Airspan to Supply Municipal WiMAX in Galicia, Spain

Airspan Networks has been selected by the government of La Xunta, Spain, through its service provider R, to create two WiMAX networks, one to be used by the municipality to remotely connect offices throughout the region and a second WiMAX network connecting several industrial zones and businesses.Airspan noted that the Galicia region in northern Spain faces especially challenging connectivity issues due to a rough terrain and landscape. Laying traditional wire cabling across the county is not feasible, which has left much of the region's constituency,...

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M3X Media Buys Capacity from Level 3

M3X, a private digital entertainment and multimedia technology and services company, will utilize the North America data network of Level 3 Communications as its primary content delivery infrastructure. Specifically, M3X is using Level 3's content delivery network (CDN) services and its IP backbone.M3X Media's software allows for the secure download, storage and enhanced playback options for personal media (music, video, games and TV programming). The company is focusing on portable media storage by integrating its proprietary software based on...

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NTT Com to Offer HOTSPOT WLAN Service on Bullet Trains

NTT Com has launched HOTSPOT Express, a wireless local area network (WLAN) service aboard N700 Series cars of the Tokaido Shinkansen (bullet train) between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka. The service will also be introduced in waiting lounges of all 17 stations along the route. This is the first wireless Internet access service on any Shinkansen line in Japan.HOTSPOT Express will offer maximum downlinks of 2 Mbps per each 16-coach bullet train for any IEEE 802.11b/g-compatible PC, smartphone or other mobile device. The monthly charge will be 819 yen (including...

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Sprint Upgrades its Network in Hawaii

During 2008, Sprint invested $11.5 million in the Hawaii metro market for network expansion and enhancements for its Sprint Nationwide Network and Nextel National Network. During the fourth quarter of 2008, Sprint added 12 wireless cell sites and invested approximately $4.7 million to enhance the Nationwide Sprint Network in Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island. http://www.sprint....

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Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom Conduct 100G R&D Field Trial

Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom have completed a field trial of 100 Gbps optical transmission. Ericsson supplied its Marconi MHL 3000 WDM platform as part of the publicly funded 100GET R&D project. For the demonstration, an existing link with mixed 10G and 40G traffic with a 50 GHz channel spacing was used. A line rate of 112 Gbps was achieved using polarization multiplexed RZ-DQPSK and a fast polarization tracker over 600 km standard SMF. The link included multiple ROADMs and unequally distributed amplifiers. Hans-Dieter Haag, member of CTO-organization...

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