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...

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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...

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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...

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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. http://www.asianetcom....

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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....

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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...

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