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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Riverbed Announces Steelhead Mobile 3.0
Riverbed Technology is preparing to release an update to its Mobile WAN optimization solution to provide acceleration for Windows 7 and 64-bit systems for mobile end users. The company said its system can make Web applications up to 60X faster for mobile workers using laptops by optimizing the flow of the HTTP and HTTPS protocols. By employing URL learning, page parsing, embedded object pre-fetching and metadata acceleration modes, Steelhead Mobile...
Quebec's Videotron Picks Dragonwave for HSPA Backhaul
Quebec-based Videotron, which provides cable television, interactive multimedia, Internet access, cable telephony and wireless telephone service, will be deploying DragonWave's Horizon Compact packet microwave solution to deliver high capacity backhaul for its HSPA network. After winning 17 spectrum operating licenses last year, Videotron is currently building out a leading edge HSPA network in order to offer new advanced services including mobile television and wireless high-speed Internet access. The network is designed to be upgradeable to...
Sprint Launches WiMAX in Chicago, Dallas and North Carolina
Sprint launched its WiMAX-based 4G service in Chicago; Dallas-Ft.Worth; Charlotte, N.C.; Greensboro, N.C. and Raleigh, N.C. Sprint 4G will launch later this month in the Texas cities of Austin and San Antonio. These follow 4G launches earlier this year in Atlanta, Las Vegas, Philadelphia and Portland, as well as Abilene, Texas; Amarillo, Texas; Bellingham, Wash.; Boise, Idaho; Corpus Christi, Texas; Killeen-Temple, Texas; Lubbock, Texas; Midland-Odessa, Texas; Milledgeville, Ga.; Waco, Texas and Wichita Falls, Texas. Sprint also plans to deploy...
BlueCat Raises $11 Million for IP Address Mgt System
BlueCat Networks, a start-up based in Toronto, secured US$11 million in new financing for its enterprise-class IP Address Management (IPAM) platforms.BlueCat Networks provides automated solutions that simplify network processes while still enabling enterprises to introduce VoIP, wireless devices (including RFID tags), IT virtualization, and IPv6 into their networks.The company said thousands of its IPAM and DNS/DHCP solutions have been successfully...
Ciena Offers Carrier Ethernet Training and Certification
Ciena, in association with Global Corporate College, is launching a Carrier Ethernet Certification Program focused solely on Carrier Ethernet technology as opposed to specific vendors or products. Courses are offered in traditional classrooms, online and on-site at customer locations through an international network of partner educational institutions.To address the needs of beginners to skilled professionals, the Carrier Ethernet Certification Program is led by Ciena Carrier Ethernet experts and is available in four tiers, with each requiring...
SpiderCloud Wireless Unveils Enterprise Radio Access Network (E-RAN)
SpiderCloud Wireless, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, unveiled its Enterprise Radio Access Network (E-RAN) platform. The E-RAN platform is a scalable system comprised of a "SmartCloud" Services Node (SCSN) and Radio Nodes (SCRN). The goal is to enable self-organizing wireless network capable of extending the enterprise's full suite of voice and data applications and services to any standard handset or computing device. The company said...
Avago Offers New Short and Long Range SFP+ 10 Gbps Transceivers
Avago Technologies is rolling out new SFP+ optical transceiver modules for next-generation 10 Gbps Ethernet equipment designs. The new additions to Avago's SPF+ transceiver series include the 10/1 Gbps dual-rate AFCT-701SDDZ 10GBASE-Long Range (LR) single mode and AFBR-703SDDZ 10GBASE-Short Range (SR) multimode fiber transceivers for use in enterprise and data center applications. The dual-rate operation allows flexibility in data rate control through hardware or software control.Avago's AFCT-701SDDZ is a 10/1 Gbps LR transceiver for operation...
Starent Posts Q3 Revenue of $86 Million, Up 30% YoY
Starent Networks reported Q3 revenues of $86.0 million, compared to net revenues of $66.1 million for the third quarter of 2008. Net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 were $237.5 million, compared to $183.5 million for the same period in 2008. Net income for the third quarter of 2009 was $15.1 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, compared to net income of $19.6 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2008. http://www.starent.com Cisco agreed to acquire Starent Networks for approximately $2.9 billion, or...
ASSIA Secures $10 Million for Dynamic Spectrum Management
ASSIA, a start-up based in Redwood City, California, has secured $10 million in strategic investment financing to support its work with Dynamic Spectrum Management software tools for DSL. ASSIA, which said it has more than 23 million lines under management with top tier service providers in North America and Europe, pioneered the application of DSM technologies to manage DSL networks. New investors Mingly China Growth Fund and SFR Development joined previous investors Swisscom Ventures, Stanford University, and T-Venture in raising this round....
Zhone Releases Pseudo-wire Edge-to-Edge Emulation Box
Zhone Technologies introduced its ETHX 3100 Series platforms with Pseudo-wire Edge-to-Edge Emulation (PWE3) enabling operators to migrate TDM applications onto a converged packet network. The company said its 3100 series Ethernet Access Devices (EADs) provide enhanced Virtual LAN support with QoS for the most latency sensitive voice and video services. Target applications include 3G/4G mobile backhaul and T1/E1 leased lines.MEF18 certified and based on the latest IEEE 802.3ah EFM standard for SHDSL, the 3100 series enables up to 48 Mbps over...
NTT America Appoints CTO
NTT America announced the appointment of Doug Junkins as the company's Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Mr. Junkins will succeed Kazuhiro Gomi who was named COO of NTT America in June of 2009. Junkins will be responsible for the company's technology procurement strategy and vendor selection, industry relations and standardization efforts, and overall product portfolio coordination across both the Global IP Network and Enterprise Solutions business...
Qwest Announces Cost Controls, Freezes Management Salaries
Qwest Communications announced a number of cost cutting measures. Effective Jan. 1, 2010, the company will no longer provide future pension benefit accruals for active management employees under the Qwest Pension Plan and the Qwest Nonqualified Pension Plan. Additionally, the company announced it will not award a merit increase to management employees in 2010.The company expects the change to the Qwest Pension Plan to result in annual savings of approximately $60 million, and the 2010 salary freeze is expected to save the company about $35 million...
Cisco to Acquire DVN Set-Top Box Business
Cisco agreed to acquire the set-top box business of DVN (Holdings) Limited, a Hong Kong-listed company offering digital cable solutions in China, for up to $44.5 million. The deal covers the set-top box business of DVN. The Chinese cable market is currently the largest in the world with 160 million subscribers and is predicted to grow to as many as 200 million over the next three to five years. Currently, only about one-third of the market has...
T-Mobile Czech Deploys Cisco CRS-1 Platform
T-Mobile Czech Republic has deployed a new IP backbone to provide a unified infrastructure for its Release 4 mobile architecture. The network is based on the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System platform. The deployment also leverages T-Mobile Czech's "Dark Fibre" project, including the construction of a network of more than 6,000 kilometers of fibre optic lines. The project will offer a capacity of up to 60 x 10 Gbps. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://newsroom.cisco....
Unity Trans-Pacific Cable Nearing Completion
The Unity cable system, which is backed by Google and five other international carriers , reached a critical milestone -- landing of the cable in Chikura, Japan. The cable ship KDDI Pacific Link reached the Japanese coastline in Chikura earlier this week after two months spent laying the newly manufactured cable from the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With all the cable segments in place, the mid-Pacific splice was completed by the cable ship Tyco Resolute on 30 October 2009, and KDDI Pacific Link will complete the final splice to join the cables...
GSMA Publishes European Mobile Manifesto
The GSMA has published a "European Mobile Manifesto" which sets out how the mobile industry will help achieve key European Union objectives to boost economic performance, improve efficiencies, protect consumers and increase the use of green technology. The Mobile Manifesto has four goals: Increase Internet connectivity and drive productivity through widespread mobile broadband access - on the move and at home, in cities and in rural areasEngage...
Motorola Ships 10,000th WiMAX Access Point
Motorola has shipped its 10,000th 802.16e WiMAX Access Point (WAP) base site. Motorola said its milestone shipment represents a more than 40 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) since Motorola's first WiMAX access points were shipped in 2007.In the 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz, and 3.5GHz the models currently shipping include the WAP 400 with 2x2 antenna technology and the WAP 450 - a higher power 2x2 unit. In addition, the WAP 800 in the 3.5GHz has the versatility to support both coverage and capacity models with 4x8 beam-forming antenna technology.The...
