Avaya and IBM Expand Relationship With Focus on Unified Communications

Avaya and IBM announced an expansion of their alliance to deliver unified communications solutions backed by newly Avaya certified security products for enterprise clients and government organizations worldwide. <>The two companies also plan to focus support on Avaya Aura -- Avaya's new unified communications architecture -- by incorporating Avaya Aura into existing IBM converged communications services.In addition, Avaya has certified the...

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U.S. Completes Historic Transition to DTV

On June 11, the United States completed its technological transition from analog to digital television. On June 12, all full-power television stations in the United States are required to stop analog TV broadcast service and transmit only digital signals.The digital TV (DTV) transition, which was first proposed and mapped out two decades ago, clears valuable airwaves for new advanced wireless services, including first-responder radio.Earlier this...

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UTStarcom Cuts Jobs by 50%, Narrows Focus to China, India

UTStarcom announced a broad corporate restructuring under which it will reduce employment levels by 50% and focus its remaining resources on the products and regions likely to drive revenue growth and where it holds a competitive advantage. The company's initiatives will bring its annualized operating expenses below $100 million representing a greater than 50% reduction from current levels. By the end of this year, UTStarcom will reduce the employee headcount to less than 2,000 marking a greater than 50% reduction from the current level. The company...

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Fujitsu Develops 10 Gbps Impulse-Radio Millimeter-band Transceiver

Researchers at Fujitsu Laboratories have developed an impulse radio-based high-capacity wireless transmission system based on millimeter-band transmissions in the 70-100 gigahertz (70-100 GHz) range band. The technology has been demonstrated in kilometer-range wireless transmissions. Fujitsu claims the technology can achieve throughput exceeding 10 Gbps. Potential applications include ultra-fast wireless LANs and for high-capacity trunk lines in...

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Huawei Offers WiMAX Distributed Base Station

Huawei Technologies introduced the first commercial WiMAX distributed base station (DBS) with 4T4R (four transmitters and four receivers). The technology enables operators will to reduce the number of base station sites in certain areas while increasing operator efficiency by supporting multi-standard convergence. The design, which can also be configured into two 2T2R base stations, is based on Huawei' s fourth-generation base station platform, and also incorporates green technologies such as natural cooling and a high efficiency power amplifier....

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Deutsche Telekom to offer Microsoft Office on a Monthly Plan

Deutsche Telekom will become the first telecommunications provider to offer Microsoft Office to customers on monthly payment plan.T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom's business division will offer the latest version of Microsoft Office on a monthly payment plan to their customers. The PC-based offer will be available to T-Mobile Austria mobile broadband customers and fixed broadband business customers in Germany from Q3 2009. The offering will extend to...

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Monster Introduces “SuperThin Cable" for HDMI

Monster, which supplies cables, AV accessories, and power conditioning products, introduced new line of "Powered" SuperThin Cables for HDMI. The cables are designed for use with a wide variety of electronics devices, ranging from super-slim flat-panel TVs to digital video cameras, home theater systems, gaming systems or portable computers. The new products are the first fruits of a recently announced collaboration with RedMere, a leader in advanced...

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Mformation Publishes Survey Finds Mobile Users Worried about Loss and Mobile Fraud

A survey of 4,000 mobile users in the U.S. and the U.K. has found that 40% of people would rather lose their wallet than their mobile device. A significant amount of information is now stored on mobile devices. 94% of users surveyed store telephone numbers while 65% also store address and other contact information on their phones; 83% have digital photos,51% have videos, 48% have calendar information and 40% have music downloads. With ever-increasing...

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Empirix Launches Hammer SIP Trunk Tester

Empirix released a tool for automated testing and verification of enterprise SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) trunking services. The Hammer SIP Trunk Tester system offers service providers an automated tool that verifies media quality, provisioned capacity and other Quality-of-Service (QoS) metrics during service turn-up. The Hammer SIP Trunk Tester is a software-based test application that measures connectivity, voice quality and other QoS metrics, while isolating the SIP trunks from the enterprise infrastructure. It is also fully scalable and...

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Qualcomm Raises Financial Guidance Citing Increased Demand for High-End Chipsets

Qualcomm raised its financial guidance for the third fiscal quarter ending June 28, 2009. The new outlook includes:Revenues: estimated to be $2.67 to $2.77 billion compared to a prior guidance range of $2.40 to $2.60 billion.Operating income: estimated to be $1.06 to $1.11 billion pro forma, compared to our prior guidance range of $800 to $900 million; and estimated to be $830 to $880 million (GAAP), compared to prior guidance range of $550 to $650 million.CDMA-based Mobile Station Modem (MSM) shipments: estimated to be 94 to 95 million...

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Intelsat Plans 11 New Satellite Launches Through 2012

Intelsat expects to launch 11 satellites between now and the end of 2012, five of which will provide new or replacement capacity in the Asia-Pacific region. The Asia-Pacific build includes the acceleration of replacement satellites for two core roles and one new satellite that increases capacity for media and networking customers and addresses defense-related opportunities in the region. These include:The Intelsat 17 satellite, to be located at 66º E, will provide higher-performing capacity across Europe, the Middle East, Russia and Asia, as...

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