Orange and Nokia to Extend Ovi Across UK & France

Orange and Nokia will introduce an integrated Ovi service across the UK and France to make it easier for customers to access content and the best apps. Specifically, Orange is working with Nokia to create a single sign-on for customers on a range of new handsets that simplifies the registration and purchasing process. Customers that purchase a Nokia device in the Orange Signature range will enjoy a wider range of local content and apps, sourced...

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Dell'Oro: Strong Growth for Wireless Packet Core Market in Q2

the Wireless Packet Core market grew 19 percent sequentially during the second quarter of 2010, in large part due to sustained growth in data and signaling traffic from mobile broadband services and smartphones, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. On a year-over-year basis, the market was substantially lower due to exceptional 3G network-related investments in China that peaked in the second quarter of 2009. According to the report, Ericsson and Nokia Siemens both gained market share in the second quarter of the year, while Huawei's...

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Joyent Secures $15 Million for Platform-as-a-Service Technology

Joyent, a start-up based in San Francisco, secured $15 million in Series C funding to expand international operations and build momentum in the marketplace for the company's core platform-as-a-service cloud computing technologies. Joyent's focus is to offer a "complete technology stack that delivers true cloud computing for public, private, and hybrid clouds." The company says its smart technology is able to tap into underutilized resources (RAM,...

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Verizon Introduces Pay-As-You-Go Cloud Computing for SMBs

Verizon introduced a Computing as a Service (CaaS) offering for small and medium-sized businesses. The cloud-based computing service lets customize the server, storage and network resources required to manage a Web presence or enable company applications. Verizon's CaaS for SMBs offers built-in VPN security and a web-based console. Enterprise-class integrated service load balancing is available in the cloud, allowing capacity to be share among...

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XO Expands Ethernet-over-Copper Network

XO Communications has expanded its Ethernet over Copper (EoC) network by more than 30 percent, increasing the company's coverage in 39 existing markets and launching availability in Charlotte, N.C., Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y. The expanded footprint is due to newly activated EoC-enabled local service offices (LSOs), bringing XO's count to more than 400 LSOs across the U.S. By bonding copper pairs, XO Communications enables its customers to scale...

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XO on Extending Ethernet Everywhere

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Dell'Oro: Wireless Packet Core Report

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SandForce Raises $25 Million for SSD Processors

SandForce, a start-up based in Saratoga, California, raised $25 million in Series D funding for its SSD (Solid State Drive) processors. SandForce's chips are designed to overcome data retention issues associated with NAND flash memory, making it possible to build SSDs that deliver unprecedented performance over the life of the drive with orders-of-magnitude higher reliability than enterprise-class HDDs (Hard Disk Drives). The new funding was led...

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Telenor Implements Ericsson's IMS Multimedia Telephony

Telenor has implemented a new IMS based Multimedia Telephony (MMTel) solution from Ericsson that will gradually support all of its telephony services, including future 4G voice. Under the agreement, Ericsson is the sole supplier of the new MultiMedia Telephony (MMTel) solution in Telenor's fixed network and the prime integrator of the project. The solution includes an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Core network, Ericsson's own MMTel Application Server...

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Ericsson Unveils 21Mbps Embedded HSPA module

Ericsson introduced its most advanced HSPA mobile broadband module for notebooks, netbooks and tablets. The F5521gw module is capable of download speeds of up to 2 1Mbps with upload speeds reaching 5.76 Mbps. It is based on ST-Ericsson's silicon and features embedded GPS functionality and Ericsson's unique Wake-on Wireless capability. This provides the ability to remotely "wake" the device, subscribe to content push services and receive updates...

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Occam Extends its ONT Portfolio

Occam introduces two in-door models to its ONT portfolio. The two new devices are optimized for deployment in single family residences (SFRs) and small-to-medium businesses (SMB), allowing service providers to assist subscribers in the management of in-premise data networking and video distribution. In addition, the ON 2505 and 2506 also feature:Support for bandwidth-intensive applications like on-demand video and gaming with four Ethernet LAN interfaces,...

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Ciena Wins Pan-European Services Deal with Interoute

Interoute, owner operator of a pan-European fiber network, has selected Ciena Specialist Services for end-to-end managed field services support across its pan-European network operations. The five year contract marks a high-note entry for Ciena into the multivendor managed field services area. Financial terms were not disclosed.As part of the deal, in addition to the spares management and maintenance services (for Ciena-manufactured products) already...

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GENBAND Signs VoIP Logic as a SBC Master Reseller

GENBAND announced a master reseller agreement with VoIP Logic, a leading provider of VoIP Managed Services and technology expertise. In this capacity, VoIP Logic will engage in managing other resellers and providing extended technical support, training and professional services for GENBAND session border controller technology. GENBAND noted that it has added 25 resellers to the overall program in the past six months, growing the total number of resellers to 67 around the globe. Some of the newest additions to the program include six significant...

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EANTC Tests Cisco's Mobile Internet Gear with Spirent

The European Advanced Networking Test Center AG (EANTC) has conducted a public test of the Cisco mobile Internet solution using Spirent test solutions to validate critical attributes across all aspects of the mobile network. The tests included validating the mobile back haul's ability to handle edge connections of E1 traffic being aggregated through the 100 Gbps backbone links and the network core's ability to scale to support the increases in users and data requirements. The test bed included the Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System, Cisco ASR 5000...

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