Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance Appoints Board

The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance appointed its new Board Members:, elected for the period from 2010 to 2012 are:Olivier Baujard, Chief Technology Officer, Deutsche Telekom AG Thierry Bonhomme, Executive Vice President IT, Networks and Product Support, France Telecom - Orange Sandro Dionisi, Head of TI Lab (Innovation and Engineering dpt), Telecom Italia S.p.A. Jong Tae Ihm, Senior Vice President, Head of Institute of Network...

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Frontier: Suspects Charged with Murder in Copper Theft Accident

Frontier Communications has intensified its efforts to combat copper theft. The company said it will vigorously follow up on the prosecution of vandalism and theft of its infrastructure. Frontier cited a recently case in Beckley, West Virginia, where two suspects were charged with first degree murder after a third person was electrocuted while allegedly stealing copper at a facility. Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney Kristen Keller said, "We...

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Michigan's Agri-Valley Selects BridgeWater

Michigan-based Agri-Valley Communications, a rural internet service provider ,has selected the Bridgewater EPC 500 system for its network rollout. The Bridgewater EPC 500 system provides subscriber and device data management, policy control, and interworking functions for the LTE Evolved Packet Core. It includes the Bridgewater Home Subscriber Server and Policy Controller (PCRF) both anchored by Bridgewater's Subscriber Data Broker. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.bridgewatersystems.com http://www.avbi.netLast month, Nokia Siemens...

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FiberLight Activates $20 Million Network in Maryland

FiberLight activated a $20 million, 104-mile fully diverse fiber optic network in Maryland. The new network will augment FiberLight's existing 123-mile Baltimore network and 299-mile Virginia and D.C. networks by extending the 100% underground optical backbone past the downtown business district to connect to the growing cities of Laurel, Columbia, Elkridge and Greenbelt, while providing greater diversity to the MD/D.C./VA region. http://www.fiberlight....

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USAID Teams with Cisco to Promote Entrepreneurship

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Cisco and World Learning announced a new collaboration to promote local entrepreneurs, workforce development and economic growth in developing countries. USAID is providing $1 million in seed funding through World Learning to encourage the creation of new Cisco Entrepreneur Institutes and Networking Academy programs in up to 10 countries. USAID Missions will in turn be invited to partner with...

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India's 2008 2G Spectrum Auctions Cited for Fraud

India's auction of 2G spectrum, which were conducted two years ago, is the subject of a fraud investigation implicating former Telecom Minister, Mr. Andimuthu Raja, and other government. In what is being described as one of the nation's biggest political corruption scandals, investigators allege that the low-prices for the 2G licenses could have cost India's treasury billions -- perhaps as much as US$40 billion. Proposals have now been floated to...

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Cisco Authorizes Up To $10B in Additional Stock Repurchases

Cisco's board of directors authorized up to $10 billion in additional repurchases of its common stock. Cisco's board had previously authorized up to $72 billion in stock repurchases. There is no fixed termination date for the repurchase program. "Today's decision to increase Cisco's stock repurchase program is part of our continued commitment to return cash to shareholders, which also includes our plan to issue a dividend this fiscal year," said...

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Kotura Demos Ultrafast Silicon Photonics Switch

Kotura demonstrated an ultrafast, submilliwatt, broadband 2 x 2 optical switch. The device boasts switching speeds of 6 ns and power consumption of only 0.6 milliwatts. The company said large numbers of 2 x 2 switch modules could be integrated to create complex switch fabrics. "We are putting all the building blocks in place for Optical Interconnects," reported Mehdi Asghari, CTO at Kotura. "We previously demonstrated high-speed, low-power modulators, high-speed detectors with record performance, and low-loss wavelength division multiplexers and...

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