Picochip and Wavesat Achieve LTE Interoperability

Picochip and Wavesat completed interoperability testing (IOT) between Picochip's PC960x LTE small cell base station solution and Wavesat's Odyssey 9000 family of UE chipsets. The first Wavesat Odyssey 9000 chipsets offer performance of 100 Mbps downlink and 50 Mbps uplink for user equipment such as USB dongles, data cards, mobile handsets and tablets/MIDs. These were tested with Picochip's PC9608/9 "small cell" basestation development platform developed jointly with Continuous Computing (CCPU), connecting to both network test and commercial EPC...

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Bouygues Telecom and SFR Agree to Share FTTH Infrastructure

In France, Bouygues Telecom and SFR agreed to share the costs of deploying FTTH infrastructure in dense municipalities. The companies will share the passive elements of the GPON network, but will compete at the services level. The accord is expected to cover some three million homes in 20 municipalities across France.SFR already has commercial FTTH services in several communities. Bouygues Telecom plans to launch its first FTTH in the second half...

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PAETEC to Acquire Billing Company for $13 Million

PAETEC agreed to acquire Formula Telecom Solutions in a $13 million all-cash transaction. FTS' Leap RevChain has been PAETEC's primary billing system since its inception in 1998. Upon the closing of this transaction, the Leap RevChain billing system will be the heart of the new RevChain Solutions division of PAETEC Software. The RevChain Solutions division expects to continue investing in the development of high performance invoicing solutions for businesses, institutions and carriers. The employees of the RevChain Solutions division of PAETEC...

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Public Interest Groups Criticize Genachowski's Proposal

More than 80 public interest groups published an open letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski that criticizes his Internet government policy statement, which is headed to a vote later this month. Specifically, the groups argue that the proposed Order falls short in five areas: 1. Paid Prioritization: "Paid prioritization is the antithesis of openness. Any framework that does not prohibit such economic discrimination arrangements is not real Net Neutrality. Without a clear ban on such practices, ISPs will move forward with their oft-stated plans...

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Opnext's CEO Steps Down

Gilles Bouchard resigned his position as Opnext's CEO and President as well as from his seat on the company's Board of Directors. Harry Bosco, currently the non-executive Chairman of Board of Directors, will assume the position of CEO and President on an interim basis. Prior to assuming the position of Chairman in April of 2009, Mr. Bosco served as the CEO and President of Opnext since the formation of the company in November of 2000. Mr. Bosco...

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Bahrain's Batelco Picks ZTE for 2G/3G

Bahrain-based Batelco has signed a group framework agreement with ZTE for 2G/3G wireless solutions. As of Q3, Batelco serves 7.5 million mobile subscribers and 233,000 broadband customers across Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and India. http://www.zte.cn....

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GENBAND Opens HQ in Frisco, Texas

GENBAND opened a new corporate headquarters in Frisco, Texas. The new, 52,000 square foot facility houses GENBAND's senior management, sales, marketing, finance, legal and human resources teams. The company will continue to operate its existing campus in Plano, Texas as a strategic service and support center. http://www.genband....

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Ericsson Appoints New head of Sales and Marketing

Ericsson has appointed Jan Wäreby as its new head of Sales and Marketing. Wäreby is currently Senior Vice President, head of Business Unit Multimedia and member of Ericsson's Executive Leadership team. He was also Corporate Executive Vice President and head of Sales and Marketing at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and played an integral role in establishing the joint venture. A search is underway for his replacement as head of Business Unit...

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Bell Canada Boosts Dividend

BCE announced a 7.7% increase in its annual common share dividend to $1.97 per share for 2011, and plans to accelerate funding of future pension obligations through a voluntary prepayment in December 2010 in the amount of $750 million to Bell Canada's defined benefit pension plan from cash on hand. This represents BCE's sixth increase to the annual common share dividend in the past two years."Bell continues its strong track record as a dividend growth company, delivering increasing returns to our shareholders in a consistent and financially sustainable...

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Novatel Files Patent Lawsuit Against Franklin Wireless and ZTE

Novatel Wireless filed a lawsuit against Franklin Wireless Corp. and ZTE Corp. citing infringement of five of its patents related to key architecture and functionality of the MiFi family of Intelligent Mobile Hotspots. The suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. http://www.novatelwireless....

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Dell'Oro: WLAN Shipments Leap to Record Levels

Service Providers worldwide are now converging their IP infrastructure so as to deliver Carrier Ethernet business services, residential broadband services and mobile backhaul over a common network.Worldwide enterprise Wireless LAN (WLAN) shipments grew 35 percent in Asia Pacific during Q3 2010, helping the overall market to grow 9 percent sequentially, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. WLAN shipments reached record high levels for the...

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