Equinix Unveils New Branding, Marks 10th Anniversary

Equinix launched a new corporate brand to mark its 10th anniversary. The company said its new logo, which represents a fortress structure, symbolizes the critical role that it plays in safeguarding its customers' information assets. In addition, with the increasingly global nature of its business, Equinix's Internet Business Exchange (IBX) data centers will be re-branded as "International Business Exchange" data centers, representing Equinix's...

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Verizon Beats Estimates with Growth in Wireless , FiOS, Business Services;

Verizon Communications reported strong results for Q3 2008 supported by Verizon Wireless' continued strong performance, accelerating numbers of new FiOS customers, and continued increased sales of strategic business services. Verizon's total operating revenues grew 4.1 percent to $24.8 billion in the third quarter 2008, from $23.8 billion in the third quarter 2007. This is an increase of 5.4 percent when adjusted for the spinoff of non-strategic...

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Indonesia's Axis Expands GSM Network with Ericsson

Axis, Indonesia's newest GSM/3G operator, has awarded an expansion contract to Ericsson for the next phase of the operator's national network rollout program. The agreement, which includes network operation and technical support, will allow Axis to provide improved services and greater coverage to its subscribers while reducing operating expenses. Under the agreement, Ericsson will be responsible for the deployment of a GSM/EDGE and WCDMA radio...

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Cox Confirms Plans for Wireless Launch in 2009

Cox Communications, the third largest cable operator in the U.S, with 6.2 million customers, confirmed plans to add wireless offerings to its bundle of entertainment and communications service. Specifically, Cox will use Sprint's nationwide network to quickly enter the market in 2009. At the same time, Cox is concurrently building its own 3G network for additional market launches in 2009. Cox will also test 4G technology utilizing LTE (long term...

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Atheros Targets 802.11g Upgrades with "Align" 802.11n Silicon

Atheros Communications introduced its new "Align" product line based on the IEEE draft 802.11n 1-stream specification. The new silicon provides a low-cost solution for enabling Wi-Fi devices that deliver performance enhancements over the existing 802.11g technology, at comparable price points. Align solutions are also forward compatible to higher-performance, multi-stream, MIMO-based 802.11n. Target applications include low-cost notebook, netbook,...

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Atheros Revenue Rises to Record $138.1 million

Atheros Communications reported record Q3 revenue of $138.1 million, compared with $121.5 million reported in the second quarter of 2008 and $106.3 million reported in the third quarter of 2007. Net income (GAAP) was $10.1 million or $0.16 per diluted share. This compares with GAAP net income of $10.1 million or $0.16 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2008. GAAP net income in the third quarter of 2007 was $9.7 million or $0.16 per diluted share. Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term marketable securities were $274.1 million at Sept....

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Microsoft Debuts "Azure" Internet Cloud Services Platform

Microsoft introduced its "Windows Azure" operating system and Azure Services Platform (Azure) for cloud-based computing using Microsoft global data center network. Microsoft said its aim is to provide developers with the on-demand compute and storage resources to host, scale, and manage Internet or cloud applications. Over the past year, Microsoft has opened major data centers in Quincy, Washington, and San Antonio, Texas. Additional Microsoft...

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ADC Notes Key OFDMA Intellectual Property for LTE, WiMAX

ADC announced that its OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access) multipoint-to-point technology has been recognized in the upcoming update of "WiMAX/LTE IPR and Market Impact Report" from broadband wireless and WiMAX industry research and analysis firm Maravedis Inc. The Maravedis report also noted Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia, Huawei, AT&T, Nortel and Ericsson as companies with key 4G technologies.OFDMA technology divides available bandwidth into many orthogonal subcarriers, which can be dynamically allocated to multiple users as needed....

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CenturyTel to Acquire EMBARQ

CenturyTel agreed to acquire EMBARQ, creating one of the leading communications companies in the United States. The two companies have a combined operating presence in 33 states with approximately eight million access lines and two million broadband customers. The combined company is expected to have pro forma revenue in excess of $8.8 billion, pro forma EBITDA of approximately $4.2 billion, pro forma leverage of 2.1 times EBITDA and pro forma free...

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AT&T Expands U-verse TV channel Lineup

AT&T announced several additions to its U-verse TV channel lineup, including more than 30 new HD channels and new international programming packages for Chinese, Polish, Russian, French and European-sports audiences. Beginning Nov. 3, U-verse TV customers will receive up to 30 new HD channels at no additional charge as part of their existing HD service subscription, depending on their programming package. With the additions, U-verse TV offers...

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ZeroG Wireless Secures $17 Million for Low-Power Wi-Fi

ZeroG Wireless, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, closed $17 million in Series B funding for its development of low-power Wi-Fi chips. The company is focused on "Long Tail" market segments that were previously unserved by Wi-Fi. Such Wi-Fi applications could include Smart Energy, consumer electronics, home and building controls, portable medical devices, sensor networks, etc. Product plans have not been disclosed.The funding round was...

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Mformation: 80% of Mobile Subscribers Seek Personalization

Consumers want to be able to choose from a range of applications and services and then tailor them to their needs when buying a new phone. According to new research commissioned by mobile device management (MDM) specialist Mformation, 80 percent of respondents indicated that they would use mobile services more if greater personalization were possible. 67 percent of mobile subscribers stated they would be willing to pay a premium to personalize their mobile devices and the applications and services on them. Other key findings from the survey...

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Telstra's 1.28 Tbps Endeavour Cable Enters Commercial Service

"Telstra Endeavour", a new 9,120-kilometer submarine cable linking Australia and the United States, has gone live. The new cable, which can carry up to 1.28 Terabits per second of traffic, is named for Captain Cook's flagship Endeavour. The cable took 18 months to build and has been transmitting data since mid September."This is the first international cable to be laid out of Australia in seven years and is the only Australian cable that is 100%...

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NTT DOCOMO Selects Fujitsu + NSN for Super 3G/LTE Core

NTT DOCOMO has selected Fujitsu to provide Nokia Siemens Networks' core technology for its Super 3G / Long Term Evolution core network. Fujitsu and Nokia Siemens Networks have agreed to cooperate on jointly developing the Service Architecture Evolution (SAE) Gateway, including the Serving Gateway and the PDN Gateway, for the Super 3G project's Long Term Evolution (LTE) core. Financial terms were not disclosed.The selection of SAE Gateway vendors...

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