NXP Supplies UMA for Samsung's T409 Dual-mode Handset

NXP Semiconductors' Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) cell-phone solution is being deployed in the first nationwide, commercial rollout of a UMA-based service in North America -- the T-Mobile HotSpot @Home service. NXP's chips are used in Samsung Electronics T409 dual-mode handset, which is one of the two devices initially supported by the T-Mobile service. NXP's UMA-enabled Nexperia cellular system solution enables the Samsung phone to seamlessly switch between conventional cellular networks and Wi-Fi hotspots at home, in the office and other public...

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Israel's SatLink Deploys Harmonic's Digital Video Headend

SatLink Communications, a leading teleport operator based in Israel, has expanded its channel capacity with a new transport using Harmonic's DiviCom Electra 1000 multi-channel MPEG-2 encoders, the ProStream 1000 with DiviTrackIP statistical multiplexing and NMX Digital Service Manager.SatLink provides world-class global content distribution services to content providers, broadcasters and governments, including satellite downlink, uplink, turnaround, fiber and IP transmission services, and is backed by shareholders including the Eurocom Group, Barak013...

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HomePlug Powerline Alliance Hosts AV Certification "Plugfest"

The HomePlug Powerline Alliance will host a HomePlug AV compliance and interoperability (C&I) product certification "Plugfest" this week. The event, which includes testing performed by an independent laboratory in France, consists of two parts -- compliance testing and interoperability testing. HomePlug member companies will submit products to be tested at the "Plugfest" event to qualify for the "HomePlug AV Certified" logo, which promotes interoperability of products incorporating powerline communications standards and ensures a seamless...

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Conexant Awards Equity Grants to New CEO

Conexant Systems has granted stock options, performance restricted stock units and restricted stock units to Daniel A. Artusi, its new president and chief executive officer, as an inducement material to his entering into employment with the company. Artusi's stock option grant covers 3,000,000 shares of Conexant common stock that will vest in equal annual installments beginning one year from the date of grant over a three-year period. The options have a maximum exercise life of eight years and have an exercise price of $1.53, which was the closing...

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Tiscali Acquires Pipex Broadband for GBP 210 Million

Tiscali S.p.A. has agreed to acquire Pipex Communications' consumer broadband and voice division for a total consideration of approximately £210 million, on a debt-free basis, before adjustments. The corporate broadband customers will remain within the Pipex Group. The subsidiaries being sold to Tiscali are: Switch2 Telecoms Limited, Pipex Homecall Limited, Toucan Residential Limited, Pipex Internet Limited and Toucan Residential Ireland Limited....

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NTT DoCoMo's "Super 3G" Tests 300 Mbps Wireless Downlinks

NTT DoCoMo began testing an experimental "Super 3G" system for mobile communications that aims to deliver a downlink transmission rate of 300 Mbps. The company said its Super 3G features low-latency data transmission and improved spectrum efficiency based on a highly advanced version of High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), both of which have evolved from W-CDMA packet transmission technologies standardized...

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Nokia Siemens Networks Outlines Job Cuts in Germany

Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH and its employee representative have negotiated a restructuring that calls for the reduction of 2,290 jobs in a socially acceptable manner. Focus is on three locations in Munich with job reductions totaling 1,500 and about 450 in Berlin. The job reductions result from overlaps in different areas and functions of the new merged company, adjustments in the product portfolio and in Sales as well as from more efficient processes. http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks....

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European Commission Seeks Closer Cooperation on Telecom Rules

The European Commission published a report that concludes that although the EU's Telecom Rules have led to significant benefits for citizens and enterprises alike, important challenges remain for national and European regulators.The Commission's review mechanism of national regulatory decisions, an important part of the EU Telecom Rules, has led to more coherent market analyses, greater transparency and has ensured that regulation only exists in markets which need it to be competitive. However, the Commission's report also found that, in a number...

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UN Secretary-General Calls to Broaden ITU's Agenda

UN Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moon visited the ITU's headquarters in Geneva and called on the organization to pursue a broader vision. He said ITU is providing the basic groundwork for the international community and should contribute to global agendas such as climate change, which would have long-term implications for the future of humankind. "ITU is one of the very important stakeholders in the area of climate change," said Mr Ban Ki-moon.Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General of ITU, welcomed Mr Ban Ki-moon to ITU, hailing it as a historic visit...

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Devicescape Introduces "Wi-Fi Buddies" for Home Wi-Fi Net Sharing

Devicescape Software introduced a new "Wi-Fi Buddies" service that enables consumers to securely share access to home or other personal Wi-Fi networks with friends and family for expanded Wi-Fi coverage.Devicescape already provides an auto-connect service that makes it easy for consumers to connect their devices to over 100,000 hotspots worldwide including commercial, municipal and free networks."Wi-Fi Buddies" now enables user to add their home network as a hotspot for their own devices; securely share these networks with selected friends and...

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Carlo Gavazzi Debuts ATCA Systems

Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions unveiled its new 633 Series of 13UAdvancedTCA systems, designed to address power requirements, thermalmanagement challenges and network equipment-building system (NEBs)requirements of the telecommunications, enterprise, and datacommarketplaces. The new 633 series, which complies with the PICMG 3.0AdvancedTCA specification, is available with a 14-slot Dual Star or FullMesh backplane topology. The system features...

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