First HD Federation Will Provide Scalable, Secure All-IP Interconnection, Using ENUM Technology, to Enable Cross-Network, End-to-End HD Traffic Between Service Providers

LONDON - Jan. 20, 2010 - XConnect, the leader in next-generation interconnection and carrier ENUM-registry services, announced today a trial of the first IP peering federation specifically for service providers capable of offering high-definition voice services.

The trial, open to qualified operators, waives sign-up and monthly fees for its April-June duration. Multiple providers using the G.722 wideband codec will be able to test the interoperability, scalable interconnection, reliability and support of XConnect federation services.

 Zone to form hub for heightened focus on connected consumer devices and their impact on content creation, management and delivery

  (London – 20 January 2010) The last 12 months has seen explosive growth in the delivery of broadcast content to mobile devices and all signs point to this growth continuing. A recent report by ABI Research predicts that the mobile TV market will grow to a value of more than $50 billion by 2013, by which time there will be more than 500 million mobile TV viewers.   This mobile revolution, resulting from the convergence of IT, telecoms and broadcast technologies, is creating vast opportunities for application developers, content providers and technology companies alike. The IBC2010 Mobile Zone will provide the opportunity for these companies to showcase their capabilities at the heart of the broadcast industry's leading international conference and exhibition.

Next generation network offers virtually unlimited capacity to prosperous economy

Gibraltar, 19 January 2010 – Gibtelecom, the leading telecommunications provider in Gibraltar, and Interoute, owner operator of a state of the art European next generation network, have deployed an alternative telecommunications route to Gibraltar, offering high capacity connectivity between the Rock and the rest of Europe.  

The new Point of Presence (PoP) will give users and businesses in Gibraltar additional resilient access to Europe via Interoute’s technologically advanced pan European network. Moreover, the fibre optic network offers virtually unlimited capacity to support further growth in Gibraltar. This new route complements Gibtelecom’s existing international routes, including via Telefonica and Cable & Wireless, and will provide further communications resilience for Gibraltar.

 Optimi has been selected by Telefónica Argentina to provide managed optimisation services with guaranteed KPIs for 2G and 3G multilayer networks. This contract covers the entire Telefónica network in Argentina, and also comprises such advanced engineering activities as spectrum re-farming to enable mobile broadband services. 

  This agreement comes after two years of successful utilization of a significant part of Optimi’s solutions portfolio, already deployed by all the Telefónica affiliates in CALA, and also includes the acquisition of an additional set of Optimi solutions: User Quality Booster module for enhanced, QoE-centric automated frequency planning; OSS-based xACP, for 2G/3G automated cell planning based on network statistics; and xParameters 3G, for automated optimisation of key radio resource management parameters.