NSN Demonstrates First Circuit Switched over HSPA Call (CSoHSPA)

Finnish operator Elisa and Nokia Siemens Networks have successfully demonstrated the world's first circuit switched call over a high speed packet access network (CSoHSPA). The company said this new technology allows operators to simply and cost effectively increase voice capacity of their 3G networks, potentially up to 100%. The trial call was conducted in Elisa's live 3G network using R&D prototype devices supplied by Nokia. Mobile systems...

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Quantenna Names David French as New CEO

Quantenna Communications, a start-up based in Fremont, California, named David French as its new CEO, succeeding Dr. Behrooz Rezvani, who will continue his role as president of Quantenna and chairman of the Board of Directors. French brings more than three decades of semiconductor experience to Quantenna. Most recently, he was president and CEO of Cirrus Logic Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor public company. Under French's leadership, Cirrus...

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Aruba Networks Builds a Virtual Branch Network with Wireless CPE

Aruba Networks introduced a Virtual Branch Network (VBN) solution that leverages low-cost, easy-to-deploy CPE to connect remote users with enterprise applications and network policies.Whereas current branch office networking solutions replicate routing, switching, firewall, and other services at each remote location using various appliances, Aruba's concept is to use a single, secure wireless router to tunnel back to an Aruba wireless LAN controller....

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Covad Names Aamir Hussain Chief Technology Officer

Covad Communications named Aamir Hussain as its new Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Hussain comes to Covad from Telus, where he served as Vice President, National Planning, Engineering and Capital Management. Prior to Telus, Mr. Hussain held senior-level positions for numerous companies, including Qwest Communications, AT&T, Samsung Telecommunications, and Motorola. http://www.covad....

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Alcatel-Lucent Launches 'Broadband for All' Program in US

Alcatel-Lucent has kicked off a "Broadband for All" program in the United States to provide advisory services to telecommunications companies, municipalities and developers interested in applying for broadband stimulus funds as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act (ARRA) of 2009. The Act provides more than $7 billion in grants, loans and loan guarantees to unserved and underserved rural areas, offering them broadband access and services that have been previously limited or unavailable.More than 6,200 small service providers,...

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AT&T Boosts is European Disaster Recovery Resources

AT&T is expanding its pan-European Disaster Recovery resources with the addition of increased technology, equipment and manpower. Currently, the company's disaster recovery resources in EMEA include a dedicated 650 square meter warehouse located in the UK, a 14-meter articulated trailer, a custom-built flatbed truck to house two fly-away disaster recovery units and a new control and command centre. The NDR technology trailers and containers are specially designed to mimic the technologies present in the AT&T network. AT&T plans to add...

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Juniper Deliver EX8216 Ethernet Switch for High-Performance Clouds

Juniper Networks released a new 16-slot EX8216 Ethernet platform boasting a switch fabric capacity of up to 12.4 terabits and optimized for high-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) data center and cloud computing environments. The modular EX8216 switch delivers wire-rate performance, low latency and carrier-class reliability.The EX8200 line, which also includes the eight-slot EX8208, features a per-slot capacity of 320 Gbps and delivers up to two...

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Cisco Outlines Unified Service Delivery Foundation for Cloud Services

Cisco outlined a Unified Service Delivery framework to help service providers build a foundation for cloud services.The aim is to combine Cisco's data center portfolio and Unified Computing architecture with the capabilities of its Internet Protocol Next-Generation Networks (IP NGNs) solutions. More specifically, Cisco's Unified Service Delivery would enable a service provider to deliver video, data and video services from the data center, enabling...

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