Samsung Develops LCD Displays Targeting Mobile Internet Devices

Samsung Electronics is sampling 4.8-inch and 7.0-inch WSVGA mobile displays that specifically target the Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) and mobile internet device (MID) categories. The 4.8-inch display uses Samsung's single-chip display driver that combines source driver, timing controller, level shifter and LVDS receiver. Samsung said it is working closely with Intel to accelerate market acceptance of UMPC and MID market opportunities. http://www.samsung....

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Intel Unveils Media Processor for Networked Media Players

Intel unveiled a new media processor aimed at a new generation of consumer devices, such as digital set top boxes and networked media players. The Intel CE 2110 Media Processor uses a system-on-a-chip (SoC) architecture that combines a 1 GHz Intel XScale CPU, MPEG-2 and H.264 hardware video decoders, DDR2 memory interface, 2D/3D graphics accelerators, and is supported by a modular software development environment. Intel said it is working with several consumer electronics companies on designs that incorporate the new SoC media processor, including:...

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TeleCIS Wireless Sells WiMAX 16e Designs, Focuses on "d" Opportunity

TeleCIS Wireless, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California developing WiMAX fixed and portable broadband wireless chips, has restructured to focus its business and engineering efforts toward the portable WiMAX16d market. As part of this restructuring the company has sold its 16e WiMAX mobile SoC technology to a premier wireless chip vendor. According to various news reports, the buyer was QUALCOMM, although financial terms were not disclosed.TeleCIS...

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NTT America Expands Network to Tenth U.S. POP

NTT America, a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation, has expanded its networking capabilities to include Atlanta, Georgia. This new point-of-presence represents the tenth U.S. market for NTT Communications Global IP Network (GIN) and it will offer local enterprises and service providers with new fiber routes and access to the Internet at connection speeds up to 10 gigabit per second Ethernet (10GigE).NTT America said its service offerings will be based in the Telx-owned 56 Marietta building, a 160,000 square-foot fully...

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NEC Electronics Delivers Certified Wireless USB Chips

NEC Electronics has received certification by the USB Implementers Forum for its Wireless USB host controller for PCI interfaces and its Wireless USB device wire adapter (DWA). The devices can be used to implement ultra wideband (UWB) wireless technology between USB peripherals and computers or consumer electronics products via a quick relay of data chunks based on Certified Wireless USB technology.NEC Electronics' uPD720170 host controller supports all eight data transfer rates -- from 53.3 up to 480 Mbps. The uPD720180 DWA chip provides the...

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Attendance at NAB2007 Reaches 108,000

Attendance is up at NAB2007, the annual convention of The National Association of Broadcasters being held this week in Las Vegas. Attendance figures from the organizers:Registered Attendees2007: 108,2322006: 105,046 International Attendees2007: 26,8242006: 25,537http://www.nabshow.c...

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Bell Canada Considers Privatization

BCE, the holding company that includes Bell Canada, Telesat Canada and an interest in Bell Globemedia, is reviewing its strategic alternatives with a view to further enhancing shareholder value.Specifically, BCE is holding discussions with a group of leading Canadian pension funds to explore the possibility of taking the publicly-traded company private. This group will be led by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec and Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), who...

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Singapore's Muni Wi-Fi Network Exceeds 1,000 Mesh Nodes

The first phase of Wireless@SG, the Wi-Fi deployment blanketing Singapore, currently exceeds 1,000 indoor and outdoor mesh nodes and access points. Firetide is supplying equipment for the municipal, wireless mesh network, which is being deployed by iCELL, a local IT solution provider, and D-Synergy, a local distributor.The network, which began deployment in November 2006, was cultivated by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore as part of its Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure initiative, dubbed Wireless@SG. Three local...

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AudioCodes Supplies VoIP Media Gateways to Telefonica

Telefonica has selected AudioCodes' media gateways for deployment in the Spanish market. Ericsson, the main project contractor, has successfully integrated AudioCodes' gateways into their solution, enabling Telefonica to provide advanced hosted services to the Spanish enterprise market. This solution offers a gradual migration to IP while keeping the customer's existing PSTN telephone number along with receiving IP Centrex services. http://www.audiocodes.c...

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MobiTV and Intel to Offer Live TV to Mobile Internet Devices

MobiTV and Intel have reached a cooperation agreement to optimize the personal computing version of the MobiTV service for use on Intel Centrino processor technology notebooks, Ultra Mobile Personal Computers (UMPCs) and Mobile Internet Devices (MID).Specifically, Intel and MobiTV will work to develop, sell and distribute the MobiTV services, which are optimized for interoperability with Intel Architecture-based notebooks, UMPCs and MIDs. The two...

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AT&T Obtains Permanent Injunctions Against Alleged Data Brokers

AT&T has reached confidential settlements and obtained court-ordered injunctions against 13 alleged pretexters in the federal lawsuits it filed in San Antonio and San Francisco. Pre-texting is a fraudulent means to gain access to a carrier's business records containing confidential customer information, including calling-record information.AT&T has reached similar settlements with two more defendants, and the courts' entry of permanent injunctions is expected to follow shortly. The settlements reflect undisclosed cash payments together...

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Belgacom Scales IPTV Rollout to 140,000 with Redback

Belgacom has scaled its IPTV rollout to nearly 140.000 subscribers, making Belgacom one of the three largest IPTV deployments in Europe and one of the top 10 IPTV deployments in the world. Belgacom is using Redback's SmartEdge routing platform. Redback said its SmartEdge video-centric router can deliver HD video to tens of thousands of simultaneous users, in addition to data and voice services.In addition to Belgacom, Redback powers IPTV deployments for BellSouth, KPN in The Netherlands, Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan, and China Telecom and China...

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