RadiSys Unveils ATCA-based LTE Security Gateway

RadiSys introduced an ATCA-based security gateway designed for LTE networks. As an all-IP network, LTE potentially is vulnerable to security attacks. And with thousands of base stations and micro cell sites, there will be the need to secure the inter-domain links back to the network. RadiSys said its high-performance gateway provides a cost-effective solution to this challenge.The RadiSys LTE SEG is the first 3GPP Network Domain Security (NDS)...

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Spread Networks Guarantees 15.75ms Latency for NYC-Chicago

Spread Networks, a new a privately owned telecommunications provider, has introduced low latency Ethernet wave services connecting New York and Chicago in under 15.75 milliseconds - the lowest latency of any commercially available wavelength services between these financial centers.Each customer gets a dedicated 10 Gbps wavelength with a guaranteed round-trip latency of 15.75 milliseconds. The connectivity links Chicago and Carteret, New Jersey which...

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IBM Pitches Cloud Service Provider Platform

IBM is launching a set of hardware/software consulting services to help telecom operators enter the cloud-services business.The IBM Cloud Service Provider Platform includes carrier-grade technology with all the essential security and service management capabilities to ensure reliability essential to their own customers. It could be used to deliver "as-a-service" offerings such as collaboration applications, customer relationship management services,...

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NSN to Acquire Engineering Firm in Turkey

Nokia Siemens Networks has agreed to acquire IRIS Telecom, a telecom and engineering services firm headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.IRIS Telecom's multi-vendor network planning and pptimization business will be integrated with Nokia Siemens Networks' global telecom services capabilities. IRIS Telecom has more than 630 employees and its existing customers include Turkcell, Avea and Ucell. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. http://www.nsn.com http://www.iris-tele.c...

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FCC Proposes Mobility Fund to Close Gap in Mobile Access

The FCC is proposing to create a new Mobility Fund as a one-time boost to help close gaps in mobile wireless service. The Mobility und would use some of the USF funding voluntarily relinquished by Verizon Wireless and Sprint. Those funds had been helping support service in areas that, at least in some cases, were being served by other mobile carriers. Under the Mobility Fund, a portion of these funds will instead be distributed on a one-time basis...

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BroadSoft to Acquire Casabi for Family Communications App

BroadSoft agreed to acquire Casabi, a privately-held developer of cloud-based, personalized content and messaging applications for approximately $1.95 million.Casabi offers a "CasaCenter" hosted application to help families keep organized. Family members can send group text messages to any phone number (fixed-line or mobile), access voicemail, make real-time updates to a family calendar, and share a network address book. Casabi is based in Campbell,...

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FCC Offers Tools to Avoid "Bill Shock".

The FCC proposed new rules to help consumers avoid "bill shock" with their monthly wireless bill. These rules would require:Over-the-Limit Alerts: The FCC's proposed rules would require customer notification, such as voice or text alerts, when the customer approaches and reaches monthly limits that will result in overage charges. of-the-Country Alerts: The FCC's proposed rules would require mobile providers to notify customers when they are about...

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DragonWave to Acquire Axerra Networks for Pseudowire

DragonWave has acquired Axerra Networks, a supplier of pseudowire technology for mobile backhaul solutions, for $9.5 Million on a debt free basis. An additional sales performance based earn out phase over the next 16 months could potentially raise the value of the transaction by up to $15.5 Million should Axerra meet certainrevenue growth targets. Axerra offers a portfolio of AXN Pseudowire Gateways and Access Devices for the backhaul of any combination...

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Neutral Tandem & Cisco Ethernet Exchange White Paper

font size="2" face="Arial" color="#00008 With the growth of network-intensive applications supported by third-generation (3G) and fourth-generation (4G) networks, carriers are tapping into the reliability and speed of Ethernet to interconnect multiple service providers beyond the boundaries of their service footprints.Neutral Tandem and Cisco have teamed up to help service providers evaluate the advantages of an Ethernet...

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