Bharti Airtel Reaches 195 Million Customers -- India + Africa

Bharti Airtel reported continued rapid growth in its Indian networks and in the properties across African recently acquired from Zain. All together, Bharti Airtel is serving 195 million customers across 19 countries across Asia and Africa.In a statement, Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman & Managing Director, Bharti Airtel Limited, said "Bharti Airtel continues to maintain its leadership position in India and generate healthy free cash flow....

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Huawei to Acquire Option's 4G RF Silicon Division

Huawei has agreed to acquire M4S, Option's wholly owned 4G RF semiconductor company. The transaction is part of the cooperation agreement announced last month by the two companies to facilitate the development of innovative mobile broadband solutions in Europe. The acquisition was valued at EUR 8 million at the time.M4S is currently working on a state-of-the-art 4G radio frequency chipset. http://www.option.com http://www.huawei.comOption is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.Multi Mode Multi Media Solutions (M4S) was a spin-out of IMEC, a world-renowned...

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Verizon Mobilizes FiOS TV with Flex View App

Verizon is mobilizing its FiOS TV service with the introduction of Flex View, which lets customers take video programming outside of the home and view it on various portable devices, including a growing number of compatible smartphones, tablets and laptops. The new feature is now available to most FiOS subscribers and will be in all FiOS markets by the end of the month. The service allows content download so that titles are viewable on the mobile...

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Ikanos Announces Public Offering

Ikanos Communications announced plans to sell, subject to market and other conditions, shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. In connection with the offering, the company expects to grant the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase additional shares of common stock. All of the shares will be offered by the company. http://www.ikanos....

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Huawei Selected for Wireless Network in Bangladesh

Grameenphone, Bangladesh's largest mobile operator and a subsidiary of Telenor, has selected Huawei to provide a large-scale capacity expansion and enhancement of its Next Generation SingleRAN network. Under the deal, Huawei will deploy its SingleRAN solutions for Grameenphone's mobile network and install thousands of 4th Generation base stations across Bangladesh. The deployment includes Huawei's SingleCORE, SingleEPC, ngHLR (next-generation home...

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ST-Ericsson and Nokia Develop TD-LTE Devices for China Mobile

ST-Ericsson and Nokia announced TD-LTE demonstration devices for China Mobile. The prototypes include a TD-LTE Nokia Booklet containing ST-Ericsson's M700 TD-LTE modem. The company have been partners in TD-LTE work since late 2009.ST-Ericsson said its LTE modems can download data at speeds of up to 100 Mbps."Although LTE is still in its infancy, this sophisticated technology has the potential to bring a raft of compelling high-speed multimedia services...

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Aviat Networks Debuts All-Packet 4 Gbps Trunking Radio

Aviat Networks introduced an all-packet trunking radio designed to support up to 4 Gbps of aggregate data throughput. The new WTM 6000 microwave system features built-in Ethernet switching, link aggregation and traffic prioritization and Quality of Service controls. The compact indoor architecture can accommodate up to 16 radio channels in a single sub-rack. It provides optional support for NxSTM-1 traffic, enabling operators to maintain legacy...

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Cisco Posts Revenue of $10.75B but Cites "Air Pockets" in Sales

Cisco reported first quarter net sales of $10.75 billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $1.9 billion or $0.34 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $2.4 billion or $0.42 per share. Net sales grew 19.2% compared to a year earlier. Earnings per share rose 13.3% compared to a year earlier.In its quarterly conference call, the company said it hit some "air pockets" in its sales forecasts and momentum during...

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SingTel's Mobile Customer Base Reaches 368 million

As of the end of Q3 2010, the SingTel Group served 368 million mobile customers in 25 countries, an increase of 35 per cent or 94.4 million from a year ago. The network footprints cover more than 2 billion across Asia and Africa.http://www.singtel....

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DISH Begins Selling Google TV Solution for $179

DISH Network has begun offering a Google TV solution priced at $179. The Logitech Revue device provides search capabilities and the variety of content on the Web integrated with DISH Network's onscreen programming data, DVR and Video on Demand content. DISH Network's Google TV solution requires a DVR integration service of $4 per month and is compatible with DISH Network ViP series HD DVR satellite TV receivers including the ViP 622, ViP 722 and...

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