NEC Develops 1 Gbps Wireless HDTV Transceiver in 60-GHz-band

Earlier this month, NEC announced a wireless transceiver for indoor, short range HDTV transmission, such as between a cable box a wall-mounted display. The wireless module carries uncompressed HDTV signals and stereo audio signals in a 1 Gbps data stream in the 60-GHz-band using amplitude shift keying (ASK) modulation. A dual receiver configuration supports two transmission paths. Automatic switching from one path ensures continuous transmission should interference disturb one of the paths.Compared to other WLAN (2.4 and 5 GHz) or UWB, NEC said...

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Widevine Supplies Virtual Smart Cards for Chunghwa Telecom's IPTV

Taiwan's ChungHwa Telecom has ordered an additional 500,000 downloadable Virtual Smart Cards from Widevine Technologies. ChungHwa Telecom is using Widevine Cypher, a conditional access and digital rights management solution.Chunghwa's Multimedia on Demand (MOD) project, one of the largest IPTV deployments in the world, offers True Video-on-Demand (TVOD), Near VOD (NVOD), Karaoke-on-Demand and linear broadcast channels. The MOD expansion project will add another 500,000 subscribers to the current MOD subscriber base. The expansion project will...

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Brooktrout Shows SnowShore IP Media Server on ATCA

Brooktrout Technology demonstrated its SnowShore IP Media Server running on Continuous Computing's Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA) platform. The SnowShore IP Media Server is an open, carrier-class IP media server that delivers advanced media processing for communications applications, from basic messaging and prepaid services to conferencing and video mail. AdvancedTCA is an open industry standard for carrier-grade, blade-based servers targeting the requirements for next-generation telecommunications network equipment. http://www.ccpu.com...

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Sonus Signs Distributor in China

Sonus Networks has signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with Beijing TianFengJuYuan Technology Co. covering its full product line for the Chinese carrier market, including the GSX9000 Open Services Switch, the Insignus Softswitch, and the Sonus Insight Element Management System. http://www.sonusnet....

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Optibase Unveils Broadcast Quality HD Encoder Board

Optibase introduced real-time professional MPEG-2 HD encoding board for the PC. Optibase's MovieMaker 200 HD is designed for professional quality ingest of HD for broadcasting, video on demand (VOD), ad insertion, program initiation and post-production studios, as well as for integrators working on high-resolution military simulation or surveillance projects. Optibase's MovieMaker 200 HD board is designed to support both high definition and standard definition video input, with MPEG-2 compression support at up to 80 Mbps. The board is designed...

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FTTH Council for Asia Pacific Sets Charter

A new FTTH Council Asia Pacific has been established with a charter to promote the extension of fiber access across the Asia Pacific region including Greater China, Korea, Japan, SE Asia, India, and Australia/New Zealand. He new group is headed by Mr. Shoichi Hanatani, who also serves as Senior Director, Hitachi Communication Technologies.Surveys of FTTH activity around the world show that there are over a million subscribers connected with optical fiber access, with the Asia-Pacific region leading the way with speed of deployment and numbers of...

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UpZide Labs and Tensilica Target VDSL2 Data-Path Design

UpZide Labs AB and Tensilica announced a partnership in the area of VDSL2 data-path design. Under the agreement, UpZide will develop a reference design utilizing multiple Xtensa LX processors from Tensilica to implement the VDSL2. The companies said that because the standard is evolving, it's essential that the VDSL2 data-path component be designed with the flexibility required to adapt to all possible changes. By designing with Xtensa's configurable processors rather than RTL (register transfer level code), and by extending the instruction set...

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China Netcom Reports 6.22M Broadband, 80.4M Fixed Line Subscribers

China Netcom, the incumbent operator across northern China and Shanghai, reported key operating statistics and annual results for the year ending 31 December 2004. Some highlights:Consolidated revenue was reported at RMB 64,922 million and net profit reached RMB 9,248 million, representing an increase of RMB 5,024 million and RMB 20,359 million, respectively, over previous year. The Company continued to maintain its market dominance in the northern service region with a 94.5% market share in local telephony and a significantly expanded market...

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Trapeze Raises $17.5 million in 3rd Round Funding

Trapeze Networks, a supplier of WLAN systems, raised $17.5 million in third-round Series C funding, bringing the total investment in the company to $67.5 million. Trapeze offers a secure wireless LAN Mobility System that enables roaming and sophisticated services for both users and IT. The company is based in Pleasanton, California.The new funding was led by $4 million from Duff Ackerman & Goodrich. Trapeze received additional Series C funding from a recently announced alliance with Nortel and its original team of first- and second-round investors,...

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Nokia Establishes Factory in Chennai, India

Nokia will set up a manufacturing facility for mobile devices in Chennai, India. The manufacturing unit in Chennai will be Nokia's tenth mobile device production facility globally. Nokia anticipates investing an estimated US$100-150 million in the India production plant. Construction of the facility will begin this month.http://www.nokia....

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WLAN Vendors Propose Secure Light Access Point Protocol (SLAPP)

Aruba Networks and Trapeze Networks submitted an IETF draft for a new protocol that simplifies the control and management of wireless LAN (WLAN) devices by centralized WLAN controllers. A new IETF Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) group has been chartered to define new interoperability mechanisms that make it easier to mix and match equipment from different suppliers.The new Secure Light Access Point Protocol (SLAPP), submitted to the CAPWAP working group, is a simple discovery and authentication mechanism that operates...

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Singapore's StarHub Installs Lucent's Fault Mgt. Software

Singapore's StarHub has installed Lucent Technologies's VitalSuite Network and Service Management software to provide real-time inter-domain fault management in its network. StarHub has deployed Lucent's Network Fault Management software (formally Navis NFM) to help maximize network and service availability by managing the elements and systems deployed in StarHub's multi-vendor, multi-technology nationwide network that delivers voice, data, cable TV and Internet access. Lucent Worldwide Services provided the customer with on-site training, installation...

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VeriSign Counts 900 Million Internet Users

VeriSign announced a plan to enhance its 18 geographically-dispersed Internet servers by installing and operating additional regional resolution servers in key locations around the world. The additional servers will boost performance for growing numbers of Internet users in diverse locations around the globe.Since 2000, VeriSign's infrastructure for .com and .net has supported rapid and sustained growth in Internet usage throughout Europe, Asia, North America and South America currently processing more than 14.5 billion queries each day. In response...

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Navini Unveils 3.5GHz PC Card

Navini Networks announced the availability of the PCMCIA card for 3.5 GHz. Navini's solution is powered by Smart Antennas with adaptive beam forming technology. The company said the PC card will deliver DSL speeds, opening the door for portable WiMax services. http://www.navini....

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Verizon offers $20 VoiceWing VoIP Plan, New Features

Verizon introduced a new $19.95 a month plan for its VoiceWing broadband telephony service, providing 500 minutes outbound local and domestic long-distance calling, unlimited inbound calls and free calls to other VoiceWing subscribers. VoiceWing Unlimited -- a plan that provides unlimited local and domestic long-distance calling for $29.95 a month was launched by Verizon last year.Some new features include:customers located in certain areas the option to include their telephone number in a residential 411 directory assistance database.fax support...

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MCI Rejects Qwest Acquisition Proposal

MCI's Board of Directors voted that the Qwest proposal in its current form, taken as a whole, is not superior to its merger agreement with Verizon.MCI said it remains open to the possibility of further discussions with Qwest, but that Verizon's bid provides certainty on a number of key elements, including:A guaranteed minimum of at least $23.50 per MCI share (including MCI's March 15 dividend payment of $0.40 per share)Certainty of closingRealistic synergy projectionsStrength of capital structureThe ongoing ability and commitment to sustain network...

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