Verizon Wireless Drives 4G LTE Open Device Specifications

Verizon Wireless has published an initial set of technical specifications for devices that will run on its Long Term Evolution (LTE) fourth generation (4G) network. The specs provide guidelines for both access and data transport for LTE devices. They are intended to serve as a roadmap for developers who choose to develop devices for submission to the LTE certification process.To encourage developers to design devices that can take advantage of...

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Verizon Achieves 3% Improvement in CO2 Efficiency

Verizon's rate of 64 metric tons of CO2 emissions per million dollars in revenue in 2008 represents a year-over-year improvement of 3 percent, according to figures cited by the company. Overall, Verizon's "carbon intensity" is approximately nine times below the U.S. average, as reported by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.Verizon cited a number of ongoing initiatives that should see its energy efficiency improve even more in the years ahead....

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Dow Jones: Venture Investments Plummet in Q1

Venture capitalists invested just $3.90 billion in U.S. companies in the quarter, a 50% decline from the nearly $7.78 billion invested over the same period in 2008 and the lowest quarterly investment total since 1998, according to a new report from Dow Jones VentureSource . The study found that only 477 venture deals were completed in the quarter, well below the 706 deals done in the first quarter last year and the industry's lowest quarterly deal total since 1996. Some other key findings from Dow Jones VentureSource:The software sector saw $728...

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Nokia Siemens Networks to open Distribution Center in Indonesia

Nokia Siemens Networks plans to increase its operations in Indonesia by setting-up a telecoms equipment distribution hub in the country. The company said the hub in Indonesia will mark its first such facility within the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). http://www.nsn....

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OKI Develops Polarization-Mode Dispersion Control for 100+ Gbps Optical Networks

OKI Electric Industry, in partnership with Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, has developed a technology to precisely suppress Polarization-Mode Dispersion (PMD), which is the main cause of interference when attempting high-speed optical communication greater than 100Gbps. Using a "PMD Suppressor," OKI and NICT succeeded in an operational test using a 160Gbps optical signal, which is faster and more susceptible...

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China Telecom Launches 3G CDMA in 52 Cities with Huawei

China Telecom has activated commercial 3G CDMA networks in 52 cities across China. The networks use equipment supplied by Huawei Technologies."It is very exciting to see 3G CDMA services going live for the first time across China and Huawei is proud to have contributed to this important milestone," said Zhao Ming, Vice President of Wireless, Huawei. "There is no doubt that these world-class mobile communications technologies will generate enormous...

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Sony Ericsson's Mobile Phone Shipments Drop 35% in Q1

Sony Ericsson shipped 14.5 million mobile phones in Q1 2009, a decrease of 35% compared to the same period of last year and in line with March 20, 2009 interim announcement of approximately 14 million units. Sales for the quarter were Euro 1,736 million, a decrease of 36% from a year ago. Sales decreased primarily as a result of continued weak consumer confidence and de-stocking in the retail and distribution channels. Market share in the first...

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Cisco Opens Green Lab with China's Tsinghua University

Cisco has established a green technology research and development lab with China's renowned Tsinghua University. The lab which is co-led by the Electronic Engineering Department in Tsinghua University and the Cisco China Green Research and Development (R&D) Center will develop network-based technologies and solutions for intelligent urbanisation to support China's long-term strategy of green GDP growth, energy savings and emissions control.In...

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Cisco Supplies Transcoders for MTV Networks

MTV Networks (MTVN) is deploying Cisco's medianet products and technologies including MPEG-4 advanced video coding (AVC) and transcoding, Cisco TelePresence and Unified Communications systems.Specifically, the Cisco MPEG-4 AVC HD encoding/transcoding platform will deliver 16 flagship HD channels for MTVN - eight channels each for U.S. East Coast and West Coast feeds. The Cisco TelePresence meeting solution helps the broadcaster improve efficiency...

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Nortel Teams with Ingram Micro for Unified Communications In Australia

Ingram Micro has agreed to distribute Nortel's unified communications (UC) solutions to its network of IT resellers in Australia. This distribution agreement will see Ingram Micro playing a significant role in distributing Nortel's recently announced Software Communication System (SCS), which replicates all the functionality of a unified communications PBX on a standard server using out-of-the-box software. Ingram Micro will also stock Nortel's extensive range of solutions designed to integrate with Microsoft and IBM's UC platforms, including its...

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