Agilent Develops Test Solution for 3GPP LTE-Advanced

Agilent Technologies introduced a 4G system design library for 3GPP Release 10, which promises up to 1 Gbps peak download speeds. Agilent said its new W1918 LTE-Advanced baseband verification library helps system architects, baseband algorithm developers and component manufacturers deliver on this performance by providing RF and MIMO channel modeling fidelity; integration between multi-language PHY modeling and wideband test equipment; and greater RF and baseband design-flow integration. The W1918 LTE-Advanced library is available as an option...

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Comcast Pushes TV Streaming On Tablets

Comcast plans to offer in-home streaming for live and On Demand content to Apple iPads as well as Android powered tablets. This will provide access to 3,000 hours of On Demand content, including popular movies and hit TV shows, either in the home or on-the-go, including anywhere there is a wireless connection. Comcast also announced an expansion of its Xfinity TV online service. Comcast's Xfinity TV app functions as a television guide, remote control...

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Hibernia Secures $250 Million for "Project Express" Cable

Hibernia Atlantic announced a $250 million financing commitment for its Project Express, a new, low-latency fiber optic cable system connecting the greater New York City area with London. The new build is expected to be complete in the summer of 2012. Hibernia Atlantic has already secured its first new customers on the cable.The new funding came Huawei Marine Networks Co., which is one of the vendors for the project. "We are proud to be part of...

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Verizon 4G LTE: More Than Just Speed

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AT&T to Accelerate LTE Rollout

AT&T announced plans to accelerate its LTE rollout with the goal of launching initial service by mid-year 2011 and substantially completing the network by year-end 2013. AT&T's mobile broadband strategy calls for both HSPA+ and LTE. The company has already completed its deployment of HSPA+ to virtually 100 percent of its mobile broadband network. The network upgrade program calls for faster rollout of Ethernet + fiber backhaul and AT&T...

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Qualcomm to Acquire Atheros for Wi-Fi Expertise

Qualcomm confirmed plans to acquire Atheros Communications for $45 per share in cash, which values the deal at $3.1 billion.Atheros, which is based in San Jose, California, is a leading supplier of Wi-Fi silicon. Its product line includes wireless LAN client chips, network processors, Ethernet transceivers, Ethernet switching silicon, Powerline SoCs, and Bluetooth devices. The company has approximately 1,700 employess and reported Q3 2010 revenue...

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Motorola XOOM Tablet to Offer LTE in Q2

Motorola Mobility preview its 10.1-inch "XOOM tablet for Verizon Wireless, featuring new Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system and a dual core processor with each core running at 1 GHz. Motorola XOOM supports 1080p HD video and HDMI output to display content on larger HD screens, and plays video and other rich web content seamlessly with Adobe Flash Player. It features a front-facing 2-megapixel camera for video chats over Wi-Fi or 3G/4G LTE,...

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Tekelec's CEO Resigns, Financial Guidance Updated

Frank Plastina has stepped down as president and CEO of Tekelec. Krish Prabhu, a member of the Board of Directors and a 25-year industry veteran, has been appointed interim CEO. The company also updated its 2010 Full Year Guidance. The company now expects orders for 2010 to be between $385 million and $395 million, with fourth quarter orders in the range of $175 million to $185 million, the second-highest in Tekelec's history. However, the company said revenue for a number portability project in India valued at more than $10 million would move...

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OnStar to Ride Verizon Wireless LTE

General Motors' OnStar vehicle information service may soon be delivering advanced capabilities over Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network. The companies are showcasing a prototype application at CES on a Buick LaCrosse research vehicle.Among the innovative services made possible by combining the power of OnStar with the speed of 4G:Vehicle monitoring -- Cameras mounted throughout the interior and exterior of the car allow remote viewing...

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Broadcom Samples First 10G EPON Optical Network Unit SoC

Broadcom announced the first 10G Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) optical network unit (ONU) system-on-a-chip (SoC). The BCM55030 is designed for customer premises equipment such as enterprise routers, MDU systems and home gateways. The EPON ONU integrates a 10 Gbps media access controller, 10 Gbps EPON serializers/deserializers and forward error correction, a four-port Gigabit Ethernet switch, traffic management, and on-chip memory for...

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NETGEAR Intros LTE Router for Verizon Wireless

NETGEAR introduced its MBR1000 Mobile Broadband Router, which is specifically designed for the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network.Equipped with an internal 3G/4G mobile broadband modem, , The MBR1000 delivers a full customer-side LAN with four Fast Ethernet ports and 802.11n Wi-Fi at up to 270 Mbps and features redundant WAN network availability with a separate Fast Ethernet WAN uplink port. The MBR1000 Dual WAN feature gives customers...

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Verizon Wireless and Motricity Offer LTE "Open Development Snacks"

Verizon Wireless and Motricity are promoting "Open Development Snacks" -- a suite of content publishing tools that take advantage of the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network. Open Development Snacks gives content providers the opportunity to supply highly personalized, on-demand content directly on Verizon Wireless' Mobile Web. Motricity's Open Development Snacks enable video streaming within Verizon Wireless' Mobile Web and enables...

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Cisco's 'Videoscape' Aims to Transform TV Experience

Cisco's John Chamber outlined a new "Videoscape" portfolio of five major product families aimed at "transforming the TV experience." The goal is to work with Service Providers to allow any device over any network to access any content to which they are entitled. Cisco Videoscape would enable service providers to monetize activities outside their own network or traditional device footprints.In the living room,"Videoscape" provides an integrated...

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