Huawei Debuts 3G/2G Software Defined Radio (SDR) Base Station

Huawei Technologies introduced a 3G / 2G Software Defined Radio (SDR) Single RAN base station. The product was developed in close cooperation with technologists from Vodafone who are exploring how to enhance the customer experience in a more cost-effective and energy efficient way. The development is one of the first products from Huawei and Vodafone's Radio Mobile Innovation Centre based in Madrid, Spain.Using Huawei's latest Remote Radio Unit, Huawei's Single RAN solution aims to provide greater cost efficiencies for operators in the areas...

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Huawei Introduces 1.28T OTN Optical Transport, 10 Gbps PONs

At this week's Broadband World Forum Europe in Brussels, Huawei Technologies introduced a number of optical transport products and extended its IPTIME (IP Transport Infrastructure for Multi-play Experience) solution Product introductions include the new 1.28T OTN OptiX OSN 8800, OptiX OSN 1800 and 10G GPON prototype systems.The OptiX OSN 8800 is a 1.128 Tbps optical switch that integrates 40G/100G, ROADM, OTN Switch, ASON/GMPLS. It can provide high bandwidth transport and grooming capabilities. The OptiX OSN 1800 system supports full service...

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Panama's Digicel Deploys GSM/EDGE with Ericsson

Ericsson has signed a sole-supplier agreement with Digicel Group for the nationwide deployment of a GSM/EDGE network in Panama. Financial terms were not disclosed.Under the agreement, Ericsson will be sole supplier of a GSM/EDGE network including radio access network, Mobile Softswitch Solution, mobile backhaul solution with optical and microwave products and Convergent Charging and Billing solution. Ericsson will also be responsible for network...

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Matisse Networks Adds to Executive Team

Matisse Networks, a start-up specializing in optical burst switching (OBS) technology, announced that Craig Easley and Hank Zoeller have joined its executive management team.Craig Easley joins Matisse as the Vice President of Marketing with global responsibility for both marketing communications and product management. Easley previously worked at Bay Networks, Nortel Networks, Extreme Networks and most recently Actelis Networks. He has served five...

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Aktino Expands Sales Team for EMEA

Aktino, a supplier of Carrier Ethernet and broadband services over bonded copper, has retained members of the same sales team previously responsible for Worldwide Packets' presence in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The team of experienced sales directors and sales engineers is led by Andy Charalambous, the former international vice president at Worldwide Packets when it was bought by Ciena in March 2008. With him on the team are Marco Berkheij and Dolf Godlieb.Aktino has been recently building a presence in Europe, and its bonded copper...

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Verizon Business Examines the Problem of Data-Breaches

Enterprises should assess their security strategies knowing that the challenges differ significantly by industry and that a one-size-fits-all approach is rarely effective, according to a newly released study from Verizon Business. The study is based on the 2008 Verizon Business Data Breach Investigations Report, issued in June. This report analyzed breaches spanning four years and more than 500 forensic investigations involving 230 million compromised...

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FCC Appoints Jon Peha as Chief Technologist

Dr. Jon M. Peha has been named Chief Technologist of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), where he will serve as a senior advisor on communications technology in the FCC's Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis.Currently, Dr. Peha is a Professor in the Departments of Engineering and Public Policy, and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). He also serves as the Associate Director of the Center...

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Jungo Offers IPTV Fast Channel Switching Solution

Jungo's "OpenRG" residential gateway software now supports a fast channel-switching feature. This solution enables service providers to enhance consumers' IPTV experience by improving the channel-switching performance of broadband access equipment.Jungo said subscribers expect switching between hundreds of channels to be smooth and fast. However, in reality, IPTV users often experience slow response times, and sub-standard picture quality, further affected by pixelation. These problems tend to increase in homes with multiple STBs. A channel switching...

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Jungo Offers IPTV Fast Channel Switching Solution

Jungo's "OpenRG" residential gateway software now supports a fast channel-switching feature. This solution enables service providers to enhance consumers' IPTV experience by improving the channel-switching performance of broadband access equipment.Jungo said subscribers expect switching between hundreds of channels to be smooth and fast. However, in reality, IPTV users often experience slow response times, and sub-standard picture quality, further affected by pixelation. These problems tend to increase in homes with multiple STBs. A channel switching...

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Bandwidth.com Selects Sonus

Sonus Networks has completed the first phase implementation of a next-generation network (NGN) deployment with Bandwidth.com. The new all IP network at Bandwidth.com will deliver secure, advanced business communications services to small and medium businesses across the United States. Bandwidth.com is introducing a complete Sonus IP-based session control network as part of the company's business plan to become a nation-wide competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC). The first services on the Sonus-based network are already live, providing integrated...

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Ixia Offers 40 GE and 100 GE Testing Capability

At this week's Broadband World Forum Europe in Brussels, Ixia is showing 40 GE and 100 GE testing technology. The Ixia 40 GE proof-of-concept demonstration includes an implementation of and testing facility for the 40/100 GE physical coding sublayer (PCS) layer approved as the baseline proposal by the IEEE P802.3ba task force, with its underlying multilane distribution (MLD) architecture. MLD enables network providers to bond multiple 10 GE or higher-speed lanes into a single logical 40/100 GE link. MLD provides a means of "striping" a 40 Gbps...

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Moonblink Adds to Team

Moonblink Communications, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, announced the appointment of Gordon Poole as VP of Business Development. Before joining Moonblink, Mr. Poole served as Vice President of Strategic Accounts for Proxim Wireless, where he was responsible for sales to OEMs and government entities. Prior to that, he held senior management roles at YDI Wireless and Terabeam Wireless. Moonblink is a value-added distributor providing WiFi, WiMAX, VoIP, surveillance camera systems, license-free and licensed broadband wireless solutions...

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Belgacom Selects Ipanema for Application-centric Network Management

Belgacom will use Ipanema Technologies' Autonomic Networking System to develop a new application-centric service. The Ipanema element provides Belgacom's customers with real-time visibility and control of what is happening on their Virtual Private Network (VPN). Customers using the Ipanema system will also be able to dynamically manage, accelerate and prioritize traffic to meet their individual business needs.http://www.ipanematech....

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