Xelerated Samples its Programmable Ethernet Switches

Xelerated has begun sampling its AX family of programmable Ethernet switches, designed for high-capacity access systems, including point-to-point Ethernet, GE and 10GE, as well as point-to-multipoint EPON, GPON, 10GEPON and XGPON. Xelerated's wirespeed dataflow architecture and AX family integrates Ethernet MAC, switching, programmable packet processing and traffic management into a single chip. The AX family consists of four devices: AX340, AX310,...

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Tata Teleservices selects NSN for 3G

Tata Teleservices has selected Nokia Siemens Networks for its 3G launch. The network, based on WCDMA 3G and including HSPA+, will allow TTSL to offer high-quality mobile broadband providing fast Internet browsing and better quality voice calls. Under the scope of the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will supply its compact, energy-efficient and LTE-ready Flexi Multiradio Base Stations. Nokia Siemens Networks will also provide network implementation...

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ZTE Selected by Telenor Hungary for 2G/3G/LTE

Telenor ASA has awarded a EUR200 million contract to ZTE to build a network in Hungary. The rollout of a 2G/3G/LTE network is contingent upon the economic and regulatory environment in Hungary. ZTE plans to deploy 6,000 base stations throughout Hungary and the contract will run for five years. http://www.zte.com...

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Colt Deploys Infinera in Low-Latency European Backbone

Colt has deployed Infinera's optical networking systems to support low latency services on its next generation pan-European network. Colt is now offering services with a measured latency of 4.22 milliseconds between London and Frankfurt and 2.65 milliseconds between Paris and Brussels. Infinera said its low-latency solutions are engineered to provide significantly lower latency than conventional DWDM solutions through the use of innovative optics...

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Verizon Launches Enhanced On-Demand Games App

Verizon and its games-on-demand partner Exent have launched a major redesign of the Verizon Games service portal and desktop application, now offering more than 1,500 game choices. The new Verizon Games app, built with "GameTanium", creates a more engaging, game-like environment designed to appeal to a mass-market audience. http://www.verizon.com http://www.exent....

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Stoke Delivers its 100th Mobile Broadband Gateway

Stoke, which supplies mobile broadband gateways for carriers, reports that its sales have accelerated as it passes a company milestone -- the delivery of its 100th system for commercial deployment. The company began shipping its Stoke Session Exchange (SSX) transformation gateway to mobile carriers in late 2008. Deployments are now expected to double by year's end.The SSX can be deployed in a variety of mobile data network locations to perform...

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Telstra Selects Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi for In-Home Option

Ruckus Wireless is providing Telstra with its 802.11n Smart Wi-Fi system for use with its new T-Box set-top box, which combines BigPond TV, movie downloads, HD free-to-air channels and a personal video recorder. The Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi systems are being offered as an option for Telstra customers who need to connect T-Box beyond the reach of an Ethernet connection or normal Wi-Fi connectivity. The Ruckus system uses 802.11n 5GHz technology and integrates...

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HP Bids $24 per Share for 3PAR, Topping Dell

HP announced a bid to acquire 3PAR, a supplier of highly-virtualized storage solutions, for $24 per share in cash. The deal values 3PAR at $1.6 billion, providing a 33% premium over the acquisition offer made by Dell last week. HP said the addition of 3PAR's next-generation storage architecture will accelerate its Converged Infrastructure strategy, which provides customers with an unmatched portfolio of intellectual property across storage, server...

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Advantech and NetLogic Partner on 40Gbps ATCA Chassis

Advantech, a manufacturer of telecom computing blades and multi-core network platforms, and NetLogic Microsystems announced their collaboration to deliver a 40 Gbps AdvancedTCA (ATCA) platform using NetLogic Microsystems' XLP multi-core, multi-threaded processors with 64 NXCPUs™, knowledge-based processors, and 10GE PHY solutions.Advantech's ATCA-7410 is designed to support the new 40-Gbps ATCA standards and is targeted at LTE enhanced packet core (EPC) gateways, service routers, metro Ethernet, access aggregation, mobile backhaul systems and network...

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Spacenet Awarded $7.5M for Broadband in Alaska & Hawaii

Spacenet has been awarded $7.5 million in federal grant funding from the Rural Utility Service (RUS) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to provide broadband service to rural unserved markets in Alaska and Hawaii through its "StarBand Open Skies" initiative. Spacenet will offer its StarBand broadband-over-satellite service to these regions for $0 down, including equipment and standard installation, and an entry-level monthly service fee of $50. The Nova 1000 service provides download speeds of up to 1 Mbps and upload speeds of 200...

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Australia's NBN Hangs in the Balance

The fate of Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN), which has been described as the nation's largest infrastructure project, remains uncertain following the nearly tied election, writes columnist Adam Turner in Monday's Sydney Morning Herald. As the author explains, the Labor party seeks to push ahead with the $43 billion national fibre rollout, designed to offer at least 100 Mbps to at least 90 percent of Australian homes. It would do so while also requiring ISP-level Internet filtering. On the other hand, the Liberals prefer a plan to...

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Lantiq Samples 65nm VDSL2 CO Chipset with Line Bonding

Lantiq unveiled its latest generation 65nm chipset for central office linecards supporting the global VDSL2 and ADSL/2/2+ standards. The design can drive data rates up to 150 Mbps/downstream and 100 Mbps/upstream on a single line.The new VINAX V3 chipset, which boasts the smallest package size and highest channel count, gives network equipment vendors a single solution to meet carrier requirements for all xDSL deployments. Sampling is underway....

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Lantiq Intros Wireless LAN Chips with Beamforming

Lantiq introduced its latest 802.11n WLAN chips, featuring advanced beamforming and an integrated "Thick MAC" processor for increased reach and radio coverage while maintaining links with a minimum or even zero packet-error rate performance.Lantiq expects the WLAN market to grow significantly in the years ahead. According to In-Stat the market will see an increase in the number of Wi-Fi-enabled devices, from over 500 million in 2009 to nearly 2 billion...

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Lantiq Debuts Family of Gigabit Speed Gateway Processors

Lantiq expanded its family of home gateway processors with three, new single-chip Gigabit Ethernet processors designed for DOCSIS3.0, VDSL2 and xPON access technologies. The new "XWAY" GRX168, GRX188 and GRX288 ICs are based on the same architecture as Lantiq's existing "XWAY" ARX100 and VRX200 ADSL2+ / VDSL2 solutions, with a 32-bit MIPS CPU core and separate 32-bit Protocol Processor Engine (PPE). The IPv6-ready PPE offloads all data routing...

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