Telefónica's Project Haiku Targets User Micro-services

Telefónica is developing an open application engine that allows users to create micro-services on mobile devices without any prior knowledge of programming or specialized tools. The Project Haiku concept, which was presented at last month's Mobile World Congress, allows users to add mobile capabilities such as localization, images, music, recordings, video, micro-payments, etc, to micro-services. The idea is to allow users to create and publish...

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Times: EU Set to Approve Orange UK + T-Mobile Merger

The European Commission is expected to approve the proposed merger between Orange UK and T-Mobile. according to The Sunday Times. The joint venture would have 30 million customers, making it the largest mobile operator in the UK.In November 2009, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom signed the final agreement to combine their UK operations, T-Mobile and Orange, into a 50:50 joint venture company. The deal was first announced on 8 September 2009http://business.timesonline.co...

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Sensory Extends its Pattern Matching Software for Security Applications

Sensory Networks, which specializes in pattern matching and acceleration software technology, has extended its "HyperScan" engine to support a new line of security applications including Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and data parsing for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). Sensory's HyperScan has been benchmarked delivering pattern matching/content inspection throughput performance of up to 73Gbps running on a dual-socket, quad-core (8-core)...

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ITU Forecasts 5 Billion Mobile Users This Year

The ITU expects the number of mobile cellular subscriptions globally to reach five billion in 2010. The figure reached 4.6 million by the end of 2009. In addition, the ITU expects to see the number of mobile broadband subscriptions exceed one billion globally during 2010, having topped 600 million by the end of 2009. "Even during an economic crisis, we have seen no drop in the demand for communications services," says ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun...

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Huawei Demonstrates LTE-Advanced at 600 Mbps

At Mobile World Congress, Huawei Technologies is showing downlinks of up to 600 Mbps using multi-carrier aggregation and high-order MIMO technology in an LTE-Advanced system.LTE-Advanced is currently being standardized by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) as a major enhancement of 3GPP Long Term Evolution. LTE-Advanced will include key features such as worldwide functionality and roaming, compatibility of services, interoperability with...

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Huawei Shows HSPA+ Android Smartphone

At Mobile World Congress, Huawei is showcasing the first Android phone with HSPA+ connectivity supporting downlink speeds up to 14 Mbps. The U8800 uses the Android 2.1 operating system and will feature a 3.8-inch wide screen. The U8800 smartphone will be commercially available in the third quarter of 2010.Huawei also showed three other Android devices: a youth-oriented smartphone, an entry level smartphone and a 7" touch-screen tablet. http://w...

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KPN Names Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs as Strategic Adviser

KPN has selected Bell Labs to advise on a network and business transformation program. Specifically, Bell Labs will work with KPN to further develop strategic technology roadmaps that provide a systematic approach to network transformation. Bell Labs will also advise on business scenarios. Alcatel-Lucent said this engagement is part of an ongoing relationship around transformational services. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.alca...

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Alcatel-Lucent's Motive Enters MDM with WDSGlobal Alliance

Alcatel-Lucent's Motive division, which provides broadband device management solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with WDSGlobal to provide end-to-end mobile device management solution.The joint solution will help automate and remotely manage key customer care processes throughout the mobile device lifecycle -- from activation and configuration, to firmware and application updates and technical support. The companies said their goal...

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Lantiq Completes Metalink Acquisition -- WLAN

Lantiq completed its acquisition of WLAN related assets and intellectual property (IP) from Israel-based Metalink Ltd. The deal includes patents, technology, and more than 50 engineers in the Middle East and Asia who will continue to drive innovation in the WLAN market. Also, Lantiq has established a new WLAN-related technical competence center in Yakum, Israel, as part of this acquisition.Metalink's WLANPLUS is a high-throughput, 802.11n-draft-compliant...

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Broadcom Announces Multi-Line DSL for Ethernet-based Backhauling

Broadcom announced a new chipset for Ethernet-based wireless and wired backhauling applications, as well as Ethernet-based business applications. The new Broadcom BCM96519 is a multi-line DSL terminal solution that implements multi-mode ADSL2+/VDSL2, vectoring and channel bonding technologies. Broadcom claims the device could be to significantly increase the capacity of Ethernet connectivity over copper, almost 10-fold, with rates approaching 1...

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Aircell Appoints President and CEO

Aircell, which specializes in airborne communications, announced the appointment of Michael J. Small to President and CEO of the company. Ron LeMay, current President and CEO, will return to the position of Chairman of the Board previously held prior to July 24, 2009.Mr. Small recently served as CEO of Centennial Communications. Prior to joining Centennial, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of 360 Degrees Communications...

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Aricent and Wintegra Collaborate on LTE

Aricent and Wintegra are collaborating on a joint LTE eNodeB testing solution. The solution will integrate software and components from both companies, and is designed to accelerate the product development cycle of telecommunications equipment manufacturers' LTE infrastructure as carriers' deployment windows draw near. The integrated IODT platform is being demonstrated at Mobile World Congress 2010 and showcases end-to-end connectivity with an LTE...

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Beceem to Build Integrated 4G LTE/WiMAX Chip

Beceem Communications announced plans for a single chip that integrates both LTE and WiMAX technology. The BCS500 multi-mode chip will support the latest revisions of the IEEE 802.16 standard, namely 16e and 16m, as well as the 3GPP-LTE standard, based on Release 8 specifications. It is the only device chip to support UE Class 4 capabilities. In addition, it will support both TDD and FDD configurations for LTE and IEEE 802.16m, even enabling real-time...

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Telegent and Brightstar Show "Soccer TV" Phone

Telegent Systems and Brightstar announced a partnership to offer a low-cost handset that delivers live, free-to-air broadcast TV to Latin American and African consumers prior to this summer's 2010 soccer World Cup in South Africa. Brightstar's Avvio 505 device, which incorporates Telegent's free-to-air analog mobile TV receiver, will provide consumers on the go with an affordable way to view this summer's soccer matches. The Avvio handset...

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Verizon Wireless to Offer Skype on Smartphones

At a press conference at Mobile World Congress, Verizon Wireless and Skype announced a deal to bring Skype to Verizon Wireless smartphones starting next month. This will allow Verizon Wireless users with data plans to call around the globe with Skype, while also giving hundreds of millions of Skype users around the world the opportunity to communicate with friends, family and business colleagues in the United States using Verizon Wireless.Specifically,...

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MWC Keynote: Google Says 60,000 Android Devices Ship Per Day

The number of Android-powered devices, including netbooks and smartphones, has risen to over 60,000 per day, said Google CEO Eric Schmidt, in a keynote address at Mobile World Congress. Micro-blogging and social networking tools will drive the rapid rollout of sensory-based online services, according to Schmidt. For example, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing has established an hourly Twitter update that posts air-quality information at its location....

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Alcatel-Lucent Opens Cloud-based Developer Sandbox

Alcatel-Lucent introduced a new cloud based developer platform to make it easier for service providers to open their networks for application developers.Specifically, the cloud-based developer platform, which builds on the Alcatel-Lucent Application Exposure Suite announced in December, provides tools to build, test, manage and distribute applications across networks, including television, broadband Internet and mobile. Alcatel-Lucent said a key...

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Scaling Network Security Application Performance using Software Pattern Matching

Network security performance challenges Application driven data continues to grow on a massive scale, as does the importance of that data to its users. At the same time, the task of protecting that is becoming increasingly complex and challenging. Threats today come in many varieties and seek to infiltrate systems through any means possible. The entire network operation is vulnerable, including...

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