Shaw Launches100 Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver

Shaw Communications launches DOCSIS 3.0 services in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. Shaw's High-Speed Nitro is the fastest Internet speed available across Canada promising speeds up to 100 Mbps downstream. Shaw launched High-Speed Nitro in Saskatoon, Victoria and Winnipeg earlier this year.Shaw High-Speed Nitro is priced at $149 (CDN) per month when bundled with any other Shaw service; the price includes DOCSIS 3.0 modem rental. http://www.shaw...

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Miami-based TeleCuba Gains U.S. License for Fiber Cable to Cuba

TeleCuba Communications, a company based in Miami, Florida, has been granted licenses by the U.S. Department of the Treasury ("OFAC") to install the first direct fiber optic subsea cable between Key West, Florida and Havana, Cuba. The company estimates its 110-mile cable will cost $18 million. TeleCuba expects the cable to be fully operational by the second quarter of 2011. The announcement follows the Obama administration's decision to remove many...

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Tata's Global Priority Ethernet Gains MEF 9 and MEF 14 Status

Tata Communications' Priority Ethernet services have now been certified by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) as conforming to the MEF 9 and MEF 14 specifications. This complements the already MEF certified Global Dedicated Ethernet Services, introduced by Tata Communications in 2006 and certified since 2007.MEF 14 ensures that the latency, jitter and packet loss performance of the services conforms to the rigorous MEF standards, while MEF 9 ensures the conditions required for delivery of services have specific Ethernet User Network Interface (UNI)...

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UTStarcom and Starent Settle Legal Dispute

UTStarcom and agreed to settle all legal disputes between the two companies. Under the settlement, Starent will make a one-time payment to UTStarcom in the amount of $3.5 million and receive a perpetual royalty-free license to UTStarcom patents. http://www.utstar....

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AT&T Manages Global VPN for NYK Shipping

The Japanese global shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) has selected AT&T as its worldwide communications provider. AT&T is providing Virtual Private Network (VPN) services to NYK Group in North America, Europe and Asia. The network connects NYK's 137 global sites in 31 countries. http://www.att.com http://www.nyk.com/engli...

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Telecom Egypt Launches FTTH in Cairo Suburb of Qatamiya

Telecom Egypt is moving forward with the FTTH deployment in Egypt in the Cairo suburb of Qatamiya. The carrier will offer Triple Play services and downloads speeds of 70 Mbps. http://www.telecomegypt.com....

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Alcatel-Lucent Announces "Network MIMO" to Boost Wireless Performance

Researchers at Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Laboratories are developing a new Coordinated Multipoint Transmission (CoMP) technology aimed at increasing data transmission rates and ensuring consistent service quality and throughput on LTE as well as on 3G networks. The performance gains are achieved by coordinating and combining signals from multiple antennas. Unlike with existing MIMO (Multiple Input-Multiple Output) approaches, CoMP leverages multiple...

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Nokia and NSN Report Improved Conditions in Q3 But Market Share Declines

Nokia reported net sales of EUR 9.8 billion for Q3 2009, down 20% year on year and down 1% sequentially (down 19% and flat at constant currency). Net sales of mobile devices & services came in at EUR 6.9 billion, down 20% year on year and up 5% sequentially (down 20% and up 6% at constant currency). The company's overall non-IFRS operating margin was 11.4% (18.6% in Q3 2008 and 12.2% in Q22009), while gross margin for devices and services was...

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