Ericsson to Host Napster Mobile for O2 UK

Ericsson will provide integration and hosting of Napster Mobile for O2 UK, enabling customers of the mobile network to search, browse, preview and purchase full-length tracks from Napster's catalog of over 5 million tracks and play them on their mobile handsets and PCs.Under the hosting agreement Ericsson's responsibilities include systems integration, operations, maintenance and content management of the Napster Mobile service for O2 UK. Hosting is a part of Ericsson's Managed Services offering. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.e...

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Actelis Supplies its EFM Platform to Cyberlink

Cyberlink, a leading Swiss-based Internet Service Provider (ISP), has deployed Actelis Networks' ML2300 flagship Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) aggregation platform to offer new Ethernet/IP-based voice, video and hosted data services to business customers in metropolitan areas throughout Switzerland.The Actelis' ML2300 serves as a central office aggregation platform and can connect via high-speed links to multiple Actelis ML600 Ethernet Access Devices (EADs) in the field. A number of ML2300 shelves can be stacked in a star or ring topology to...

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PCTEL Acquires Bluewave Product Line

PCTEL, which specializes in propagation and optimization solutions for the wireless industry, has acquired the antenna product lines of Bluewave Antenna Systems, a privately-held, Canadian company. Bluewave Antenna Systems designs, manufactures, and distributes rugged antennas for harsh conditions, targeting manufacturing process control in the energy and utility industries and communication systems in extreme environments. PCTEL will assume the design and final assembly of the three major product lines at its Bloomingdale facility. PCTEL paid...

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MobileAccess Opens in Dubai

MobileAccess, which specializes in in-building wireless solutions, launched its Middle Eastern operations with a local office presence in Dubai. MobileAccess is based in Vienna, Virginia.MobileAccess offers a modular, multi-service wireless platform that provides simultaneous coverage for mobile services such as GSM, DCS-1800 and UMTS, in addition to WLAN and Mobile WiMAX services.http://www.mobileaccess....

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Verizon and Pando Discuss P2P Traffic Experiment

Verizon will begin using a peer-to-peer (P2P) file transfer system from Pando Networks to aid with the distribution of large media files to its broadband users. When deployed, the new system will move material authorized by the content owners -- such as movies, TV programs, software or large data bases -- faster for consumers and more efficiently for network operators, including Verizon. Verizon said it no longer regarded P2P as a "dark-alley distribution system for unauthorized file sharing.The new system and tests were described in a presentation...

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