Atheros to Acquire Intellon for Powerline + SmartGrid Technology

Atheros Communications agreed to acquire Intellon Corporation in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $244 million, or $181 million net of Intellon's cash and investments. Intellon, which is based in Orlando, Florida, specializes in powerline communications, providing HomePlug compliant and other powerline integrated circuits for home networking, networked entertainment, BPL access, Ethernet-over-Coax (EoC), smart grid management...

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ECI Telecom Tests DSL Dynamic Spectrum Management

ECI Telecom has completed the first customer tests of its Dynamic Spectrum Management (DSM) L3 technology with three leading European Tier-1 operators. The testing demonstrated that DSM L3 technology practically eliminates crosstalk interference between twisted pair copper wires so that the highest-speed DSL services can be more efficiently provided over longer distances in existing copper access loops. Specifically, ECI Telecom said that its testing...

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Juniper + NSN Carrier Ethernet Joint Venture Moves Ahead

The Carrier Ethernet joint venture between Juniper Networks and Nokia Siemens Networks has cleared regulatory reviews. The company has been incorporated in Amsterdam under the name "Carrier Ethernet Solutions B.V." and will be owned 60 percent by Juniper Networks and 40 percent by Nokia Siemens Networks. John Stewart, previously vice president and general manager of the Mobility and Circuit Emulation Business Unit at Juniper Networks, will lead...

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Actelis Lands New Funding as Deployments Grow

Actelis Networks, which specializes in Ethernet over copper solutions, announced a multi-million dollar funding boost from its investors to support its continued expansion in Europe and North America. Actelis reports five consecutive years of growth, even during an economic downturn, including recent signing agreements with more than 20 additional new customers over the past two fiscal quarters in 2009. In Europe, Actelis has signed new agreements...

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NEC Launches MPLS-TP Packet Transport Device

NEC introduced a next generation packet transport device that uses MPLS-TP to enable carrier networks to migrate to packet based networks. The MN5000 series is designed for interworking IP and Ethernet with existing ATM and TDM networks. NEC said its new platform will assist with the migration of existing backhaul networks and metro/core networks to packet based next generation transport networks. MN5000 Series shipments are scheduled to begin in...

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Global Broadband Reaches 445 Million Lines

The total number of installed broadband lines has passed the 445 million mark, according to the latest projections from the Broadband Forum and data from Point Topic..Global broadband grew by 12.9 million lines in the second quarter of 2009, while IPTV growth remained strong at 11 percent - reaching 26.9 million lines. In the past twelve months, broadband subscription in Europe grew 13 per cent overall, to reach 135 million, which included an impressive...

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Broadcom Debuts Single Chip IAD with ADSL2+, 802.11n and DECT

Broadcom announced its first single chip broadband integrated access device (IAD) integrating high performance ADSL2+ and 802.11n wireless LAN (WLAN), along with Gigabit Ethernet switching, Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT), and VoIP for IADs and high-end residential gateways. The integrated DSL+WLAN solution eliminates the need for consumers to purchase a separate DSL modem, wireless router and DECT cordless base station, significantly reducing the cost of home networking. http://www.broadcom....

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TeliaSonera Deploys 100Mbps Access with Alcatel-Lucent

TeliaSonera is moving ahead with the deployment of the first 100Mbps VDSL2-based access network in Finland. TeliaSonera's fiber-to-the-building (FTTB) architecture makes use of fiber cables that are trenched from the operator's central offices to the basement of (apartment) buildings. From there, the end-users are offered very high-speed broadband applications over the existing, in-building copper wires. The architecture is based on Alcatel-Lucent's 7354 ISAM FTTB Remote Unit - which has specifically been designed for cabinet and multiple dwelling...

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Marvell Introduces TD-SCDMA Chipset

Marvell introduced a single-chip solution for enabling mass market availability of TD-SCDMA smartphones by the world's largest carrier, China Mobile. Developed by Marvell's research and development center in Shanghai, the PXA920 processor is an architectural evolution of Marvell's field proven PXA9 series tri-core architecture solution (codename Tavor). It is China Mobile OPhone ready, and supports all leading open OS software platforms. The Marvell PXA920 comes with a dedicated high performance ARM instruction set compliant Sheeva processor...

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Microsoft's Silverlight 4 Delivers Live HD Video using HTTP

Microsoft's upcoming release of Internet Information Services (IIS) Media Services 3.0 will enable delivery of interactive, high-definition-quality Live Smooth Streaming, along with new tools to simplify the process of delivering online experiences with Microsoft Silverlight. IIS Media Services 3.0 is an integrated HTTP-based media delivery platform that delivers full HD streaming up to 1080p and provides real-time logging for data analysis. The...

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Merger Plans for T-Mobile UK and Orange UK

Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom confirmed exclusive negotiations to combine T-Mobile UK and Orange UK in a new 50:50 joint venture company that would create the UK's leading mobile operator. It will have a combined mobile customer base of around 28.4 million, representing approximately 37 percent of UK mobile subscribers. By integrating Orange's broadband activities, the joint venture will also have the capabilities to offer convergent solutions to its customers in the future. The companies estimate that by merging the networks and operations...

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ADVA's FSP 3000 ROADM Deployed by Belgacom

Belgacom International Carrier Services (ICS) has deployed ADVA Optical Networking's FSP 3000 to offer competitive 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps Ethernet and wholesale STM-1/4/16/64 wavelength services to its customers. Belgacom ICS relies on its more than 90 global points of presence (POPs) in cities like Amsterdam, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, London, Milan, Paris and Zurich. In these major locations, the carrier has built metro rings, which span up to 130 km and connect the carrier's primary local data centers via WDM links. The links uses...

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NSN Shows VDLS2 Bonding Achieving 25 Mbps at 1500m

At this week's Broadband World Forum in Paris, Nokia Siemens Networks is showing a VDSL2 bonding solution capable of delivering 25 Mbps at distances of up to 1,500 meters. Bonding is a process by which several VDSL lines can be virtually combined to expand the reach of the VDSL2 network, increasing the access bandwidth for customers"Restricted reach has put limits on the business opportunity of VDSL2. By doubling the reach with minimum complexity...

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