Expanding on the company's line of Power over Ethernet (PoE) controllers, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:TXN) introduced today a 13-W PoE powered device controller with onboard DC/DC converter specifically designed to meet the needs of IEEE 802.3af-compliant applications.

Telefónica I+D, the innovation arm of the Telefónica Group formed to strengthen the Group's competitiveness through technological innovation, has successfully completed tests on the performance and reliability of Nortel [NYSE/TSX: NT] Provider Backbone Bridges and Provider Backbone Transport carrier Ethernet solutions.

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced a new 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) switch that provides 240 Gigabits of multi-layer switching capacity on a single chip. The new Broadcom® chip uses 65 nanometer (nm) process technology to achieve the industry's lowest power consumption, ultimately enabling 'green' data centers.

Verizon Business garnered two key awards at the recent Light Reading Ethernet Expo in New York, further illustrating its industry leadership in the global Ethernet marketplace.

Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE), a global provider of advanced communications equipment and a leader in enabling VoIP, IPTV, and Ethernet over copper and fiber access lines, today announced that Cavalier Telephone and TV, one of the largest full-service competitive communications providers in the United States, has selected Zhone's multi-service access platform (MSAP) as its premier Three On TM service solution.

Verizon Business has further expanded the global availability of its market-leading Ethernet capabilities, enabling even more enterprise customers to benefit from high-speed, secure, easily scalable connectivity. Verizon Business Ethernet access is now available in almost 40 countries worldwide - nearly double the availability since the start of 2007.

National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM) today introduced the industry’s first Ethernet transceiver with integrated hardware support for the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP).

LaCie announces the groundbreaking Ethernet Disk mini – Home Edition, a 500-gigabyte (500GB) personal media server designed to Save, Show, Sync and Share your personal digital media at home and on the road.

NEC Corporation has licensed its Canadian and U.S. digital microwave radio ("DMR") patents and counterpart patents in other countries to the Canadian provider of high-capacity wireless Ethernet equipment used in emerging IP networks, DragonWave Inc. Through the patent license agreement, NEC and DragonWave have also agreed not to assert their respective DMR patents against each other in the future.

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is participating in a public showcase demonstrating MPLS and transport MPLS (T-MPLS) technologies in one of the largest and most diverse public Carrier Ethernet multi-vendor interoperability test ever staged. Alcatel-Lucent is demonstrating end-to-end transport of carrier Ethernet services over T-MPLS and MPLS networks offering the scalability, survivability and operation richness to deliver innovative, resilient packet-based services.

Redback Networks Inc., an Ericsson company that makes video-centric routers for 75 percent of the world’s largest triple-play networks, today announced it will unveil its Smart Metro Ethernet strategy for video + mobility upgrades at Carrier Ethernet World Congress, in Geneva, Switzerland, September 24-28.