Bank of China Funds CDMA network in Canada supplied by ZTE

The Export-Import Bank of China will underwrite the construction of a CDMA network in Canada for Public Mobile, a new carrier formed in 2008. The financing deal was valued at $350 million.ZTE will supply end-to-end equipment for the project, including wireless, core network, service platforms and IP architecture. ZTE will also deploy over 1,000 base stations for the network. A commercial deployment commenced in Toronto on May 26 2010 and will be...

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InnoPath Over-the-Air MDM Powers Android Updates for KDDI

InnoPath Software has supplied its over-the-air update software for use with KDDI's first Android device, the IS01 from Sharp. The client will be used to add features and services in addition to fixing bugs on the phone.InnoPath's end-to-end solution for OTA Android updates consists of an on-device client as well as a server, which is deployed at the service provider.The company said its OTA Updates, and in particular Firmware Over The Air (FOTA)...

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Alcatel-Lucent Renews Global ISO 9001 and TL9000 Certification

Alcatel-Lucent successfully renewed its combined certificate of registration for the International Quality Standards of ISO 9001 and TL9000 for another three years. The certification covers more than 220 company locations, 32 different product categories and approximately 42,000 employees. In addition, the registration now includes a TL 9000 certification for Alcatel-Lucent's LTE solution -- key to Alcatel-Lucent's corporate Application Enablement and High Leverage Network strategy. http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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BT Offers GENBAND's Carrier-Hosted Communications in Spain

BT Spain is leveraging GENBAND's C20 (previously CS 2000) and the A2 (previously referred to as the Adaptive Application Engine), both recently acquired from Nortel, to support its iComms Unified Communication service. Key features of BT iComms service that were highlighted at the event include:Unified Communications (UC), giving business subscribers an advanced communication solution that combines the enterprise's voice, conferencing, presence and mobility applications into a single, converged network. This also includes a PC-based call control...

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FCC Denies Qwest Request to Change Pro-competition Policy Status Quo in Phoenix

The FCC denied a request from Qwest Corp. to change the current pro-competition policy status quo in the Phoenix, Arizona market. The FCC denied similar petitions in 2007 and 2008.In reviewing Qwest's petition, the FCC said it applied a data-driven "market power" analysis to determine whether Qwest had shown that the competition policies governing traditional telephone services in Phoenix were no longer necessary. While the Commission found that Qwest failed to demonstrate that it no longer had market power for the relevant services in Phoenix,...

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Australia's NBN Selects GPON from Alcatel-Lucent

Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) has selected Alcatel-Lucent's GPON solution for its forthcoming FTTH deployment. The initial contract is worth Aus$70M and NBN Co has committed to spend up to $1.5 billion on this network equipment during the lifetime of the project. In addition to its GPON platform, Alcatel-Lucent will supply aggregation equipment and engineering assistance.NBN Co was established in April 2009 to design, build and operate...

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OFS and China's Hengtong to Form Joint Venture

OFS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Furukawa Electric Co., and the Hengtong Optic-Electric Co. will form a joint venture company in China to manufacture, market and distribute optical fiber preforms used in the production of optical fiber. The joint venture company will be called Jiangsu OFS Hengtong Optical Technology Co. As part of the agreement, OFS, as a leading U.S. designer, manufacturer and provider of optical fiber and related products, will bring the latest Vapor Axial Deposition (VAD) optical fiber preform technology and expertise to...

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XO Communications Kicks Off Nationwide Ethernet VPLS

XO Communications announced the nationwide launch of XO Ethernet VPLS, providing a layer 2 option for businesses, large enterprises and government agencies to transform their Ethernet local area networks into wide area networks. VPLS is designed to combine the simplicity and scalability of an end-to-end, unified Ethernet network and the application-aware capabilities of MPLS. XO said its new service is aimed at multi-location organizations that...

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