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• National Library embarks on telephony rip and replace

  The National Library of Australia is implementing a new Alcatel-Lucent telephony system as it ditchs an aging PABX setup.

• Alcatel-Lucent moves to educate public on NBN

  Alcatel-Lucent has moved to educate the public on the National Broadband Network (NBN), issuing a layman’s guide to networking terms and flagging plans to launch an online version shortly.

• Alcatel-Lucent returns to profit, helped by data growth

  Telecommunications equipment vendor Alcatel-Lucent returned to profitability and grew its revenue in the third quarter, the company said on Thursday.

• Vendors closing in on 1Gbps using DSL

  DSL vendors are using a variety of methods such as bonding several copper lines, creating virtual ones and using advanced noise cancellation to increase broadband over copper to several hundred megabits per second.

• Operator led mobile app community makes headway

  Operators have merged two different platforms for distributing Web-based mobile applications, in a effort to start competing with the likes of Apple's AppStore and Google's Market.

• Alcatel-Lucent sets up global services center in India

  Alcatel-Lucent has opened a services delivery center in Bangalore that can manage, operate and maintain multivendor fixed and mobile telecommunications networks, the company said.

• Updated: ADSL emulation port scrapped from NBN plans

  NBN Co has confirmed the Network Termination Unit (NTU) being installed on residents' homes as part of the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout will not have an ADSL emulation port among its set of interfaces.

• Alcatel-Lucent buys mobile apps dev-tool vendor OpenPlug

  Alcatel-Lucent has acquired OpenPlug, the creator of ELIPS Studio, a tool that allows developers write an application once, and then translate it into native code that can run on iPhones and Android-based smartphones.

• LTE demo will test broadband for oil fields

  LTE is generating excitement in the world of consumer electronics and ever-faster online video viewing, but the 4G (fourth-generation) mobile network technology may have even greater implications for specific industries that lack a good means of connectivity.

• Extreme Networks taps CEO with loads of enterprise network experience

  Extreme Networks has named Oscar Rodriguez, a 20-year industry veteran, as its new president and CEO. Rodriguez replaces CFO and acting President and CEO Bob Corey, who will continue as CFO.

• Alcatel-Lucent's revenue drops, but operating loss shrinks

  Alcatel-Lucent's second-quarter revenue fell 2.4 percent year on year, dragged down by slow sales in fixed-line network equipment and terrestrial optical networks, but the company reduced costs, cutting its operating loss by two-thirds compared to a year earlier.

• AT&T now patching flaw that slowed iPhone 4

  AT&T is patching software in its network to fix a bug that kept iPhone 4 users from getting the full upstream speed on their handsets.

• Coming to a wall near you: Meet the NBN ONT

  The announcement of an $85 million deal between Alcatel-Lucent and National Broadband Network (NBN) wholesaler NBN Co brought with it the news that the telco giant, and source of many of NBN Co's hires, would be providing the optical networking terminal (ONT) infrastructure, which would be installed in each home as contractors roam the streets of announced trial sites to install fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) connections.

• AT&T blames iPhone 4 slowdown on Alcatel bug

  Heavy demand for upload capacity from the iPhone 4 has exposed a flaw in the software for Alcatel-Lucent's 3G network equipment, temporarily forcing lower upstream speeds for some AT&T subscribers.

• Alcatel-Lucent acquires Web mashup API directory

  Alcatel-Lucent has acquired ProgrammableWeb, which hosts an on-line directory of over 2,000 open web APIs (application programming interfaces) that developers can use to build 'mashups' of Web services.