Beceem Ships More Than 1 Million WiMAX Chips this Quarter

Beceem Communications announced that it is shipping more than 1 million WiMAX terminal chips in the third quarter of 2009. The company said mobile devices volume shipments are accelerating in the US and Japan markets, Russia, Mexico, Malaysia and many others countries.


Beceem is the major supplier into the Clearwire/Sprint ecosystem, the leading supplier into the Japan market, and the preferred partner for a majority of OEMs and ODMshttp://www.beceem.com

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MetroPCS Announces Vendors for 2010 4G LTE Launch

MetroPCS Communications, a U.S. mobile operator known for its unlimited, flat-rate, no signed contract wireless services, announced its infrastructure and initial handset vendors for its second half 2010 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) Broadband service launch.


MetroPCS has selected Ericsson as its infrastructure vendor for the launch of its LTE service. In addition, MetroPCS has selected Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) to provide its initial LTE handset device.


Financial terms were not disclosed.


"LTE represents the next generation of wireless technology, and we are proud to be working with two technology leaders in Ericsson and Samsung," said Roger D. Linquist, president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of MetroPCS.


Currently, MetroPCS is the fifth largest facilities-based carrier in the United States and has access to licenses covering a population of approximately 145 million people in the largest metropolitan areas in the United States, including New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Detroit, Boston, Miami, Las Vegas, Orlando, Tampa and Sacramento. As of June 30, 2009, MetroPCS had approximately 6.3 million subscribers.
http://www.metropcs.com

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Wyde Voice Releases HD Audio and Web Conferencing Bridge Tech

Wyde Voice released new High Definition (HD) audio and web conferencing bridge software that eliminates the need for Digital Signal Processing (DSP) cards. The company claims is software enables audio conferencing providers to use off-the-shelf hardware to deploy software bridges that scale from 2 to 10,000 concurrent user ports.


Wyde Voice's HD SoftBridge supports leading HD voice technology such as G.722.2 (AMR-WB), iSAC and a full-feature menu of conferencing capabilities.


The HD SoftBridge starts at $130/port and supports an extensive list of narrowband codecs as well as the Hi-Fidelity Voice codecs.
http://www.wydevoice.com/

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Cyan Shows its Packet Optical Transport Platform

Cyan, a start-up based in Petaluma, California formally introduced its Z-Series of multi-layer transport platforms and CyMS multi-layer management system .The new multi-layer transport platforms modularly combine packet, TDM and optical add / drop multiplexer, cross-connect and transport functionality in highly integrated platforms supporting over 100 Gbps per slot. The systems can be configured as basic 10G Ethernet, SONET or SDH edge aggregation and add/drop multiplexer systems or modularly scaled when and where needed to enable DWDM with highly advanced multi-layer packet, TDM and optical switching, aggregation and multiplexing both within and between technologies and network layers for application across the network.


Key features and benefits of the Cyan Z-Series offering:

• Provides economical, massively scalable capacity that snaps into existing packet, SONET and SDH based networks and incrementally scales with advanced G.709 OTN (optical transport networks) and optical add / drop multiplexing and switching



• Extends the role of existing TDM infrastructures by enabling a smooth transition to Ethernet with a platform that supports a gateway between technologies



• Extends the role of Ethernet to support advanced MEF services with new connection oriented Ethernet transport standards for superior performance and economics



• Scales from the network edge to the core for functional and operational consistency as historic boundaries of the access edge, metro and core dissolve for a more homogeneous network



• Simplifies the planning, implementation and management of an increasing number of network and technology layers with revolutionary new multi-layer management capabilities to reduce operational expense and improve capital efficiency.

Cyan initially is offering two models of its platform: the Cyan Z33 and Z77.


The Cyan Z33 provides six multi-service slots, plus two common control modules to support multi-layer add / drop multiplexing (MADM) and transport in a compact chassis. The Z33 is sized and cost optimized for access edge, aggregation and transit nodes and supports a range of powerful service modules ranging from non-blocking 80G connection oriented Ethernet switch modules supporting advanced MEF services, to non-blocking 60G SONET/SDH MSPP modules and high capacity mux-ponding and transponding modules, all with OTN.


The Cyan Z77 platform combines the same packet, TDM, OTN, and optical add / drop multiplexing with multi-layer cross-connect (MXC) switching in a single cost-effective platform. Designed with an ultra-high capacity mid-plane architecture, the Cyan Z77 supports the same modules as the Z33 with up to 2.5 Tbps of capacity per chassis. Modularly configurable and scalable, the Z77 supports optional multi-technology switch fabrics supporting a mix of up to 840 Gbps of protected packet service or 720 Gbps of protected SONET/SDH capacity to meet the requirements of larger aggregation, transit and hub locations.


Cyan claims over 20 customers for the platform so far, ranging from metro and regional Ethernet service providers, to local and regional broadband providers, transport providers, cable MSOs and even data center operators. Initial deployments support applications such as wireless and Internet backhaul, Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) services, IPTV backhaul, SONET/SDH transport, wavelength transport services.
http://www.cyanoptics.com

• Cyan Optics is headed by Michael Hatfield, who was founder and CEO of Calix. Before that, he was co-founder and COO of Cerent, a leading provider of high-speed fiber-optics systems acquired by Cisco Systems for $7B.



• Cyan's technical team is led by Steve West, who previously was a member of the founding team at Turin Networks, Inc. where he was responsible for product architecture. West was also an early employee at Advanced Fibre Communications Inc. (AFC) where as the Director of Engineering, he was responsible for development of all international features.

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Qwest Launches New Mobile Ethernet Backhaul Service

Qwest Communications has launched a fiber-based, Ethernet backhaul service designed for wireless service providers (WSPs). The Qwest Mobile Ethernet Backhaul service leverages Qwest's fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) deployment, extending fiber to cellular sites.


Qwest Wholesale said it is ready to provide incremental, scalable bandwidth to WSPs, enabling them to increase capacity to cell sites on an as-needed basis. Bandwidth to cell sites is managed primarily through software, rather than equipment upgrades in the field, which helps to contain costs, simplify operations and accelerate provisioning times.
http://www.qwest.com

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Sequans Expands Chip Portfolio from WiMAX to LTE

Sequans Communications, which is a leading WiMAX chipmaker, confirmed that it intends to develop products for both the LTE and WiMAX markets in parallel.


Sequans expects to continue adding resources to its LTE organization this year and will demonstrate its first LTE solutions beginning early 2010, in support of pre-commercial operator trials.


"Our success in WiMAX has enabled us to expand naturally into LTE, and we are ready to meet the needs of LTE equipment manufacturers with outstanding silicon and software solutions, building upon our significant experience with WiMAX operators and OEMs," said Georges Karam, Sequans CEO. "Our WiMAX development will continue unabated, and we are looking forward to a very strong 2010 where our new generation 65nm SQN1200 family, the most highly integrated Mobile WiMAX semiconductor solutions in the industry, will gain an even stronger foothold in the market. We see WiMAX deployments ramping up sharply and expect that demand for our differentiated solutions will increase accordingly."http://www.sequans.com

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Hitachi Selects Kabira Transaction Core for Mobile WiMAX

Kabira Technologies' Provisioning and Service Activation (KPSA) and its Kabira Transaction Platform (KTP) have been incorporated as essential components for Hitachi's WiMAX Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) service platform.


The use of Kabira's KTP and KPSA products provides an event integration layer or network service bus for this MVNE platform. The Hitachi MVNE platform integrates provisioning workflows, charging functions, billing systems, contact centers, and OSS functions. This enables Hitachi to provide MVNE offerings that are specifically designed to minimize the effort required for operators to launch new service offerings.


"We are extremely pleased to see further adoption of our product offerings by Hitachi pursuant to our OEM Agreement signed earlier this year, in which our technologies are embedded as part of the MVNE Service Platform always-on configuration," said Chris Clabaugh, vice president of business development for Kabira. "Kabira's unique in-memory highly available transaction
platform has enabled Hitachi to provide a robust infrastructure ensuring that no single transaction is ever lost."http://www.kabira.com/

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Motorola Launches WiMAX Device Partnership Program

Motorola announced the launch of its WiMAX Device Partnership Program for helping device providers to qualify their WiMAX products. This program works with device vendors and 4G operators to increase future WiMAX growth by offering broader end-to-end solutions to include a range of devices for market compatibility.


Motorola said its WiMAX Device Partnership Program, while primarily targeted at ODM's and OEM's, is also uniquely positioned to assist operators. Through this partnership, operators will have access to a greater selection of pre-qualified WiMAX devices including netbooks, USB devices, smartphones, mobile internet devices (MID) and VoIP handsets.
http://www.motorola.com/wimax

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ZTE Selects LSI StarPro Media Processor

LSI Corporation confirmed a design win with ZTE, which will use the LSI StarPro SP2600 family of multicore media processors in its next-generation wireless platform. ZTE chose the SP2600 because it will enable them to develop their next-generation media gateway.

LSI StarPro multicore media processors are scalable to 12 DSP cores per SoC.
http://www.lsi.com

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Telstra Responds to Break-up Proposal

In a press response to the Australian government's separation proposal, newly-appointed Telstra CEO said the company was deeply disappointed the government felt it necessary to introduce this legislation.


"It is Telstra's view that many aspects of this package are unnecessary and need never be implemented if a mutually acceptable outcome can be reached on the National Broadband Network. Telstra supports the Government's NBN vision. We are willing to discuss options around separation," stated Telstra Chief Executive Officer David Thodey. http://www.telstra.com

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Australian Government Proposes Break-up of Telstra

The Australian government proposed fundamental reforms to structurally separate Telstra on "a voluntary and cooperative basis."

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy stated that the reforms were aimed at boosting competition and said it is "possible to achieve a win-win outcome in the interests of Telstra, its shareholders and, more broadly, all Australians."


Specifically, the proposed legislation will allow Telstra to voluntarily submit an enforceable undertaking to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to structurally separate. If Telstra chooses not to structurally separate, the legislation provides for the Government to impose a strong functional separation framework on Telstra.


This bill proposes implementing a functional separation regime by altering the Telecommunications Act 1997 to require that:

• Telstra conduct its network operations and wholesale functions at arm's length from the rest of Telstra;


• Telstra provides equivalent price and non-price terms to its retail business and non-Telstra wholesale customers; and


• this equivalence of treatment is made transparent to the regulator and competitors via strong internal governance structures.

As a inducement, Telstra will be prevented from acquiring additional spectrum for advanced wireless broadband while it:

• remains vertically integrated; and


• owns a hybrid fibre coaxial cable network; and


• maintains its interest in Foxtel.

http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/088

• In April, the Australian government rejected all five bids for the next generation national broadband network and instead announced plans to build the A$43 billion (US$30.7 billion) FTTP network itself. Under the Rudd Government's new national broadband network every house, school and business in Australia will get access to affordable fast broadband. The plan calls for the government to set-up a new entity that would install fiber connections to ninety percent of Australian homes and businesses over an eight year period. The network will deliver wholesale services of 100 Mbps or better. Locations outside the fiber footprint would be served by high-speed (12 Mbps) wireless connections. Private investors could take a minority stake in the project and after five years the government would sell its majority stake. The Government's investment in the company will be funded through the Building Australia Fund and the issuance of Aussie Infrastructure Bonds (AIBs), which will provide an opportunity for households and institutions to invest in the national broadband network. Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd described the initiative as the largest infrastructure project ever undertaken by the Australian government.

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