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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Novatel Wireless Introduces HSDPA/HSUPA USB Modem
Novatel Wireless introduced its "Ovation" MC930D USB Modem, a HSDPA/HSUPA device designed to provide peak download speeds of 7.2 Mbps and upload speeds of 2.1 Mbps on any worldwide HSDPA/HSUPA network supporting the 2100 MHz band. The device ships with Mobilink Lite Connection Manager Software preinstalled on the modem's on-board memory, eliminating the need for Mac and Windows users to download drivers from a CD. A Dual USB Y-cable is included...
India's Tata Communications Makes Debut
Tata Communications launched as a commercial carrier with world-scale ambitions. The new company integrates the former VSNL, VSNL International, Teleglobe, Tata Indicom Enterprise Business Unit (TIEBU), and CIPRIS brands and represents the culmination of recent major international investments that expanded the company's global reach and ability to deliver IP-leveraged communications solutions to businesses and consumers worldwide.Shares in Tata...
NextWave Wireless Announces 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) Roadmap
NextWave Wireless disclosed its product roadmap to deliver LTE network solutions to mobile operator customers beginning in 2009. The company's LTE solution will initially be based on NextWave's V5 multi-standard base station platform which currently supports 3GPP-based UMTS ER7 TD-CDMA, has been deployed by operators around the world and is field upgradeable to WAVE 2 compliant 802.16e-based WiMAX standard. NextWave expects to begin shipping its pre-commercial, LTE-enabled V5 base stations to support mobile operator trials in the second half of...
Sprint Nextel Consolidates Corporate Headquarters at Overland Park, Kansas
Sprint Nextel will consolidate its operational headquarters and corporate headquarters, previously at Overland Park, Kansas, and Reston, Virginia respectively, to one location, the Sprint Nextel campus in Overland Park. Reston had served as the company's corporate headquarters since the merger of Sprint and Nextel in 2005.The consolidation of the dual headquarters will require the relocation of only a small number of executives. The company said this move will improve operational performance by immersing senior leaders in the company's operations....
Equinix Posts Q4 Revenues of $138.7 million, up 34% Sequentially
Equinix reported revenues of $138.7 million for Q4 2007, a 34% increase over the previous quarter, and $419.4 million for the year-ended December 31, 2007, a 46% increase over 2006 revenues. Recurring revenues, consisting primarily of colocation, interconnection and managed services, were $131.6 million for the fourth quarter, a 33% increase over the previous quarter, and $399.6 million for the year-ended December 31, 2007, a 46% increase over 2006. Non-recurring revenues were $7.1 million in the quarter and $19.8 million for the year-ended December...
Telia-Sonera to test Alcatel-Lucent's In-Building Base Station Router Femto Solution
TeliaSonera has invited Alcatel-Lucent to participate in a trial of its Base Station Router (BSR) Femto in-building wireless access solution in Denmark. TeliaSonera's planned trial activities in Denmark are expected to start this spring.The Femto Base Station Router integrates (3G) W-CDMA/HSPA radio access and core network elements into a compact unit. At the heart of the BSR-Femto is Alcatel-Lucent's "flat IP" architecture and auto-configuration approach. With an auto-configuration feature, the BSR-Femtos are able to register themselves automatically...
Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung Show WiMAX-GSM/EDGE Dual-mode Services
Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung unveiled an optimized device-plus-infrastructure solution for providing seamless voice/data access when switching between GSM/EDGE and WiMAX networks. The companies demonstrated Samsung's dual-mode PDA running over network equipment from Alcatel-Lucent.The companies said their joint solution will enable operators to blend GSM/EDGE and WiMAX networks. When their subscribers move out of WiMAX range, an existing GSM/EDGE network will immediately pick up the connection without disruption in the subscriber's session or call....
Telecom Italia Picks Microsoft PlayReady technology
Microsoft announced a collaboration with Telecom Italia focused on Microsoft PlayReady technology as the content access solution for use in mobile entertainment value-added services (VAS) spanning the delivery of music, video and gaming content. The major objective of the collaboration is around the evaluation of PlayReady technology and its capabilities to support a compelling user experience for Telecom Italia's mobile customers in Italy. Microsoft said the ultimate goal is to enable delivery of a range of entertainment content types, in a...
Neuf Cegetel Selects Italtel's VoIP Platform
Neuf Cegetel has selected Italtel's SIP VoIP solution to expand its VoIP network and extend its range of services.Neuf Cegetel first deployed Italtel VoIP platform in 2004. The new Italtel VoIP solution will allow Neuf Cegetel to speed-up the launch of advanced SIP VoIP Residential and Corporate services in France and, at the same time, to rationalize and improve the technologies and cost effectiveness of the VoIP network following the operator's...
China Mobile to Join LTE FDD/TDD Trials with Verizon Wireless and Vodafone
China Mobile is set to join LTE (Long Term Evolution) trials already being carried out by Vodafone and Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone. The resultant three-way operator trials will focus on LTE FDD (the Frequency Division Duplex version of LTE) for use with paired spectrum allocations and TD-LTE (the Time Division Duplex version of LTE) as an evolution of current TD-SCDMA technology to enable the exploitation...
NETGEAR Posts Q4 Revenue of $198.3 million, 21%
NETGEAR reported net revenue for Q4 2007 of $198.3 million, a 21% increase as compared to $164.0 million a year earlier, and an increase of 3% as compared to $191.7 million in Q3 2007. Net income (GAAP) was $12.5 million, or $0.35 per diluted share. Patrick Lo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NETGEAR, commented, "We had a solid revenue quarter and we believe we made market share gains in all three regions. We continued to see steady growth in the adoption of broadband Internet services in our target customer base. Coupled with our differentiated...
Ikanos Completes Purchase of Centillium's DSL Assets
Ikanos Communications completed its purchase of Centillium's DSL technology and assets in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $12 million."Ikanos is well positioned to capitalize on the worldwide trend towards interactive broadband," said Michael A. Ricci, Ikanos' president and CEO. "We believe that the purchase of DSL assets and technologies from Centillium will enable us to accelerate our introduction of innovative, leadership products for the digital home and access infrastructure."http://www.ikanos.c...
