Yozan to Accelerate its Tokyo WiMax Deployment with Airspan

YOZAN has ordered an additional $5 million in WiMAX equipment from Airspan for deployment of its Tokyo-wide WiMAX network. The contract, which was first announced in March, is now valued at $16.7 million. Airspan will commence deliveries in the last quarter of 2005. The YOZAN project uses Airspan's software-upgradeable radio technology in a product packaging called MicroMAX-SDR. Customers on the network will use a range of Airspan subscriber units, including Airspan's EasyST, a unique self-installable indoor WiMAX customer premises device. The...

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Sigma Samples Media Processor with Dual Decoding of H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2

Sigma Designs has begun sampling its new SMP8634 media processor, designed for IPTV set-top boxes and high-definition DVD players. The device represents a milestone for media processors in that it not only decodes H.264 (AVC), VC-1 and MPEG-2, but also supports multi-stream decoding of any format, up to the equivalent of two simultaneous high-definition streams, along with full-screen graphics."Sigma has worked closely with some of the largest network operators, set-top box manufacturers, and consumer electronics companies to develop a media processor...

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Huawei Selects Mindspeed Comcerto VoIP Processors

Huawei Technologies has selected Mindspeed's Comcerto Series VoIP processors for future products. Mindspeed's Comcerto Series VoIP processors combine high-performance digital signal processing (DSP) cores and a packet-processing engine with industry-standard streaming packet interfaces to provide a high-density VoIP system-on-a-chip. http://www.mindspeed....

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QUALCOMM Acquired Elata for Mobile Content Delivery Software

QUALCOMM has acquired ELATA, a developer of mobile content delivery software based in the UK, for approximately $57 million in cash.ELATA's software helps operators with managing, delivering and marketing rich wireless content. QUALCOMM said that by combining ELATA's wireless content delivery system with its BREW solution, operators would have access to an extensive and modular offering of wireless data solutions and services. The new unified delivery system is platform-agnostic, allowing operators to consolidate all of their content services with...

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Alvarion Supports Triple Play WiMAX Services in Five Kenyan Cities

Kenya Data Networks has ordered an initial deployment of Alvarion's WiMAX-ready equipment, BreezeMAX 3500, to bring WiMAX broadband services to businesses and ISPs in five Kenyan cities. Following successful commercial trials, KDN, an emerging carrier that counts among its customers all the ISPs in Kenya, has now purchased the BreezeMAX to cover the cities of Kisumu, Eldoret, Ukunda, Diani, and Malindi. KDN plans to extend services to another ten towns in the upcoming weeks and eventually to the capital city of Nairobi. Upon completion of the BreezeMAX...

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Alcatel Sets Up R&D Center in Chengdu

Alcatel is establishing a new Research & Development (R&D) Center in Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province in western China. The new R&D center will develop technologies and product concepts covering fixed and mobile communication areas. Initially, it will focus on advanced mobile technologies and solutions in the area of mobile Next Generation Networks (mobile NGN) and microwave transmission. Around 300 R&D engineers will be employed in this new facility.In December 2002, Alcatel launched its first Research & Innovation...

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JDSU Divests its Passive Microlaser Product Line

JDS Uniphase will sell its passive Q-switched microlaser product line and Grenoble, France, facility to Teem Photonics, which is also located in Grenoble. Additionally, the parties announced that JDS Uniphase will exclusively license to Teem intellectual property, including a number of patents, associated with passive Q-switched microlasers.Teem Photonics is a privately held company that produces planar splitters used in Fiber-to-the-Premises applications.JDSU said the microlaser product line is differentiated by its sub-nanosecond pulse widths...

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Intel Acquires Sarvega for XML Appliances

Intel acquired Sarvega, a start-up offering XML solutions, for an undisclosed sum. Sarvega's networking solutions optimize XML performance and Web services on enterprise networks providing businesses with improved reliability, security and flexibility to better serve and respond to their customers. The current Sarvega product line will continue to be available and be fully supported. Sarvega employees will join the Intel Software and Solutions Group. Sarvega is based in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois.Intel said the acquisition supports its enterprise...

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Concurrent to Acquire for Real-Time Analytics

Concurrent agreed to acquire Everstream Holdings, a developer of business intelligence software currently focused on the cable industry, for $15 million.Everstream's current products monitor and analyze operations and performance data from millions of digitally enabled subscribers for real-time analytics, historical reporting, and on-demand advertising. The company said its software is now deployed in seven of the largest North American cable companies. Concurrent's VOD systems are widely deployed worldwide by major broadband operators.Concurrent,...

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