Thales and Alcatel Partner on R&D

Thales and Alcatel announced the creation of a joint research laboratory dedicated to semiconductor technologies, targeting applications in telecommunications, defense, space and security. The laboratory, known as the Alcatel-Thales III-V Lab, will re-enforce both companies' world-class expertise in the field of optoelectronic and microelectronic components based on III-V technologies III-V materials have respectively three and five electrons in their last atomic layer. The association of these materials allow considerable transmission power. ...

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Murata Selects Philips WiFi Chips for Mobile/WLAN Phones

Murata Manufacturing Co., a supplier of integrated electronics components for mobile handsets and other portable devices, has selected Philips' low-power 802.11b wireless local area network (LAN) chipset for its newest module. The companies said mobile phone manufacturers continue to add features and functionality to mobile phones. Wireless LAN capabilities will give mobile phone users access to high-speed information transfer at hotspots and other wireless-LAN-served environments. The Philips low-power WLAN chipset consumes less than 2 mW in...

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Cirpack Names Executive Advisor

CIRPACK, developer of next generation voice switches for operators' infrastructures, today announced that Alain Bravo has been appointed Special Advisor to Cirpack CEO. Alain Bravo joined the company's Board of Directors one year ago. He formerly served as France Telecom's Executive Vice President-Operations from 1980 to 1985, after which he joined Vivendi where he founded SFR, the first French private mobile operator. As of 1995, he joined Alcatel as President of Mobile Networks Division and then Director of Research & Technology. He graduated...

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Big Bear Unveils Electronic Dispersion Compensation Technology

Big Bear Networks, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, introduced its patented electronic dispersion compensation (EDC) technology for addressing optical impairments in high-speed networks. The company said its EDC technology significantly improves receive sensitivity over fiber, providing additional margin at 80 km, and it increases the tolerance to transmitter variation, which improves interoperability with other vendor's transponders -- an ongoing problem with long-reach applications. Big Bear Networks has integrated its EDC technology,...

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MERA Networks Launches Next Gen Session Border Controller

MERA Networks, a start-up based in Moscow, announced the forthcoming release of a next generation session border controller designed for the interworking of IP PBXs with the networks of service providers. The new MERA VoIPal can be deployed either on the carrier's or customer's side. It performs protocol repair providing vendor specific telephony features and services support, fixes inconsistencies between protocol dialects and converts media codecs to guarantee ready compatibility of carrier/enterprise equipment and correct processing of vendor...

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