• Cox Communications selected Juniper Networks MX960 Ethernet services routers as part of a multi-year project to expand the capacity and scale of its metro regional networks. To support increasing demand for its bundled residential services and accelerate its expansion into the commercial services market, Cox is moving toward a converged network architecture hub design combining voice, video and data traffic. The MX960 is the basis for this transformation. The router delivers up to 960 Gbps of switching and routing capacity and will be deployed in Cox’s metro hubs and regional data centers (RDCs). The MX960 will allow Cox to consolidate multiple services on a single, converged IP/MPLS network.

• The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) will use Agilent’s E6474A wireless network test platform for its M-Taiwan WiMAX Applications Lab, a WiMAX Forum Applications Lab. The ITRI is the largest non-profit R&D organization in Taiwan.

• Broadband wireless semiconductor solution provider Wavesat introduced Odyssey family of chipsets, which offer customers access to multiple broadband wireless technologies such as WiMAX Wave2, Wi-Fi, and XG-PHS as well as a seamless migration to future 4G technologies such as LTE.  The chipset family is powered by a 4G multicore architecture incorporating multiple ultra low power DSPs, offering high performance and low power consumption.

• Wireless Glue Networks (WGN) announced the certification of its Glue Software Framework (GSF) Smart Energy Device Simulator as a ZigBee Smart Energy Profile device. The simulator is simultaneously validated by the ZigBee Alliance as the test system for use in the ZigBee Smart Energy profile logo certification program. The simulator also has been selected by TUV Rheinland Group, a ZigBee Alliance accredited test lab,for use in its ZigBee logo certification testing locations around the world, including the United States, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, and China.

• Anritsu released 6.2 of its service assurance solution MasterClaw. The latest release of MasterClaw supports operators and service providers in their migration to IMS and NGN (Next Generation Networks). They can scale their OSS solution from a single technology implementation into a converged deployment, spanning legacy technologies and new technologies such as HSPA, IMS, VoIP and NGN.

• SoundBite Communications announced the SoundBite Intelligent Communications Platform, an integrated, multichannel solution that offers automated voice, text and e-mail messaging through a Web interface. Enterprises can use the on-demand solution for designing and executing customer communications campaigns.

• MyClick Media signed a distribution agreement with Poland-based mobile services company, Pulsar Mobile.  MyClick’s proprietary technology promises to merge photo matching, digital content and customer relationship management to give mobile phone users one-click access to content and services.

• Velocent Systems, a provider of solutions that allow wireless carriers to monitor their mobile data networks, announced that Si.mobil will be launching its solution. As the second largest mobile operator in Slovenia, Si.mobil has integrated the Velocent Session Engine (VSE) 2000 into its existing network. This will give Si.mobil the tools to monitor the quality and performance of its wireless data network so that they can resolve problems before customers experience any issues.

• Handango and Capcom Interactive announced a partnership to distribute top gaming titles to North American smartphone users. Capcom's top franchises include Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Street Fighter and Mega Man. The first titles to launch on Handango will be from the Who Wants to be a Millionaire franchise. Capcom's mobile games will be available on Handango's online storefront and through its on-device client and available for Research In Motion’s BlackBerry and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile platforms.

• Nokia Siemens Networks implemented India’s first GSM Railways (GSM-R) communications solution under the Mobile Train Radio Communication (MTRC) project for North Central Railways. The solution replaces earlier communication methods with a single streamlined digital radio system, which carries signaling and operational information between the moving train driver, guard and train controller.