Huawei Unveils its ALL IP 4G Platform

Huawei Technologies rolled out its New Generation WiMAX commercial solution at PT/EXPO COMM CHINA 2007 in Beijing.Huawei said its ALL IP- based New Generation WiMAX solution adopts HSPA/LTE/UMB co-platform infrastructure, and integrates the 4G technologies including HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat-reQuest), MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Out-put). The products include a gateway, distributed base station, transmission, network management system and terminal....

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RadiSys Adds Media Processing Blade, Boosting Media Server to 24K Ports

RadiSys introduced a new media processing blade for its Convedia CMS-9000 Media Server, delivering capacity and performance improvements for processing-intensive applications such as conferencing, video and low bitrate codec. The Convedia CMS-9000 Media Server, which is already in customer production networks, was designed to accommodate modular capacity upgrades. The new MPC-IV card adds additional Digital Signal Processor (DSP) resources to the...

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Akamai Releases "HDWeb" Proof-of-Concept Portal

Akamai Technologies announced The HDWeb, a proof-of-concept portal designed to showcase the experience consumers can have with high definition content online. The Website, available at www.thehdweb.com, showcases content from a variety of industries including music, movies, professional sports, games and news. Companies providing HD content for the initiative include Apple, BBC Motion Gallery, CBS, Gannett, MTV Networks, NBA and more. Akamai said...

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"Connect Africa" Draws Promise of Large Investments from Leading Mobile Operators

At the Connect Africa summit, an ITU event being hosted by the government of Rwanda, leading global mobile operators announced plans to invest more than $50 billion in sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years. The goal is to provide more than 90% of the population with mobile coverage by extending the reach of GSM mobile networks and enhancing the services with GPRS, EDGE and HSPA technologies.According to the GSM Association, there are more...

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XO Completes 800 Gbps Core Network Capacity Upgrade

XO Communications completed an 800 Gbps capacity upgrade on major coast-to-coast routes of its nationwide fiber optic network. The upgrade delivers an additional 80 10-Gbps channels on major coast-to-coast network routes. This additional network capacity augments a capacity expansion XO completed last year which delivered 400 Gbps of capacity across the XO network.XO also announced a new installation guarantee for wholesale customers that need faster...

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Atheros Posts Q3 Sales of $101 Million, Up 34% YoY

Atheros Communications reported record Q3 revenue of $106.3 million, up five percent from the $100.8 million reported in the second quarter of 2007 and up 34 percent from the $79.6 million reported in the third quarter of 2006. Net income (GAAP) was $9.7 million or $0.16 per diluted share. This compares with GAAP net income of $9.3 million or $0.16 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2007. "Our networking business was especially strong in the third quarter, as sales of our 11g and 11n solutions led to significant increases in revenue with...

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Atheros Announces Low-Power Wi-Fi Solution for Mobile Devices

Atheros Communications announced a low-power chip for mobile WLAN devices that draws near-zero standby power and has nominal impact on battery life even in active mode, according to the company. The gains are achieved using a combination of advanced hardware and software power-saving protocols and techniques.Atheros said that based on consistently repeated, actual power demonstration measurements, its new AR6002 chip consumes 70 percent less power than competitive solutions on the market in active mode while downloading content. This substantial...

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D2 and Ikanos Partner for VoIP-Enabled Quad Play Gateways

Ikanos Communications has partnered with D2 Technologies to develop a quadruple play residential gateway design that integrates Ikanos' Fusiv Vx180 VDSL2 gateway processor with D2's vPort VoIP software. The residential gateway supports voice, video, data and mobile wireless services. The residential gateway design also accelerates the rollout of new VDSL2 customer premises equipment (CPE) for the home office or small- to medium-size businesses, offering comprehensive quality of service (QoS) for VoIP and Internet protocol television (IPTV) applications.The...

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Verizon Adds 203K FiOS TV Customers, 229K FiOS Internet Customers in Q3

Verizon Communications reported Q3 revenue of $23.8 billion, up 5.8 percent; up 6.0 percent on an adjusted basis (non-GAAP). Operating income for Q3 was $4.2 billion, up 19.0 percent over last year. Some highlights for the quarter:Verizon Wireless added 1.8 million net retail customers and 1.6 million total net customers after reductions in wholesale customers. The company ended Q3 with 61.8 million retail (non-wholesale) customers and 63.7 million...

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Avanex Signs Supply Deal With Alcatel-Lucent, Pirelli Takes Stake

Alcatel-Lucent has extended its supply agreement with Avanex for an additional three years. In addition, the Pirelli Group has purchased the 12.4 percent stake in Avanex previously held by Alcatel-Lucent. Pirelli also signed a supply agreement with Alcatel-Lucent for related components. Avanex solutions enable or enhance optical wavelength multiplexing, dispersion compensation, switching and routing, transmission, amplification, and include network-managed subsystems.http://www.avanex....

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NDS Cites Rapid Growth in Conditional Access

NDS, a majority-owned subsidiary of News Corp., reported quarterly revenue of $205 million, up from $164 million in the same period last year. Net income was $46 million, compared to $35 million a year earlier.Some key metrics:Smart card deliveries (in millions) reached 7.4 million, compared to 6.7 million a year agoThe number of authorized cards reached 78.6 million, compared to 66.6 million a year agoCumulative deployments of Middleware Clients reached 69.9 million, with 8.1 million additions in the quarterBharti Airtel, India's largest cellular...

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ShoreTel Reports 57 % YoY Revenue Growth, Signs AT&T as a Channel Partner

ShoreTel reported quarterly revenue of $32 million, an increase of 57% over the same quarter last year. GAAP net income was $2.6 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, compared to $1.0 million, or $.03 per diluted share, reported in the same period last year. Gross margin for the quarter improved to 64% from 61% last year.ShoreTel also announced that it has expanded its relationship with AT&T by signing a master reseller agreement under which AT&T will resell ShoreTel's Pure IP unified communications systems and implementation services....

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