Narus Raises $8.7 Million in New Funding

Narus, which delivers solutions for real-time traffic intelligence for the protection and management of large IP networks, announced an additional $8.7 million in expansion funding from its existing investors.


The funds will be used primarily to continue Narus' growth and expansion in the U.S. government market, as well as India and the Middle East, where the NarusInsight system is used by Narus customers to manage their IP networks and protect them against cyber attacks.


"Narus is proud to be an important part of protecting and managing the cyber infrastructure, especially in these difficult economic times," said Greg Oslan, CEO of Narus. "We are pleased to be able to count on our current investors' continued support for the growth of our business. We look forward to working with our investors, partners and customers through the next stage of our growth."http://www.narus.com

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DOCOMO Develops HSPA Femtocell

NTT DOCOMO unveiled a compact indoor base transceiver station, or femtocell BTS, for linking mobile phones to the DOCOMO network via a broadband connection in the home.


The new femtocell BTS is compatible with High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) technology and supports plug & play convenience for smooth, automatic configuration after connection to the DOCOMO network via a broadband fixed line, such as optical fiber. The new model also will enable new services, such as mail notification to a parent when a child arrives home and their DOCOMO phone is detected to have entered the Home Area of the femtocell BTS. Another possible service is special limited-time electronic coupons sent from a store to nearby customers who choose to be detected when their DOCOMO mobile phones are in their Home Area.


DOCOMO will begin offering installation of its new femtocell BTS device this fall.
http://www.nttdocomo.com

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Belgacom Offers Free IPTV to Subscribers of Fixed + Internet or Mobile

Belgacom began offering a way for its existing fixed line, Internet or mobile subscribers to qualify for a free IPTV service. Basically, customers must opt for two
products with Belgacom, i.e. Internet and fixed or mobile telephony, and Belgacom TV Comfort is thrown in for free, including the decoder. Customers wanting to connect a second TV set will need to pay a supplement of EUR 6 per month for renting a second decoder. It is also possible to buy one for EUR 79 (currently available for EUR 49 under a special offer). The one-time activation charge for these formulas is EUR 50.


BelgacomTV recently celebrated its fourth anniversary and now boasts 555,000 customers (or about 1.5 million viewers). Belgacom TV is available to 87% of the population, while 78% can connect two TV sets. Moreover, 66.2% of the population (about 75% of Belgacom TV customers) can receive programs in HD quality.


Earlier this year, Belgacom launched the Happy Time One rate (12,000 free minutes per month for making calls in the evenings and on weekends, from both fixed-line phones and mobile phones to all fixed-line and mobile numbers in Belgium) and Internet One (allowing Belgacom Internet customers to use their laptop to surf on the move and free of charge anywhere in Belgium on weekends and public holidays with the free option Mobile Internet Free Weekend One). Two months ago the Group went one step further by introducing the All-In-One formula, which groups all of the Belgacom Group's services together in one package: fixed and mobile telephony (Happy Time One), fixed and mobile Internet and Belgacom TV Comfort.
http://www.belgacom.com

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Canada's Globalive Wireless Selects DragonWave's Wireless Ethernet Backhaul

Canada's Globalive Wireless Management Corp. has selected DragonWave to provide high-capacity, cost effective next generation wireless backhaul for its high speed packet access network Globalive acquired a significant amount of spectrum in Canada's Advanced Wireless Spectrum auction in 2008.


DragonWave's Horizon and AirPair products, which operate in both licensed and unlicensed radio frequencies between 6 and 38 GHz, enable software scalable, ultra-low latency transport of up to 1.6 Gbps per link.
http://www.dragonwaveinc.com

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Vivendi Seeks Equity Stake in Zain Africa

In a press statement, Vivendi confirmed its interest for acquiring a majority stake in the Zain group's telecommunications activities in Africa. An acquisition would enable Vivendi to capitalize on its experience of developing mobile telephony in Africa. Vivendi said that at this stage there is no certainty that its discussions with Zain will lead to a deal,http://www.vivendi.com

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Borqs Raises $17.4 Million for Open Source Application Software

Borqs, a start-up with operations in Beijing and Sunnyvale, California, secured a US$17.4 million Series B round of venture financing for its open source mobile application software.


Borq's client-side software is based on Google's Android platform. The company aims to give carriers the ability to create a consistent and branded user interface experience that can work across different types of smartphones. Borqs also provides carriers with the ability to create branded application store fronts that offer subscribers a wide range of mobile application choices by tapping into the Android Application Marketplace as well as existing Java-based mobile applications.


Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) led this round, which included participation from current investors, GSR Ventures - the Mayfield Fund China affiliate - as well as Keystone Ventures. As a part of the investment, Mohan Kumar of NVP will join Borqs' board of directors.
http://www.borqs.com

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Lime Microsystems and Blue Wonder Collaborate on LTE

Lime Microsystems and Blue Wonder Communications are jointly developing an LTE reference platform that will enable early adoption of this emerging standard. The fully characterised LTE reference platform will accelerate time to market for OEMs developing LTE systems. The reference platform is based on Lime Microsystems' integrated single chip RF transceiver, the LMS6002, and Blue Wonder's advanced baseband solution.


Lime Microsystems' LMS6002 is a multi-band multi-standard RF transceiver IC designed for femtocells and small cell basestations. The highly frequency agile transceiver operates at user-selectable frequencies between 375MHz and 4GHz and is suitable for 3G, WiMAX, and LTE standards. Blue Wonder's advanced baseband solution is a complete LTE subsystem that can be integrated in System on Chip platforms. It provides a 3GPP Release 8 TDD and RFF multi-mode solution, up to category 4 and is designed for low power consumption. Blue Wonder will provide an FPGA based development system, which includes an interface to Lime's LMS6002 transceiver to allow all required interoperability tests.
http://www.limemicro.com
http://www.bluwo.de

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CTIA: Wireless Industry Contributes $100 Billion to U.S. Economy

The wireless industry contributes nearly $100 billion either directly or indirectly to the U.S. economy on an annual basis, according to a recent filing with the FCC made by CTIA, a trade organization representing the wireless industry. Moreover, the wireless industry supports more than 268,000 direct employees and more than 2.4 million American jobs that are either directly or indirectly dependent on it. Pay for these workers is more than 50% higher than the national average of other production workers. In addition, U.S. carriers are investing $22.8 billion per year on average to upgrade their networks.


Steve Largent, CTIA President and CEO, offered the following comments in response to the filing:


"With the urgent focus from President Obama and Congress on stimulating the economy and creating jobs, CTIA has submitted a filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that demonstrates the substantial investment and contributions the wireless industry is making to achieve the nation's economic and infrastructure goals. CTIA and our member companies are looking forward to continuing to work with the Obama Administration, Congress and FCC to ensure that wireless services continue to lead the way to economic recovery and prosperity."http://www.ctia.org

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Solera Supplies Network Forensics to Feds Under $1.8 Million Contract

Solera Networks has been awarded a $1.8 million contract with a major U.S. federal agency to supply its network forensics appliances. Solera Networks partnered with DLT Solutions, Inc., a value-added reseller of industry-leading IT products and services. Collectively, they have been engaged with the agency for several months going through a rigorous evaluation and selection process.


Solera's systems enable high-speed packet capture, retrieval, and reconstruction at line rates up to 10Gbps on physical and virtual networks. a network breach occurs, providing the ability for the customer to promptly respond to any event.


"As we've seen with recent events in the news, these attacks are going to occur. Prevention is key, but it is critical to know how to respond when they happen. It's great to work with an agency that understands that network forensics is an essential component of a comprehensive information security strategy," said Steve Shillingford, CEO of Solera Networks. "Solera Networks was selected because it was the only vendor that could meet the demanding requirements of a large distributed government network."http://www.soleranetworks.com

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Huawei Launches Multi-mode Base Station Controller

Huawei Technologies launched a convergent Base Station Controller (BSC) that integrates both the GSM BSC and the UMTS RNC (Radio Network Controller) into one multi-mode controller. The product is the latest component of Huawei' s SingleRAN solution.


Huawei said its new equipment, combined with the other features of the SingleRAN solution, will enable operators to achieve the full convergence of multi-mode wireless networks, including greater efficiencies with operation and maintenance, radio resource management and transmission resource management. Specifically designed to support multiple wireless systems via a single uniform access network, the SingleRAN solution integrates radio bearers for voice, narrowband data, mobile broadband and more into one network element instead of many.


Huawei also launched two software defined radio (SDR)-enabled RRUs (radio remote units) with dual-transmitter capability. The first RRU supports GSM/UMTS/LTE technologies by using the same 1800M/1900M/850M/900M spectrum and is the only SDR-enabled RRU product to have received standardization by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. The second SDR-enabled RRU can provide UMTS/LTE services while using the same 2100 MHz spectrum.
http://www.huawei.com

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