The Cloud Selects Devicescape for "mycloud" Easy Connect

The Cloud, Europe's leading independent wireless broadband provider, announced the launch of mycloud (beta), a new connector capability that aims to simplify the Wi-Fi user experience by providing seamless log-on to home, office, public access and free networks, without complex registration requirements or hidden costs.The Cloud has partnered with Devicescape Software to power "mycloud." The Devicescape Connect Service automatically connects subscribers'...

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CopperGate Acquires Conexant's HomePlug AV Powerline Technology

CopperGate Communications has acquired Conexant Systems' HomePlug AV business, including all relevant power line technology and silicon products, related patents, appropriate licenses, and requisite personnel. Former Conexant employees will become part of the CopperGate team and will expand the company's R&D initiatives in Southern California. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.CopperGate is already the leading provider of HomePNA compliant chipsets, the dominant coax and phone wire standard for IPTV installations and the company remains...

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Sun to Add On2's Video Codecs to Java

Sun Microsystems entered into a multi-year agreement to add On2 Technologies' TrueMotion video codecs to its JavaFX family of products. Sun said that the deal will enable the same high resolution video and media applications to run across the billions of devices that use the Java platform -- browsers, desktops, mobile and embedded devices. The first availability of On2 video codec for JavaFX software products is scheduled for the fall of 2008.http://www.sun.comhttp://www.on2....

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Taiwan's Chunghwa Established JV in Vietnam

Chunghwa Telecom, the incumbent operator in Taiwan, has established a joint venture with Viettel Corporation (''Viettel'') to provide Internet Data Center (''IDC'') services in Vietnam. This venture, which is expected to begin operations in the third quarter of 2008, marks Chunghwa Telecom's first investment project outside of Taiwan. The initial investment is US$30 million, of which 70% will be provided by Viettel and 30% will be provided by Chunghwa...

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Spain's TeleCable Selects Juniper M-series, MX-series Routers

TeleCable, a leading cable TV and Internet provider in Spain, has deployed Juniper Networks' M-series multiservice routers and MX-series Ethernet Services Routers in its metro network to improve the user experience for its broad range of voice, television and mobile services. TeleCable offers a range of television, video, data and telephone services throughout northern Spain. The new metro Ethernet network will leverage the MX-series' MPLS capabilities and the MX960 ESR, which delivers up to 960 Gbps of switching and routing capacity and is optimized...

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Virgin Media Tests 40G with Nortel, Juniper

Virgin Media, the largest broadband provider in the UK, has conducted a trial of 40 Gbps technology using equipment from Nortel and Juniper Networks. The 40G North-South trial was conducted over a 350km span of Virgin Media's current UK 10G network. Nortel provided its 40G Adaptive Optical Engine DWDM transponder cards which interconnected with Juniper Networks' T-series routers with 40G interfaces located at sites in Manchester and London.The...

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Virgin Media Offers NETGEAR CPE

Virgin Media, the largest residential broadband provider in the UK with 3.7 million customers, is offering NETGEAR's customized Wireless-G Routers and Adapters for subscribers of its "M", "L", and "XL" fiber-optic broadband packages.Packaged as Virgin Media Wireless Routers, NETGEAR's Wireless-G Router is available for free to new subscribers of "L" and "XL" fiber-optic broadband packages, or for a one-off £40 fee for new subscribers of the "M" package. NETGEAR's Wireless-G Router with Built-in ADSL2+ Modem is also available for free for new customers...

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Global Crossing Posts Q1 Revenue of $630 Million, up 25% YoY

Global Crossing's consolidated revenue grew 25 percent year over year to $630 million for the first quarter of 2008, and adjusted gross margin was $331 million or 53 percent of revenue. "Invest and grow" revenue increased 36 percent year over year to $517 million. Adjusted cash EBITDA was $67 million, and the company generated $25 million in cash from operating activities.Global Crossing's wholesale voice business was stable and generated $112 million of revenue in the quarter, which was an increase of $1 million compared to the fourth quarter...

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City of Provo, Utah Sells its Municipal FTTH Network

The City of Provo, Utah has sold its iProvo network to Broadweave Networks, a local fiber-optic services provider, for $40.6 million. Under the terms of the deal, which is subject to municipal council approval, the city retains a license to use the network to connect city buildings, schools, and power infrastructure. Broadweave will operate as both the network owner and the service provider. The City said the sale price is enough to retire the outstanding...

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Sun and Ericsson Develop GlassFish SIP Server

Sun Microsystems released a preview version of its Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server version 3 and new Sun GlassFish Communications Server. GlassFish is one of the leading open source application servers with more than 7 million downloads over the past 3 years.The new GlassFish Communications Server is based on Project SailFin, a GlassFish project to build a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) communications server. Project SailFin is the result of collaboration...

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Intel and SGI to Provide Supercomputing for NASA's Project Pleides

Intel and SGI will collaborate to provide next generation supercomputing capabilities for modeling and simulation at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Specifically, NASA Ames, Intel and SGI will work together on a project called Pleiades to develop a computational system with a capacity of one Petaflops peak performance (1,000 trillion operations per second) by 2009 and a system...

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The New Clearwire Outlines Plans for Nationwide Mobile WiMAX

Clearwire and Sprint Nextel confirmed plans to combine their next-generation wireless broadband businesses to form a new wireless communications company with a nationwide mobile WiMAX network. Sprint will own the largest stake in the new company with approximately 51 percent equity. The existing Clearwire shareholders will own approximately 27 percent and new investors, including Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks,...

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