Octasic Provides Echo Cancellation for ZTE's 3G

ZTE has selected Octasic's echo cancellation and voice quality enhancement (VQE) solutions for its 3G products. Specifically, ZTE's 3G Platform Division has selected Octasic's OCT6100 devices for integration into its high-density Base Station Controllers (BSC) for GSM networks.ZTE's ZXG10 iBSC is based on an all IP platform and has integrated the Octasic OCT6100 solution including Tandem Free Operation (TFO). Also known as Vocoder bypass, TFO is...

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Xobni Raises $7 Million for MS Outlook Plug-in

Xobni, a start-up based in San Francisco, closed $7 million in second round funding for its Microsoft Outlook plug-in. The software offers lightning fast search and organization of an Outlook inbox. Xobni (which is "in-box" spelled backwards) has evolved from a private, invite-only beta to publicly available software that's been downloaded over 1.5 million times. Xobni has evolved from a private, invite-only beta to publicly available software that's been downloaded over 1.5 million times.The funding round was backed by new investor Cisco Systems,...

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Deltacom Expands GigE, 2.5Gbps and 10Gbps Wavelength Services

ITC^DeltaCom has extended its GigE, 2.5Gbps and 10Gbps wavelength services availability to a number of new markets across the Southeast. The wavelength services are now available in the following new markets: Wilsonville and Mobile, AL; Savannah, Augusta and two additional carrier hotels in Atlanta, GA; Lake City, Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, Orlando, Tampa, Ocala, Archer and Pensacola, FL; Columbia and Greenville, SC; and Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh, NC. The company said its network upgrade is ahead of schedule with the completion of...

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Japan's Global Access Tests 100 GbE with Infinera

Global Access Limited (GAL), which owns and operates a network linking Japan's major cities and cable landing points on the Japanese coast, completed a trial of 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) using Infinera's platform. During the test, 100 GbE traffic was sent over a live network between Tokyo and Osaka, a round trip of about 1,200 km. This 100 GbE demonstration showed that GAL's existing network based on the Infinera Digital Optical Networking system can carry 100 GbE traffic using Infinera's Bandwidth Virtualization paradigm.Last year, GAL deployed...

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2Wire Debuts Modular Broadband HomePortal

2Wire unveiled its HomePortal GEM modular platform for enabling broadband service providers to quickly deploy a wide range of new services, ranging from cordless phone DECT base stations and femtocells, to home control interfaces and intelligent home servers. The platform is designed for incremental expansion through physical modules as well as software, applications, and management systems. An application software development kit (SDK) and snap-on...

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Huawei to Open R&D Center with Telecom Italia

Huawei Technologies and Telecom Italia signed an agreement to establish a Network Innovation Centre (NIC), which will work in close relation with Telecom Italia research and innovation labs (TILab) to develop new technologies for the carrier. The NIC will focus on research on green ultra-broadband network, Quality of Services, Quality of Experience, Fixed Mobile Convergence etc. to provide more services and better experience to users in Italy. http://www.huawei....

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China's State Council Issues 3G Licenses

China's State Council issues 3G licenses to the nation's top three mobile operators. The licenses employ all three major standards, including the domestically developed TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access), WCDMA and CDMA 2000. China Mobile will use TD-SCDMA, while China Unicom and China Telecom will use WCDMA and CDMA 2000, respectively. http://english.gov...

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Freescale Targets $200 Netbooks with 1GHz ARM

Freescale Semiconductor marked its entrance into the fast-growing netbook market with a solution based on the new i.MX515 processor featuring ARM Cortex-A8 technology,. Freescale's solution includes Ubuntu software, components and resources for OEMs. The new i.MX515 provides up to 2100 Dhrystone MIPS and can scale in performance from 600MHz to 1GHz. Freescale is also including a new power management IC, an ultra low-power audio codec and Adobe...

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PCTEL Acquires Wi-Sys for GPS Antenna Optimization

PCTEL, which develops propagation and optimization solutions for the wireless industry, has acquired Wi-Sys Communications, an Ottawa, Canada based company that specializes in GPS antenna and receiver technology, for $2.1 million. Wi-Sys' core products include a family of magnetic and fixed mount GPS antennas, OEM antennas and integrated GPS receiver-antennas to address GPS requirements at all levels of integration in military, public safety, marine and commercial applications. In 2008, Wi-Sys' proprietary products and technology generated approximately...

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LG Electronics Unveils Broadband TV with Netflix

LG Electronics unveiled its broadband-enabled HDTVs with Netflix streaming software embedded directly in the TV. The new LCD and plasma "Broadband HDTVs" will display movies, TV episodes and high-definition (HD) content from Netflix. An Ethernet port enables the broadband connection. LG's new LCD and plasma HDTVs will join the LG BD300 Network Blu-ray Disc Player, the first Blu-ray disc player to stream movies instantly from Netflix. http:/...

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Industry Conference Schedule for Q1 2009

International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 08-Jan-09 to 11-Jan-09 Las Vegas ITEXPO EAST 2009 02-Feb-09 to 04-Feb-09 Miami DesignCon 2009 02-Feb-09 to 05-Feb-09 Santa Clara, California 3GSM Mobile World Congress 16-Feb-09...

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Force10 and Turin Networks to Merge

Turin Networks and Force10 Networks announced a merger agreement. The deal combines leading equipment suppliers for the service provider and enterprise data center markets. Turin Networks is a leading provider in the wireless backhaul aggregation market with products deployed in more than 60 thousand North American cell sites. Force10 Networks has the industry's second highest revenue share for total 10 Gigabit Ethernet, as ranked by the Dell'Oro...

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