Anue Systems Enables Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) Project

Anue Systems announced its participation in the Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) project, an initiative sponsored by the U.S. military to achieve protected, mobile, broadband, IP-based connectivity to strategic and tactical users worldwide.



Anue supplies a line of network emulators.



The goal of TSAT is to integrate the existing satellite communications network with a next-generation system, now in production, to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations not possible today. The new system will combine data from multiple ISR platforms to establish a common view of a situation that is available to all involved with an operation, including ground, sea, and air troops, on-site command and control centers, and decision-makers in the U.S.



Recent tests at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Labs demonstrated the interoperability of the TSAT next-generation processor router (NGPR) with a government reference ground terminal. Additional tests in Redondo Beach, CA demonstrated the ability to integrate payloads to create a unified situational view from multiple sources. In both of these tests, Anue solutions were used to emulate the eventual production network environment with latency, bit errors and frequency shifts.

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Kasenna Supplies its PortalTV for Russia's UTK

Kasenna will supply its PortalTV IPTV solution for Russia's Southern Telecom Company (UTK), the principal fixed-line telecommunications provider for Russia's Southern Federal District. This is the first major deployment of its kind in Russia utilizing part of Kasenna's PortalTV solution -- Mediabase Video on Demand (VOD) server platform, 40 Network PVR (NVPR) channels with pause live TV, and vFusion, its content delivery and management tool. The combined solution will provide an integrated network and IPTV infrastructure for UTK. Kasenna is working with Business Computer Center (BCC), a System Integrator based in St. Petersburg, Russia. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Ericsson Estimates 2.7 Billion Mobile Users Worldwide, Forecast Single Digit GSM Market Growth in 07

Ericsson reported quarterly net sales SEK 53.7 billion, up 18% year-over-year, with growth in infrastructure and services. For the full year sales were SEK 177.8 b. with a growth of 17%, positively impacted by the added Marconi sales. Growth was especially strong in professional services with a sales growth of 30% for the full year.



Gross margin, excluding restructuring charges, was stable sequentially at 41.8% (44.2%), reflecting high level of network rollout and initial network build-outs. The full year gross margin was 42.2% (45.7%), excluding restructuring charges.



"We have concluded another successful year and see continued opportunities to outpace the market," said Carl-Henric Svanberg, President and CEO of Ericsson. "Our financial strength has enabled us to execute our strategy of organic growth and own development in combination with bolt-on acquisitions. During 2006, we successfully integrated Marconi into our operations, including reaching expected profitability. We also recently announced the acquisition of Redback Networks in a move to further enhance our strong all-IP offering."



Svanberg also noted some milestones in telecom:

• In 2006, the growth of net mobile subscriptions continued with close to 150 million in the quarter and 500 million during the year.



• At the end of 2006, worldwide subscription penetration reached 41% with more than 2.7 billion subscriptions in total, of which more than 2.2 billion are GSM/WCDMA.



• The number of WCDMA subscriptions almost doubled during 2006 to nearly 100 million at year-end. The figure is expected to pass three billion subscriptions during 2007.



• For 2007, Ericsson expects the GSM/WCDMA track within the global mobile systems market, measured in USD, will continue to show mid-single digit growth -- the same as for 2006.

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Asia Netcom Introduces MPLS-based Call Center Voice Service

Asia Netcom introduced an MPLS-based Call Aggregation Service (CAS) that can aggregate voice minutes from multiple markets and deliver them into a centralized location. Multinational corporations can use the service to offer local call-in numbers for their customers to access their call center -- without the need to set up their own infrastructure in each location.

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Broadcom Debuts Single-Chip Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM for Mobile Devices

Broadcom introduced a single-chip connectivity solution that combines the company's Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM receiver technologies onto a single silicon die. The company said the combination of three radio capabilities in a new ultra-low power 65 nanometer CMOS system-on-a-chip (SoC) would enable OEMs to provide rich connectivity features without a prohibitive impact on product cost, size or battery life.



Until now, integrating these technologies in a single product was challenging since multiple radios in the same band can lead to self-interference. Broadcom claims to have solved these issues.



The Broadcom BCM4325 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/FM transceiver features IEEE 802.11a/b/g (MAC, baseband and radio), support for Bluetooth 2.0 plus enhanced data rate (EDR) that is upgradeable to version 2.1 and an advanced FM receiver.



It uses the company's "BroadRange" technology for robust range performance and also its "InConcert" technology, which consists of software algorithms and hardware mechanisms that enable collaborative co-existence between Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, since both operate in the 2.4 GHz radio frequency range. The FM radio receiver supports the European Radio Data Service (RDS) and the North American Radio Broadcast Data Service (RBDS) with superior tuning capabilities.



"Mobile handsets are rapidly evolving into the central point of personal communications, entertainment and information for large numbers of consumers," said Robert A. Rango, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom's Wireless Connectivity Group. "Our new Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and FM transceiver will help to drive this evolution and enhance devices like digital music players by dramatically reducing the cost and complexity of these key wireless technologies in innovative mobile devices."http://www.broadcom.com

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UTStarcom Selected for IPTV Rollout by India's MTNL

UTStarcom was awarded a three-year contract to supply its RollingStream end-to-end IPTV solution to Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) in India. UTStarcom is working in partnership with AKSH Optifibre Ltd., which supplies a Fiber-to-the-Home solution. Financial terms were not disclosed.



The service, which will utilize MTNL's existing broadband network as the content delivery backbone, will consist of traditional broadcast television, video- and music-on-demand, videoconferencing capabilities and time-shifted TV, allowing users to access television content on any channel up to one week in the past. All MTNL broadband subscribers in Delhi and Mumbai are anticipated to have access to the service, which launched in December 2006.



"By pricing the basic level of service at 125 rupees, we hope to attract a large number of our broadband subscribers to our IPTV service and drive revenue growth through the additional value-added services, like time-shift capabilities and video-on-demand, enabled by UTStarcom's RollingStream," said Shri RSP Sinha, chairman and managing director at MTNL.

http://www.utstar.com/Solutions/Broadband/IPTV

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