ITU Forms New Group to Focus on Telecom Impact on Climate Change

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has set up a new group to work on standards related to the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on climate change. The new group will focus in particular on the reduction of ICT emissions and how ICTs can assist in cutting emissions in other industry sectors such as energy, transportation and buildings.The ITU estimates that the ICT sector produces between two to three percent...

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Femto Forum Adopts TR-069 CPE WAN Management

The Femto Forum has agreed to implement the Broadband Forum's TR-069 "CPE WAN Management Protocol", a worldwide standard for real-time management of customer premises equipment (CPE), as the basis for the management protocol for femtocells. An estimated 30 million devices currently use TR-069, which was first defined in 2004 by The DSL Forum (predecessor to the Broadband Forum).The two bodies have been working together over recent months to ensure...

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Sumitomo Selects Cavium's Dual-Core OCTEON Processor

Sumitomo Electric Networks is using Cavium Networks' OCTEON CN5020 processor for its flagship home gateway for FTTH deployments. The FTTH gateways must be capable of processing high data rates along with the associated IPv6 and PPPoE protocol processing. In addition, the home gateways need to process triple play traffic with stringent QoS requirements, support IPsec and WiFi functionality along with carrier class Voice over IP and IPTV services. The OCTEON CN50XX family offers the choice of 1 or 2 custom 64-bit MIPS core devices, operating at...

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Telefónica O2 Germany Selects NSN for Network Upgrades

Telefónica O2 Germany has selected Nokia Siemens Networks for a modernization problem aimed at reducing its overall network power consumption. In a separate deal, O2 has chosen Nokia Siemens Networks to carry out implementation services at more than 200 radio access sites. It is the first customer win for Nokia Siemens Networks service subsidiary in Germany, established in January 2008.Under a wide-ranging 3-year contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will supply O2 Germany with its energy-efficient radio access solution, bringing at the same time environmental...

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Comstar to Use Nortel for Mobile WiMAX in Moscow

Russia's Comstar has selected Nortel equipment to develop its mobile WiMAX network in Moscow. A total of 160 base stations are expected to be built in Moscow by the end of 2008. The overall investments in the project are expected to amount to approximately US$ 20 million in 2008.Comstar said construction of the IEEE 802.16e standard network (2.5-2.7 GHz range) has already started and is expected to be completed by the end of 2008, with Kvazar-Micro...

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Convergys to Acquire Intervoice for $335 Million

Convergys agreed to acquire Intervoice, Inc. (NASDAQ: INTV) Intervoice for $335 million in cash or $8.25 per share, representing a premium of 24 percent to Intervoice's closing stock price on July 15.Intervoice supplies software and professional services that enable voice portal, IP contact center, hosted and mobile messaging, and self-service applications. The company claims more than 5,000 customers in 80 countries, including financial and healthcare...

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Procera Employs RMI's Multi-core, Multi-threaded Processor

Procera Networks has selected RMI Corp's Multi-core Multi-threaded XLR Processor for its PacketLogic PL10000, a DPI appliance with up to 80Gbps of throughput. Procera's PacketLogic PL10000, which is purpose-built with Tier-1 broadband deployments in mind, leverages RMI's 8-core, 32-threaded XLR732 Processor. The XLR732 processor consists of an set of XLR cores enabling up to 32 threads, or virtual CPUs (vCPUs), in a single chip. The XLR's enhanced MIPS64 compatible cores implement fine-grained, 4-way multithreading combined with a multi-level...

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EchoStar XI Successfully Launched into Orbit

Sea Launch has successfully launched the EchoStar XI broadcast satellite from its ocean-based platform, marking its fourth successful mission of 2008 and its third mission for DISH Network. The satellite is based on Space Systems/Loral (SS/L)'s 1300 spacecraft bus. It is designed for an orbital service life of 15 years, with 20kW of power to support the expansion of DISH Network's capacity and capabilities to customers throughout the United States.http://www.sea-launch.com/http://www.ssloral.comIn March 2008, SES AMERICOM confirmed that its AMC-14...

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Aircell Selects LTE as 4G Wireless Standard for Inflight Connectivity

Aircell will base its 4G mobile broadband network on Long Term Evolution (LTE). Specifically, Aircell said it intends to deploy LTE to enable the next generation ultra-high bandwidth mobile services such as hi-definition and interactive TV and multi- player immersive gaming for airline passengers."The 4G market is still evolving but one thing is for sure, passengers will want the same mobile broadband services in the air that they have on the ground,"...

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Verizon Extends FiOS Services in Florida

Verizon has expanded the availability of its FiOS network, making the service available to nearly 800,000 homes and businesses in six West Central Florida counties. Verizon currently offers FiOS Internet and FiOS TV services in dozens of communities in Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota counties, and the company continues to upgrade its network to all fiber in these areashttp://www.verizon....

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Sunrise Adds VDSL2 Testing to Its Home Test Toolkit

Sunrise Telecom has added VDSL2 test capabilities to its Home Test Toolkit (HTT). Previously available only in North America, the test system is now available worldwide. The HTT allows technicians to test key interfaces, signals, and functions at the customer location during installation. The HTT's next step logic guides technicians through the installation process, and indicates probable locations and causes of problems, speeding both installation...

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Motorola Introduces Wireless Ethernet Bridge for 5.4/5.8 GHz bands

Motorola introduced a new Wireless Ethernet Bridge -- the PTP 300 Series -- that provides a point-to-point bridge over a line-of-sight distance of up to 155 miles, with near-line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) ranges of up to 25 miles and 6 miles respectively. Operating in the 5.4 and 5.8 GHz bands at data rates up to 25 Mbps, the PTP 300, which is part of Motorola's Wireless Broadband portfolio, also boasts the highest spectral efficiency...

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Verizon Offers Multi-Platform Disney Channel Games Experience

Verizon is collaborating with Disney on offering an on-screen and online Disney Channel Games experience, with special TV previews and online multi-player gaming action, to its FiOS TV, FiOS Internet and High Speed Internet customers ."Disney Channel Games" will present comedic relay races, grand-scale obstacle courses and entertaining challenges in five special half-hour telecasts. Exclusive short-form content, including one-on-one interviews with the players and behind-the-scenes material, is now available first to FiOS TV subscribers via video...

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