Taiwan's Chunghwa Sees Further FTTx Substitution for ADSL

Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecommunications reported total consolidated revenue for Q2 2010 of NT$49.7 billion up 3.3% year-over-year, of which 34.9% was from its domestic fixed business, 44.5% was from its mobile business, 12.2% was from its Internet business, 7.5% was from its international fixed business and the remainder was from other business segments. The company credited the year-over-year increase to Taiwan's economic recovery and its own marketing...

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AT4 Wireless Establishes LTE Test Lab in Taiwan

AT4 wireless announced new testing services covering Release 8 (LTE) and Release 7 (HSPA+). The facility started operations in Taiwan last October 2009, and during 2010 obtained ISO 17025 accreditation and became GCF and PTCRB accredited laboratory for GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA and HSPA conformance testing, including Protocol and RF. AT4 is based in Malaga, Spain and also has a lab in Herndon, Virginia. http://www.at4wireless....

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Chile's Movistar Upgrades with NSN's HSPA+

Movistar Chile, a Telefonica Group company, has selected Nokia Siemens Networks' HSPA+ technology and services to upgrade its network. This will increase downlink speed to 21 Mbps and uplink speed to 5.8 Mbps peak data rates to devices like smart phones and data cards. It will also increase overall network capacity to accommodate the increased mobile broadband subscriber base. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.nsn....

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Cisco to Acquire ExtendMedia for Video Content Management

Cisco agreed to acquire ExtendMedia, a privately-held company based outside of Boston with the majority of its employee base in Toronto, for its software-based Content Management Systems (CMS). Financial terms were not disclosed.ExtendMedia's "OpenCASE" CMS is designed to manage the entire lifecycle of video content through monetization for pay media and ad-supported business models. Cisco said the technology will help service providers deliver...

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BT Confirms Selection of Huawei for Next Gen Access

BT's Openreach has selected Huawei as one of its strategic partners for deploying Next-Generation Access on a national scale as part of BT's £2.5 billion investment in fibre. Huawei will supply a number of access products for the rollout and has already been working with Openreach to support the launch of FTTC super-fast broadband services this year."We are proud to contribute to the construction of BT's pan-UK fibre deployment," said Chengdong...

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List of Carriers Planning LTE Deployment Tops 100

There are now 101 firm LTE network deployments in progress or planned in 41 countries, according to the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). This figure includes three LTE systems which have launched commercial service - in Sweden, Norway, and Uzbekistan. GSA anticipates up to 22 LTE networks will be in commercial service by end 2010. The report provides an update on LTE activities in each country.Another 31 operators are engaged in various...

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Qwest Introduces Cloud-based Recovery Service

Qwest Communications introduced a cloud-based, Real-Time Application Recovery service to keep business operations running uninterrupted in the event of a system failure and at a much lower price point than conventional backup solutions. As a cloud service, it does not require capital expenses or in-house expertise. The Qwest Real-Time Application Recovery service, which is offered in partnership with Geminare, a leader in the Recovery as a Service...

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FiberTech Networks Sold to Investor Group for $500 Million

FiberTech Networks, a privately-held company that operates metro networks in 24 cities in the eastern U.S., announced a changed in ownership. Court Square Capital Partners will acquire Fibertech from its original investors, Nautic Partners and the team at Ridgemont Equity Partners. This transaction will be financed through a combination of equity contributed by investment funds managed by Court Square, as well as investment by the senior management...

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eircom Wholesale Launches Carrier Ethernet Across Ireland

eircom Wholesale launched its NGN Ethernet wholesale telecom service, providing connectivity with speeds from 10 Mbps to 1 Gbps across Ireland. eircom Wholesale, which has over 500 exchanges served at launch, promises substantial cost savings to operators, compared to existing traditional connectivity solutions. The carrier Ethernet could be used to support mobile broadband, videoconferencing, high-quality voice over IP, next generation cloud computing...

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Malaysia's Maxis Selects Huawei for FTTH

Malaysia's Maxis Berhad awarded a contract to Huawei to supply its Next-Generation High-Speed Internet network, including the building and managing of a full-service FTTx network using GPON technologies. Under the deal, which was signed last week in Kuala Lumpur, Huawei will deliver an end-to-end turnkey services package that includes active and passive equipment, holistic ODN (Optical Distribution Network) designs, and construction management for...

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