Cisco® today announced that TELUS, a leading Canadian telecommunications company, has enhanced its Short Messaging Service (SMS) in its Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) with Cisco's carrier-class Signaling Transfer Point (STP) technology known as the Cisco 7600 Internet Protocol Transfer Point (ITP) solution.

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) [NYSE: TXN] today announced that Ditech Networks (NASDAQ: DITC), a leading provider of voice quality solutions to the world's communications industry, has selected TI's advanced carrier infrastructure platform for use in future platform products.