> Michael Wheeler, vice president of NTT America's Global IP Network Business Unit, will speak at the OTTcon East conference in Atlanta on Thursday. He'll be talking about leveraging infrastructure assets. News release.
> Orange Business Services has signed on as the latest member of the VMware vCloud Initiative. The Initiative works to ensure cloud interoperability and portability. News release.
> Vitesse Semiconductor announced its Caracas family of Ethernet switches: the VSC7428 and VSC7429 are targeted toward Carrier Ethernet, mobile backhaul, and Fiber to the X PON applications. News release.
> Hardee County, Fla.'s broadband project is kicking into high gear as Occam Networks and network integrator Rapid Systems partner to deploy Occam's BLC 6000 multiservice access platform (MSAP). The network will initially make fixed wireless broadband available to 2,800 homes and 800 businesses in the county while preparing for fiber-based broadband later on. News release.
> Optical transport equipment provider Ekinops signed an agreement with Marubeni Information Systems (MSYS) under which MSYS will sell, support and maintain Ekinops' 360 DWDM platform in Japan. News release.
> Acme Packet has four new customers in Southeast Asia: PacketOne Networks, SingTel, SunTel, and TOT. They'll be using Acme Packet's session border controllers (SBCs) to control delivery of fixed and wireless VoIP to customers. Release.
And finally... New Edge Networks has completed an MPLS network for Southern Arizona Legal Aid, a nonprofit that provides free civil legal aid to qualified low-income individuals in nine Arizona counties and 11 Indian reservations. News release.