LSI and IP Infusion Team on Mobile Backhaul and Carrier Ethernet

IP Infusion has collaborated with LSI to develop an advanced carrier-grade solution for mobile backhaul and Carrier Ethernet. The solution combines LSI's multicore communications processors and IP Infusion's ZebOS Network Platform and is standards-compliant and pre-tested for interoperability. http://www.infusion....

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Cisco Ships its 30 Millionth IP Phone

Cisco recently shipped its 30 millionth IP phone to one of the world's largest financial institutions -- HSBC. The company released its first IP phone 12 years ago. http://www.cisco....

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Portugal Telecom Tests 10G GPON with Alcatel-Lucent

Portugal Telecom will conduct a trial of symmetrical 10 Gbps GPON technology in conjunction with Alcatel-Lucent. The 10G GPON technology will be able to co-exist with standard GPON on the same access network - meaning that the existing optical fibre outside plant is not impacted when the massive usage of the technology occurs. "Portugal Telecom has been leading systematically in services and technology innovation, strongly investing in fiber-to-the-home...

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The Carlyle Group to Privatize CommScope

The Carlyle Group has agree to acquire all of the outstanding shares of CommScope for $31.50 per share in cash -- a transaction valued at approximately $3.9 billion. The deal will result in CommScope becoming a private company. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2011.CommScope, which includes brands such as Andrew, SYSTIMAX and Uniprise, offers a range of telecom infrastructure products. "As a private company, we believe...

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Verizon Business Integrates Carrier Ethernet into Managed Services Portfolio

Verizon Business is adding Global Managed Ethernet to its Managed Services portfolio, enabling multinational organizations to place Verizon Ethernet services in a managed network environment containing just those services, or in combination with other network services for a complete end-to-end, global managed network solution.The new capabilities allow the combination of MPLS and Ethernet services in a fully-managed, end-to-end solution. Supported...

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Starbucks Expands Mobile Wallet Program in NY

Starbucks is expanding its Starbucks Card Mobile payment test to nearly 300 company-operated stores in New York City, and Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island. The Starbucks Card Mobile App for BlackBerry smartphones, iPhone and iPod touch devices enable customers to pay electronically. "Mobile technology is part of our customers' daily routine and with the expansion of mobile payment in our test cities, we're seeing more and more customers...

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ASSIA Secures $20.8 Million for Dynamic Spectrum Mgt

ASSIA, which supplies software for Dynamic Spectrum Management (DSM) of DSL networks, has secured $20.8 million in strategic investment financing. New investors Telefonica, AT&T, and Sandalwood Partners join current investors Mingly China Growth Fund, SFR Development, Sofinnova Partners, Stanford University, Swisscom Ventures, and T-Ventures. ASSIA previously announced an early close of $10 million in this financing round."ASSIA is pleased to...

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Sprint Adds 644,000 Total Wireless Subscribers

Sprint Nextel added 644,000 wireless subscribers in Q3, its best total company wireless subscriber net additions since 2006. This includes a positive net postpaid subscriber growth of 354,000 for the Sprint brand. The company cited growing demand for smartphones like Samsung Epic 4G and HTC EVO 4G.Sprint announced third quarter consolidated net operating revenues of almost $8.2 billion, a net loss of $911 million and a diluted loss per share of...

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ZTE Reports 7.5% Rise in Nine-Month Revenue

ZTE reported a 7.51% increase in operating revenue to US$6.87 billion for the nine months ended 30 September 2010. In the same period, net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company grew 14.21% to US$203.1 million year-on-year. The company noted that revenue from terminal products grew by 30.53% due to China's expanding 3G market, the popularity of Android handsets in Europe and the U.S., as well as the data card products. http://www.zte.com.cnIn...

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Ciena Supplies 40G in VietNam

Vietnam Telecoms National (VTN) will deploy Ciena's coherent 40G optical networking solution to support growing capacity demands on its nationwide optical backbone. VTN, which is an exclusive state-owned subsidiary of Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT), is upgrading an existing network based on 10G links. Ciena said its 40G solution was selected because of its coherent and electronic dispersion compensation technology, which allows VTN to upgrade its existing 10G national backbone across country sites to 40G with the simple addition...

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du Implements GENBAND's IP Switching

du, the UAE's integrated telecom service provider, has expanded its next-generation fixed network with GENBAND's IP Switching solutions to offer more reliable and advanced Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) communications. http://www.genband....

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MRV Announces 10 Gigabit, High Density Physical Layer Switch

MRV COMMUNICATIONS introduced a high-density 10 Gigabit physical layer switch that can be used to automate topology management in test labs and data center network monitoring applications. The High Speed Media Cross Connect (HS MCC) system fills the requirement for greater number of 10G ports in one system, by providing 144 simultaneous bi-directional, uni-directional or multipoint mappings. It uses a 10.7 Gbps switching matrix allowing 10 Gbps signals...

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Sierra Wireless Adds Automotive-grade Wireless Modules

Sierra Wireless introduced a suite of embedded wireless modules designed specifically for automotive manufacturers. The units, which could be used for in-vehicle wireless connections to enable telematics, navigation, and infotainment applications, are built to withstand extreme temperatures, thermal shocks, constant vibration, and humidity over many years. Sierra Wireless expects telematics, infotainment, navigation assistance and remote vehicle diagnostics to become standard features in new cars within the next few years, requiring reliable built-in...

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Broadcom Introduces DOCSIS EoC for EPON

Broadcom introduced a customized DOCSIS Ethernet over Coax (EoC) for Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) solution in support of China's Next Generation Broadcast (NGB) initiative. The highly integrated DOCSIS EoC for EPON solution that will allow Chinese cable operators to take advantage of the benefits of DOCSIS while providing an economical architecture for implementing triple play services to MDUs throughout the country. The Broadcom DOCSIS EoC for EPON solution is a family of products, includingCMC, DOCSIS 2.0 and 3.0 cable modem and...

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