Alcatel-Lucent Adds 3G W-CDMA/HSPA Distributed Base Station

Alcatel-Lucent expanded its Wideband-CDMA/High Speed Packet Access (W-CDMA/HSPA) portfolio with a distributed base station product aimed at increasing deployment flexibility for operators. Remote radio heads are part of a distributed base station (known as a "Node B" in W-CDMA networks) in which all radio-related functions are contained in a small single unit that can be deployed in a location remote from the main unit. Alcatel-Lucent said its new, the fanless 60-watt remote radio head (RRH) node B platform enables a 50 percent increase in available...

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Swisscom Reaches 70,000 Bluewin IPTV Customers

During 2007, Swisscom's revenue rose by 14.9% to CHF 11.1 billion, while operating income before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) was 18.9 per cent higher at CHF 4.5 billion. This increase is primarily attributable to the acquisition of Fastweb in May 2007. The comparable net revenue increased by 0.3% over the previous year.Some highlights from the company's 2007 financial report:Declining revenues in the traditional fixed-line business were offset by growth in project and outsourcing business with corporate customers and...

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Fujitsu and Heinrich Hertz Institut Develop Ultra High-Speed Optical Switch

Fujitsu Laboratories and Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institut(HHI) have developed an ultra high-speed optical switch that uses nonlinear optical fiber to reduce optical amplitude noise, which degrades the quality of optical signals when they are transmitted. The researchers said conventional approaches to the problem of optical amplitude noise have been to convert optical signals into electrical signals, electrically eliminate the noise impact, and then reconvert the signal back to an optical signal. However, for...

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HP Labs Refocuses on Five Key Areas

HP has sharpened the focus of its advanced research group, HP Labs, to address five key areas:Information explosion: Acquiring, analyzing and delivering the right information to individuals and businesses so they can act on it.Dynamic cloud services: Developing web platforms and cloud services that are dynamically personalized based on an individual's location, preferences, calendar and communities.Content transformation: Enabling the fluid transformation...

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Ixia Names Atul Bhatnagar as President and CEO

Ixia has promoted Atul Bhatnagar to president and CEO, succeeding Errol Ginsberg who will continue to serve as chairman of the board and assume a new role at the company as chief innovation officer. Bhatnagar was named president and chief operating officer of Ixia in September 2007, where he was responsible for the company's day-to-day operations and long-term strategy. Previously, Bhatnagar led product development at DiVitas Networks, focusing on...

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Thomson Shows Cordless DECT VoIP Phone + Internet radio

Thomson unveiled its "Symbio" DECT VoIP phonethat integrates an Internet radio allowing direct access to Internet radio stations worldwide and features personalized music services, and the Thomson Portable InfoCenter for the delivery of IPTV and VoD services. Thomson is positioning the device as a key platform for sharing personal and media content in the home network. The DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) -compliant InfoCenter device enables...

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Vodafone Australia Selects Ericsson for HSPA

Vodafone Australia has appointed Ericsson as the primary hardware and software vendor to support its national mobile broadband rollout, based on High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) technology, which is being fast-tracked for completion in December 2008. Vodafone is upgrading its 900MHz and 2100MHz mobile network in regional and rural Australia with Ericsson's latest hardware and software, which is rated to the 14.4Mbps maximum theoretical downlink speed. In addition to upgrading all Vodafone 2G sites to 3.5G (HSPA), a significant proportion of high-demand...

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Germany's E-Plus Expands 3G Network with NSN

E-Plus Group, the third largest mobile operator in Germany with 15 million users, extended its frame cooperation agreement with Nokia Siemens Networks to cover an expansion and upgrade of the E-Plus 3G radio network until 2010. The upgrade will allow the operator to increase network capacity and to offer new, high-quality services to its customers. Specifically, Nokia Siemens Networks will expand E-Plus' radio access network by means of its Flexi Base Stations, according to the recently approved letter of intent. Nokia Siemens Networks also will...

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Juniper Announces Stock Repurchase Plan of up to $1 Billion

Juniper Networks' board of directors approved a new stock repurchase program which enables the company to purchase up to $1 billion of the company's common stock. In conjunction with this new authorization, the company will initiate an on-going, share maintenance plan designed to offset dilution from the issuance of shares related to its employee stock plans.Juniper noted that this new program is in addition to the $2 billion stock repurchase program approved in 2006 and 2007. To date, the company has repurchased approximately $1.7 billion of its...

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Apple Unveils iPhone 2.0 Software, KPCB Offer $100 million Venture Fund

Apple previewed its iPhone 2.0 software, scheduled for release this June, and announced the immediate availability of a beta release of its iPhone software development kit. Apple also announced its plans to operate an exclusive iPhone "AppStore" for third party applications for iPhone or iPod touch users. The App Store enables developers to reach every iPhone and iPod touch user. Developers set the price for their applications--including free applications....

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