Huawei Launches its 100G Router + WDM Solution

Huawei rolled out its 100 Gbps core networking solution. Product offerings include 100GE cards (1x100GE and 10x10GE) for routers and a 100G OTU for its WDM platform. These capabilities are provided via Huawei's in-house developed "Solar 2.0" 100G chipsets. The T100GE cards (1x100GE and 10x10GE) for routers will increase switching capacity of the Huawei NE5000E router cluster system to 200 Tbps. The 100GE cards for routers will increase switching...

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Telefónica Commissions Six LTE Trials

Telefónica has selected six vendors for a set of LTE trials in six countries. These suppliers are Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, NEC, Nokia Siemens Network and ZTE. The countries selected for testing are Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany and the Czech Republic in Europe, and Brazil and Argentina in Latin America. Telefónica said the LTE field trials will be coordinated globally and that by testing in various geographies it will be better prepared...

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NSN Outlines its "Network of One" Strategic Blueprint

Nokia Siemens Networks officially unveiled its long term vision of how telecom operators can transform their business models, infrastructure and operations. The "Network of One" aims to provide a unified approach to cope with the tidal wave of information being created and shared as billions of people and trillions of ‘things' link up from every corner of the planet."The market evolution presents many opportunities for operators, but they are also...

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Hutchison 3G Austria modernizes for HSPA+ and LTE with NSN

Hutchison 3G Austria has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to modernize its radio access network to be ready for HSPA+ and LTE. Nokia Siemens Networks will undertake this upgrade starting in autumn 2009. New base stations will allow the operator to halve the energy consumption of its base stations. The operator's network will be ready for download data rates of 21 Mbps (High-Speed Packet Access, HSPA+) in early 2010. As of 2011 the network can be upgraded to LTE, offering theoretical data rates as high as 100Mbps or more. Financial terms were...

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Blackwave Raises $7 Million for Video Storage Infrastructure

Blackwave, a start-up based in Acton, MA., closed $7 million in series C funding to support its integrated storage and delivery platform. The Blackwave R6 platform allows Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), telcos, wireless network operators, content publishers and video aggregators to store and deliver video in multiple protocols from a single platform. A single rack of Blackwave's system enables storage and delivery of video and rich media via...

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AT&T to Market Terrestar's Satellite Cellular Smartphone Service

AT&T has agreed to market Terrestar's satellite cellular smartphone.The TerreStar GENUS Smartphone combines AT&T's 3G terrestrial wireless service with Terrerstar's all-IP satellite voice and data as a back-up throughout the United States. The TerreStar satellite footprint also covers Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and offshore coastal waters.The GENUS smartphone uses the Windows Mobile operating system and includes premium features...

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Union Ratifies Contract with AT&T

Another group of AT&T's core wireline employees have voted to ratify a three-year work agreement. The agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers covers about 8,900 employees.Roughly half of the 120,000 employees covered under AT&T's core wireline contracts now have ratified or tentative agreements. In addition to the IBEW agreement, agreements between AT&T and the Communications Workers of America have been ratified in the Midwest and West regions, and a tentative agreement with the CWA is pending ratification...

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AT&T Acquires Plusmo for Mobile Applications Strategy

AT&T has acquired privately-held Plusmo, a cross-platform mobile application developer. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Plusmo platform helps other developers to create widgets and applications using common web development standards that enable easy deployment across multiple mobile operating systems and devices. AT&T said the acquisition provides it with an open standards technology that will simplify mobile application development,...

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Orange Signs $2 Billion, 7-year Deal with SITA

SITA, which provides global communications for the air transport industry, and Orange Business Services announced a seven-year agreement, valued in excess of US$2 billion. The deal renews and broadens their existing partnership and covers an extensive range of Orange Business Services' communications services which SITA will provide to airlines, airports and other air industry participants around the world.Francesco Violante, SITA CEO, said: "SITA is a leading provider of critical services to airports and airlines worldwide. Our extended partnership...

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Huawei Appoints Matt Bross as CTO

Matt Bross, the former BT Group Chief Technology Officer and CEO of BT innovate, has joined Huawei as its Chief Technology Officer, with effect from October 1. Bross will focus on identifying global telecommunications industry and network architecture trends that will guide Huawei' s continuous customer-centric innovation of products and solutions. He will also support the company' s efforts in delivering the latest products and solutions for North American customers.Most recently, Bross was Group Chief Technology Officer of BT Group and CEO of...

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