Vodafone Global Enterprise Offers Management Portal

Vodafone Global Enterprise introduced a service that which combines and simplifies the management of fixed and mobile telecoms for multinational customers. The offering promises a single, online management view of both fixed and mobile telecoms services. Vodafone consultants will work with customers to assess and scope their current telecoms vendors and services, then develop a management plan aimed to deliver greater efficiency and reduce costs. Additional key features include:A single online view of spend across all telecoms providers Full...

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Huawei Showcases Live Commercial LTE with TeliaSonera

Huawei and Netcom (subsidiary of TeliaSonera in Norway) announced a successful showcase of "live" services over a commercial LTE network in Oslo, Norway after the world's first mobile broadband Internet connection was achieved early this month. Versatile applications that have a high requirement on bandwidth and latency such as VoD (Video on Demand), video streaming, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), web surfing, video conferencing and video telephony were demonstrated under real outfield network conditions.Huawei said that key LTE technologies such...

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Broadcom to Introduce GPON Chips in China

Broadcom is preparing to introduce a new family of Gigabit passive optical network (GPON) integrated access device (IAD) semiconductors to telecommunications providers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in China this year. The Broadcom BCM6800 family of GPON gateway processors are designed to enable more cost effective optical network terminals (ONTs) or optical network units (ONUs) used in conjunction with service provider networks. http://www.broadcom....

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NSN to Acquire Nortel's LTE and CDMA

Nokia Siemens Networks will acquire Nortel's key wireless assets for $650 million. The deal brings together the assets of the two companies in the field of mobile radio access, especially in CDMA, where Nortel is a leading supplier. The acquisition of Nortel's profitable CDMA business would significantly improve Nokia Siemens Networks' presence in North America and make it a leading supplier of wireless infrastructure products in the region.NSN...

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IEEE Approves Broadband Over Power Lines MAC/PHY

The IEEE working group devoted to developing a standard for Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) has approved provisions for a MAC/PHY and Inter-System Protocol. In a press statement, the IEEE said it is developing a new standard, IEEE P1901, "Standard for Broadband over Power Line Networks: Medium Access Control and Physical Layer Specifications." When completed, the project will present a standard for high speed (>100 Mbps at the physical layer)...

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Axerra Cites Pseudo-Wire Deal with Tier-1 MSO

Axerra Networks announced that a US Tier-1 MSO has started mass deployment of its AXN pseudo-wire products. The AXN solution enables the MSO to offer its Mobile Network Operator (MNO) customers both legacy T1 and next generation mobile backhaul services over its existing nation-wide packet network. Axerra's AXN Pseudo-Wire Access Devices are being deployed at cellular tower sites and AXN Pseudo-Wire Gateways are being deployed at Mobile Switch Center (MSC) sites. The end-to-end network is being managed using Axerra's AXNVision Pseudo-wire network...

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GigOptix Wins DARPA Research Contract Extension

GigOptix has won an extension of their contract with DARPA MTO and with SPAWAR PACIFIC as the contracting agency. The additional work requested is to fabricate low driving voltage, broadband Mach-Zehnder (MZ) modulators using GigOptix's Electro-Optic (EO) polymer material for operation at very low temperatures for applications in supercomputers. The extension of $346,000 brings the total value of the contract to approx $6.1M and opens new areas for use of the modulators. http://www.GigOptix....

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