T-Mobile Austria Deploys Huawei Intelligent Packet Network

Huawei Technologies has implemented a replacement of T-Mobile Austria' s core data network 3 months ahead of planned schedule. The deployment uses Huawei' s advanced intelligent packet switch platform,Huawei said its ability to move the implementation schedule ahead by 3 months represented a 50% reduction in the planned deployment schedule of the SGSN. This was accomplished without any impact on existing customer services and without compromising...

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T-Mobile Austria Deploys Huawei Intelligent Packet Network

Huawei Technologies has implemented a replacement of T-Mobile Austria' s core data network 3 months ahead of planned schedule. The deployment uses Huawei' s advanced intelligent packet switch platform,Huawei said its ability to move the implementation schedule ahead by 3 months represented a 50% reduction in the planned deployment schedule of the SGSN. This was accomplished without any impact on existing customer services and without compromising...

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Intel Offers Specialized Atom Processor for Cars, Internet Phones

Intel announced four unique versions of its Atom processors and two new system controller hub additions to the company's "embedded" business division product line-up. The new products for the Intel Atom processor Z5xx series include industrial-temperature options, as well as different package-size choices better suited for in-car infotainment devices, media phones, eco-technologies and other industrial-strength applications.New target applications...

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MediaXstream Leverages Hibernia Atlantic Cable for Delivering HD Media to Europe

MediaXstream, a provider of high definition (HD) network services for broadcast, media & entertainment, has reserved multiple 10 Gbps wavelengths of capacity from North America to Dublin and London over the Hibernia Atlantic cable system. Financial terms were not disclosed."MediaXstream caters to the media and entertainment industries, so we need to ensure that our network services are transported with the highest quality routing and security," states Delwin Bothof, President and CEO of MediaXstream. "We deliver high-definition, pristine...

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Xilinx Narrows Financial Guidance Citing Stronger Wireless Sales

Xilinx narrowed its financial guidance for the March quarter of fiscal 2009. The new guidance:March quarter sales are expected to be down 13% to 18% sequentially. This is an upward revision to previous sales guidance of down 15% to 25% sequentially due primarily to better than expected wireless communications sales.Gross margin guidance of 61% to 63% and operating expense guidance of flat to slightly down sequentially remain unchanged.http://www.investor.xilinx.c...

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Zayo Raises $128 Million in New Funding, More Acquisitions Coming?

Zayo Group, a regional provider of fiber based bandwidth, telecom and wholesale voice solutions, announced today that Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners (Morgan Stanley AIP) has joined in a second closing to complete its recently announced Series B round of equity financing. In total, $128 million of new equity was associated with the first and second closings.The first closing for the round of equity financing was announced on February...

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World of Warcraft Renews Hosting Deal with AT&T

AT&T and Blizzard Entertainment, a leading publisher of entertainment software, agreed to a two-year renewal for hosted services in North America. Blizzard Entertainment is best known for its Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo PC games as well as its massively multiplayer online (MMO) role-playing game World of Warcraft, which is available in eight languages and played by more than 11.5 million subscribers worldwide. Through multiple Internet Data...

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ARRIS Debuts ConvergeMedia VOD Products

ARRIS introduced its new ConvergeMedia portfolio of media application and distribution platforms for VOD and advanced advertising. The ConvergeMedia Distribution platform is comprised of two new media switching systems, each with specific market applications and On Demand content delivery capabilities:The ARRIS XMS (Any 'X' Media Stored & Streamed) Origin server has a high storage to stream ratio and is ideal for centralized and large video libraries. Based on a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) platform, XMS is optimized for performance across...

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NASA, Cisco Develop "Planetary Skin" for Climate Monitoring

NASA and Cisco have formed a partnership to develop a "Planetary Skin" -- an online collaborative global monitoring platform designed to capture, collect, analyze and report data on environmental conditions around the world. NASA provides continuous global observations of the planet using a constellation of spacecraft, as well as airborne and in situ ground instruments. Cisco will bring its experience and expertise in networking technologies and...

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Paul Jacobs Takes Over as Qualcomm Chairman from Father

Dr. Paul E. Jacobs has been elected chairman of Qualcomm's board of directors, replacing his father, Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, co-founder and CEO from the founding of Qualcomm in 1985 through 2005. Paul Jacobs has served as CEO of the company since his father retired from that position in 2005. http://www.qualcomm....

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Comcast to Roll Out 50 Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 in SF Bay Area

Comcast is rolling out its wideband DOCSIS 3.0 service in the San Francisco Bay Area. This enables a new Extreme 50 tier with download speeds of up to 50 Mbps. Wideband will also enable Comcast to double speeds for the majority of existing high-speed Internet customers at no additional cost."Wideband utilizes our existing fiber-optic network in neighborhoods across our footprint. With this next generation of service, our customers' online experience...

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Tata Teleservices Selects Alcatel-Lucent for CDMA/GSM Expansion

Tata Teleservices has awarded a 7-year contract to Alcatel-Lucent to expand its CDMA /GSM network in 22 states across India, covering close to 60 million subscribers. The deployment will use the Alcatel-Lucent optical multi-service node solution. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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tw telecom's Larissa Herda Calls for National Business Broadband Policy

A national broadband policy for businesses is needed to create the growth, efficiency and reduced costs that all American businesses need in order to deal with this recession, said Larissa Herda, CEO of tw telecom, in a keynote address at the COMPTEL Plus conference in Dallas. Herda is calling on competitive business broadband providers to engage Congress and the FCC in establishing a national Broadband Policy."The world has changed. The way we...

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Obama Nominates Genachowski for FCC Chairmanship

President Obama nominated Julius Genachowski to serve as chairman of the FCC, replacing Kevin Martin who left the post on Inauguration day. Genachowski, who served as technology advisor to the Obama campaign, holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School (1991), where he studied with Barack Obama.Genachowski is cofounder and Managing Director of LaunchBox Digital and Rock Creek Ventures, and a Special Advisor at General Atlantic. He was a senior executive...

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