Softbank Proposes Fiber Broadband Highway for Japan

Softbank's Masayoshi Son outlined a bold initiative to create a far reaching fiber strategy for Japan under which NTT's access network would be divested into a new company in which Softbank and other competitors would invest. The plan follows the model of Singapore, where a single network access provider deploys and operates a fiber access network while providing equal access to competing ISPs. Under the Softbank plan, FTTH would be deployed rapidly...

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NTT DATA to Acquire Keane for IT Services Business

NTT DATA CORPORATION has agreed to acquire Keane, a U.S.-based IT services firm, for an undisclosed sum. Keane is majority owned by Citigroup Venture Capital International Technology Holdings. Keane, which is based in Boston, provides a broad range of IT services related to custom application development and management, enterprise application services, infrastructure solutions, and business process outsourcing. The company has approximately 12,000...

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Hawaiian Telcom Exits Chapter 11, Reduces Debt by $850M

Hawaiian Telcom Communications completed its reorganization and has emerged from its Chapter 11 proceedings. Through its reorganization, Hawaiian Telcom has reduced its debt by over $850 million, or approximately 74 percent, and has emerged with $300 million of debt. The process began in December 2008."Thanks to the dedication of each of our employees statewide, the ongoing support of our customers and suppliers, and the cooperation of our lenders,...

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CLEAR 4G Goes Live in NYC

Clearwire officially launched its 4G service in New York City. http://www.clearwire....

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Verizon FiOS Begins 3D Films

Over the next two months, Verizon will launch 10 feature films in 3D. The 3D VOD movies are available to all FiOS TV customers across the country who have a 3D television set, 3D glasses and a high-definition set-top box. http://www.verizon....

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RADCOM Cites Expanded Rollouts in South Asia

RADCOM announced that a Tier 1 operator customer in South Asia is expanding their deployment of RADCOM equipment, adding 3G monitoring to their current implementation. The expansion will provide GPRS/UMTS mobile data services, including mobile broadband and smart phones. "We are very pleased that this operator has selected RADCOM to monitor its 3G network. We believe that by using Omni-Q, this operator will be able to improve its network performance for the various wireless broadband services it provides," said Yoram Sherman RADCOM's VP Sales...

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Telefónica O2 Employs NSN's Security-as-a-Service

Telefónica O2 has chosen to deploy Nokia Siemens Networks' security-as-a-service at a fixed monthly fee for its customers in the Czech Republic. Under the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks has integrated its security-as-a-service into Telefónica's operational support system/business support system (OSS/BSS) platforms. The security service is delivered to Telefónica O2's enterprise customers from the operator's secure, centralized, and continuously...

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Infinera Names Kambiz Hooshmand Board Chairman

Infinera appointed Kambiz Hooshmand as its new Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Hooshmand has more than two decades of experience in optical transport, routing, access, and related technologies. He was President and CEO of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation from 2005 to 2009. Before that, he held a number of senior positions at Cisco Systems Inc. including VP and General Manager of Cisco's Optical and Broadband Transport business unit.The company also named Infinera co-founder Dr. David Welch to the Board of Directors. Dr. David Welch...

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Hughes Gets Loan Guarantee for Ka-band "Jupiter" Satellite

BNP Paribas and Societe Generale have agreed to provide a $115 million loan guarantee to Hughes Network Systems for the launch of Jupiter, its next generation, high-throughput, Ka-band satellite. The loan is guaranteed by COFACE, the French Export Credit Agency, and Arianespace has been contracted by Hughes to launch Jupiter in the first half of 2012.http://www.hughes.comSwitching capacity aboard the next-generation Jupiter satellite is expected to be 100 Gbps -- ten times the current generation SPACEWAY 3 with 10 Gbps of capacity....

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GSA and DISA Award Satellite Contract to Hughes

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) selected Hughes Network Systems to provide commercial satellite communications under new a new contract created by the GSA and Defense Intelligence Systems Agency's (DISA) Future COMSATCOM Services Acquisition (FCSA) program. Under the terms of the contract (GS-35F-0907P), Hughes may provide government agencies within the continental United States with satellite-based Internet, voice, data, and video...

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Eutelsat Declares Newly Launched W3B Satellite a Total Loss

Eutelsat declared its new W3B satellite a total loss, after a propellant leak was detected on the satellite's propulsion subsystem. The W3B satellite was launched on October 28 by an Ariane rocket from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Initially, the launch was declared a success. Separation of the satellite from the launch vehicle took place 28 minutes after lift-off. Operations needed to circularise the new satellite's orbit, place...

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IBM Completes Acquisition of BLADE

IBM completed its previously announced acquisition of BLADE Network Technologies, a privately held company based in Santa Clara, CA. Financial details were not disclosed. BLADE will become part of IBM Systems and Technology Group. The company specializes in software and devices that route data and transactions to and from servers.BLADE provides blade server and top-of-rack switches, as well as software to virtualize and manage cloud computing and...

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