Ubiquisys Secures $9 Million for its Femtocells

Ubiquisys, a developer of 3G femtocells, secured $9 million in new funding. In the past twelve months Ubiquisys has met a number of strategic milestones, including contracts with SFR in France and SoftBank, which is offering its femtocells for free in Japan and driving massive consumer demand. The company said its Femto-Engine software system has enabled the only femtocell with a wholesale price below $100.The funding round was led by 5 Continents...

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Extreme Networks Raises Financial Guidance

Extreme Networks updated its financial guidance for its 2010 fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended June 27, 2010. The company now expects to report revenue in a range of $84-$86 million, compared to its prior expectations of $82-$85 million. Full results are expected August 2, 2010.http://investor.extremenetworks....

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AppliedMicro Introduces 10GBASE-T IC

AppliedMicro introduced its Triveni family of dual and quad port, low power 100/1000/10GBASE-T physical layer ICs (PHYs) for next gen data center equipment. The 10GBASE-T technology provides up to 100m of data center cabling and offers a lower cost alternative to top-of-rack and short-reach optical solutions. The company said it is entering this market with technology that overcomes issues that have impeded the rollout of 10GBASE-T to date, namely,...

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Widevine Enhances Video Optimization Platform with Dolby Digital Plus

Widevine will support Dolby Digital Plus in its video optimization and digital rights management (DRM) platform to bring the movie theater-like experience directly to the living room via the Internet. Dolby Digital Plus is a versatile, scalable digital audio coding technology that extends the capabilities of Dolby Digital, delivering up to 7.1 channels of surround sound. It supports a wide range of bit rates to ensure optimized sound quality and...

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Ericsson Showcases TD-LTE with China Mobile

At a China Mobile event in Shanghai, Ericsson (showcased its complete end-to-end TD-LTE solution for the first time. Ericsson has previously verified a single user peak rate of 110Mbps in the downlink for its TD-LTE solution. This demonstration was performed with a USB dongle with a TD-LTE chipset from ST-Ericsson. Ericsson has introduced a new base station as part of its TD-LTE offering. The design is based on its latest RBS 6000 multi-standard...

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E-Band Supplies 80 GHz GigE Wireless Backhaul for Clearwire's 4G

E-Band Communications confirmed that its E-Link wireless platform is providing a hi-capacity backhaul solution for Clearwire's 4G network. E-Band said its wireless technology is being deployed in a number of Clearwire's 4G markets, with initial deployments in Chicago and Philadelphia. Financial terms were not disclosed.E-Band's Gigabit-Ethernet wireless point-to-point systems allow Clearwire to build wireless backhaul rings that carry multiple gigabits...

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Skyworks Supplies LTE PA module for Samsung's USB Modem

Skyworks Solutions supplied an LTE power amplifier (PA) module for Samsung's new 4G USB modem -- the world's first LTE-commercialized device. Samsung's USB modem incorporates Samsung's in-house developed LTE modem chip supporting the 2.6 gigahertz (GHz) band for LTE service. The LTE modem complies with the latest 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) LTE Release 8 (Rel-8) standard. Skyworks' SKY77706 LTE PA module, which is designed for multiple handset and data card applications, is a fully matched, surface mount module developed for LTE/EUTRAN...

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NetLogic Debuts 10/40/100 Ethernet PHY for Data Centers

NetLogic Microsystems released a low power 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet PHY for next-generation data center applications. The new NLP1342 PHY is a quad-port device that integrates receive equalization and transmit pre-emphasis technologies with ultra low latency. It supports 10Gbps SFI-to-XFI, 40Gbps XLPPI-to-XLAUI and 100Gbps CPPI-to-CAUI modes to enable a seamless migration of data centers from 10 Gigabit to 100 Gigabit throughputs.NetLogic said...

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Microsoft Announces Windows Azure Platform appliance

Microsoft introduced its Windows Azure platform appliance -- a turnkey cloud services platform for deployment in customer and service provider data centers. Dell, eBay, Fujitsu and HP are early adopters of a limited production release of the appliance.Microsoft said its new Windows Azure platform appliance consists of Windows Azure, Microsoft SQL Azure and a Microsoft-specified configuration of network, storage and server hardware. The appliance...

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Dell Plans Microsoft Windows Azure Platform Appliance

Dell intends to use Microsoft's Windows Azure platform appliance as a part of its Dell Services Cloud to develop and deliver next-generation cloud services. The Windows Azure platform appliance will allow Dell to deliver private and public cloud services for Dell and its enterprise, public, small and medium-sized business customers. Dell will also work with Microsoft to develop a Dell-powered Windows Azure platform appliance for enterprise organizations to run in their data centers. http://www.dell....

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HP to Offer a Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud Appliance

HP and Microsoft are collaborating on a Microsoft Windows Azure platform appliance that will enable large enterprise customers to adopt cloud-based applications. The companies will work together to deliver a complete hardware, software, services and sourcing solution. Customers will be able to manage the appliance with HP Converged Infrastructure on-premises or choose HP data center hosting services.The companies said this latest collaboration...

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CENX Appoints Former AT&T Exec as CEO

CENX, which operates Carrier Ethernet exchanges, announced the appointment of Sanford (Sandy) Brownas its Chief Executive Officer. Sandy comes to CENX from AT&T, where he was responsible for multi-billion dollar lines of business, including the successful development and deployment of AT&T's Carrier Ethernet services. "Carrier Ethernet exchanges are clearly the critical enabler for worldwide scalability and ubiquity of Carrier Ethernet services,"...

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VoLGA Forum Expands Voice-Over-LTE Capabilities

The Voice over LTE via Generic Access (VoLGA) Forum released an updated set of specifications for delivering mobile voice and SMS services over LTE. New features and capabilities include:the use of VoLGA over HSPA;support for SIM-less emergency calling;optimized voice-bearer routing; andhost APIs for LTE handsets."We are pleased to see that the VoLGA Forum has continued to add valuable new capabilities to the specifications," said Karl-Heinz Nenner,...

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Fujitsu and Indiana University Research Fiber Dispersion

Researchers form Fujitsu and Indiana University (IU) have found that Polarization Dependent Loss (PDL) in fiber, which previously had been considered a minor fiber impairment, can actually have a significant effect on 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps transmission capability. Indiana University provided Fujitsu with access to both buried and aerial fibers so PDL could be measured in a real-world setting. Fujitsu and IU announced that theoretical and experimental...

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Sprint Launches More 4G Markets

Sprint launched its WiMAX-based 4G service in Rochester, N.Y., Syracuse, N.Y., Merced, Calif., Visalia, Calif., Eugene, Ore., Tri-Cities, Wash., and Yakima, Wash. These deployments mark the first 4G Sprint launches for New York and California. Sprint now offers 4G in 43 markets and expects to have 4G service in many more -- including Los Angeles, New York and Miami -- by the end of 2010. http://www.sprint....

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