Ditech Networks Launches Bluetooth Solution For Headsets

Ditech Networks introduced a voice quality solution for Bluetooth headsets and hands-free car kits that leverages the same algorithms that already have been deployed and proven in mobile networks worldwide.Ditech's VQABlue's suite of DSP-based algorithms, which is now being licensed to Bluetooth original design manufacturers (ODMs), includes technologies that improve voice quality for the caller, in addition to the person called. Current solutions...

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JDSU Acquires Circadiant for SFP+ and 10 GigE Stress Testing

JDSU has acquired Circadiant, a supplier of SFP+, 10 GigE and other stressed signal test solutions. Terms of the acquisition were not released.Circadiant standards-based test solutions include the Hydra platform, a 10 GigE Long Reach Multimode (LRM) and 10 GigE SFP+ test systems, and the OST platform for testing optical components, modules and systems using real-world conditions. The company was founded in 2000 by Dr. John S. French, and Dr. William...

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Cisco and IBM Target TelePresence for Retail Banking

Cisco and IBM announced a TelePresence solution help enable retail banks to use their experts more efficiently for direct client interaction regardless of where they are located or which delivery channel (e.g. phone, Internet, video, telepresence, etc.) they are using for communications.Cisco TelePresence for Banking will allow users to experience virtual face-to-face interactions with others in any global location, and it eliminates the cost, time and carbon footprint associated with physically traveling to meetings. The joint IBM/Cisco solution...

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Alcatel-Lucent Wins New Mobile Network Contract in Nigeria

Nigeria's Emerging Market Telecom Services Ltd (EMTS), a subsidiary of M/s Etisalat and M/s Mubadala Development Company, has awarded Alcatel-Lucent a multi-million Euro contract for the deployment of its new mobile cellular network in the country on a turnkey basis. Alcatel-Lucent will also provide network deployment and integration services, as well as related infrastructure such as towers, masts and power systems. The contract was secured through Alcatel Shanghai Bell. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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NETGEAR to Offer "GearHead" Consumer Technical Support Service

NETGEAR is launching "GearHead Services", a 24x7 remote technical support for U.S. consumers. NETGEAR's GearHead Services provide 24x7 PC and network support on both a subscription and pay-per-incident basis. Two tiers of service are initially offered: SupportPak 6 and SupportPak 12, providing six or twelve months of unlimited 24x7 phone-based technical support. The six months service is priced at $65.95 and the 12-month service is $89.95....

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NASA Tests Vint Cerf's Deep Space Internet

NASA successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet and software originally proposed by Vint Cerf more than ten years ago. Engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory used the Disruption-Tolerant Networking, (DTN) software to transmit dozens of space images to and from a NASA science spacecraft located about 20 million miles from Earth.The DTN sends information using a store-and-forward method that differs from the normal Internet's Transmission-Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, or TCP/IP, communication...

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Qualcomm Again Held in Contempt of Injunction on 3G Infringing Broadcom Patent

A federal judge has found Qualcomm in contempt of an injunction entered last December that was designed to prevent Qualcomm from continued infringement of two Broadcom patents."This is the second time that Qualcomm has been found in contempt of the same federal court injunction," said David Rosmann, Broadcom's Vice President, Intellectual Property Litigation. "Qualcomm's ongoing contempt reflects a remarkable disregard for a system meant to protect intellectual property rights."In a statement, Broadcom said the injunction prohibits Qualcomm from...

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Tektronix Enhances its GeoProbe for Cable Operators

Tektronix Communications has added a number of enhancements to its GeoProbe platform to specifically address Quality of Experience (QoE) and Quality of Service (QoS) monitoring and management in cable MSO networks.As part of Tektronix' Unified Assurance suite of applications, GeoProbe products enable network engineers to proactively monitor, manage, diagnose, and troubleshoot the overall health of mobile, fixed, and multi-service networks. The GeoProbe...

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GSMA Calls for Pay-Buy-Mobile NFC Handsets by mid-2009

The GSMA has issued an industry call for full NFC functionality - including the standardized 'Single Wire Protocol' interface - to be built into commercially available mobile handsets from mid-2009.The GSMA's Board - meeting this week in Macau, China - said it fully supports the need for the ETSI-endorsed "Single Wire Protocol" standard to provide the interface between the Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC, or SIM card) and the embedded NFC...

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NTT Com Launches Global e-VLAN Service

NTT Communications announced the launch of Global e-VLAN, an updated version of its Global Super Link (GSL) wide-area Ethernet service, which will seamlessly connect with NTT Com's domestic wide-area Ethernet service e-VLAN. The service provides multipoint-to-multipoint Ethernet connections and users will be able to communicate between their offices in Japan and other countries by connecting their e-VLAN and Global e-VLAN as a unified layer 2 network....

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GSMA and Neustar Complete ENUM Pilot

The GSM Association (GSMA), the global trade association for the mobile industry, and NeuStar have completed a pilot of their Carrier ENUM service. The service, recently branded "PathFinder", is now generally available to mobile and fixed network operators, carriers and related service providers. Supported by Bharti, Lleida.net, mobilkom austria, SMART, Telekom Austria, Telecom Italia and Telenor, the PathFinder service pilot successfully exchanged...

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Huawei Joins GSMA's Embedded Mobile initiative

Huawei has joined the GSMA's Embedded Mobile initiative, which will initially focus on bringing the benefits of continuous mobile connectivity to the consumer electronics, clean energy, healthcare, transport and utilities sectors.Devices with embedded mobile connections can automatically exchange images, information and other data with mobile phones, computers or the Internet, enabling people, businesses and society as a whole to function more efficiently and effectively. The Embedded Mobile initiative is being led by KTF, Rogers Wireless, Smart,...

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Amazon Launches CloudFront CDN Beta

Amazon has extended its web services initiative with the beta launch of CloudFront, a self-service, pay-as-you-go web service for content delivery. CloudFront enables website owners to distribute HTTP content (such as photos or other graphics) through Amazon.com's worldwide network of edge locations that provide low latency and high data transfer speeds. The service is designed to work seamlessly with the company's other web services, such as Amazon...

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