Cisco Systems announced that HEF Bredbånd A/S, the service provider arm of the HEF utility company serving the Vesthimmerland region of Northern Denmark, is to build a new 5,000 kilometre fibre optic network based on the Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture with ServiceFlex design. The new infrastructure aims to bring "triple-play" entertainment- and business-grade communication services, including IPTV featuring 150 channels and video-on-demand (VoD), to more than 80,000 customers. The equal access network using Cisco Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Ethernet technology will help enable HEF Bredbånd A/S to support several separate content providers simultaneously over the same network delivering high-bandwidth services such as IP telephony.

Redback Networks Inc., a leading provider of next-generation broadband networking systems, today announced it has completed a successful round of interoperability tests, measuring the SmartEdge® family of multiservice edge routers as a new platform for Ethernet aggregation services as well as IP/MPLS edge routing.

Intellon Corporation, the world leader in HomePlug standards-based powerline communications (PLC) integrated circuits, today announced that devolo AG of Aachen, Germany is using Intellon's HomePlug AV based powerline communications integrated circuits (ICs) in their new dLAN 200 AVdesk powerline-to-Ethernet adapter.

Juniper Networks, Inc. announced a series of enhancements for its E320 Broadband Services Router that provide increased performance, flexibility and efficiency for IPTV and multiplay networks. Juniper is delivering new 10 Gigabit Ethernet and High Density Gigabit Ethernet interface cards with advanced multicasting optimization capabilities that can reduce the cost and complexity of deploying IPTV and other multiplay services and further extend the platform's leadership in next-generation multiplay networks.

Cisco Systems today announced that KT, Korea's leading service provider, has selected the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System as the company's KORNET backbone network solution. The decision is part of KT's strategy to enhance its existing KORNET network to meet customers' ever increasing demand for network services and to address the rapidly evolving Korea market.

Cisco Systems today announced that BT has verified the functionality of the Cisco CRS-1, the core component of the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture and an optimal platform for scaling digital video and IPTV applications and enabling network convergence using Secure Virtualization.

Harmonic Inc., a pioneer and industry leader in video service delivery, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the video networking software business of Entone Technologies, Inc., a privately-held company based in San Mateo, CA, with research and development facilities in Hong Kong. The Entone software solutions—encompassing content ingest, distributed content management and video streaming—facilitate the provisioning of personalized video services including video-on-demand (VOD), network personal video recording (nPVR), time-shifted television and targeted advertisement insertion. By combining Harmonic's industry-leading video headend, edge and access network solutions with Entone's on-demand software, Harmonic will be able to provide cable, satellite and telco/IPTV service providers an advanced and uniquely integrated delivery system for the next generation of both broadcast and personalized IP-delivered video services.

Castify announced the support of Flash Video, adding another format to the supported Video formats in its CBN and EBN suites of Content Networking Services software.

Castify today announces enhanced core functionality of the CBN and EBN suite of Content Networking Services software. The new core foundation services enable format agnostic real-time data distribution at large scale, over heterogeneous network topologies.

Alcatel announced that it has been selected by Telefonica de Espana to provide access, aggregation and optical networking solutions, enabling Telefonica to offer high bandwidth interactive services to its consumer and corporate customers.

The integrated and flexible architecture will provide higher bandwidth capacity per subscriber with unique differentiated quality of services, enabling the simultaneous delivery of personalized multimedia services such as IPTV, video on demand and HDTV to residential customers and advanced virtual private network services for its corporate customers.

NewSat Networks announced that it has successfully implemented the latest MPEG-4 streaming technology allowing it to carry Australia’s first customisable, multicast Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) program that will commence broadcasting into Australia’s pubs and clubs next month.

Metalink Ltd., a provider of high-performance wireless and wireline broadband communication silicon solutions, today announced that it will demonstrate its WLANPlus chipset, a technology based on the emerging 802.11n standard, with unique capabilities for wireless multimedia distribution, at The Broadband World Forum in Hong Kong, May 16-17, at booth #514.

Cisco Systems announced that leading industry analyst firms IDC, Infonetics and Ovum-RHK have each estimated that over two-thirds of all products shipped in the new Carrier Ethernet routing and switching segment come from Cisco.

NEC America, Inc. (NEC), a leading provider of innovative communications products, solutions and services, will unveil new optical infrastructure solutions intended to address the growing bandwidth needs driven by triple play service rollouts -- including Video on Demand (VoD) and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) at TelecomNEXT 2006, the premier event for the optical networking industry, held March 19 - 23, 2006, in Las Vegas. In NEC's booth #249, NEC will have on live display its new optical solution, as well as its complete line of North American optical networking solutions, including the recently announced GPON solution.

Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., a leading supplier of IT and wireline/wireless networking solutions, will be demonstrating and discussing "Innovation at Work" at the upcoming TelecomNEXT 2006 conference and exhibition in Las Vegas, Nev. In addition to the Fujitsu booth where all solutions will be discussed (No. 1337), Fujitsu will also participate in a panel discussion in the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) booth (No. 2204). For more information on this exciting new event, please visit http://www.telecom-next.com.