OAM&P/OSS

Telcordia came to market this week with a new product for IP service assurance, but more important is the way the company is getting there and the market it’s after. Telcordia is targeting the enterprise market through channel partners and offering a hosted version of its IP Assure solution for an automated and non-intrusive assessment and awareness of IP networks.The ...

Given the fate of mid-tier independent software vendors over the last three years — those at the $100 million mark or more — it was a matter of when, not if, Waltham, Mass.-based NetCracker Technologies would be acquired. The “when” happened today as NEC Corp. announced its intent to acquire the company for approximately $300 million. NetCracker has been part ...

Microsoft Corp. confirmed Wednesday that it’s acquiring addressable advertising power Navic Networks. Meanwhile, the software company’s telco TV unit expanded the list of vendor and system integration partners that help operators deploy its TV platform. Microsoft’s TV unit executives did not say how nor when Navic’s advanced advertising assets might be integrated into its MediaRoom platform. Microsoft does expect to integrate ...

Performance test company Ixia announced at NXTcomm that has received certification for its provider backbone transport protocol testing solution from the Nortel-led Carrier Ethernet Ecosystem, which was formed last year at NXTcomm.The company will make its emulation available this month as part of its IxNetwork 5.30 SP2. The emulation to be first in the industry to be based on a full protocol ...

Tellabs Inc. announced at NXTcomm Tuesday it has added Ethernet operations, administration, maintenance and provisioning functionality to its Tellabs 8800 multiservice router series. The upgrades will be available in the third quarter of 2008. The enhancements include support for the IEEE 802.1ag and 802.3ah standards. These enable service providers to monitor across multiple networks and network elements; remotely manage links ...