ZTE Purchases $3 Billion from U.S. Silicon Vendors

ZTE signed purchase agreements valued at a total of US$3 billion over the next three years with five U.S. silicon vendors: QUALCOMM, Texas Instruments, Freescale Semiconductor, ALTERA and Broadcom. In the past, ZTE noted that it has paid over US$4 billion to U.S. vendors for intellectual property and hardware products."As a publicly traded and transparent company with more than 18.72% equity owned by European and American investors, we believe it...

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Sigma Designs Shows its G.hn Chipset

Sigma Designs unveiled its G.hn chipset for home entertainment. The device, which is expected to start sampling early next year, will enable home networks that can run up to 3 Gbps using any wire (coax, phone lines and power lines) that is available in the home. Sigma Designs notes that this level of in-home networking performance far exceeds the throughput of existing wireless technologies and is well-suited for media-rich applications, such as...

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Tellabs Debuts Ethernet Access Switches for Mobile Backhaul

Tellabs introduced two new Ethernet access switches aimed at providing backhaul for 4G and LTE networks. Both products complement the Tellabs 8600 managed edge system of MPLS-based multiservice solutions. Both switches will be integrated under the Tellabs® 8000 Intelligent Network Manager. Tellabs 8609 Access Switch -- a 1RU multiservice device with an enhanced switching and routing capacity of 10 Gbps. The compact Tellabs 8609 switch is designed...

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Ikanos' NodeScale Vectoring Delivers 100 Mbps Boost to DSL

Ikanos Communications introduced its "NodeScale Vectoring" technology for mitigating crosstalk in copper access network and thereby enabling 100 Mbps DSL performance and above on loops within typical distance ranges. Other impediments including AM radio signals, power lines, lightning and other atmospheric elements inject even more noise into the copper network.Ikanos' NodeScale Vectoring technology employs advanced algorithms and compression in...

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Alcatel-Lucent Supplies LTE Public Safety Net in Colorado

Alcatel-Lucent has supplied LTE gear for an emergency communications demonstration network in Boulder, CO, which is being managed by the Public Safety Communications Research program, which was established by the US Department of Commerce."The demonstration network developed by the joint NIST-NTIA Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program is an important part of the strategy for a nationwide interoperable Public Safety Broadband network...

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Brunei Picks Huawei for FTTH

Telekom Brunei Berhad, the only fixed network operator in Brunei, has selected Huawei as the exclusive supplier for the Brunei Next Generation Broadband Network FTTH project.The network will cover four major areas in Brunei and will offer subscribers a maximum data transfer rate of 150 Mbps. Huawei will deliver an end-to-end turnkey services package that includes active and passive equipment, holistic ODN (Optical Distribution Network) network designs,...

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Arbor: Google Represents 6.4% of all Internet Traffic Worldwide

Based on its traffic forensics, Arbor Networks calculates that Google now represents an average 6.4% of all Internet traffic. In a blog posting, Craig Labovitz notes that Google continues its rapid growth trajectory -- the is only one global Tier1 provider that still carries more traffic than Google, that Google now has direct peering (i.e. not transit) with more than 70% of all providers around the world, and that Google is employing global content...

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Texas Instruments Posts Strong Q3, up 30% YoY

Texas Instruments reported Q3 2010 revenue of $3.74 billion, up 30% over the same period last year and up 7% sequentially. Net income came in at $859 million and earnings per share of 71 cents."Our strong performance was driven by growth in all of our segments," said Rich Templeton, TI chairman, president and chief executive officer. "TI's continuing transformation to a company focused on Analog and Embedded Processing delivered new highs for both gross and operating margins. Strong earnings per share demonstrate the combined impact of solid...

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NSN Says "Phantom DSL" Reaches 825 Mbps over 400 meters

Nokia Siemens Networks achieved DSL tops speeds of 825 Mbps over 400 meters of bonded copper lines and 750 Mbps over 500 meters. The next-gen DSL tests involved the creation of a virtual - or "phantom" - channel to supplement the two physical wires that are the standard configuration for copper transmission lines. The company is showcasing its Phantom DSL prototype at this week's Broadband World Forum 2010 in Paris.Nokia Siemens Networks plans to...

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Lantiq Debuts Latest ADSL Chipset

Lantiq has begun sampling its latest generation chipset for ADSL linecards. Implemented in 65 nm process technology, the new GEMINAX XXS V3 chipset packs up to 36-channel data pump in a 17 x 17mm BGA package. This paves the way for systems with 96 or more channels on a single linecard. Current ADSL chipsets typically feature 72 channels. The footprint is also about 30 percent smaller than existing solutions. The data pump of the GEMINAX XXS V3 is based on the same hardware platform as Lantiq's recently announced VDSL2 chipset, VINAX V3. With...

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Yota Selects Bridgewater for WiMAX in Nicaragua

Yota has selected the Bridgewater Service Controller (AAA) anchored by Bridgewater's Subscriber Data Broker to support the rollout of its new national WiMAX service in Nicaragua. The network launched on July 1st in the capital city of Managua, with further expansion to León, Granada and Masaya planned in 2010..Yota, a Bridgewater customer in Russia since 2008, is also planning to deploy the Bridgewater Service Controller to support the launch of...

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Orange Business Selects GENBAND for SIP Capabilities

Orange Business Services - Trading Solutions, which provides voice and electronic trading infrastructure for financial firms, selected GENBAND to deliver an end-to-end SIP-based communication tool kit for its MPLS-based network. The deployment will use GENBAND's A2 Converged Application Server, which delivers a suite of unified communications (UC) functions and enhanced service customization over multiple IP access networks. http://www.genband....

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Ceragon Posts Record Revenue

Ceragon Networks reported of Q3 2010 revenue of $62.3 million, up 39% from $44.7 million for the third quarter of 2009 and up 2% from $60.9 million in the second quarter of 2010. Net income (GAAP) was $4.6 million or $0.13 per basic share and diluted share. Net income in the third quarter of 2009 was $1.1 million, or $0.03 per basic and diluted share. "In Q3, we again reported record revenues, higher gross margin and improved operating margin," said Ira Palti, President and CEO of Ceragon. "With new security procedures now in place, business from...

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Video: What's Next for Carrier Ethernet?

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