FCC Opens 25 MHz OF Spectrum for Mobile Broadband

The FCC adopted rules that will make available 25 megahertz of spectrum for mobile broadband service in much of the United States.Specifically, the newly adopted Order amends the Wireless Communications Service (WCS) rules to immediately make 25 megahertz of spectrum available for mobile broadband services. The existing WCS rules constrain operations to fixed services, but the Commission found today that those rules can be revised to allow mobile...

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FCC Approves Verizon-Frontier Deal

The FCC approved the transfer of 4.8 million lines in primarily rural and smaller-city areas to Frontier Communications from Verizon Communications.The FCC believes the transaction will help advance the goals of the National Broadband Plan by bringing broadband to millions of consumers, small businesses, and anchor institutions in 14 states across the West, Midwest, and South.To gain the approval, Frontier has committed to deploy broadband with actual...

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Fujitsu and University of Tokyo Develop 25 Gbps Quantum Dot Laser

Fujitsu Laboratories and the University of Tokyo have developed the first quantum dot laser capable of 25 Gbps transmission. Researchers believe the technology can be scaled to 100 Gbps and above. Quantum dot lasers are semiconductor lasers which employ quantum dots - nanometer-sized semiconductor particles as an active material for lasing. The researchers cite several advantages over other types of semiconductor lasers, such as being less sensitive...

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Northrop Grumman Wins DIA SITE Contract

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) under the Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise (SITE) contract vehicle. The company will provide worldwide IT coverage and technical support services to the government, including system design, development, fielding, and sustainment of global intelligence and command and control assets vital to national security.Northrop Grumman was one of six large business prime contractors selected for SITE, an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ)...

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Analog Devices Introduces New Timing Chips for Wireless Basestations

Analog Devices introduced two clock products that, when designed in as part of a complete timing signal chain, improve performance and reduce programming and design complexity in synchronous optical networks and wireless base stations.The AD9553 clock generator is recommended for low-cost clock translation needs in GPON, SONET/SDH OC-48 (synchronous optical networking/synchronous digital hierarchy), test and measurement, data acquisition, Ethernet, Fibre Channel, T1/E1, broadcast video and other wireless and wired communications applications.The...

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Sparkplug Expands Wireless Network in Phoenix

Sparkplug Communications will be expanding its wireless broadband presence in Arizona through the acquisition of certain business assets from MetroBridge Networks, a Vancouver, B.C.-based public company.Specifically, Sparkplug will acquire MetroBridge's assets operating in Phoenix, Ariz., including all customer contracts, network infrastructure and related assets. The deal increases Sparkplug's Points of Presence (PoPs) in the Valley by 33 percent and bolster its customer base by 13%. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.sparkplug....

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Marvell Posts Quarterly Revenue of $856 Million, Up 2% Sequentially

Marvell Technology Group reported net revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 (ended 01-May-2010) of $856 million, a 64 percent increase from $521 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2010, ended May 2, 2009, and a 2 percent sequential increase from $843 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, ended January 30, 2010.GAAP net income was $206 million, or $0.30 per share (diluted), for the first quarter of fiscal 2011, compared with a GAAP...

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STMicroelectronics Shrinks Next-Gen Bluetooth

STMicroelectronics introduced a new design to connect an antenna to a Bluetooth transceiver using a single chip. Two new integrated balun devices can be used to convert the antenna signal to a balanced pair of signals as required by the Bluetooth transceiver. The company said the new devices occupy up to 70% less printed-circuit-board area, simplify design and assembly, and ensure better balanced signal channels with low losses, thereby improving wireless performance.http://www.st....

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Harris to Acquire CapRock Communications for $525 Million

Harris Corporation agreed to acquire CapRock Communications, a global provider of mission-critical managed satellite communications solutions for the energy, government and maritime industries, for $525 million in cash, subject to post-closing adjustments. CapRock's audited financial statements for calendar year 2009 included revenue of $359 million; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of $54 million; and operating income of $28 million. CapRock provides managed communication services including broadband Internet...

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Verizon Expands Fleet of Alternative-Energy Vehicles

Verizon unveiled five hybrid aerial-lift trucks, the first of 160 alternative-energy vehicles that the company will add to its fleet in New York this year.The five vehicles, also known as bucket trucks, have batteries that help power the engine and also provide the sole power for the mechanical boom that raises a four-sided platform, or "bucket," to enable a technician to work on overhead telephone lines or other equipment. In the traditional versions of Verizon's bucket trucks, the mechanical booms are powered by the trucks' gasoline or diesel...

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