JDSU Reports Sales of $420.8 million, Impact from Thai Flood

JDSU reported quarterly sales of $420.8 million and net loss was $(5.8) million, or $(0.03) per share. This compares to net revenue of $471.8 million and net income of $9.3 million, or $0.04 per share for the prior quarter, and net revenue of $405.2 million and net income of $0.1 million, or breakeven earnings per share for the same period last year.Communications Test and Measurement revenue of $185.2 million decreased by 12.4% compared to the prior...

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Zayo to Deploy Cyan Z-Series P-OTS in Manhattan

Zayo has selected the Cyan Z-Series platform for an upgrade to its Manhattan n network. The deployment will enable Zayo to offer more advanced Ethernet and wavelength services to financial institutions as well as wholesale packet services to large carriers and wireless operators. The Cyan Z-Series packet-optical transport platform (P-OTP) has been deployed in multiple Zayo markets over the past two years -- demonstrating carrier class reliability, scalable Ethernet services, along with valuable service management and SLA reporting capability in...

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Mindspeed Introduces Comcerto Processor for Connected Homes

Mindspeed Technologies has extended its line of Comcerto 1000 SoC processors with a new device aimed at Service Offload Platform (SOP) boxes for the connected home. Mindspeed said SOP will make it possible for service providers to deliver value-added connected home applications without requiring the installation of enhanced set-top boxes (STBs) or multi-function broadband home routers (BHRs).Mindspeed's single-core M83160 and dual-core M83240 processors...

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Calxeda Unveils ARM-based “EnergyCore�? Server-on-a-Chip

Calxeda, a start-up based in Austin, Texas, unveiled its ARM-based “EnergyCore�? Server-on-a-Chip designed for a new generation of high-density servers. HP is using the processors for its Project Moonshot.Calxeda's EnergyCore processor SoC, which derives from earlier generations of ARM-based mobile processors, features a supercomputing-class 80-Gigabit fabric switch and an integrated management engine with power optimization software. It includes...

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Video: Sprint's Iyad Tarazi on LTE-Advanced, VoLTE and Clearwire TD-LTE

In this interview taped at 4G World in Chicago, Iyad Tarazi, Sprint's VP of Network Development and Engineering, discusses the move to LTE and the newly announced agreement with Clearwire. Key points covered: LTE Rollout Phase 1 -- the LTE rollout is underway with the Network Vision program, which will touch every cell site over the next 2 years. This phase of the rollout will use the 1900 MHz spectrum and extend to 270 million POPs. LTE Rollout Phase 2 -- expected in Q2 2013 will leverage features of Release 10, including interference...

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IEEE Begins 1588-2008 Certification Program

The IEEE Conformity Assessment Program (ICAP), in conjunction with Iometrix, is launching an 1588-2008 Certification Program for equipment and component manufacturers.“With this announcement, IEEE 1588-2008 vendors can now take the first step in verifying their solutions against standards-based certification procedures,�? commented Lloyd Green. Marketing Director, ICAP. “Certification will provide the assurance to mobile operators that IEEE 1588-2008 certified products have been validated and approved against stringent conformance criteria, easing...

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Novatel Wireless Posts Q3 Revenue of $113 Million

Novatel Wireless reported Q3 revenue of $113.3 million, a 50 percent increase from the prior year primarily due to the continued market reception of the company's 4G LTE mobile broadband devices and its acquisition of Enfora, as well as significant revenue from embedded solutions provided to original equipment manufacturers. GAAP net income was $4.5 million and includes a tax benefit of $11.2 million primarily related to the release of uncertain tax positions for certain years for which the statutes of limitations have expired. "Our third quarter...

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HP Aims Project Moonshot for Super Density Server Racks

HP unveiled its "Project Moonshot" -- an initiative to completely redesign server architecture to achieve new efficiencies in density, performance and energy usage. The effort leverages the newly unveiled Calxeda EnergyCore processors. Compared to today's blade servers, the big aims of Project Moonshot call for:89% less energy94% less space63% less cost97% less complex.Project Moonshot will pack as many as 288 servers into a 4U chassis, enabling...

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Obama Nominates Washington Insiders for the FCC

President Obama nominated Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai as FCC Commissioners. Both nominees are Washington insiders with existing connections to current commissioners.Jessica Rosenworcel, who would replace Michael Copps when his term ends in December, is the Senior Communications Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. She has worked for Senator Jay Rockefeller IV since 2009. Rosenworcel worked at the FCC from 1999 to 2007, serving as Legal Advisor and then Senior Legal Advisor to Commissioner...

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Sprint Establishes Mobile Security Council

Sprint has established a Mobile Security Council to bring together key players in the mobile ecosystem to address protection, safety and security needs important to consumers and businesses. Charter members of the council are Cisco, IBM, Juniper Networks, Lookout, Motorola Mobility along with its subsidiary 3LM, and Samsung.Initial objectives of the Mobile Security Council:Assess the current mobile security landscape and define an ideal state of security across the industry.Influence baseline security standards for the industry (device, software...

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Opnext Posts Quarterly Sales of $86M, Notes Disruption from Flooding in Thailand

Opnext reported quarterly sales of $86.0 million, down 7.6 percent sequentially and down 0.5 percent compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2010. Revenue from sales of 40Gbps and above products decreased 6% compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2011 as lower sales of 40Gbps line-side modules and subsystems were partially offset by higher sales of 40Gbps and 100Gbps client-side modules. EBITDA was negative $1.5 million compared to positive...

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Cavium Posts Q3 Revenue of $67.7 Million

Cavium Networks reported Q3 sales of $67.7 million, a 5.4% sequential decrease from the $71.6 million reported for the second quarter of 2011 and an increase of 22.7% from the $55.2 million reported for the third quarter of last year. Net income for the third quarter of 2011, on a GAAP basis, was $6.0 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, compared to net income of $1.9 million, or $0.04 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2011, and a net income of $5.0 million, or $0.10 per diluted share in the third quarter of last year. Though revenues...

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Novatel Wireless' MiFi Shipments Hit 3 Million

Novatel Wireless announced that shipments of its MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot have surpassed three million devices since product introduction in 2009. The devices are currently sold by 25 carriers worldwide. The company owns significant intellectual property and holds numerous U.S. and international key patents and patent applications around core elements of the MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot family of products."Three years ago we introduced...

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Aviat Networks Appoints President & CFO

Aviat Networks appointed Edward J. ('Ned') Hayes, Jr. as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Previously, Hayes spent the last five years as the chief financial officer at Pillar Data Systems, Inc., an enterprise data storage company, until its recent acquisition by Oracle Corporation. Before joining Pillar Data, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Quantum Corporation, a $1B data storage company publicly traded on the NYSE. Mr. Hayes also served as president and chief executive officer of DirecTV...

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Leap Wireless Gains Momentum in Q3, First LTE Deployment Later this Year

Leap Wireless reported Q3 revenue of $717.3 million, up 19.4% over the same period last year. Adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) for Q3 was $154.3 million, a 25.2 percent increase over the third quarter of 2010. Leap Wireless saw 666,000 gross customer additions for the quarter, ending the period with 5,755,000 customers. The company also reported approximately 666,000 gross customer additions for the quarter....

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Mendix Raises $13 Million for PaaS

Mendix, a start-up based in Boston, raised $13 million in series A funding for its Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).the Mendix Agile Business Platform helps companies rapidly develop, deploy and integrate applications at a fraction of the time of existing tools and platforms. Mendix applications can then be deployed in the cloud, on mobile devices or locally at the customer's site.The funding was led by Prime Ventures, with HENQ Invest following on its...

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Integra Telecom Expands Ethernet Portfolio with ADTRAN

Integra Telecom, which operates in 11 states across the western U.S., has partnered with ADTRAN to bolster its Ethernet Services. Specifically, Integra is deploying the ADTRAN Total Access 5000 to bring Ethernet Services to nearly 300 central offices using Ethernet over TDM (EoTDM) technology. The ADTRAN platform provides support for Ethernet over direct fiber, optical wavelengths (C/DWDM), copper (e.SHDSL, ADSL2+, VDSL2), SONET, and TDM (DS1/E1, DS3). Financial terms were not disclosed.“Integra's ability to extend a network-wide deployment...

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Cavium Posts Q3 Revenue of $67.7 Million

Cavium Networks reported Q3 sales of $67.7 million, a 5.4% sequential decrease from the $71.6 million reported for the second quarter of 2011 and an increase of 22.7% from the $55.2 million reported for the third quarter of last year. Net income for the third quarter of 2011, on a GAAP basis, was $6.0 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, compared to net income of $1.9 million, or $0.04 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2011, and a net income of $5.0 million, or $0.10 per diluted share in the third quarter of last year. Though revenues...

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Novatel Wireless' MiFi Shipments Hit 3 Million

Novatel Wireless announced that shipments of its MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot have surpassed three million devices since product introduction in 2009. The devices are currently sold by 25 carriers worldwide. The company owns significant intellectual property and holds numerous U.S. and international key patents and patent applications around core elements of the MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot family of products."Three years ago we introduced...

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Aviat Networks Appoints President & CFO

Aviat Networks appointed Edward J. ('Ned') Hayes, Jr. as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Previously, Hayes spent the last five years as the chief financial officer at Pillar Data Systems, Inc., an enterprise data storage company, until its recent acquisition by Oracle Corporation. Before joining Pillar Data, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Quantum Corporation, a $1B data storage company publicly traded on the NYSE. Mr. Hayes also served as president and chief executive officer of DirecTV...

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Leap Wireless Gains Momentum in Q3, First LTE Deployment Later this Year

Leap Wireless reported Q3 revenue of $717.3 million, up 19.4% over the same period last year. Adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) for Q3 was $154.3 million, a 25.2 percent increase over the third quarter of 2010. Leap Wireless saw 666,000 gross customer additions for the quarter, ending the period with 5,755,000 customers. The company also reported approximately 666,000 gross customer additions for the quarter....

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Mendix Raises $13 Million for PaaS

Mendix, a start-up based in Boston, raised $13 million in series A funding for its Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).the Mendix Agile Business Platform helps companies rapidly develop, deploy and integrate applications at a fraction of the time of existing tools and platforms. Mendix applications can then be deployed in the cloud, on mobile devices or locally at the customer's site.The funding was led by Prime Ventures, with HENQ Invest following on its...

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Integra Telecom Expands Ethernet Portfolio with ADTRAN

Integra Telecom, which operates in 11 states across the western U.S., has partnered with ADTRAN to bolster its Ethernet Services. Specifically, Integra is deploying the ADTRAN Total Access 5000 to bring Ethernet Services to nearly 300 central offices using Ethernet over TDM (EoTDM) technology. The ADTRAN platform provides support for Ethernet over direct fiber, optical wavelengths (C/DWDM), copper (e.SHDSL, ADSL2+, VDSL2), SONET, and TDM (DS1/E1, DS3). Financial terms were not disclosed.“Integra's ability to extend a network-wide deployment...

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AT&T Readies Two Android LTE Smartphones

AT&T introduced two new Android smartphones for its LTE network: the HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket. The HTC Vivid, powered by a dual core 1.2 GHz processor and a brilliant 4.5-inch qHD display, is priced at $199.99 with a two-year commitment. The Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, powered by a 1.5 GHz dual core processor and a 4.5-inch SuperAMOLED Plus display(800x480 pixels), costs $249.99 with a two-year commitment. In addition,...

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BT Accelerates FTTH Rollout - Recruits Military Personnel

BT is accelerating its rollout of fibre broadband services. The company now plans to deliver fibre broadband to two thirds of UK premises by the end of 2014, one year ahead of its original target of 2015. To help achieve this, BT will recruit a further 520 engineers to assist with the deployment, most of whom will be ex-armed forces. “Our roll-out of fibre broadband is one of the fastest in the world and so it is great to be ahead of what was an...

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SolidFire Raises $25 Million for SSD for Cloud Providers

SolidFire, a start-up based in Boulder Colorado, raised $25 million in second round funding for its all-solid-state (SSD) primary storage systems for cloud service providers,SolidFire has developed a Flash based storage node and an Element Operating System to solve the unique technical and economic requirements of primary block storage in the cloud. Storage systems (clusters) are built through the combination of multiple SF3010 Storage Nodes over...

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T-Labs Expands its Research Focus

"Innovation" has been added to the name of Deutsche Telekom's T-Labs division to indicate a new direction. The new focus of the work at T-Labs is on the development of applications and services for interactive media and new telecommunications applications, as well as in the areas Connected Home, Machine-to-Machine (M2M), Smart Grid and Mobile Payment. It will continue focusing on cloud applications, the development of broadband networks and the...

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Russia's TransTeleCom Chooses Juniper Edge Routers

Russia's TransTeleCom has selected Juniper Networks' MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers to provide the Ethernet bandwidth required to ensure high-speed connectivity while delivering innovative applications and services such as IP-VPN, L2-VPN, video conference across Russia and IP-transit to its subscribers across 75,000 km of cables running along railway lines and 1,000 access nodes. http://www.juniper.net ...

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Radisys Teams with Cavium on Ultra-High Capacity DPI

Radisys introduced an AdvancedTCA product based on the new Cavium NEURON Search Processor. The new solution is based of the Radisys ATCA-7240, a versatile full-duplex 40G packet processing module that provides a complete line-rate solution for applications such as Serving Gateways (SGW), Session Border Control (SBC), Security Gateways, DPI, Edge Routers, Media Gateways and Mobility Management Entity (MME) network elements found in the 4G Long...

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Cavium Ships 64-core NITROX III Security Processor

Cavium has begun shipping its new NITROX III security processors, which integrate 16 to 64 purpose-built security RISC cores and multiple compression engines to deliver up to 200K SSL ops, 40Gbps SSL and IPSec and 20Gbps compression processing along with virtualization hardware with a PCI-Express Gen 2 16-lane interface. Cavium calculates that the level of performance in these new processors is up to 5 times greater than alternative multi-chip solutions within the same power envelope. http://www.cavium.com ...

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Juniper Networks Expands Mobile Security Partnership with Samsung

Juniper Networks announced an expansion of its partnership with Samsung to deliver mobile security, secure connectivity and device management capabilities for enterprise customers of Samsung high-end smart mobile devices, starting with GALAXY Note, GALAXY SII and GALAXY Tab 10.1. The companies said their expanded partnership builds on existing efforts to provide Juniper Networks Junos Pulse and Junos Pulse Mobile Security Suite full line of features...

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Southern Cross Cables Upgrades with Ciena

Southern Cross Cables will increase capacity on all of its network segments between Australia, New Zealand and the United States, including one that spans more than 8,000 kilometers, using Ciena's 40/100G coherent optical solutions. The upgrade also includes implementation of Ciena's multi-protocol switching platform to enhance the network's survivability, efficiency, and intelligence. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.ciena....

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Infonetics: 100G ramp-up will be faster than 40G

Infonetics Research is predicting that the global market for 10G, 40G, and 100G optical transceivers will grow to $2.6 billion by 2015, more than doubling from 2010, when the market was $1.2 billion. Already, optical transceiver revenue is up 35% in the first half of 2011 (1H11) compared to the first half of 2010 (1H10).img border="0" src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11402824/CND/infonetics-31oct11.jpg" align="right">Some highlights from the company's latest 10G/40G/100G Optical Transceivers Market Size and Forecast:By 2015, the 40G and 100G segments...

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Harmonic Sees Rebound in Q3

Harmonic reported net revenue for the third quarter of 2011 of $138.9 million, up from $104.8 million in the third quarter of 2010. International sales represented 51% of total revenue for the third quarter of 2011. Total bookings in the third quarter of 2011 were approximately $141.4 million, up from approximately $107.5 million for the third quarter of 2010. The company reported GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2011 of $3.5 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $0.4 million, or ($0.00) per diluted share, for...

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Last Week's ITU Telecom World Attracted 6,5000

Last week's ITU Telecom World in Geneva attracted a global audience of 6,500 people, include 332 government leaders who participated in the invitation-only Broadband Leadership Summit. The culmination of the event was a global Manifesto for Change that recognizes the importance of broadband for socio-economic development.The next ITU Telecom World event will be held in Dubai, UAE, in Q4 of 2012. http://www.itu....

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Magnus Mandersson Appointed Executive VP of Ericsson

Magnus Mandersson has been appointed Executive Vice President of Ericsson as of November 1, 2011. Mandersson is currently Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Global Services, a position he will remain in. He joined Ericsson in 2004 to run Ericsson's Managed Services business globally and is now head of Ericsson's overall services offering around the world.http://www.ericsson....

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CALIENT Looks to Data Centers for its MEMS Photonic Switching

CALIENT Technologies, which developed a unique photonic switching capability using 3D MEMS, Inc., raised a $19.4 million round of venture financing from a combination of new and existing internal investors. The new funding will be used to expand into data center and cloud computing markets and to finalize development of its new portfolio of 3D MEMS photonic switching systems and modules for OEMs and system integration partners. The company plans...

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Infineta Targets New Data Center Migrations

To address the huge logistical challenge of migrating to a new data center, Infineta Systems, a start-up based in San Jose, California, has introduced a WAN optimization service built around the company's flagship Data Mobility Switch (DMS). With the large number of aging corporate data centers across the country, Infineta predicts a growing need to migrate existing applications with very large data sets to new and more efficient facilities or into...

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Europe's Radio Spectrum Policy Pushes 800 MHz for Mobile Broadband

The EU agreed a new European radio policy that aims to spur the roll-out of mobile broadband services by requiring Member States to authorise the use of the "digital dividend" 800 MHz band for wireless broadband by January 2013 in all but exceptional circumstances. The agreement will also lead to the creation of an inventory of spectrum use in the Member States, which will be essential to ensure the most efficient allocation of scarce spectrum resources...

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Huawei Demos Ultra-long Haul 100G in Russia

Huawei has collaborated with Transtelecom, Rostelecom, Vimpelcom, and Megafon in testing and demonstration of a 2000 km ultra-long haul (ULH) 100G coherent WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) system at Huawei's 100G testing center in Russia. Huawei was able to show that its solution could transmit 100 Gbps services in combination with existing 10 Gbit/s and 40 Gbit/s services over a regeneration-free transmission distance of more than 2000 km. Huawei said its 100G ULH coherent WDM system is now fully mature and ready for deployment. http://...

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Cablevision's Q3 Revenues Rise 8% to $1.666 billion

Cablevision, which serves the greater New York metro area, reported an 8% YoY rise in Q3 revenue to $1.666 billion Consolidated adjusted operating cash flow (“AOCF�?) was essentially flat at $539.3 million and consolidated operating income decreased 11.7% to $272.4 million, all compared to the prior year period. Cablevision now has 3,626,000 total customers. Video customers number 3,264,000; high-speed data customers number 2,949,000; and voice...

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ZTE Reports 26.5% Revenue Rise in 2011

ZTE Corporation reported operating revenue rose to RMB58.29 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of 26.5 per cent year-on-year. Net profit attributable to parent company shareholders for the same period was RMB1.07 billion, a year-on-year decline of 21.5 per cent. The decrease is mainly attributable to increased financial expenses. Basic earnings per share for the period were RMB0.31. Revenue from terminal sales increased 53.4 per cent year-on-year, driven mainly by growth in sales of 3G and CDMA terminals, and GSM...

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ARM Discloses First Details of ARMv8 Architecture

ARM unveiled its next generation chip architecture embracing 64-bit processing and extended virtual addressing. The ARMv8 architecture consists of two main execution states, AArch64 and AArch32. The AArch64 execution state introduces a new instruction set, A64 for 64-bit processing. The AArch32 state supports the existing ARM instruction set. The key features of the current ARMv7 architecture, including TrustZone, virtualization and NEON advanced SIMD, are maintained or extended in the ARMv8 architecture. http://www.arm.c...

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NETGEAR Continues Fast Growth - Up 28% YoY

NETGEAR reported net revenue for the third quarter ended October 2, 2011 of$301.8 million, as compared to $236.0 million for the third quarter ended October 3, 2010, and as compared to $291.2 million in the second quarter ended July 3, 2011. Net income, computed in accordance with GAAP, for the third quarter of 2011 was $26.7 million, or $0.70 per diluted share. Patrick Lo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NETGEAR commented, "We are extremely...

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Motorola Mobility Posts Q3 Financials, Xoom Tablet Sales Fall Flat

Motorola Mobility reported net revenues of $3.3 billion in the third quarter of 2011, up 11 percent from the third quarter of 2010. The GAAP net loss in the third quarter of 2011 was $32 million, or $0.11 per share, compared to a net loss of $34 million, or $0.12 per share, in the third quarter of 2010.Mobile Devices net revenues in the third quarter were $2.4 billion, up 20 percent compared with the year-ago quarter. The GAAP operating loss was $41 million compared to an operating loss of $43 million in the year-ago quarter. The company confirmed...

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PMC-Sierra Posts Q3 Revenue of $173 Million, up 7% YoY

PMC-Sierra reported Q3 revenue of $173.3 million, a sequential increase of 1% compared with $171.0 million in the second quarter of 2011, and 7% higher than net revenues of $162.3 million in the third quarter of 2010. GAAP net income was $47.3 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, compared with GAAP net income in the second quarter of 2011 of $16.7 million, or $0.07 per diluted share.“Our third quarter results were solid given the difficult economic environment,�? said Greg Lang, president and chief executive officer of PMC. “While macro concerns...

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AppliedMicro Positions 64-bit ARM "X-Gene" for Next Gen Infrastructure

AppliedMicro introduced its "X-Gene" 64-bit, multi-core ARM architecture for next-generation infrastructure, including cloud computing, wireless infrastructure, enterprise networking, storage and security applications. The new X-Gene multi-core processors leverage high-performance ARMv8 compliant cores operating at up to 3.0 GHz and are designed for full CPU and I/O virtualization in next generation of cloud computing.AppliedMicro said its server-on-a-chip...

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Cool Demo: Cavium's Small Cell Base Station

Cavium's recently introduced small cell “Base Station on a chip�? is being used to deliver eight simultaneous connections, including streaming of five HD videos, at the maximum possible data throughput. This demonstration platform, which was shown at the 4G World show last week in Chicago, consists of a commercially available 4G/LTE client, an OCTEON Fusion Technology based eNodeB base station, Cavium's FusionStack eNodeB software, and a commercial...

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Motorola Solutions Reports Strong Q3, Raises Outlook

Motorola Solutions reported Q3 sales of $2.1 billion, up 10 percent from the third quarter of 2010 and driven by solid demand in all regions across both its Government and Enterprise segments. GAAP operating earnings in the third quarter of 2011 were $253 million or 12 percent of sales, compared to $211 million or 11 percent of sales in the third quarter of 2010. GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations were $0.45, compared to a GAAP loss of $0.04 in the third quarter of 2010.“Our customers continue to invest in solutions that increase...

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FCC Transforms USF/ICC Into "Connect America Fund"

The FCC voted unanimously to approve significant reforms to the Universal Service fund and Inter Carrier Compensation (ICC), while creating a new "Connect America Fund" aimed at extending broadband to rural areas of the country.FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski described the vote as " a once-in-a-generation overhaul of universal service, keeping faith with the nation's long commitment to connecting all Americans to communications services."The FCC...

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Sony to Buyout Ericsson's Share in Sony Ericsson

Sony will pay EUR 1.05 billion in cash to acquire Ericsson's 50 percent stake in Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. The mobile handset vendor will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony when the deal closes in January 2012.Sony said it plans to rapidly integrate smartphones into its broad array of network-connected consumer electronics devices - including tablets, televisions and personal computers. http://www.sonyericsson.comIn 2001, Ericsson...

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PCTEL Works with LightSquared on GPS Interference Solution

LightSquared is working with PCTEL, a developer of antennas, to resolve concerns over high precision GPS receivers. Specifically, PCTEL has developed an antenna that will allow existing high precision users to retrofit their GPS devices to make them compatible with LightSquared's network. This antenna provides high precision GPS users with another in a series of solutions to make their equipment LightSquared-compatible. The design will be tested by Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs.LightSquared noted that PCTEL is the third company to collaborate with...

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Juniper Delivers OpenFlow Application in Junos SDK

Juniper Networks is releasing the source code that drives its OpenFlow application, built on the Junos Software Development Kit (SDK), to its developers in order to expand the available toolset for enhancing network flexibility and programmability.The Junos SDK allows developers to build custom applications that run on top of Juniper's single operating system, Junos, to expand or create new functionality on Juniper Networks switching and routing...

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MetroPCS to be First with VoLTE

MetroPCS will be among the first mobile operators to deploy Voice over LTE (VoLTE), said Ed Chao, Senior Vice President, Corporate Engineering and Network Operations, speaking at 4G World in Chicago. Mavenir Systems and Acme Packet are VoLTE solution suppliers for MetroPCS. The VoLTE deployment is part of the carrier's strategy to optimize its scarce spectrum resources, as VoLTE is significantly more efficient than the existing CDMA network. http://www.convergedigest.com...

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Puerto Rico's Open Mobile Picks Ericsson for LTE

Puerto Rico's Open Mobile has chosen Ericsson to supply, deploy and manage its nationwide network. Under the deal, Ericsson will roll out a complete 4G/LTE solution. Ericsson will assist the operation of Open Mobile newly deployed LTE network. This is Ericsson's first full-scope contract for an LTE network combined with MPLS enabled Mobile Backhaul. http://www.ericsson....

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Equinix Ups 2011 Guidance as Data Center Expansions Continue

Equinix reported revenues of $417.6 million for the third quarter, a 6% increase over the previous quarter and a 26% increase over the same quarter last year. This result included $17.9 million in revenues from ALOG (ALOG Data Centers do Brasil) for the quarter. Recurring revenues, consisting primarily of colocation, interconnection and managed services were $397.4 million for the third quarter, a 6% increase over the previous quarter and a 26% increase...

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NetLogic Sees Q3 Sales Rise 3% to $107 Million

NetLogic posted Q3 2011 revenue of $106.8 million, a 3.0% sequential increase from $103.7 million for the second quarter of 2011 and a 6.8% increase from $100.1 million for the third quarter of 2010. Third quarter 2011 net income (GAAP) was $7.2 million or $0.10 per diluted share. By comparison, GAAP net income was $5.2 million or $0.08 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2010."This was another positive quarter for NetLogic Microsystems,�? said Ron Jankov, president and CEO. "In addition to solid financial results, during the third quarter...

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UN Commission Sets Global Broadband Targets

The United Nations' Broadband Commission for Digital Development published a set of four ambitious goals that it is urging countries around the world to adopt: Making broadband policy universal. By 2015, all countries should have a national broadband plan or strategy or include broadband in their Universal Access / Service Definitions. Making broadband affordable. By 2015, entry-level broadband services should be made affordable in developing countries...

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Nokia Debuts its First Windows Phones - No Mention of LTE

Nokia marked a significant step in its new direction with the introduction of its smartphones powered by Windows Phone.Social networking is at the heart of the new Windows Phone-based Nokia Lumia range. "Eight months ago, we shared our new strategy and today we are demonstrating clear progress of this strategy in action. We're driving innovation throughout our entire portfolio, from new smartphone experiences to ever smarter mobile phones," said...

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Sprint and Clearwire to Extend Partnership into LTE

Sprint will continue to work with Clearwire as the companies roll out their respective LTE networks. In its quarterly conference call, Sprint executives confirmed a non-binding cooperation agreement with Clearwire to work together on the technical specifications of the Clearwire LTE network. Specifically, the cooperation extends to the design and operations of the network. Sprint wants to ensure seamless handoffs in service layer control that...

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Akamai Posts Q3 Revenue of $281.9 million, up 11% YoY

Akamai Technologies posted Q3 2011 of $281.9 million, an 11 percent increase over third quarter 2010 revenue of $253.6 million, and a 2 percent increase over second quarter 2011 revenue of $277.0 million. Net income (GAAP) was $42.3 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, a 6 percent increase from third quarter 2010 GAAP net income of $39.7 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, and a 12 percent decrease from second quarter 2011 GAAP net income of $47.9 million, or $0.25 per diluted share. "We are pleased with Akamai's performance in the third quarter,...

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LSI to Acquire SandForce for $370 Million -- SSD Processors

LSI agreed to acquire SandForce, a start-up based in Milpitas, California, for $322 million in cash, net of cash assumed, and assume approximately $48 million of unvested stock options and restricted shares held by SandForce employees.SandForce is a leading provider of flash storage processors for enterprise and client flash solutions and solid state drives (SSDs). Flash storage processors provide the intelligence required to deliver the performance...

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Sandvine: Netflix Accounts for 33% of Peak Traffic in U.S.

Netflix alone accounts for 32.7% of peak downstream traffic in the U.S., a relative increase of more than 10% since spring, according to Sandvine's newly released 10th Global Internet Phenomena Report: Fall 2011.Some other major findings from the report include:Within fixed networks in the United States, Real-Time Entertainment applications are the primary drivers of network capacity requirements, accounting for 60% of peak downstream traffic, up...

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Broadband Forum Issues First GPON ONU Certifications

The Broadband Forum announced that seven products have now passed its new GPON ONU Certification Program and achieved full certification. The seven vendors whose products have achieved the first G-PON certifications are: Alcatel-Lucent, Broadlight, Cambridge Industries Group, Huawei, PMC-Sierra, PT Inovacao and Tecom. Enrollment in the certification program is now open to G-PON ONU products with Ethernet interfaces and is based on the Broadband Forum's...

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Infinera Sees Possible Impact of Flooding in Thailand

Flooding in Thailand is impacting the operations of component and service suppliers to the optical industry, and Infinera is planning for some supply chain disruption. Fabrinet, one of Infinera's contract manufacturers, reported this week a significant escalation of the impact of the flooding on its facilities in Thailand. Based on the information available at this time, Infinera said it currently estimates the potential negative impact to its December quarter guidance to be in the range of 5-15% of revenues. http://www.infinera....

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ADTRAN Advances its Optical Networking Edge

ADTRAN has broadened its Optical Networking Edge (ONE) portfolio to support scalable, multi-ring architectures and extend optical networking. ADTRAN's Optical Networking Edge (ONE) integrates network access and aggregation with optical edge metro transport using the company's flagship Total Access 5000 platform. This is achieved using a mini-ROADM transport module card with advanced network management capabilities.The new enhancements combine Packet...

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Tellabs Revenue Falls to $314 million

Tellabs reported Q3 2011 revenue of $314 million, compared with $430 million in the year-ago quarter. North American revenue declined to $151 million, and revenue outside North America rose to $163 million.For the third quarter of 2011, Broadband segment revenue was $170 million, down 15% from the yearago quarter. Transport segment revenue was $87 million, down 49%. Services segment revenue was $57 million, down 6%.On a GAAP basis, Tellabs recorded...

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PCTEL Acquires Envision Wireless

PCTEL, which develops antenna, scanning receiver, and network solutions, acquired the assets of Envision Wireless, an engineering services business based in Melbourne, Florida. Envision focuses on the RF issues pertaining to in-building coverage and capacity and its target market is relevant to PCTEL's antenna and scanning receiver businesses. The company provides value-added analysis of collected data. They provide services to the public cellular carriers, network infrastructure providers, and real estate concerns. Financial terms were not disclosed.on.“In-building...

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F5 Posts Revenue of $314.6 million

F5 Networks reported revenue of $314.6 million for its fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011, up 8 percent from $290.7 million in the prior quarter and 24 percent from $254.3 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010. For fiscal year 2011, revenue was $1.15 billion, up 31 percent from $882.0 million in fiscal year 2010.“In the first full quarter that VIPRION 2400 was generally available, demand for the new mid-range chassis exceeded our expectations. During the fourth quarter, we also saw strong demand for VIPRION 4400, our high-end chassis,...

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Bytemobile Publishes Mobile Video Analytics Report

Demand for higher-quality video resolution is growing steadily in mobile networks worldwide, according to Bytemobile newly released Mobile Analytics Report. Some key findings:On average, mobile subscribers consume their total daily video content in a single session.Video users click through multiple videos before terminating their session.On average, mobile video subscribers watch 10 videos sequentially.Across geographies, subscribers on un-optimized...

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Broadcom Posts Q3 Revenue of $1.96 billion -- Up 8.4% YoY

Broadcom reported Q3 2011 revenue of $1.96 billion, an increase of 8.4% compared with the $1.81 billion reported for the third quarter of 2010. Net income computed in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for the third quarter of 2011 was $270 million, or $.48 per share (diluted), compared with GAAP net income of $328 million, or $.60 per share (diluted), for the third quarter of 2010. "Broadcom delivered record revenue and cash flow in Q3 with strength across all of our end markets - Home, Hand and Infrastructure,"...

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DragonWave Debuts its "Avenue" Microcellular Solution

DragonWave introduced its "Avenue" backhaul solution for small cell base stations.DragonWave's new product accommodates a wide range of 3G or 4G microcellular RAN access units and leverages an integrated backhaul antenna array supporting up to three simultaneous backhaul beam paths using frequencies ranging from 2 GHz to 80 GHz to deliver 1.2 Gbps of aggregate, full-duplex capacity. Alternatively, the Avenue can be backhauled via fiber or DSL. RAN...

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Alcatel-Lucent Builds 4G Consumer Communications Solution

Alcatel-Lucent has developed an application for 4G that integrates voice and video-calling, instant messaging and group calling and across a variety of devices - smartphone, tablet or PCs. Alcatel-Lucent's new 4G Consumer Communications Solution uses flash-capable web browser technology to enable consumers to connect via video using virtually any PC or mobile internet device, so they don't need to figure out whether the person they are calling is...

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