MontaVista Joins OpenSAF

MontaVista Software has become a member of the OpenSAF Foundation to help drive the development of OpenSAF high availability middleware. Consistent with SA Forum specifications, OpenSAF is rapidly being adopted by major vendors in the network infrastructure market, as well as other vertical markets.Last month, MontaVista announced MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition 6.0 which bundles OpenSAF 4.0 open source code, the latest version of the high availability middleware. http://mvista....

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Telegent Introduces Mobile TV Receiver Chip for Latin America

Telegent Systems introduced a single-chip mobile TV receiver supporting ISDB-Tb and analog broadcast TV standards with an integrated H.264 decoder. The solution is targeted at handsets supporting live, broadcast TV capability in Latin America and other emerging markets. Telegent's TLG1180 chip enables ISDB-Tb to be added as a feature on low-cost phone platforms in which the mobile phone baseband processor does not have embedded H.264 decoding capability,...

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Network Test Automation Forum (NTAF) Shows Interoperability

The Network Test Automation Forum (NTAF), which was formed earlier this year with the goal of promoting interoperability between test tools and simplifying lab automation efforts, conducted its first "plugfest" in whichNTAF members succeeded in demonstrating initial interoperability of their respective implementations of draft NTAF specifications. Five leading companies, BreakingPoint Systems, Fanfare, Ixia, Spirent, and Verizon, tested their code...

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Aruba Hits Revenue of $83M, Up 44% YoY

Aruba Networks reported quarterly revenue of $83.1 million, an increase of 44% from the $57.6 million reported in the same period last year. GAAP net income for the quarter was $2.1 million, or $0.02 per share, compared to a net loss of $24.7 million, or $0.28 per share, last year. "The proliferation of mobile devices, such as iPads, tablet devices and smart phones, continues to rapidly increase, forcing companies to reconsider their approach to the network edge," said Dominic Orr, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aruba. "With our user-centric...

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Microsoft Debuts Lync Server 2010

Microsoft released Lync Server 2010 -- the next generation of Office Communications Server -- its system for converging communications across the enterprise. Lync integrates instant messaging, presence, audio, video, web conferencing and voice. The Lync interface works within applications, including Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Exchange.Microsoft Lync Online will be available as part of Microsoft Office 365 next year. The...

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AT&T Markets its First MiFi Mobile Hotspot -- Novatel

AT&T announced its first MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot. The MiFi 2372 from Novatel Wireless goes on sale November 21 at AT&T company-owned stores nationwide or online for $49.99 after $100 mail-in rebate (pay $149.99 and after mail-in rebate receive $100 AT&T Promotion Card.)http://www.att....

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GSMA Launches Embedded SIM Initiative

The GSMA is exploring the possibilities for embedded SIM that could be remotely activated. Embedded SIM could lead to exciting new form factors for mobile communications and speed the development of M2M services by making it easier to bring mobile broadband to non-traditional devices such as cameras, MP3 players, navigation devices and e-Readers, as well as smart meters."The traditional SIM has been an important innovation in mobile telephony, and...

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DOCOMO Studies Mobile Spatial Stats for Disaster Prevention Planning

NTT DOCOMO will conduct a joint research project with Kogakuin University to study how mobile spatial statistics could be used for better disaster prevention planning. The idea is analyze mobile user data in the Tokyo region to understand the movement of people and thereby estimate the consequences if public transportation were to be severely disrupted or halted by an earthquake. Mobile spatial statistics are aggregate data that include mobile phone...

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HP Extends Visual Collaboration with H.264 SVC

HP is extending its line of visual collaboration products with the introduction of a wider array of lower cost solutions and the implementation of H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC) -- a new video compression technology suited for IP networks.The new software-based HP Visual Collaboration products extend HD videoconferencing from notebook computers, to executive touch-screen workstations to conference rooms and high-end HP Halo telepresence studios.The...

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Alcatel-Lucent launches Wireless Network Optimization

Alcatel-Lucent introduced a Wireless Network Optimization Solution for helping mobile operators manage their networks. This set of services and software tools, which leverages network modeling expertise developed at Bell Labs, enhances the Quality of Experience that mobile users perceive. Alcatel-Lucent's new tool sets include RF design audits, remote network monitoring (NPA), and an LTE -- TIA services suite.Jean-Philippe Poirault, Head of Media,...

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UK Sets Auction 2012 Date for 800 MHz Spectrum

Ofcom, the UK's telecoms regulator, will auction spectrum licenses for the 800MHz and 2.6GHz bands in 2012, according to the BBC. The 800MHz band has become available as a result of the switchover to digital TV. The auction has been repeatedly delayed by litigation.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11776...

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SiTime Intros High Frequency MEMS-Based Differential Oscillator

SiTime introduced a high frequency, programmable, differential oscillator for applications such as Ethernet Switches, Solid-State Drives (SSD), Optical Line Terminals (OLT), RAID controllers and Host Bus Adapters (HBA), Servers, Memories, and PCIe-based embedded applications. The MEMS-based SiT9107 device supports common protocols such as Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet, SAS, SATA, DDR, microprocessor and FPGA clocking. It offers up to 5 decimal places of frequency accuracy and is a drop-in replacement for existing quartz-based timing solutio...

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AT&T Wins $286M Contract with Social Security Administration

AT&T Government Solutions was awarded a contract by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to deploy a Citizens Access Routing Enterprise (CARE) contact call center through 2020.The contract, which was The award determination was made under the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Networx Universal program, will permit SSA to issue individual task orders to AT&T worth up to $286 million for an IP--based interactive voice response...

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