PalmettoNet Deploys Ciena CN 4200 ROADM

PalmettoNet, which operates fiber networks in the Carolinas and Georgia, has deployed Ciena's CN 4200 RS FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform with reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) functionality, along with other products in Ciena's CN 4200 family. PalmettoNet is using Ciena's CN 4200 platform to increase its network capacity and create a more agile optical service infrastructure featuring remotely-programmable wavelengths and service ports, multiservice flexibility and intelligent service provisioning to reduce operational costs....

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Google Reports Cyberattack in China

Google reported a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on its infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property and a privacy breach of Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. Google said the attacks, which were detected in mid-December, were widespread and targeted at least twenty other large companies from a wide range of businesses--including the Internet, finance, technology, media and chemical...

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Bharti Airtel Acquires 70% of Bangladesh's Warid

Bharti Airtel agreed to acquire 70% stake in Warid Telecom, Bangladesh, currently a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dhabi Group. Warid Telecom offers mobile services across all the 64 districts of Bangladesh and has a total customer base of over 2.9 million. Bharti Airtel will make a fresh investment of US$300 million to rapidly expand the operations of Warid Telecom and will have management and board control of the company. This is the largest investment...

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Spiceworks Raises $16 Million for IT Management App

Spiceworks, a start-up based in Austin, Texas, raised $16 million in Series C funding round for it IT management solutions. Spiceworks' free social business application combines systems and network management software with an online community of IT professionals. The company claims more than 850,000 users in 196 countries are using its IT management application. This includes more than 25 percent of all businesses with greater than 100 employees....

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Cricket Uses Sandvine's Policy Switch in 3G Net

Cricket has implemented Sandvine's policy traffic switch (PTS) platform and service creation solutions in its 3G mobile broadband network. Cricket is using a Sandvine solution to identify its customers whose service has expired and redirect them to a customer service site where they can conveniently extend their service term.Sandvine's end-to-end network policy control solution detects network conditions that trigger policies within the network to help service providers enhance subscribers' Internet experience.Cricket became a Sandvine customer...

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Swisscom Selects Cisco ASR 9000

Swisscom is deploying the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router as the edge platform to support the rollout of FTTH services to every household in Switzerland. Swisscom announced FTTH customer trials in April 2009, offering triple-play service bundles, which allow the simultaneous use of up to three HDTV channels, Internet connections of 50 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps upstream, and telephone services. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.cisco.comThe...

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Xilinx Releases Biggest, Highest Performance FPGA

Xilinx began the first shipments of its new Virtex-6 LX760 device, the largest FPGA to date. The device offers more than two and a half times the density of the largest Virtex-5 device and is targeted at applications that require intensive computational performance and high logic density. For instance, the single-FPGA could be used to prototype or emulate a greater range of ASIC designs than ever before. In addition to high logic capacity, the LX760 device offers a higher I/O count than competing FPGAs to simplify the challenge of partitioning...

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Global Crossing Adds to Juniper Gear to Managed Network Services Portfolio

Global Crossing is adding Juniper Networks equipment to its Managed Network Services (MNS) portfolio. Specifically, Global Crossing MNS will now support Juniper Networks J Series Services Routers, M Series Multiservice Edge Routers, and SRX Series Services Gateways. Global Crossing also will enhance its MNS with Juniper Networks WXC Series Application Acceleration Platforms for WAN Optimization.Global Crossing MNS provide and manage the entire array...

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Huawei Delivers 2G GSM/EDGE Rate of 564 Kbps

Huawei has demonstrated downlink dual carrier (DLDC) performance averaging up to 564 Kbps in a recent test for Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution (EDGE). This record speed is two times faster than that of existing EDGE networks.Huawei said this EDGE+ technology enables operators to increase network data capacity and bring 3G experiences to 2G users over GSM networks. Advancing EDGE technology significantly improves user experience through faster...

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Amsterdam-based Linxtelecom Deploys ADVA

Amsterdam-based Linxtelecom has selected ADVA Optical Networking's FSP 3000 to enhance speed connectivity across parts of its network. The network delivers transport between data centers separated by international borders and provides local peering with Internet exchanges. Initial deployments have been done in Russia and the Baltic countries.Linxtelecom provides a range of services including international private lines (IPL), wavelength services,...

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GSMA Predicts Rapid Growth in European Mobile Broadband

The GSMA is predicting that the total mobile broadband subscribers in key European markets will rise from about 22 million at the end of 2009 to over 43 million in 2011. Citing figures from global analyst house CCS Insight, the GSMA is also forecasting that total revenue from mobile broadband access in the major markets will rise from less than EUR 6 billion in 2009 to more than EUR 11 billion in 2011."It is clear from this report that with the...

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Polaris Wireless Integrates Wi-Fi into its Wireless Location System

Polaris Wireless has integrated Wi-Fi capabilities in its Polaris Wireless Location Signatures (Polaris WLS) solution. The new Wi-Fi support gives Polaris Wireless one more input in pinpointing the precise location of mobile devices. Combined with the company's Wireless Location Signature technology, Assisted-GPS (A-GPS) and other technologies, this enhanced hybrid approach leverages all available methods to ensure that location is determined as...

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Calix E7 Ethernet Platform Gains RUS Acceptance

Calix has received Rural Development (RD) Telecommunications acceptance from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the recently-announced E7 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP). The RUS listing enables CSPs to access RUS loans funded to promote the deployment of broadband services throughout the United States, with a special emphasis on rural development. http://www.calix.comhttp://In November 2009, Calix Networks filed SEC papers for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) on...

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Telenor Norway Deploys Vantrix Message Optimizer

Telenor Norway has deployed the latest version of Vantrix Message Optimizer. The deployment was secured by Acision as part of Vantrix's participation in the Acision Innovation Network. The solution will enable Telenor to leverage the power of Business Analyzer and Content Filtering, which are value-added modules of Vantrix's Mediadvance platform. The latest version of Message Optimizer provides Telenor with dynamic transcoding and optimization...

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Zscaler Hires Former Blue Coat Exec as VP Service Providers

Zscaler, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, has appointed Craig Hicks-Frazer as vice president of service providers. Most recently, Hicks-Frazer was the vice president of service providers at Blue Coat Systems. Prior to that, he held several roles of increasing responsibility at a variety of organizations including Alcatel and Cabletron Systems. Zscaler offers a multi-tenant SaaS security solution. http://www.zscaler.comhttp...

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Ericsson Acquires Consulting and Systems Integration Company in Italy

Ericsson agreed to acquire Pride Spa, an Italian consulting and systems integration company with about 1,000 experts in the field. Financial terms were not disclosed.Ericsson now has 40,000 services professionals around the world.Jan Frykhammar, CFO and head of Ericsson's Global Services unit, said "We are taking another important step to increase our capabilities in the growing services business. Consulting and systems integration are key areas...

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NTT DOCOMO Implements Stoke Mobile Broadband Gateway for LTE

NTT DOCOMO has selected Stoke's mobile broadband gateway for its LTE service. Specifically, DOCOMO will deploy the SSX-3000 in this LTE network to aggregate eNodeB radio transmission base stations that support various mobile data such as voice, data, and video.Functional verification of the Stoke SSX-3000 as well as its proposal and sale to DOCOMO was handled by Net One Systems, Stoke's distributor in Japan. Stoke's SSX-3000, via Net One Systems,...

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AT&T Provides HD Video Transport for The Switch

The Switch, which provides video images and sound to the broadcast industry, awarded a multi-year contract to AT&T to deliver broadcast video with live and on-demand high definition programming across more than 20 states.The Switch, which is owned and operated by Beers Enterprises, Inc. (BEI), is the leading video switching center in the New York metropolitan area. The company also provides advanced video switching services from its facilities...

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