Motorola Supplies Mobile WiMAX Network for Dubai Metro

Motorola, in partnership with UAE telecom provider "du", has supplied a mobile WiMAX network for the new Dubai Metro. The WiMAX network provides backhaul for a Wi-Fi service that is accessible in moving train carriages and metro stations.The Dubai Metro's Red Line, which is 52 km long, is already functional and is expected to be followed by the Green line in early 2010. Once completed, the Metro will have 47 stations, four of which will be underground. Trains travel at speeds of up to 90 km/hr. http://www.motorola....

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Arteris Raises $9.7 Million for Network-on-Chip

Arteris, a start-up based in San Jose, California with its Engineering Design Center based in Paris, France, has raised the first tranche of a strategic investment round totaling $9.7 million from a group of investors led by Qualcomm Incorporated and including ARM. Arteris provides semiconductor interconnect IP, and tools to improve communication performance of ICs for wide range of applications. Results obtained by using Arteris IP product line include lower power, higher performance, lower risk of development and faster delivery of simple to...

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Japan's Softbank Mobile Picks NSN for HSPA+ at up to 42 Mbps

Japan's Softbank Mobile has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to deploy an HSPA+(DC-HSDPA) solution over its existing network in the 1.5 GHz band. DC-HSDPA stands for dual cell high speed downlink packet access. The companies said DC-HSDPA operation is aimed at enhancing the user experience throughout the whole cell coverage, especially at the cell edge, since the user can access the capacity of two carriers instead of only one. DC-HSDPA can support...

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Telenor Launches Mobile Services in Seven Indian Telecom Circles

Telenor Group's Indian mobile operation, Uninor, launched mobile services in seven Indian telecom circles, representing a population footprint of close to 600 million people. Specifically, Uninor services were launched simultaneously in the circles Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh East, Uttar Pradesh West and Bihar (including Jharkhand).The launch of Uninor's services happens only eight months after Telenor Group finalized...

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Cisco Controls More Than 90% of the Shares in TANDBERG

Cisco has now received acceptances for or purchased shares representing more than 90% of the shares in TANDBERG, allowing it move ahead with the acquisitionOn Thursday, Cisco received a second request for additional information from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) with respect to its previously announced proposed acquisition of TANDBERG. http://www.cisco....

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Agreement Reached on a Single European Patent Court

The European Union Member States reached an agreement for the establishment of a single European Patent Court. The next step will be for the European Parliament to take a position on the proposal.The creation of a single patent system would mean that people can apply for a patent to be valid in the entire EU - a market of some 500 million people. Protection in 13 Member States currently costs 11 times more than a patent in the United States."Establishing...

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Verizon Wireless Continues Alltel Network Integration

Teams of engineers and technicians from Verizon Wireless continue to upgrade and reconfigure Alltel infrastructure into the more advanced Verizon Wireless EV-DO Rev A network. The company announced that network integration and enhancement recently has been completed in the Lake City, Ocala and Gainesville areas of Florida. The Jacksonville market was the first to be completed in Florida earlier this year. As part of this integration, all calls in North Florida now will be routed through the $40 million Verizon Wireless "super-switch" in Jacksonville,...

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Australia Funds First Building Blocks of National Broadband Network

The Australian government signed an agreement with Nextgen Networks to construct the new broadband backbone infrastructure under the $250 million Regional Backbone Blackspots Program. The investment represents the first building blocks of the National Broadband Network on mainland Australia.Under the contract signed by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, Nextgen will build backbone transmission...

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NYT: Momentum Continues to Build for Apple's AppStore

Although the company does not confirm figures, Apple's AppStore may now be generating $1 billion in revenue per year, according to an in-depth article on mobile commerce published by The New York Times. Developers have flocked to the AppStore thanks to the simple model -- Apple takes 30% of the revenue from any App sale and the developer keeps the rest. One game developer cited in the story is pocketing $181,000 per month for its top game. Other mobile commerce storefronts mentioned in the article include Palm, Research In Motion, Microsoft...

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