that place a burden on the network and require a greater level of infrastructure support.

Klaus Oestermann, Group VP & GM Cloud Networking Group, Citrix said: “Networking infrastructure has taken center stage as the unstoppable forces of mobility and cloud transform the demands of the datacenter.  With the Citrix cloud networking portfolio including NetScaler 10 and Branch Repeater 6 we are giving enterprises the same cloud platform capabilities to power their business that the largest public clouds have enjoyed for years.  This is game changing, and we are excited to work with one of the world’s leading communications companies to usher in this new era.  As a charter member of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise’s ecosystem program, we will be able to give our enterprise customers the confidence to deploy full interoperable Citrix Ready solutions.”

Camille Janssens, ICT Director of DHL Expresssaid: “The demand for more bandwidth is a constant challenge. New technology implementations like those from Alcatel-Lucent are delivering the ability to scale to faster speeds in the future while creating a highly reliable data center capable of acting as a global hub.”

About Alcatel-Lucent’s Data Center Switching Solution, the Mesh

The Alcatel-Lucent Mesh uses a unique ‘direct connect’ architecture – where elements of the network are directly connected to each other without a central hub – to weave together smaller groupings of switches, called ‘pods’ and form a single, seamless data center network that can easily allow resources to  be automatically reallocated. The Mesh delivers low-latency, server-to-server connectivity and can scale in size from as few as 100 to over 14,000 server-facing ports with just two core switches. This scalability provides customers with the option to deploy a small data center fabric and grow as needed with the deployment of additional 10GigE capable servers. Alcatel-Lucent’s data center network solution, essentially a private cloud, can be integrated with Alcatel-Lucent’sCloudBand carrier cloud solution, creating a hybrid cloud model where employees can access a wide array of data and applications anywhere and on any device.

Specific attributes of the Mesh include:

• Low-Latency wire-rate bandwidth - Where 40 GigE connections within the Mesh provide 1GigE and 10GigE server facing ports, which are perfect for new real-time applications requiring low latency bandwidth, such as the delivery of cloud and virtual desktop services to mobile devices
• Applications managed as services - Where the network automatically adjusts to follow virtual machine movement both within and between data center sites for better efficiency and reduced costs
• Shortest Path Bridging – A standard driven in part by Alcatel-Lucent in which the network provides scalable, multi-path, server-to-server connectivity that is cloud compatible enabling the optimized delivery of cloud services
• Simplified operations - Where virtual chassis technology allows multiple switches to be managed as if they were a single switch
• Ready for storage convergence - Where ‘loss-less’ Ethernet technology supports both iSCSI and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)  paving the way for combining applications and storage networks into a single network in the data center
• Reduced complexity - Where Virtual Edge Port Aggregation (VEPA) technology enables a single control point for quality of service (QoS), management, and security. This ensures that there is a consistent application of QoS and security for all switching while removing duplication of management tasks
• Long-term sustainable deployment - The solution is currently ready to support 100GigE which is already available on elements of our IP portfolio

About the Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch^TM 10K Modular Ethernet LAN Chassis

The new 10 GigE and 40 GigE options for the Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 10K provides unmatched port density and wire-rate bandwidth. These new options provide value and flexibility to the customer to select the bandwidth mix and density they need today, with an upgrade option through a software license in the future, providing a pay-as-you-grow model and decreasing the barriers to scale up. These new options also allow the OmniSwitch 10K to reach a wider segment of the market that can benefit from the reliability of a chassis. The new 10 GigE and 40 GigE options will be available in Q3 2012.

About Application Fluent Networks

Application Fluent Networks enable a high-quality end-user experience for delivery of real-time applications along with reduced complexity for IT and network managers. This is achieved through simplified, resilient and low-latency network architecture with built-in security. To improve end-user productivity, an Application Fluent Network also features automatic controls for adjusting application delivery based upon profiles, policies and context. Application Fluent Networks also deliver streamlined operations through automated provisioning and low power consumption.

Source : Alcatel Press Releases