Belgacom (Euronext Brussels: BELG), the Belgian incumbent operator, today announced that they have selected Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) as supplier for the rollout of their fiber-to-the-node VDSL2 network.

Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that its FlexSelect™ 40G Shelf was honored by the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) with an InfoVision Award for Network Core Innovation and Advances.

Vyke Pro is an easily downloadable programme that is compatible with all recent Java enabled handsets. It offers UK mobile users the opportunity to drastically reduce the exorbitant charges they are currently paying for conventional text messaging by using its smart message routing technology. This allows Vyke Pro users to send free text messages to other Vyke Pro users around the world, or to send normal text messages to non Vyke Pro users for as little as 1p per message.

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced the release of the SimpliciTITM network protocol, a proprietary low-power radio frequency (RF) protocol targeting simple, small RF networks (less than 100 nodes).

A global network to monitor drug resistance and guide malaria treatment and prevention policies is being launched.

What looks like the head of a digital dandelion is a map of the Internet generated by new algorithms from computer scientists at UC San Diego. This map features Internet nodes – the red dots – and linkages – the green lines.

Occam Networks® Inc. a leading supplier of innovative Ethernet and IP-based loop carrier equipment to telecommunications companies, announced today that Hopi Telecommunications, Inc. (HTI) has chosen Occam Networks’ Broadband Loop Carrier (BLC) equipment to overhaul their network. N-Com, L.P., headquartered in Lubbock, Tex., assisted HTI in selecting Occam.

Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by TransACT Capital Communications, a Canberra-based telecommunications carrier, to complete a fibre to the home (FTTH) rollout to new greenfield sites in Canbecrra. The network will cover 1,000 premises and an anticipated population of 2,500 people by 2013.

Wireless provider Sprint deals with internet service provider Google to build applications for coming WiMax mobile devices.

ConnectU has filed a suit against its rival Facebook, claiming that its founder Mark Zuckerberg has stolen their idea of creating a social networking site.

Facebook, social networking website, acquired Parakey to make services better for its users.

Ooma, a company providing internet telephone services, is challenging cable telecommunication providers. It now offers free distance calls in the United States.