Telegent Announces Design Wins for Mobile TV

Malata, a top 50 China consumer electronics company, has selected Telegent Systems' television-on-a-chip solution for a mini-TV design. Malata's mini-TV is the first standalone TV+FM consumer electronics product based on Telegent's technology, enabling consumers to receive the same live television broadcasts that they view on larger conventional TV sets, while on the go. Malata's mini-TV is a portable television with a screen size of 2.4, 2.8 or...

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Aruba Updates its AirWave Multi-Vendor Network Management

Aruba Networks announced a major upgrade to its AirWave multi-vendor network management solution, including the ability to integrate the management of wireless networks, wired infrastructure, and client devices into a single interface. Aruba's AirWave 7 provides a single point of visibility and control for the entire network edge. New features include:New AirWave Mobile Device Manager (MDM) module: Provides over-the-air management of business-critical...

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Etisalat selects Alcatel-Lucent's GPON

Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Etisalat to speed up the deployment of its nationwide FTTH network in the UAE. In this multi-million Euro deal, Etisalat will utilize Alcatel-Lucent's GPON platform to connect 50,000 households and business customers. The contract includes the 7342 Intelligent Services Access Manager Fiber-to-the-User (ISAM FTTU) GPON-based platform, and the related Alcatel-Lucent 5520 Access Management System. In addition, Alcatel-Lucent...

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Green Touch Initiative Seeks Fundamental Gains in Network Efficiency

Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs has organized a consortium of leading researchers to create the technologies needed to make communications networks 1000 times more energy efficient than they are today. Specifically, the Green Touch initiative aims to develop and demonstrate fundamental technologies within five years that could lead to radical redesign of how networks are built and operated. Researchers at Bell Labs calculate that wireless networks...

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CA Acquires Oblicore for IT Service Level Management

CA has acquired privately-held Oblicore, a provider of Service Level Management (SLM) software for enterprises and service providers. Financial terms were not disclosed.CA said the acquisition strengthens its s ability to set, measure and optimize service levels to meet business expectations across enterprise and cloud environments. Specifically, Oblicore's solutions also extend CA's capabilities in cloud vendor management and assurance of cloud...

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Cisco Restructures Asia Pacific and Japan Operations

Cisco announced a restructuring of its operations in Asia Pacific and Japan.Effective February 2010, the company will create three theaters that will enable a more focused strategy and investment of resources to countries within the region. China P.R.C., Hong Kong and Taiwan, formerly part of the Asia Pacific Theater, will now form a separate Greater China Theater. The remaining countries in Asia Pacific will form the Asia Pacific Theater and Cisco's Japanese operations will continue as the Japan Theater. The new Greater China Theater will...

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PAETEC Standardizes on Cisco IP NGN

PAETEC, which offers communications services for medium and large businesses, enterprise organizations and institutions across the U.S., will standardize on Cisco® Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network edge and core platforms. Financial terms were not disclosed.The network will include Cisco 7600 Series Routers to enable personalized edge-based services, supporting interfaces from T1 to multi-gigabit Ethernet connectivity. http://www.paetec....

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Celtro Picks Metaswitch MPLS and IP Routing for Mobile Backhaul

Celtro, a leading supplier of mobile backhaul access switches, has selected Metaswitch Networks' MPLS and IP Routing network protocol software products for Celtro's DynaMate product family. The use of Metaswitch's IP/MPLS network protocol software products enables Celtro's solutions to support advanced IP/MPLS network capabilities, while offering smooth migration for mobile backhaul networks from ATM to IP/MPLS. "Our mobile operators customers...

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Stephen C. Hassell to Lead Emerson Network Power Division for Data Center Mgt

Emerson announced the combination of its Aperture and Avocent businesses into a new division that will be led by Stephen C. Hassell, who has served as vice president and chief information officer for Emerson for the past five years. The new division is part of Emerson Network Power and is headquartered in Huntsville, Ala. The unit combines Avocent's management systems division -- which offers access and control of the physical aspects of network...

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The OIF to Host Public Workshop on 25-Gig Electrical Interfaces

The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) is hosting a workshop on Common Electrical Interface (CEI) for 25- and 28-Gig on Monday, February 1, 2010 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Cypress Hotel in Cupertino, California. This workshop is open to the public and OIF members. An agenda is posted online."The OIF is hosting this workshop to draw in other communities to participate in broadening the application space for the CEI Implementation Agreement,"...

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Tyco Electronics Appoints President, Communications & Industrial Solutions

Tyco Electronics Ltdappointed Charles (Chuck) P. Dougherty as President of its Communications & Industrial Solutions (CIS) business unit, replacing Minoru (Mooch) Okamoto who has announced his intention to retire. Dougherty rejoins Tyco Electronics from Harris Corporation, where he recently completed the integration of the Wireless Systems business sold by Tyco Electronics to Harris in May 2009. Dougherty joined Tyco Electronics in 2006 as President of the Wireless Systems business. Prior to that, he worked 25 years for Motorola as Vice President...

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Koen Resigns as CEO of Savvis

Phil Koen resigned as CEO of Savvis. The company announced that James E. Ousley will serve as interim chief executive officer until the company names a replacement. Jim Ousley has served as non-executive chairman of Savvis since May 2006 and as a director since April 2002.Saviss also reaffirmed its 2009 guidance, which calls for adjusted EBITDA of $215 to $220 million, total cash CAPEX guidance between $120 and $140 million, cash interest expense...

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