ZTE is working with Qualcomm on femtocell technology. The terms of the agreement allow ZTE to access Qualcomm's Femtocell Station Modem (FSM) chipset platform in order to develop CDMA2000 femtocell products. http://www.zte.com.cnhttp...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Alcatel-Lucent names VP of its Services Business
Alcatel-Lucent has appointed Vivek Mohan as President of its Services business. He replaces Andy Williams who has left the company for another opportunity. Vivek will be based in India.Mohan is currently Head of Alcatel-Lucent's business in India. Previously, he headed the Services organization for Alcatel-Lucent's South Asia region. Before India, Vivek worked in a variety of roles and locations in Alcatel-Lucent. He led the Asia Pacific Supply Chain...
Sprint Awards Motorola iDen Services Contract for 5th Year
Motorola has been awarded its fifth consecutive annual contract by Sprint to provide Intelligent Optimization Service (IOS) for its iDEN network. Financial terms were not disclosed.Motorola's IOS includes expert resources, analytical tools and a proven optimization methodology for achieving efficient and measurable improvement results in network performance. Motorola's IOS utilizes data-reporting features generated by the network and subscribers as they use their phones. Motorola said its service virtually eliminates the need for manual resource...
Clearwire Picks Tellabs SmartCore 9100 for WiMAX in Spain
Clearwire will deploy the Tellabs SmartCore 9100 platform for its WiMAX network throughout Spain. Clearwire already uses the Tellabs 9100 SmartCore ASN Gateway (formerly the WiChorus SmartCore platform) in the United States. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.tellabs.comhttp...
Skype Mobile for Verizon Wireless Now Available
Verizon Wireless officially launched Skype mobile on its network. Initially available on nine Verizon Wireless 3G smartphones, Skype mobile uses the Verizon Wireless voice network for the wireless connection of the Skype-to-Skype calls, providing its users with a superior experience and top-notch call quality.http://www.skype.com http://www.verizonwireless.com/multime...
Qualcomm Raises Financial Guidance - Strength in Licensing and Chips
Qualcomm raised its financial guidance for the second fiscal quarter ending March 28, 2010. Revenues are now estimated to be $2.55 to $2.65 billion compared to prior guidance range of $2.40 to $2.60 billion. Diluted earnings per share are estimated to be $0.56 to $0.58 pro forma, compared to a prior guidance range of $0.49 to $0.53.CDMA-based Mobile Station Modem (MSM) shipments are estimated to be approximately 92 to 93 million units compared to...
Cisco Invests in Grid Net for SmartHomes
Cisco has made an equity investment in Grid Net, a San Francisco start-up developing Smart Grid and Smart Home software platforms for utilities, their partners and their customers. The Grid Net platform is designed to integrate substation automation, distribution automation, smart meters, demand response, load management, and home automation capabilities to increase grid reliability, energy efficiency, renewable energy use, and customer satisfaction while reducing operating costs. Grid Net said it intends to use the proceeds from this investment...
D-Link Chooses BroadLight's Chip for GPON Residential Gateways
D-Link has selected Broadlight's GPON Residential Gateway (RG) system-on-chip for a new line of high-performance CPE devices. D-Link is extending GPON technology into its product portfolios and has achieved high level of interoperability for the emerging GPON markets like Russia. http://www.broadlight....
Qwest Requests $350 Million in Broadband Stimulus Funds for Rural Projects
Qwest Communications is seeking $350 million in broadband stimulus funding to extend broadband at speeds of 12 to 40 Mbps to rural communities throughout its local service region, which is comprised of 14 Midwestern and Western states. In its application, Qwest proposes to build facilities to serve more than half a million homes, schools, businesses and hospitals that lack access to today's high-speed Internet capabilities. It plans to introduce...
Fanfare Launches iTest App Store
Fanfare, which specializes in test automation solutions for service providers (SPs), network equipment manufacturers (NEMs), and enterprises, launched an "iTest App Store", featuring free iTest applications and test assets that can be leveraged by iTest users and testers. The iTest App Store adds new capabilities as well as eliminates the need to re-create test assets, increasing productivity and accelerating the overall time to market. The iTest...
Andrew Offers SmartBeam Base Station Tool
Andrew Solutions introduced a SmartBeam base station antenna tool that helps wireless operators achieve load balancing across a cell site or even a whole network cluster of 3G, LTE and WiMAX cell sites. SmartBeam offers three levels of base station antenna pattern adjustments -- beam tilting, panning, and fanning -- which can be conducted from a central office via Andrew's ANMS (Antenna Network Management System). When used in combination, the...
Skype for SIP Now Interoperable with AudioCodes' Mediant
The AudioCodes Mediant 1000 Multi-Service Business Gateway has been certified as interoperable with Skype for SIP. This will enables SMBs who are still using legacy TDM PBXs and Key-Systems to direct their outbound calls to mobile phones and landlines around the world through Skype. It will also allow them to receive inbound calls from Skype users. Certification testing of Skype for SIP with the AudioCodes Mediant 1000 Multi-Service Business Gateway...
Wavesat Samples its Odyssey 9010 WiMAX - LTE Chipset
Wavesat has begun sampling its Odyssey 9010 LTE chipset. Taiwan-based Alpha Networks has selected it for inclusion in a forthcoming line of USB dongles and other consumer broadband devices. Wavesat's Odyssey 9010 supports to support multiple 4G technologies, including LTE and WiMAX, on the same silicon. The chipset supports up to 100 Mbps downlink and 50 Mbps uplink while offering a programmable architecture capable of easy adaptation to LTE's evolving requirements. http://www.wavesat....
ADTRAN Enhances Mobile Backhaul with Modular Ethernet Solution
ADTRAN introduced its NetVanta 8044M modular Ethernet Access Gateway for mobile backhaul. Combined with the ADTRAN Total Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform, the new NetVanta 8044M provides an end-to-end Ethernet access migration solution. The 1U-high platform delivers Ethernet, fiber, copper and bonded TDM services with a "pay-as-you-grow" business model supported by ADTRAN's Ethernet Quality of Service capabilities. At the cell site, the NetVanta 8044M delivers intelligent Ethernet and legacy TDM services, seamlessly offering...
ng Connect Program Targets LTE Applications
The ng Connect Program Targets LTE-ready AppsThe ng Connect Program, which was co-founded by Alcatel-Lucent to stimulate the development of network-ready applications, services, content and devices for LTE, has added ten new members and now has 37 companies participating in total.The ng Connect Program said its members have made progress in developing turnkey solution concepts for 4G/LTE networks - including sophisticated point of sale (PoS) technology,...
Two Minute Video: Ultimate Wireless Packet Core
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