Fujitsu Unveils WiMAX Strategy Encompassing Silicon, Systems and Services

Fujitsu Network Communications and Fujitsu Microelectronics America outlined their WiMAX strategic vision spanning silicon solutions, electronic devices, radio access network solutions, professional services and backhaul infrastructure solutions. The new Fujitsu WiMAX product line includes two models of base stations for indoor or outdoor use. These base stations include a very compact Radio Frequency (RF) unit with high-efficiency RF amplifiers...

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Ruckus Gains Traction with Smart Wi-Fi CPE, Secures Funding

Ruckus Wireless, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, unveiled its MediaFlex NG gateway that uses it smart Wi-Fi technology for distributing video inside the home. Ruckus also announced that it has closed a new round of funding, led by Motorola Ventures and T-Online Ventures, and has been selected by the national telecommunications providers in Belgium and the Czech Republic to supply its MediaFlex system as the "cable-less" solution. The...

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AT&T First Foreign Carrier to be Granted New Telecom Licenses in India

AT&T Global Network Services India Private Limited (AT&T India), a joint venture which is majority-owned by AT&T, has become the first foreign telecom operator in India to secure National Long Distance/International Long Distance (NLD/ILD) licenses to serve global and India-headquartered companies with advanced telecommunications services. AT&T India is planning to provide Virtual Private Network services to the corporate enterprise segment by the end of 2006. AT&T presently supports its global customer requirements in India...

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XO Completes Inter-City Net, Restructures into Carrier/Business Services

XO Communications announced the completion of its inter-city fiber network across the US and announced a corporate restructuring into two new business units: XO Business Services and XO Carrier Services.The new XO long haul network initially delivers 100 Gbps of capacity and sets the stage for a ten-fold capacity increase up to 400 Gbps between any two cities on the XO inter-city network. It spans 18,000 route miles connecting 75 major metropolitan...

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Global Crossing Joins Voice Peering Fabric Alliance

Global Crossing has joined Stealth Communications' Voice Peering Fabric Alliance (VPF). Located in nine U.S. cities and London, the Voice Peering Fabric has become the preferred platform for service providers, enterprises and government agencies to buy, sell and peer VoIP traffic and telephony services. VPF is designed as a private voice Internet and functions as an exchange or meet-point for its members to establish peer-to-peer connection.At current levels, traffic on the VPF is expected to surpass 100 billion minutes in 2006, up from 18 billion...

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Cavium Debuts High-Performance Multi-core MIPS64 Processors

Cavium Networks introduced the latest members of its OCTEON Multi-core MIPS64 Processor family -- doubling performance through higher frequency and architectural enhancements.Cavium said the higher computing performance will be required in converged wired and wireless infrastructure equipment to handle features such as Robust Header Compression (ROHC), KASUMI security and subscriber management services.The 1 Gigahertz OCTEON Plus family, which maintains full software and pin compatibility with previous devices in the series, also includes power...

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Alcatel Passes 100 Million DSL Lines Milestone

Ten years after pioneering the broadband access market, Alcatel has surpassed 100 million DSL lines shipped. The company, which continues to have more than one third of the DSL market, has doubled its total shipments since October 2004.Recently, the following new customers have selected Alcatel's ISAM platform:Europe: Telefonica Spain, Datastream in Malta, Eircom in Ireland, BH Telecom in Bosnia Herzegovina, and Telecom Serbia.Middle East: Etisalat, Jordan Telecom and the Qatar Public Telecommunications Corporation.Africa: Moroc Telecom, Algeria...

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AirPlay Receives $14 Million for Merging Mobile Gaming and Live TV

AirPlay, a start-up based in San Francisco, secured $14 million in a Series B investment round for its efforts to merge mobile gaming and live television.AirPlay is seeking to transform television viewing from a passive activity to an immersive experience by allowing viewers to play along with their favorite live television programs from their mobile phones. In August, AirPlay delivered Emmys AirPlay Live from Sprint, which allowed viewers to predict...

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YouTube Strikes Deals with CBS, Sony BMG, Universal

YouTube announced strategic content and distribution deals with CBS, Sony BMG and Universal Music -- providing the popular video sharing site with new revenue-sharing streams and opening the market for user-generated videos that incorporate copyrighted elements.CBS -- The strategic content and advertising partnership calls for the CBS Television Network, Showtime Networks as well as its basic cable/digital media service, CSTV Networks, to offer the...

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Google to Acquire YouTube for $1.65 Billion

Google confirmed that it will acquire YouTube, the leading, consumer video sharing site, for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. Following the acquisition, YouTube will operate independently to preserve its successful brand and passionate community.YouTube currently delivers more than 100 million video views every day with 65,000 new videos uploaded daily.http://www.google.comhttp://www.youtube.com YouTube was founded in February 2005,...

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JDSU Test Probe Monitors More than 500 IPTV Transport Streams

JDSU has added an IPTV transport stream monitoring capability to its QT-600 Ethernet and triple-play probe. The QT-600 IPTV transport stream monitoring capability, which is part of JDSU's NetComplete service assurance IPTV offering, can track more than 500 streams.As IPTV content travels through the content delivery chain, the QT-600 now helps providers catch and resolve impairments that can be introduced anywhere along that chain.The ability to monitor several hundred transport streams simultaneously also enables the QT-600 to measure and calculate...

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Tellme Expands 411 Capabilities for Cingular

Tellme will provide an expanded unified directory assistance service for Cingular Wireless. The agreement signifies an expansion of the work Tellme has done with AT&T Wireless, now Cingular, in consumer services and directory assistance since 2001.Cingular callers can use the 411 service to:Search for wireline business, residential and government listings in Spanish and EnglishOpt to always receive listings by text messageUse reverse lookup to find who called if they have a number but nota nameFind movie show times, locations and purchase...

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