TI Extends its OMAP Program for Multi-Radio Handset Designs

To ease the development and design of mobile phones with multiple wireless technologies, Texas Instruments is extending its OMAP Technology Center (OTC) program to include support of TI's WLAN, Bluetooth technology and mobile TV solutions. By extending its OTC program to non-cellular solutions, TI is further speeding time to market for handset manufacturers who offer 2.5G and 3G devices based on its OMAP platform and OMAP-Vox processors.http://www.ti.com/...

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Sun's Project Blackbox Offers "Instant-on" Datacenter

Sun Microsystems unveiled Project Blackbox, "instant-on" modular datacenter targeting companies seeking rapid and highly efficient deployment of lights-out infrastructure. Project Blackbox packages compute, storage and network infrastructure, along with high-efficiency power and cooling into modular units based on standard shipping containers. The Project Blackbox prototype is designed to be rapidly and flexibly deployed.Project Blackbox is a pre-configured,...

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JDSU Completes 1-for-8 Reverse Stock Split

JDSU announced the completion of its 1-for-8 reverse stock split. The reverse split reduced the number of shares of the JDSU's common stock outstanding from approximately 1.7 billion to approximately 211 million. http://www.jdsu....

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Level 3 to Acquire Broadwing, Furthering Consolidation

In a further sign of carrier consolidation in the US market, Level 3 Communications agreed to acquire Broadwing Corporation in a cash and stock deal valued at $1.4 billion. The deal would add to a series of acquisitions by Level 3 this year, including WilTel, Progress Telecom, ICG Communications, TelCove and Looking Glass Networks. Broadwing, based in Austin, Texas, operates a 19,000 mile intercity fiber network over which it delivers data, voice...

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Deutsche Telekom Launches its T-Home Triple Play

Deutsche Telekom's T-Com division launched its T-Home triple play service, offering Internet access at up 50 Mbps, VoIP and advanced TV services over its VDSL2 network using the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform.The television service offers over 100 free and pay TV channels and an extensive choice of entertainment including video on demand. Other highlights include:T-Home is partnering with major broadcasters ARD, ZDF, RTL, Pro7 and Sat.1,...

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Motorola Posts Q3 Sales of $10.6 billion, up 17% over Last Year

Reporting record handset shipments of 53.7 million units, Motorola posted record quarterly sales of $10.6 billion, up 17 percent versus the year-ago quarter. GAAP earnings were $0.39 per share, including income of $0.10 per share from discontinued operations and charges of $0.05 per share."While our third-quarter sales were slightly below our guidance, we are pleased with our earnings. Each of our business segments and total Motorola improved operating margin versus the second quarter of 2006, excluding highlighted items. Mobile Devices again...

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Marvell Considers Financing Options for Intel Unit Acquisition

Marvell Technology Group said it intends to meet with potential lenders in connection with the private acquisition financing of Intel's communications and application processor business. The proposed acquisition financing will be in the form of a senior term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $500 million. Marvell expects that the net proceeds from the term loan facility, together with existing cash on hand, will be used to pay the purchase price for the acquisition, related transaction costs, and advance payments for products...

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FiberNet Deploys VoIP Gateway Services with Nextone

FiberNet Telecom Group launched VoIP Gateway Services provide TDM to VoIP conversion and inter-working between SS7 and C7 signaling. The company also introduced a SmartPartition Service that routes VoIP traffic and aggregates it to a central system. These new services are specifically targeted at those carriers that buy or sell voice termination but lack either gateway or switch capacity to do so using IP.Built on the NexTone Real-time Session Manager...

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Centillium Completes TR-069 and TR-104 Interoperability Testing

Centillium Communications' Atlanta and Palladia families of chipsets have successfully completed interoperability testing with Motive's Home Device Manager (HDM) software. The test evaluates and verifies whether manufacturers and semiconductor providers of customer premises equipment (CPE) adhere to the DSL Forum's WAN Management Protocol standards, TR-069, and provisioning parameters for VoIP CPE, TR-104. Interoperability with Motive's HDM software ensures that CPE manufacturers that use Centillium chipsets will have solutions that work seamlessly...

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JDSU Acquires Metconnex Wavelength Selective Switch Technology

JDSU has acquired the technology and patent portfolio of Metconnex Canada, Inc., a developer of wavelength selective switch (WSS) modules, for $2.5 million. JDSU did not acquire any of Metconnex's business operations. The companies also agreed to dismiss all pending litigation including litigation commenced by JDSU against Metconnex and certain of its officers and employees for alleged violation of JDSU patent and intellectual property rights.WSS technology is central to JDSU's portfolio of reconfigurable add/drop multiplexers, or ROADMs, which...

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