IBM Demos RF Graphene Transistor at 100 GHz

Researchers at IBM demonstrated a radio-frequency graphene transistor with the highest cut-off frequency achieved so far for any graphene device - 100 billion cycles/second (100 GigaHertz). Graphene is a single atom-thick layer of carbon atoms bonded in a hexagonal honeycomb-like arrangement. IBM said this two-dimensional form of carbon has unique electrical, optical, mechanical and thermal properties and its technological applications are being...

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NTT Surpasses 12.8 Million Optical Access Lines

NTT ended 2009 with 12.779 million FLETs Hikari optical access lines in service, up from 11.1 million nine months earlier. Meanwhile, the number of ADSL accounts fell to 3.55 million, down from d3.99 million nine months earlier.Citing stiff competition, NTT Group's consolidated operating revenues for the three-month period ended December 31, 2009 were 2,527.6 billion yen (a decrease of 1.6% from the same period of the previous fiscal year), consolidated...

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Telegent's Latest Analog Mobile TV Chip -- 6x6mm

Telegent Systems, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, introduced its third generation analog mobile TV receiver chip based on 65nm CMOS process technology. The chip delivers free-to-air analog TV and FM broadcast reception on mobile devices, enabling consumers to enjoy live television programming -- whether news, sports, soap operas or movies -- while on the go. Telegent's TLG1121 provides global support for NTSC, PAL and SECAM TV broadcasts....

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comScore: Hulu Surpasses 1 Billion Monthly Video Streams

Online video viewing in the U.S. reached a record level in December 2009, with 33.2 billion videos viewed during the month by nearly 178 million U.S. Internet users, according to the latest figures from comScore. Some notable numbers reported by comScore:Google Sites continued to rank as the top U.S. video property in December, delivering 13.2 billion videos, with YouTube.com accounting for nearly 99 percent of all videos viewed at the property....

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Huawei Introduces a New 20G/40G Metro Services Platform

Huawei introduced a new 20G/40Gbps metro services platform (MSP). The CX600-X1 and CX600-X2 (CX600-X1/X2)is designed for IP intelligence at the metro edge. The compact platform offers a hardware-based, non-blocking switching routing with 20G/40G of forwarding capacity. Huawei said this can be expanded to 40G/80G in the future. Interface options include E1, CPOS, FE, GE, and 10GE, with rich Layer 2 and Layer 3 features (VLL, VPLS, L3VPN, PWE3, multicast...

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Ericsson Pushes HSPA to 84 Mbps

Ericsson has achieved a new performance record of 84 Mbps downstream using High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) technology. The 84 Mbps set-up will be demonstrated at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. At the same event last year Ericsson showed the world's first 42Mbps HSPA demo that is currently commercially available and being rolled-out by operators across the world. The 84 Mbps achievement is made possible using Multiple-In Multiple-Out...

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FCC Budget for FY 2011 Rises to $352.5 Million

The FCC requested a budget of $352.5 million for FY 2011.This compares with $335 million appropriated for FY 2010 and $342 million appropriated for 2009. There are 1,980 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions in the FY 2011 budget compared with 1,905 FTEs in FY 2010 and 1,810 FTEs in FY 2009.The FY 2010 Appropriation for the FCC authorized $335.8 million in the collection of regulatory fees. The FY 2011 budget proposes an increase to regulatory...

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