The telecom equipment maker predicted a weak fourth quarter due to tightening U.S. and European demand and unrest in emerging markets.

For the protocol-pinching telecom Sun is dishing out new ACTA blade server gear for telcos sporting 10 Gigabit Ethernet — with all the copious prices usually found for equipment holding the AdvancedTCA telecom industry standards.…

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill designed to streamline VoIP providers' connections to emergency dialing 911 networks.The House late on Tuesday passed the 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act, which requires VoIP providers to offer enhanced 911, or E911, service, which pinpoints the caller's location.The bill also requires that the large telecom carriers that own the 911 networks allow VoIP providers to be able to connect to the networks, and it requires the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration to put together a plan for a national IP-based emergency dialing network that can handle video and data traffic.The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), a trade group representing telecom carriers and equipment providers, praised the House for passing the bill, sponsored by Rep. Bart Gordon, a Tennessee Democrat. The bill allows for a transition to a nationwide IP network "no matter what type of communications technology is being used," TIA president Grant Seiffert said in a statement.Gordon, during a September hearing, noted that about 98 million U.S. residents live in areas where VoIP providers don't have access to 911 networks. "When Americans dial 911, they expect the call will go through regardless of what technology they use to place the call," he said then. "But that's not always the case."Independent VoIP providers including Vonage have complained that some large carriers have blocked access to 911 networks, or that some emergency dispatch centers have balked because of concerns over legal liability if VoIP 911 calls fail. Vonage in April expressed support for a similar bill, the IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act, which is pending action in the U.S. Senate.The Gordon bill is a "very important piece of legislation," said Stephen Seitz, vice president of regulatory affairs for Vonage. E911 service "should be public trust and not a tool to thwart competition," he added.About 2 percent of Vonage's customers still lack access to E911 service, even though the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted in May 2005 to require it from most VoIP providers. Those remaining customers without access to 911 service need this bill, Seitz said.Gordon's bill has also earned support from several organizations representing people with disabilities. The national IP network envisioned in the bill would allow text-based services to link with the voice-based emergency dialing network, the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology said in September.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would provide for more detailed measurements of broadband availability in the U.S., a move applauded by groups that say current statistics are inaccurate.The Broadband Census of America Act, approved by the House Tuesday, would require the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to collect information on the number of broadband subscribers in each postal ZIP code. It would also require the FCC to separate broadband service into speed tiers when it reports broadband availability in annual reports, instead of classifying everything above 200Kbps as broadband.The bill, along with similar legislation pending in the U.S. Senate, addresses long-time criticisms about the FCC's measurements. Currently, the FCC counts a ZIP code as served by broadband if just one residence has service, but critics say many ZIP codes are only partially served by broadband.In January, the FCC reported that broadband providers offered service in 99 percent of U.S. ZIP codes. The U.S. had 64.6 million broadband lines in mid-2006, up 24 percent from the end of 2005, according to the FCC.Critics, particularly Democrats in Congress and some consumer groups, have suggested that the statistics paint a rosier picture of broadband availability than actually exists. Representative Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat and chief sponsor of the Broadband Census of America Act, has also suggested that the FCC should classify broadband as connections of 2Mbps or faster.An FCC spokesman has noted that Chairman Kevin Martin launched an inquiry into the broadband measurement methods in April. The FCC has not yet completed its work in that inquiry.Markey's bill would require the FCC to create a national map of broadband availability and it provides money for states to contribute to the broadband map. The bill includes $20 million a year for three years for the broadband maps and $50 million in 2008 for states to conduct assessments of broadband demands. The amount of the assessment grants would rise to $125 million in 2010.The bill would also require the FCC to make international comparisons to the speed and price of broadband available in the U.S.The Telecommunications Industry Association, a trade group representing telecom carriers and equipment vendors, and Public Knowledge, a public interest group, both praised the House passage of the legislation."This bill is a vital building block to a more informed broadband policy," said Gigi Sohn, president of Public Knowledge. "The FCC for too long has used antiquated measurements to give an unrealistic picture of which areas have access to needed broadband services and which do not."This story was updated on November 14, 2007

Continuous Computing?, global provider of integrated systems and services that enable telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs) to rapidly deploy Next Generation Networks (NGN), today announced that seasoned technology industry veteran Brian Brown is joining the company as senior vice president of sales and field operations.

Continuous Computing?, global provider of integrated systems and services that enable telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs) to rapidly deploy Next Generation Networks (NGN), today announced the company is a full member of the IMS Forum?, the industry's only association dedicated to IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) application and service interoperability certification.

Alcatel-Lucent SA plans to slash another 4,000 jobs after the telecom equipment maker reported a third-quarter loss of $373 million yesterday.Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Patricia Russo, under

Telecom equipment maker reports third-quarter loss of about $373-million (U.S.); will replace CFO. Telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent said Wednesday it is slashing 4,000 more jobs to cut costs after reporting a loss of about $373-million (U.S.) for the third quarter. Chief executive Patricia Russo, under pressure to produce better returns, called the latest results unsatisfactory. She said the French-American manufacturer's chief financial officer will soon step down. The job cuts are in addition to the 12,500 announced in February and will help save an additional 400 million euros ($578-million U.S.) by 2009, the company said. Together, the cuts amount to 20 per cent of the 82,500-member work force employed by Alcatel and Lucent when they combined. The company has shed 5,000 workers this year. Three profit warnings this year have put pressure on Ms. Russo, who took over after France's Alcatel SA acquired Lucent Technologies Inc. of Murray Hill, N.J., last November.

Continuous Computing?, global provider of integrated systems and services that enable telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs) to rapidly deploy Next Generation Networks (NGN), today announced the company has advanced its business strategy to deliver highly integrated systems for the telecommunications market, expanding its focus to include Tier II and Tier III TEMs.

Continuous Computing?, global provider of integrated systems and services that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy Next Generation Networks (NGN), today announced that Vertex Telecom, a leading facilities-based Transpacific telecom services provider, has selected an integrated bundle of Continuous Computing hardware, along with telecom blades from TelcoBridges, as part of a system upgrade to fulfill its multiple platform integration needs.

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