Taiwan Targets FTTx

An interview with Mr. H.T. Ko, Executive Secretary of Committee of Communication Industry Development (CoCID), Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan  Question 1 Please describe the basic telecom regulatory structure in Taiwan. "In Taiwan, the government requires operators to apply for licenses. Taiwan has a national regulator called...

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Taiwan's TECOM Partners with Samsung on WiMAX

Taiwan-based TECOM has entered into a manufacturing partnership with Samsung for the production of WiMAX base stations. Under the pact unveiled at this month's Broadband Taiwan exhibition in Taipeimages/conferences/bb-taiwan.gifi, the companies also agreed to jointly produce RFID modules.http://www.tecom.com.twhttp://www.samsung....

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Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom selects Alcatel-Lucent Ethernet/MPLS

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), the largest telecommunications service provider in Taiwan, has selected Alcatel-Lucent's Ethernet/MPLS solutions for its fiber-to-the-building (FTTB) initiative. The new contract is part of CHT's "Optical Era Project," which involves an investment of approximately US$1.8 billion to construct an island-wide fiber optical network over a five-year period. The final goal of the project is to bring fiber optic connections to 2.4...

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Alcatel-Lucent Endows Chair at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

A new "Alcatel-Lucent Chair" has been established at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), enabling students in the Telecommunication Engineering Technical School to develop greater expertise in broadband multimedia services and applications. Topics of study include GPON, service routing, applications based on the IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) and other new services. The academic activities in the University will be completed with a period of...

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DISH Network Expands Local High Definition in 5 Markets

DISH Network has added high definition local channels in five U.S. markets: Florence - Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Fort Myers - Naples, Fla.; Greenville - New Bern - Washington, N.C.; Madison, Wis.; and Wilkes Barre - Scranton, Pa. DISH Network now offers local channels in 70 markets reaching 71 percent of U.S. TV households.http://www.dish....

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Telesat's Nimiq 4 Satellite begins Service for Canada

Telesat will launch commercial service October 11 on its Nimiq 4 satellite. Nimiq 4 is fully leased to Bell TV, which will use the new satellite to enhance and expand its High Definition (HD) TV channel services across Canada. Telesat's Nimiq 4 payload consists of 32 active high power transponders in Ku-band and eight transponders in Ka-band. Nimiq 4 operates from the 82Â degrees West orbital position and has an estimated mission life of 15 years.http://www.telesat.comNimiq...

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Verizon Business Rolls Out Unified Communications based on Cisco Platform

Verizon Business unveiled a new managed unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solution based on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.1 platform. Verizon is the first major U.S.-based service provider to rollout services over this Cisco platform. The new managed platform enables workers to seamlessly integrate communications tools such as voice mail, e-mail and instant messaging. It also allows corporate information technology...

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Ericsson Designs a Wind-Powered Cell Tower

Working with Vertical Wind AB and Uppsala University in Sweden, Ericsson researchers have developed a wind-powered tower for wireless base stations. The wind-powered Tower Tube takes the energy-lean design of Ericsson's original Tower Tube one step further by employing renewable energy. It harnesses wind power via a four-blade turbine with five-meter blades vertically attached to the tower. The vertical rotor blades work silently and minimize the...

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Huawei Gains WiMAX Wave 2 Certifications

Huawei Technologies has obtained three Wave 2 certifications from the WiMAX Forum for its newest WiMAX base station, the WiMAX DBS3900, and two of its terminal products, the BM325 and BM625, which are all based on the WiMAX 802.16e standard. The Wave2 certification testing was conducted in AT4 wireless laboratory, the WiMAX Forum Lead Laboratory.Huawei's latest generation WiMAX DBS3900 base station supports multi-mode functionality, such as WiMAX...

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Verizon Business Promotes "Everything over IP"

Verizon Business published a list of recommendations for enterprises pursuing an "Everything over IP" strategy. The advice includes:Make Telework Seamless -- Establishing secure connections between an IP network, a VPN (virtual private network) and a public IP network can be a great strategy to extend the reach of an organization's private IP network to employees on the move. Create a Culture of Collaboration -- Make every IP endpoint matter by...

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