Ciena Introduces Ultra Low Latency 1GbE and 10GbE Transponders

Ciena introduced ultra low latency 1GbE and 10GbE cards for its CN 4200 FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform. Ciena's ultra low-latency solution includes 2RS 1GbE and Quad 10-T 10GbE transponders. The company is also offering latency-optimized line systems, featuring multiple options for optical amplifiers, regenerators and dispersion compensation to reduce latency across fiber spans.Ultra-low latency network links are especially targeted at electronic...

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Agilent Updates Wireless Signal Analyzers

Agilent Technologies introduced eight new measurement applications for its PXA X-Series wireless signal analyzer and three new measurement applications have for its MXA and EXA signal analyzers. In addition, Agilent's LTE FDD, LTE TDD and EDGE Evolution applications have been updated with the following features:new in-band emissions and spectrum flatness measurements with pre-set limit lines for UE transmitter conformance test;new downlink transport...

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MegaPath + Covad + Speakeasy Merger Completed

Speakeasy, Covad Communications and MegaPath have been combined into a single company, creating a next generation Managed Services Local Exchange Carrier (MSLEC) with more than 85,000 business customers and over 4,500 partners throughout North America. The new company, which is called MegaPath, is privately held by a group of investors, including the primary investor, Platinum Equity. Best Buy is also an investor in the combined business.MegaPath,...

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CableLabs Issues 3D Content Encoding Spec

CableLabs published a new Content Encoding Profiles 3.0 Specification that provides exact requirements for formatting or "panelizing" 3D content into a frame-compatible format for use by cable television systems."This spec release marks a great step in the commercialization of 3D TV because it is the first public specification that fully describes the coding and signaling for these top-and-bottom and side-by-side 3D video formats," said Tony Werner,...

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FCC Seeks Comments on Preserving the Open Internet

The FCC is seeking public comment on two issues related to Preserving the Open Internet.The first is the relationship between open Internet protections and services that are provided over the same last-mile facilities as broadband Internet access service (commonly called "managed" or "specialized" services). The FCC is concerned that Open Internet protections may be weakened if broadband providers offer specialized services that are substantially...

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Apple TV Streams at 720p

The new $99 Apple TV box streams TV shows and movies via iTunes at 720p, with TV content initially available from ABC, ABC Family, Fox, Disney Channel and BBC America. It also streams content from Netflix, YouTube, Flickr and MobileMe, as well as music, photos and videos from PCs and Macs. Tech specs include:A4 processorHDMI802.11n Wi-Fi 10/100BASE-T EthernetBuilt-in IR receiverhttp://www.apple....

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Sprint Highlights 4G Applications for Federal Agencies

Sprint is tailoring specialized applications for government agencies that could run over its 4G network. The carrier said dozens of federal agencies have already certified 4G devices for use on the Sprint 4G network, which government customers can purchase using Networx Enterprise or Federal Supply Schedule 70 contracts. Sprint's WiMAX-based service is currently available in 48 markets and is expected to launch in Washington, D.C. shortly. Two...

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AT&T Sells Japan Domestic Network Operations to IIJ

AT&T has sold its domestic Japanese outsourcing services operations to Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) for approximately ¥9.2 billion, or approximately US$109 million. The deal was first announced in June.Through this acquisition, IIJ will be providing WAN services to approximately 1,600 domestic corporate customers. The deal includes approximately 245 employees who support those customers to IIJ. IIJ's own client bases has over 6,500 corporate...

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Alcatel-Lucent Acquires OpenPlug, Extending its Application Enablement Strategy

Alcatel-Lucent has acquired OpenPlug, a software developer specializing in tools for mobile applications, for an undisclosed sum. The deal extends Alcatel-Lucent's Application Enablement strategy, which is focused on combining the trusted and secure network capabilities of service providers with the speed and innovation of the Web to provide a richer end-user experience. By building a robust application-enablement system, Alcatel-Lucent said it...

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WSJ: Sprint Ponders 4G Alliance with T-Mobile USA

Sprint's Board of Directors is evaluating whether to seek a partnership with T-Mobile USA as it considers funding options for its Clearwire joint venture, according to The Wall Street Journal. The article cites sources who estimate that Clearwire will require $4 billion to fully fund the build-out of its network through 2011. Sprint controls a 54% stake in Clearwire. Meanwhile, Harbinger Capital Partners has recently announced plans for a nationwide, wholesale LTE network that a company like T-Mobile USA could use for its 4G entrance. None of...

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IBM Ships Four Core, 5.2 GHZ CPU -- World's Fastest

IBM has begun shipping a four-core chip built with 45 nanometer (nm) SOI technology that contains 1.4 billion transistors. The z196 processor is engineered for a new version of the IBM mainframe targeted at high-volume business transactions. The z196 makes use of IBM's patented embedded DRAM (eDRAM) technology, which allows IBM to place dense DRAM caches, or components, on the same chips as high-speed microprocessors, resulting in improved performance....

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euNetworks Builds Low-Latency Trading Net in London

euNetworks has activated an ultra low latency network route from key data centres in Slough, West of London, to financial exchanges and key data centres in the City of London.euNetworks has reduced the latency on this critical route by over 20% and is now providing sub 500 microsecond round trip connections between Slough and sites in the City of London. http://www.eunetworks....

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PARC Wins Research Grant for Content-Centric Networking

PARC, which is a division of Xerox, is one of four project teams chosen by the been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to pursue ways to build a "Future Internet Architecture" (FIA). PARC will be collaborating with nine universities in a team led by UCLA for "Named-Data-Networking (NDN)" in a grant worth up to $8 million. NSF describes the NDN project as follows:Today's traditional approach to communications is based on a...

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Verizon Business Extends Cloud Services with VMware

Verizon Business is testing VMware's vSphere virtualization platform to expand its Computing as a Service (CaaS) portfolio. Specifically, Verizon's CaaS enabled by VMware's vCloud Datacenter solution will allow enterprises to decide which applications to move to the cloud so they can react more quickly to changing business conditions. This would enable companies to pay only for IT resources consumed (server, connectivity, storage) while delivering...

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Occam Networks Signs Greek Reseller

Occam Networks has signed Optronics Technologies S.A. of Athens as part of its rapidly growing EMEA reseller network. Optronics is known across Greece and Cyprus for its installation of fiber optic-based LAN and WAN networks for both publicly and privately-owned networks. It also has its own production facilities for fiber optic accessories and components and can develop customized solutions for its customers through its own laboratories if required. http://www.occamnetworks....

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T-Mobile USA Plans 42 Mbps HSPA+ for 2011

T-Mobile USA announced plans offer dual-carrier HSPA+ with peak theoretical speeds of 42 Mbps by 2011. The company said its mobile broadband network now covers 100 million people in more than 55 major U.S. metropolitan areas. T-Mobile's HSPA+ network, which currently offers theoretical peak throughput speeds of 21Mbps, is now available in Boston; Erie, Penn.; Fresno, Palm Springs and San Diego, Calif.; Miami, Fla.; Richmond, Va.; Spokane, Wash.;...

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Singapore's M1 Offers 1 Gbps Residential Service

Singapore's M1 is launching fibre broadband over the NGNBN infrastructure. Four new broadband plans for residential customers with downlink speeds of 1Gbps, 100Mbps, 50Mbps and 25Mbps will be offered. Residential broadband customers also have the option of signing up for free incoming and outgoing calls on M1 Fixed Voice, which is M1's new fixed line service. Students who sign up for any M1 mobile plan will enjoy a special subscription rate...

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Ridgemont Equity to Acquire Majority Stake in Unite Private Networks

Ridgemont Equity Partners will acquire a majority equity stake in Unite Private Networks (UPN), which operates fiber infrastructure in 12 U.S. states, primarily in the mid-West. UPN, which is based near Kansas City, specializes in providing high-capacity data communications networks and related services to schools, government, carriers, data centers and enterprise business customers. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.upnllc.com http://www.ridgemontep....

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SingTel Launches Services over NGNBN Fibre

SingTel launched a set of high-speed, consumer and business communication services in its home with downlink speeds of up to 200 Mbps using Singapore's new Next Generation National Broadband Network (NGNBN) and its own fibre infrastructure."The availability of an ultra high-speed fibre network through the NGNBN and our own fibre infrastructure presents SingTel with significant opportunities to break new grounds in terms of service innovation and...

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Singapore's Next Gen Nationwide Broadband Network Launches

Singapore's Next Gen Nationwide Broadband Network (NGNBN) officially began commercial operations.Under the NBN structure established by Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) in 2008, the NetCo (OpenNet) is responsible for deploying fiber and maintaining the passive infrastructure while the OpCo (Nucleus Connect) is responsible for the active network and for delivering wholesale services to Retail Service Providers (RSPs). A structural...

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Dell'Oro: Weakness in the Microwave Transmission Market

The point-to-point microwave equipment market experienced a second consecutive quarter of decline in what is typically a seasonally strong quarter, as it dipped to a little over $1 billion during the second quarter of 2010, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. The report indicates that Ericsson continued to hold the largest market share in the quarter, trailed closely by Huawei. Huawei gained 5 percentage points of market share year-over-year,...

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NTT DOCOMO Works with WiSpry on RF-MEMS Technology

WiSpry, a fabless RF semiconductor company based in Irvine, California, has signed an agreement with NTT DOCOMO, Inc. to jointly develop tunable filters for mobile phone applications based on WiSpry's RF-MEMS technology. The companies are using the technology to design and develop new and enhanced tunable filters for mobile phones. WiSpry will supply tunable RF-MEMS technology, and DOCOMO will provide system and application technology. http://ww...

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Motorola Tunes its Remote Mgt for Multi-Screen Digital Homes

Motorola Mobility is introducing a new "EDGE" Service Assurance Software Suite for activating, provisioning, maintaining and supporting all broadband services in multi-screen digital homes.Motorola's EDGE Manager remote management software platform (formerly Motorola NBBS) is a multi-protocol management solution that supports Broadband Forum's TR-069, SNMP, OMA-DM,WIB, Telnet and HTTP DL Server protocols. This provides operators with expanded visibility...

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NTT America Deploys VMware for Offering Cloud Services

NTT America is using VMware vCloud Director to offer cloud services to customers. VMware vCloud Director software extends the resource pooling capabilities of VMware vSphere to enable enterprises and service providers to create pools of compute, networking and storage resources with defined management policies and performance levels -- helping establish a common model for provisioning IT services with consistent security, compliance and manageability across public and private cloud environments. NTT Communications has data centers strategically...

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F5 Integrates with VMware vCloud Director for "Cloudbursting"

F5 Networks introduced a solution developed in conjunction with VMware that enables enterprises to more easily augment the capacity of their data centers with external cloud resources -- a process called "cloudbursting". The solution ties F5's BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager and its BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager with VMware vCloud Director and the VMware vCloud API to monitor application response times and apply business policies that can augment local resources with on-demand cloud-based resources when predetermined thresholds are met. The solution...

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VBrick Wins U.S. Patent for Real-Time Video Compression

VBrick Systems has been awarded U.S. patent No. 7,751,482 for its real-time, encoding algorithms used during the compression of streaming video. VBrick said the issue faced when compressing streaming video is how to best optimize the quality of the final image given its real-time nature. In a typical real-time encoder, there is limited CPU power to efficiently compress incoming video streams. VBrick's patented technology, which specifically addresses...

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HP Launches CloudStart Services

HP introduced a "CloudStart" solution to simplify and accelerate private cloud deployments. HP CloudStart consists of hardware, software and services to enable pay-per-use services for infrastructure in their private clouds. This is enabled via real-time access to consumption and chargeback reports. HP clients will also be able to integrate their private clouds with third-party enterprise portals, public cloud services, usage billing packages and...

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Clearwire Offers Pay-As-You-Go Mobile Broadband, $5/Day

Clearwire launched a pay-as-you-go 4G mobile broadband service with daily, weekly and monthly payment options. The Clearwire "Rover" service, which will be marketed at tech-savvy Gen Y customers, offers unlimited data usage with no bandwidth caps over the company's WiMAX network. Rover is available in all of Clearwire's 49 4G markets across the U.S. at rover.com. Rover is also available at CLEAR stores, Best Buy stores and select independent...

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Verizon Boosts DSL to 10-15 Mbps Downstream

Verizon introduced a new s High Speed Internet DSL tier at 10 to 15 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream. The service is initially available to more than 4 million households and small businesses. Pricing for the 10 to 15Mbps/1 Mbps service is $49.99 per month for residential customers with voice service from Verizon, and $59.99 per month for those without voice service. Small-business pricing for the new, higher speed tier begins at $89.99 per...

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NSN Partners with Telefónica on Smartphone Experience Lab

The future lies in "smart networks for smart devices" said Rajeev Suri, CEO of Nokia Siemens Networks, speaking at the 24th annual Spanish telecoms summit in Santander, Spain. To help chard this future, NSN will create a "Smartphone Experience Lab" based in Telefónica premises in Madrid. The lab is investigating ideal configurations between mobile handsets, applications and networks to minimize any negative network impact from smart devices, improve...

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Sierra Wireless Supplies 42 Mbps HSPA+ Modems for Telstra

Sierra Wireless is supporting the launch of Telstra's first-in-the-world dual-channel HSPA+ network with the commercial launch of its AirCard 312U wireless USB modem. The device is being marketed as the Telstra Ultimate USB modem.Dual-channel HSPA+ doubles the speeds of current HSPA+ networks from a peak downlink of 21 Mbps to 42 Mbps. However, Telstra advises that customers using a Telstra Ultimate USB modem in enabled coverage areas will experience...

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Ceragon Notes Mobile Backhaul Order from Leading Indian Carrier

Ceragon Networks announced new orders for its advanced FibeAir platforms from a leading Indian operator. Ceragon's equipment will be deployed in a number of circles to facilitate the operator's network expansion. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.ceragon....

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Voltaire Packs 48 ports of 10GbE in Top-of-Rack Switch

Voltaire Ltd. introduced a low-latency, high-performance Layer 2/3 top-of-rack switch optimized for cloud computing. The new Vantage 6048 switch features 48 ports of 10GbE line rate connectivity in a 1U box. It provides non-blocking switching throughput of 960 Gbps, low latency and power consumption of 6.3 watts/port. to deliver superior application performance as well as data center efficiency. Voltaire said the combination of its existing Vantage...

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UNH-IOL Hosts IEEE 1588 Precision Time Plugfest

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) will host a plugfest for interoperability testing of devices in compliance with the Precision Time Protocol IEEE 1588-2008 standard. The Precision Time Protocol Interoperability plugfest, which will take place September 27 -- September 29 at the UNH-IOL's 32,000+ square foot facility in Durham, N.H., will be held in association with the 2010 International IEEE Symposium on Precision...

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Equinix Plans $63M Data Center in Hong Kong

Equinix announced plans to build its second International Business Exchange (IBX) data center, HK2, in Hong Kong. The new $63 million facility will provide total capacity for more than 1,450 cabinet equivalents and the first phase is targeted for opening in the third quarter of 2011. http://www.equinix....

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Intel Confirms Acquisition of Infineon Wireless

Intel announced its intention to acquire Infineon's Wireless Solutions Business, called WLS, in a cash transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion. The deal expands Intel's current Wi-Fi and 4G WiMAX portfolio to include Infineon's 3G capabilities. Intel said the acquisition also accelerates its entry into LTE. Intel plans to integrate the Infineon's wireless technology in its Intel Core processor-based laptops and Intel Atom processor-based...

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Financial Times: YouTube Seeks Pay-per-View Hollywood Films

Google is in talks to stream Hollywood content as a pay-per-view service from its YouTube site, according to a widely circulated report from the Financial Times. Earlier this year, the company unveiled plans for its own GoogleTV set-top-box that would layer Internet data over video from regular TV or cable service. http://www.ft....

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The Australian: Doubts over National FTTP

With the government of Australia remaining in caretaker mode following the recent elections, uncertainty is growing over Labor's $43 billion National Broadband Network. The Australian newspaper reports that one of the side-effects has been chaos in new commercial and residential property projects, where developers are unclear as to whether they will soon have fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) infrastructure provided by NBN Co. or not....

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Financial Times: Private Investors Considered for NSN

Nokia and Siemens are discussing investments with private equity firms into their joint venture, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), according to the Financial Times. NSN's recent deal to acquire Motorola and thus gain a bigger share of the North American market is seen as an inducement to attract more equity and partners in the firm. http://www.ft....

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Two Minute Video: Carrier Ethernet Service Engineering

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Sigma Designs Reports Revenue of $73M, up 12%

Sigma Designs, which provides silicon solutions for set-top boxes, reported Q2 revenue of $73.3 million, up $8.1 million, or 12%, from $65.2 million reported in the previous quarter and up $22.0 million, or 43%, from $51.3 million reported for the same period last year. GAAP net income for the second quarter was $0.5 million, or $0.02 per diluted share. This compares to GAAP net income of $1.1 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, for the previous quarter and $4.8 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, in the same period last year. In Q2, Sigma...

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Time Warner Cable to Launch SPEED2 Sports Channel for Broadband

Time Warner Cable is preparing to launch a broadband service that aggregates live and on-demand streaming of motor sport events and enthusiast programming. SPEED2 will launch nationally for Time Warner Cable Sports Pass subscribers (formally known as Time Warner Cable Sports Tier) -- at no additional charge -- on August 29. A complement to the offerings of the linear SPEED network, a FOX Sports property, SPEED2 allows motor sports enthusiasts to view racing content from any Internet based connection (wired or wireless), at home or on the go. ...

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IBM Acquires Sterling Commerce from AT&T

IBM completed its acquisition of Sterling Commerce from AT&T for approximately $1.4 billion in cash. AT&T, which acquired Sterling Commerce in 2000, expects to record a one-time pretax gain of approximately $800 million in the third quarter of 2010. Sterling Commerce provides software for cross-channel commerce and integration of customer, partner and supplier networks across a wide range of industries. "In combination with IBM's existing offerings, Sterling Commerce, Coremetrics and Unica are expanding IBM's ability to help companies...

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Nortel to Sell Multi Service Switch Business for $39 million

Nortel Networks will sell its Multi Service Switch business to private investors for US$39 million in cash.The deal includes Nortel's North America, Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) and Asia Multi Service Switch (MSS) business and the assets of the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) portion of its MSS business. The buyer is PSP Holding LLC, a special purpose entity to be fully funded at closing by Marlin Equity Partners and Canadian based Samnite Technologies Inc.Nortel's MSS business consists of its Data Packet Network and Shasta product...

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SK Telecom Selects ALU's MPLS-TP Packet Optical Backhaul

SK Telecom, Korea's largest mobile service provider, has selected Alcatel-Lucent's packet optical transport solution to upgrade its nationwide wireless data network. The project, which is currently being deployed, will increase backbone capacity for the delivery of its WiFi and WiBro services. In addition, it will support SK Telecom's WCDMA traffic and lay a solid foundation for LTE-based services.Alcatel-Lucent's packet optical transport solution...

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Royalty-Free End-User Licensing for H.264 AVC Internet Video

MPEG Licensing Authority has decided to extend royalty-free licensing to end-users of the H.264 video codec (known as "Internet Broadcast AVC Video") during the entire life of this License. MPEG LA previously announced it would not charge royalties for such video through December 31, 2015.MPEG LA's AVC Patent Portfolio License provides access to essential patent rights for the AVC/H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10) digital video coding standard. In addition...

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Taiwan's Chunghwa Sees Further FTTx Substitution for ADSL

Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecommunications reported total consolidated revenue for Q2 2010 of NT$49.7 billion up 3.3% year-over-year, of which 34.9% was from its domestic fixed business, 44.5% was from its mobile business, 12.2% was from its Internet business, 7.5% was from its international fixed business and the remainder was from other business segments. The company credited the year-over-year increase to Taiwan's economic recovery and its own marketing...

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AT4 Wireless Establishes LTE Test Lab in Taiwan

AT4 wireless announced new testing services covering Release 8 (LTE) and Release 7 (HSPA+). The facility started operations in Taiwan last October 2009, and during 2010 obtained ISO 17025 accreditation and became GCF and PTCRB accredited laboratory for GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA and HSPA conformance testing, including Protocol and RF. AT4 is based in Malaga, Spain and also has a lab in Herndon, Virginia. http://www.at4wireless....

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Chile's Movistar Upgrades with NSN's HSPA+

Movistar Chile, a Telefonica Group company, has selected Nokia Siemens Networks' HSPA+ technology and services to upgrade its network. This will increase downlink speed to 21 Mbps and uplink speed to 5.8 Mbps peak data rates to devices like smart phones and data cards. It will also increase overall network capacity to accommodate the increased mobile broadband subscriber base. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.nsn....

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Cisco to Acquire ExtendMedia for Video Content Management

Cisco agreed to acquire ExtendMedia, a privately-held company based outside of Boston with the majority of its employee base in Toronto, for its software-based Content Management Systems (CMS). Financial terms were not disclosed.ExtendMedia's "OpenCASE" CMS is designed to manage the entire lifecycle of video content through monetization for pay media and ad-supported business models. Cisco said the technology will help service providers deliver...

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BT Confirms Selection of Huawei for Next Gen Access

BT's Openreach has selected Huawei as one of its strategic partners for deploying Next-Generation Access on a national scale as part of BT's £2.5 billion investment in fibre. Huawei will supply a number of access products for the rollout and has already been working with Openreach to support the launch of FTTC super-fast broadband services this year."We are proud to contribute to the construction of BT's pan-UK fibre deployment," said Chengdong...

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List of Carriers Planning LTE Deployment Tops 100

There are now 101 firm LTE network deployments in progress or planned in 41 countries, according to the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). This figure includes three LTE systems which have launched commercial service - in Sweden, Norway, and Uzbekistan. GSA anticipates up to 22 LTE networks will be in commercial service by end 2010. The report provides an update on LTE activities in each country.Another 31 operators are engaged in various...

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Qwest Introduces Cloud-based Recovery Service

Qwest Communications introduced a cloud-based, Real-Time Application Recovery service to keep business operations running uninterrupted in the event of a system failure and at a much lower price point than conventional backup solutions. As a cloud service, it does not require capital expenses or in-house expertise. The Qwest Real-Time Application Recovery service, which is offered in partnership with Geminare, a leader in the Recovery as a Service...

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FiberTech Networks Sold to Investor Group for $500 Million

FiberTech Networks, a privately-held company that operates metro networks in 24 cities in the eastern U.S., announced a changed in ownership. Court Square Capital Partners will acquire Fibertech from its original investors, Nautic Partners and the team at Ridgemont Equity Partners. This transaction will be financed through a combination of equity contributed by investment funds managed by Court Square, as well as investment by the senior management...

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eircom Wholesale Launches Carrier Ethernet Across Ireland

eircom Wholesale launched its NGN Ethernet wholesale telecom service, providing connectivity with speeds from 10 Mbps to 1 Gbps across Ireland. eircom Wholesale, which has over 500 exchanges served at launch, promises substantial cost savings to operators, compared to existing traditional connectivity solutions. The carrier Ethernet could be used to support mobile broadband, videoconferencing, high-quality voice over IP, next generation cloud computing...

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Malaysia's Maxis Selects Huawei for FTTH

Malaysia's Maxis Berhad awarded a contract to Huawei to supply its Next-Generation High-Speed Internet network, including the building and managing of a full-service FTTx network using GPON technologies. Under the deal, which was signed last week in Kuala Lumpur, Huawei will deliver an end-to-end turnkey services package that includes active and passive equipment, holistic ODN (Optical Distribution Network) designs, and construction management for...

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AFORE Debuts CloudLink Management Solution

AFORE Solutions, a start-up based in Ottawa, announced their "CloudLink" virtual appliance andmanagement solution for private, public and hybrid cloud computing environments. The CloudLink software provides an integrated on-ramp to the cloud, combining AES-256 encryption, high performance network optimization, SLA assurance and monitoring and advanced traffic management capabilities. The solution enables the deployment of applications into a VMware...

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