NTT DOCOMO Unveils "Xi" LTE Service Brand

In anticipation of its LTE service launch slated for December, NTT DOCOMO unveiled the brand name and logo of its forthcoming next-generation mobile service for the Japanese market.The brand name is written "Xi" and read "crossy."The "X" denotes both "connection" and "infinite possibility," and the "i" both "individual user" and "innovation." The logo, which resembles the infinity symbol, aligns the letters in a single stream to embody the bonds...

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Best Buy to Launch "Connect" Broadband Service with Clearwire

Best Buy will use Clearwire's 4G network to offer mobile internet service to customers under its own Best Buy Connect brand. The service launch is anticipated for 2011. "Our strategic wholesale agreement with Clearwire will enable Best Buy Connect to leverage the Clearwire 4G network's speed and bandwidth to deliver compelling new mobile broadband experiences for our customers," said Jed Stillman, vice president of Best Buy Connect. "This agreement...

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Harris Acquires CapRock for $525 Million

Harris completed its previously announced acquisition of CapRock Communications for $525 million in cash.CapRock provides managed communication services including broadband Internet access, VoIP, networking and real-time video delivered to harsh and remote locations around the world. CapRock managed network solutions include multiband, portable and fixed satellite communications services supported by its teleports and network operations centers around the globe. CapRock supports a wide range of customers in the energy, maritime and government industries,...

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Applied Micro Revenues Rise 6% Sequentially, 35% YoY

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) reported quarterly net revenues of $60.8 million, up 6% sequentially and up 35% year over year. GAAP net income was $1.4 million or $0.02 per share. Book to bill, exiting the quarter, was 1.3x."The demand for our products continues to be very strong and we exited the quarter with a solid book-to-bill which demonstrates the wide acceptance for our products and the continued traction we are enjoying from the introduction of our new product lines. For the quarter, we once again delivered solid results and...

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Motorola Partners with Intrado on NG9-1-1 Texting

Motorola's Enterprise Mobility Solutions group has formed an alliance with Intrado to deliver next-generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) text messaging enabled products and services.The two companies will initially focus on a citizen text messaging trial to enable access for individuals who may have speech or hearing disabilities. The result of this trial will help inform how citizen text messages are best integrated as public safety agencies move toward NG9-1-1 services. In June 2009, Intrado launched the first text messaging solution to successfully deliver...

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Crown Castle to Acquire NewPath Networks for $115 Million

Crown Castle International will acquire NewPath Networks, a provider of distributed antenna system (DAS) networks in the US for $115 million. NewPath was the eleventh platform investment made from the Charterhouse Equity Partners IV fund.Crown Castle owns, operates, and leases towers and other communication structures for wireless communications. Crown Castle offers significant wireless communications coverage to 92 of the top 100 US markets and to substantially all of the Australian population. Crown Castle owns, operates and manages over 22,000...

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Qualcomm Names Two Investors in India LTE Venture

Qualcomm, which won Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum in four telecom circles in India in the government auction earlier this year, announced the first two shareholders for its India LTE venture: Global Holding Corporation Pvt. Ltd. and Tulip Telecom Ltd. In the recently concluded BWA auction, Qualcomm won one slot of 20 MHz TDD spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band covering the key telecom circles of Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala. Qualcomm will have a 74 percent stake in the venture, while Global Holding Corporation and Tulip Telecom will hold...

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Cable&Wireless Worldwide Closes London Centre

Cable&Wireless Worldwide closed Thameside its earth/satellite location centre in London as part of its ongoing pledge to significantly reduce its carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Originally the Docklands Telecommunications Centre, Thameside was a collection of huge satellite dishes in the midst of the city. The relocation to various other sites took over two years to complete.As a global network node and co-location centre Thameside provided...

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Redknee to Acquire Nimbus for EUR 11 Million

Redknee Solutions, which supplies converged billing, real-time charging, rating and personalization systmes for Service Providers, will acquire privately-held Spanish-based Nimbus Systems for EUR 11.25 million.Established in 2001, Nimbus Systems has been engaged in analysis, control and management solutions, with a particular focus on customer relationship management systems and billing, rating and partner relationship management. Nimbus Systems...

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Alcatel-Lucent Sees Improving Market Conditions

Citing improved overall market conditions and growing traction for its products, Alcatel-Lucent reported quarterly revenues of Euro 3.813 billion, up 17.4% sequentially, and down 2.4% year-over-year. The company said it is preparing for a strong second half of the year, backed with a growing order book, and confirmed its financial outlook for the year. The demand for telecommunications equipment and related services is recovering due to booming...

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IP Infusion Moves Ahead with MPLS-TP

IP Infusion is preparing to add MPLS-TP (MPLS-Transport Profile) functionality to its ZebOS Network Platform software, which is widely used by network equipment manufacturers. The forthcoming MPLS-TP specification, which is expected to be finalized next year, will enable carriers to extend their core IP/MPLS network to the edge of mobile networks. MPLS-TP will enable automated maintenance, administration, provisioning and bandwidth management...

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IBM Acquires Storwize for Real-time Data Compression

IBM will acquire Storwize, a privately held developer of real-time data compression technology. Storwize can compress primary data, or data that clients are actively using, of multiple types -- from files to virtualization images to databases -- in real-time while maintaining performance. This is in contrast to other storage compression technologies that only compress secondary or backup data. The companies claim the technology can reduce physical...

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Dell'Oro: WLAN Market to Exceed $7 Billion by 2014

Overall WLAN market revenues are expected to surpass $7 billion by 2014, according to a newly released market forecast report by Dell'Oro Group. The enterprise segment and the small office, home office segments will account for a majority of that growth, with enterprise revenues expected to expand more than 100 percent over 2009."The proliferation of Wi-Fi enabled devices and users' desire for constant access are fundamentally changing how network...

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SF Bay Area to Build Public Safety 700 MHz LTE Net with Motorola

Public Safety Agencies within the San Francisco Bay Area have selected Motorola's Enterprise Mobility Solutions to build a 700 MHz LTE system. As part of the Bay Area Regional Interoperable Communications System (BayRICS) plan, the system will serve multiple agencies across the greater bay area, including San Francisco, Alameda County/Oakland, Contra Costa County, as well as the cities of Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. This broadband system provides...

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Boeing Completes Acquisition of Narus

Boeing completed its previously announced acquisition of Narus, a leading provider of real-time network traffic and analytics software used to protect against cyber attacks and persistent threats aimed at large IP networks. Its NarusInsight system provides deep insight into multiple layers of IP network traffic in real time, enabling applications such as network cyber protection, traffic and application monitoring and capture for legal intercept,...

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Motorola Reports Improving Financials

Motorola reported Q2 2010 sales of $5.4 billion and GAAP earnings of $162 million, or $0.07 per share, which compares to GAAP earnings of $26 million, or $0.01 per share, in the second quarter of 2009. Motorola generated positive operating cash flow of $242 million, reduced long-term debt through a $500 million tender offer and ended the quarter with a total cash position of $8.3 billion. For Q3, Motorola expects earnings will range from $0.10 to...

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France Telecom Reaches 182 million Customers Accesses

The France Telecom Group reported consolidated revenues of 22.144 billion euros for the first half of 2010, down 2.2% on a comparable basis. EBITDA was 7.745 billion euros for a margin of 35.0%, with the erosion limited to 0.9 points on a comparable basis. The company confirmed its ambition for organic cash-flow generation for 2010 and 2011. Capital expenditure was 2.114 billion euros in the first half, for a CAPEX rate of 9.5% of revenuesorganic...

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BT Revenue Declines as Profit Increases

BT Group reported quarterly revenue of £5,006 million, down 4%, and adjusted EBITDA of £1,399 million, up 6%, as total group operating costs, before specific items, decreased by 6% to £4,424m, primarily due to reductionsin total labour costs and the delivery of other cost savings by all lines of business. Adjusted profit before tax was £446 million, up 17%."We have made an acceptable start to the year, delivering improved financial results while...

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AT&T Selects Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, and Juniper for IP/MPLS/Ethernet/EPC Domain

AT&T has selected Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, and Juniper Networks as its Domain Suppliers for IP/MPLS/Ethernet/Evolved Packet Core equipment needed for its industry-leading IP-based network. Financial terms were not disclosed."After conducting an extensive review of multiple IP/MPLS/Ethernet/Evolved Packet Core equipment suppliers, we're pleased to extend long-standing relationships with Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, and Juniper Networks," said Tim Harden,...

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Portugal Telecom Selects Alcatel-Lucent's HLN Strategy

Portugal Telecom has awarded a three-year agreement to Alcatel-Lucent to extend the capacity of its IP/MPLS network to support existing and new services to its growing customer base. PT will evolve its converged IP/MPLS network based on Alcatel-Lucent's High Leverage Network (HLN) architecture.The architecture will leverage an all-IP network layered with embedded intelligence and application awareness that improves the end-users experience as well...

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HomePlug AV2 Spec to Support Gigabit-class Powerline

The HomePlug Powerline Alliance announced major advancements by its Technical Working Group (TWG) on the HomePlug AV2 specification, which will be fully interoperable with current HomePlug AV and future HomePlug Green PHY and IEEE 1901 products. Key powerline enhancements the TWG selected for inclusion in the developing HomePlug AV2 specification include:MIMO (Multiple-Inputs Multiple-Outputs) offers significant increases in link throughput and range...

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Pacific Crossing Boosts Capacity

Pacific Crossing, which is a division of NTT Communications, has again boosted the capacity of its PC-1 trans-Pacific undersea cable network and expanded its Ethernet service capability. The newly added capacity will come into service at the end of July. A third upgrade of the PC-1 system is scheduled for later in 2010.Following its upgrade of the PC-1 system in 2008, which pushed the lit capacity of the cable over the 1Tbps mark, Pacific Crossing...

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Dell'Oro: Ethernet Microwave Market Forecast

The point-to-point microwave equipment market is forecast to grow 30 percent over the next five years to $6.6 billion in 2014, according to a newly published report by Dell'Oro Group."Mobile data traffic is expected to nearly double each year in the near future and by 2014, the vast majority of traffic backhauled from cell sites will be data packets and not voice circuits," said Jimmy Yu, Sr. Director of Microwave Transmission research at Dell'Oro...

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Korea's LG U+ Teams with Microsoft on Cloud Services

LG U+, the new Korean telecommunication service provider formed by the merger of LG Telecom, LG Dacom and LG Powercomm, will partner with Microsoft to offer a broad range of cloud services. By leveraging Microsoft Online Services, LG U+ will be able to deliver enterprise-class solutions and rich user experiences to small and midsize enterprises and consumers through its Smart Workplace offering. Additional services contemplated under the alliance...

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ARRIS Posts Q2 Revenue of $280 Million

ARRIS reported Q2 2010 of $280.4 million, up approximately $1.9 million as compared to second quarter 2009 revenues of $278.5 million, and up $13.7 million as compared to first quarter 2010 revenues of $266.7 million. Through the first half of 2010 and 2009, revenues were $547.1 million and $532.0 million, respectively. GAAP net income in the second quarter 2010 was $0.15 per diluted share, as compared to second quarter 2009 GAAP net income of $0.18 per diluted share and the first quarter 2010 GAAP net income of $0.15 per diluted share. Year to...

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Meru Networks Reports Rapid Sales Rise

Meru Networks, which supplies enterprise WLAN solutions, reported Q2 2010 revenue of $20.9 million, up 22% from $17.1 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009. Products and services revenues for the second quarter of fiscal year 2010 were $18.0 million, up 47% from the $12.3 million reported in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009. Net income as reported in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) was $0.9 million for the second quarter of 2010, or $0.05 per fully diluted share, compared to a net loss of $2.3...

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GENBAND Adds Automated Cutover to Softswitch

GENBAND introduced a new Automated Cutover capability to its C15 Compact Softswitch that eliminates downtime normally associated with network transitions to IP. The Automated Cutover capability is an embedded software utility that equips services providers to migrate legacy networks to IP without having to shut-down their network or perform time-consuming flash cutovers, which can result in loss of service for end users. It enables service providers to migrate multiple Central Offices on a site-by-site, frame-by-frame and line-by-line basis. During...

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NetLogic Posts Q2 Revenue of $95 Million

NetLogic Microsystems reported Q2 revenue of $95.0 million, a 10.2 percent sequential increase from $86.3 million for the first quarter of 2010 and a 192 percent increase from $32.5 million for the second quarter of 2009. Second quarter 2010 net loss (GAAP) was $4.8 million or $0.08 per diluted share. By comparison, GAAP net loss was $2.2 million or $0.05 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2009. "This is a very exciting time for us," said Ron Jankov, president and CEO. "When we announced the merger with RMI last June, we were committed...

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Telefónica gains control of Brazil's Vivo

Telefónicareached an agreement with Portugal Telecom to purchase 50% of Brasilcel held by the Portuguese operator. The entity to result from the Telesp-Vivo business combination, to which Telefónica will bring its extensive track record in integrating acquisitions and capturing synergies, will be the largest integrated operator in Brazil by all key metrics: by customer numbers (69.2 million to March 2010), revenue/OIBDA (11.8 and 4.1 billion euros...

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Sprint Nextel Adds 111K Subscribers in Q2

Sprint gained a total of approximately 111,000 net subscribers in the quarter. The company cited steady demand for smartphones like HTC EVO 4G and BlackBerry Curve combined with its best ever postpaid churn of 1.85 percent for the positive net postpaid subscriber growth of 136,000 on the CDMA network and 285,000 for the Sprint brand. The company also posted its best ever year-over-year quarterly net postpaid subscriber loss improvement of 763,000....

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Comcast Report Q2 Revenue of $9.5 Billion

Comcast's revenue increased 6.1% in Q2 2010 to $9.5 billion, while Operating Cash Flow increased 5.7% to $3.7 billion and Operating Income increased 10.9% to $2.1 billion. This growth was due to solid operating results in the Cable and Programming segments, partially offset by $22 million of NBC Universal-related transaction costs."We delivered healthy operating and financial results in the second quarter, reflecting overall customer growth, double-digit...

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NTT and Mitsubishi Electric Develop Advanced Encryption Scheme

NTT and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. have developed a new advanced encryption scheme that uses a mathematical approach called the "dual pairing vector spaces. The companies said their new encryption scheme will play an important role in achieving secure environments for cloud computing and other advanced network services. The two companies now plan to study how to efficiently implement and utilize this scheme for various applications. http://www.ntt.co...

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Alcatel-Lucent Tests 100GE Performance with Isocore and Ixia

Isocore has tested and verified the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router's (SR) 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100 GE) performance using Ixia's K2 100 GE test solution. The tests validate the Service Router's ability to handle high-touch service connections at 100 Gbps line-rate speeds. The companies said the test results also demonstrate the viability of 100 GE for broad deployment throughout carrier networks, extending beyond the IP core and into the service...

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Tellabs Posts Q2 Revenue of $423 Million, up 10% YoY

Tellabs reported Q2 2010 revenue of $423 million, up 10% from $385 million in the second quarter of 2009.On a GAAP basis, Tellabs earned 17 cents per basic share and 16 cents per diluted share in the secondquarter of 2010, up from 4 cents per share (basic and diluted) in the year-ago quarter. Second-quarter2010 GAAP net earnings were $64 million, compared with $16 million in the year-ago quarter.Tellabs' GAAP gross profit margin was 53.5% in the second quarter of 2010, compared with 43.5% inthe year-ago quarter. "Tellabs is achieving profitable...

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France's Bouygues Telecom taps Alcatel-Lucent for Mobile Backhaul

Bouygues Telecom of France has selected the Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS-based mobile backhaul solution to support smartphone data traffic. Alcatel-Lucent will deploy its 7750 Service Router (SR) and 7705 Service Aggregation Router (SAR) along with the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service Aware Manager (SAM). Alcatel-Lucent will provide a full range of comprehensive business transformation services including network design, installation, integration, testing and system maintenance. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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China Mobile Selects Alcatel-Lucent's IMS

China Mobile will deploy Alcatel-Lucent's IMS Solution in Shanxi, Shandong and Gansu provinces to support the delivery of enhanced communication services to consumers and businesses. The contract was secured through Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell. Financial terms were not disclosed.As part of its IMS framework, China Mobile will deploy Alcatel-Lucent's IP Access Border Solution, which provides security at the network's edge to enable network-independent access to offerings such as triple play services, as well as independent scaling of media and...

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Qualcomm Sees Opportunity in Electric Vehicle Charging

Qualcomm has formed a partnership with ECOtality to implement cellular connectivity into charging stations. The solution will allow ECOtality to use a commercial cellular network to manage its Blink brand charging station operations, transfer usage data, download firmware updates and publish availability to electric vehicle drivers in real time. ECOtality plans to begin deploying cellular-enabled charging stations this year under the EV Project,...

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Broadcom Posts Record Quarterly Net Revenue -- Up 54% YoY

Broadcom reported record Q2 2010 revenue of $1.604 billion, an increase in net revenue of 9.7% compared with the $1.462 billion reported for Q1 2010 and an increase of 54.3% compared with the $1.040 billion reported for Q2 2009. Net income (GAAP) was $278 million, or $.52 per share (diluted), compared with GAAP net income of $210 million, or $.40 per share (diluted), for the first quarter of 2010, and GAAP net income of $13 million, or $.03 per share...

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Wholesale Applications Community Sets Course

The Wholesale Applications Community, which was formed earlier this year by global telecommunications operators looking to build an open alternative Apple's iTunes and similar storefronts, has taken its first steps.The initiative has formally registered as a not-for-profit corporate entity based in the UK, named a prestigious board of directors, and joined forces with the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL).Peters Suh has been named the CEO of the Wholesale...

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UNH-IOL Launches 40 & 100GigE Consortium

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) is establishing a 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium for companies preparing products for the IEEE 802.3ba standard for high speed Ethernet. The consortium is currently accepting founding member companies who will have an early opportunity to provide input into the testing process and have market ready products as the high speed Ethernet standards evolve. http://www.iol.un...

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Huawei and Silicon Vendors Complete DSL Retransmission Test

Huawei, in partnership with major DSL chipset suppliers, including Broadcom, Lantiq and Ikanos, successfully completed the industry' s first ITU-T G.998.4-compliant DSL retransmission interoperability (IOP) test. The test proves that DSL retransmission technology is mature, with good IOP among chipsets from major DSL chipset suppliers.ITU-T G.998.4 retransmission technology is an important milestone for DSL technology because it improves DSL stability...

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OpenSAF Announces High Availability Middleware Release 4.0

OpenSAF announced the public availability of Release 4.0 of its high availability (HA) middleware platform. OpenSAF Release 4.0 implements all major functions of the Service Availability Forum Application Interface Specification and includes important enhancements to improve scalability as well as hardware and software management. "With Release 4.0, OpenSAF has reached a level of maturity that will broaden its reach and cross-industry impact," said...

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AT&T Builds Security Center portal, Implements Arbor for DDOS

AT&T announced two separate enhancements to its cloud-based security services -- the launch of AT&T Security Center, a new Web-based security administration tool that is accessible via the AT&T BusinessDirect Portal, as well as enhancements to AT&T Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) defense protection.The AT&T Security Center portal enables customers to perform a multitude of network management and administrative tasks:Centralization...

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Juniper to Acquire SMobile for Mobile Security

Juniper Networks agreed to acquire SMobile Systems, a privately-held developer of smart phone and tablet security solutions, for $70 million in cash.SMobile's product portfolio protects devices running on Android, Apple iOS, Symbian, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile operating systems from viruses, spyware, identity theft and other threats, while providing parental and enterprise controls. SMobile said its solution combines strong mobile security with...

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Intel's Silicon Photonics Achieves 50 Gbps Chip Laser Interconnect

Intel Labs has created a silicon-based optical data connection with integrated lasers using Hybrid Silicon Laser technology that can transmit data at 50 Gbps. The prototype device, which is the result of a multi-year silicon photonics research agenda, is composed of a silicon transmitter and a receiver chip. The transmitter chip is composed of four such lasers, whose light beams each travel into an optical modulator that encodes data onto them...

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BTI Positions 7200 Metro Services Platform for High Density 10G

BTI Systems unveiled its 7200 Metro Services Platform, a new metro networking platform designed for optical and packet layer flexibility in delivering wireless backhaul, video and Ethernet business services. The 7200 Metro Services Platform, which features a modular architecture in a 7U footprint, consolidates Carrier Ethernet, multi-service optical, and Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) functions. BTI adopts a pay-as-you-grow model, allowing...

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ADC and AFL Reach FTTX Licensing Agreement

ADC and AFL Telecommunications have settled their patent infringement suit. Under the agreement, ADC has added AFL as another licensee to certain patents pertaining to ADC's fiber-to-the-premises (FTTX) technology. ADC's patent technology relates to fiber distribution hubs and optical splitter modules that are widely deployed in an FTTX environment."AFL Telecommunications is the second company to take a license to ADC's patented FTTX technology under ADC's FTTX licensing program, which provides further recognition of the value of our portfolio...

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Speedtest.net Ranks Comcast as Fastest U.S. ISP

Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net website, is now providing ISP performance rankings as part of its "Net Index." The new performance is index is gleaned from the more than one million daily tests on the Speedtest.net site.The new ISP rankings show the top residential ISP in the U.S. based on download speed performance is Comcast, followed by Charter, Optimum Online, MidContinent Communications and Road Runner to round out the top five....

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AudioCodes Expands Enterprise Session Border Controller Line

AudioCodes announced the expansion of Enterprise Session Border Controller (E‐SBC) capabilities for the Mediant 1000 and Mediant 3000 platforms with new features targeted at SIP Trunking, Hosted IP‐PBX, Remote Extension, Contact Center and Conferencing services. The new capabilities address the needs of those users who want a combined solution of a media gateway with a Session Border Controller, as well as those users who want stand‐alone Session Border Controllers. AudioCodes' E‐SBC family delivers perimeter VoIP defense, signaling mediation...

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BT Employs "SmartWater" Invisible Paint to Deter Cable Theft

BT's Openreach division has begun to deploy an invisible, "SmartWater" forensic ink in its cabling across the UK as a deterrence to metal thieves. Driven by the recent surge in scrap copper prices, metal theft is a growing problem. BT's Metal Theft Taskforce is using the SmartWater as a means to tag anyone tampering with its lines. SmartWater is a forensic marking liquid that is unique to a particular location. It will be used to mark the outer...

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Global Crossing Posts Q2 Revenue of $630M, Down 3% Sequentially

Global Crossing reported consolidated revenue was $630 million in the second quarter of 2010, a decrease of 3 percent sequentially and essentially flat year over year. Compared with both prior periods, wholesale voice revenue declined $20 million due to pricing actions taken to improve margin performance. In addition, the sequential decrease included a $9 million unfavorable foreign exchange impact and the year-over-year decrease included a $7 million favorable foreign exchange impact. In constant currency terms, consolidated revenue decreased...

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CENX Partners with EXFO for SLA Monitoring of Carrier Ethernet Exchange

CENX, which operates Carrier Ethernet exchanges, will begin providing off-net service-level SLA monitoring for Carrier Ethernet services. The new monitoring service is a result of a collaborative partnership between CENX and EXFO, which specializes in test and service assurance solutions for network operators. CENX said it system enables buyers and sellers of Ethernet virtual connection to monitor key performance indicators across its exchange....

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NXP Acquires Jennic for Wireless Controllers

NXP Semiconductors has acquired Jennic, a leading developer of low power RF solutions for wireless applications in smart energy, environment, logistics and consumer markets. NXP paid approximately $12.2 million to acquire 100% ownership of Jennic shares, plus up to $7.8 million in additional consideration over the next two years if Jennic meets certain performance targets. Approximately 50 UK-based employees will transfer to NXP. Jennic specializes...

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New DMCA Exemptions Allow Mobile Phone Jailbreaking, Carrier Unlock

The Library of Congress announced a number of exemptions from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), including the "jail breaking" of mobile phones. These exemptions from the copyright law are based on whether the prohibition on circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works is causing or is likely to cause adverse effects on the ability of users of any particular classes of copyrighted works to make noninfringing uses of those works. Specifically, the Library of Congress named six classes of works for which...

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NetLogic Packs 128 CPUs for 240 Million PPS Performance

NetLogic Microsystems unveiled a multi-core communications processor solution that integrates 128 NXCPUs and over 160 programmable processing engines to deliver 160Gbps throughput and 240 million packets-per-second (Mpps) of intelligent application performance for next-generation 3G/4G mobile wireless infrastructure, enterprise, storage, security, metro Ethernet, edge and core infrastructure network applications. The new NetLogic XLP8128S multi-core...

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Pace to Acquire 2Wire, Consolidating STB Market

Pace, a leading global supplier of set-top boxes for satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms, agreed to acquire 2Wire for $475 million in cash. The consideration includes 2Wire's balance sheet cash at closing, expected to be approximately $55 million. 2Wire supplies residential gateways and multi-service IPTV STBs. The company's key customers include AT&T for its U-verse rollout, as well as Bell Canada, Telmex, BT, SingTel, and others....

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Clearwire Sells WiMAX Operations in Ireland to Imagine

Imagine Communications Group has acquired Clearwire's Irish operations. As part of the transaction, Clearwire will become a minority shareholder and will nominate a representative to Imagine's board of directors. Other specific financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Imagine gained 50mHz of spectrum when purchasing Irish Broadband in 2008, added more spectrum in a Comreg process in 2009, and with Clearwire Ireland Limited's spectrum...

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Ceragon Acquires Advanced Carrier Ethernet NMS Technology

Ceragon Networks announced an agreement to acquire the right to use and further develop advanced Ethernet network management software which will accelerate enhancements to its end-to-end network management system (NMS). Ceragon did not name the developer of this technology but said the deal will enhance its FibeAir platforms and its PolyView management solution. The development effort is expected to simplify the design and management of complex...

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AT&T Expands its Wi-Fi Hotzone Pilot Project

AT&T is expanding its pilot project to create large outdoor Wi-Fi hotzones in areas with consistently high 3G traffic. In May, AT&T has launched a Wi-Fi hotzone in New York City's Times Square to provide a mobile broadband offload option. Customer usage has been better than expected. Now, the company has created an AT&T Wi-Fi hotzone in downtown Charlotte, N.C. AT&T plans to further expand the pilot project with the launch of a...

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Dell'Oro: 40/100 Gbps DWDM Revenue to Exceed $3B by 2014

Total worldwide DWDM Optical Transport equipment revenue is forecast to be $9.3 billion in 2014, of which just over $3 billion will come from 40/100 Gbps, according to a newly released five year forecast report from Dell'Oro Group."The demand for 40 Gbps DWDM was resilient in 2009 even as the market for optical equipment was under extreme pressure," said Jimmy Yu, Sr. Director of Optical Transport research at Dell'Oro Group. "40 Gbps DWDM revenues...

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Verizon Sees Continued Wireless Growth, Confirms LTE on Track for Q4

Verizon Communications reported total Q2 operating revenues of $26.8 billion, a decrease of 0.3 percent compared with second-quarter 2009. The company reported a loss of 7 cents in basic earnings per share (EPS) in the quarter, which included $2.3 billion in pre-tax costs for workforce reductions associated with a second-quarter incentive offer that will lead to approximately 11,000 voluntary separations this year.Verizon noted continued strong cash...

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