Unions See Double Standard with T-Mobile USA

ver.di, the union representing workers at Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile operations in Germany, the Communications Workers of America and UNI Global Union held a press conference to denounce a double standard they see in the way the Deutsche Telekom treats its Germany and American workers. Specifically, the unions accuse T-Mobile USA of engaging in an anti-union behavior.Lothar Schröder, an executive board member of ver.di, pointed out that "in Germany and many countries, DT complies with its Social Charter which directs the company to adhere to...

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Level 3 to Upgrade its Vyvx Infrastructure

Level 3 Communications will significantly upgrade its Vyvx VenueNet infrastructure for broadcast delivery. In 2010, Level 3's investment will focus on upgrading venue services in time for the start of the U.S. professional football and hockey seasons. In 2011, Level 3 expects to continue upgrading venue services in time for professional basketball and baseball seasons. Upgrades will include:Support for 1080P high definition (HD) video services with...

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Brite Semi Develops 100M Gate Wireless Network Chip

HiSilicon Technologies Co., Brite Semiconductor (Shanghai), Inc., and Open-Silicon, have successfully taped out a 65nm Wireless Network chip using a TSMC foundry process. The chip contains 100M gates, more than 8 cores, an 800MHz high-speed clocking system, and 3.125G high-speed interfaces.The Brite Semiconductor design team, which organized and executed the project, included engineers from multiple Brite Semiconductor and Open-Silicon locations (Bangalore, Milpitas, CA, and Shanghai). http://www.britesemi.com http://www.open-silicon....

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Nokia Acquires MetaCarta, Novarra

Nokia acquired MetaCarta, a start-up specializing in geographic intelligence technology. The company is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and employs about 30 people. Financial terms were not disclosed.MetaCarta's technology combines geosearch and geotagging capabilities, allowing users to find content about a location in internal and external data stores. This makes make data and unstructured content "location-aware" and geographically relevant for easier organization and quicker action. Nokia said MetaCarta's technology will be used in the...

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Taiwan's National Chiao Tung University Tests TD-LTE with NSN

Taiwan's National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) will conduct a trial of the time division (TD) variant of LTE with Nokia Siemens Networks beginning next month. Nokia Siemens Networks has committed to provide all necessary TD-LTE equipment for the trial, including core network and base stations, as well as corresponding technical support to help NCTU in its research.Chung-Yu Wu, the president of NCTU, said: "This multilateral cooperation in TD-LTE...

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Infonetics: Video Infrastructure Spending Holds Steady

Worldwide video infrastructure revenue held steady from 3Q09 to 4Q09 at $625 million, with all segments up but one, according to new figures released by Infonetics. Increased spending was noted for video on-demand (VOD) and streaming content servers, video encoders, IPTV middleware/content delivery platforms, edge QAMs, digital cable middleware, and satellite video middleware. Meanwhile, spending on video content protection software was down.For...

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Orange Switzerland to Merge with Sunrise

France Telecom and TDC signed a final agreement to combine their respective subsidiaries in Switzerland, Orange Suisse and Sunrise Communications. The combined company will be a strong alternative operator to Swisscom.The completion of this transaction is expected to occur in the second quarter of 2010, once approvals have been obtained from the Swiss competition and relevant regulatory authorities.http://www.orange.comhttp://tdc....

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Germany Begins LTE Spectrum Auction

Germany's official telecoms regulator, Bundesnetzagenturhas initiated an auction for spectrum in the ranges 800 MHz, 1.8 GHz, 2 GHz and 2.6 GHz for wireless network access for the provision of telecommunication services.A total of four applicants are enrolled in the auction:Erste MVV Mobilfunk Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (E-Plus)Telefónica O2 Germany GmbH & Co. OHGT-Mobile Deutschland GmbHVodafone D2 GmbH One applicant withdrew its application...

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Two Minute Video: Network Convergence with OTN

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