Zscaler Names Former Motorola Executive as CTO

Zscaler, a provider of cloud security solutions based in Sunnyvale, California, named Dr. Amit Sinha as Chief Technology Officer. In this role, he spearheads research and development initiatives of Zscaler's emerging technologies. Sinha served as Fellow and Chief Technologist of Motorola's Enterprise Networking and Communication business. He was the CTO of AirDefense, which was acquired by Motorola in 2008. Prior to AirDefense, he served as Co-Founder and Chief Technologist at Engim, a Wi-Fi semiconductor company. http://www.zscaler....

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Broadband Line Growth Strongest in Developing Economies

The number of fixed, broadband line subscriptions topped 508 million as of the end of Q3 2010, representing a growth of 6.7% over a year earlier, according to new figures prepared by Point Topic and announced today by the Broadband Forum. Over 14.3 million lines were added in the third quarter alone, representing 2.88% growth over the previous quarter. China and India both reported their second best ever quarters in Q3 for broadband line additions....

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ADTRAN Adds Advanced Operational Environment Mgt

ADTRAN introduced an Advanced Operational Environment (AOE) management framework focused on service delivery and overall operational improvement. AOE is designed to integrate with existing OSS systems, reducing the need for disparate management tools and allowing customers to provide and diagnose services using the same familiar billing, provisioning, equipment and facilities systems they use today. ADTRAN said its Advanced Operational Environment is in trials at several carriers. http://www.adtran.com/...

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Sprint 4G to Carry BlackBerry Playbook Tablet

Sprint will promote the new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet along with its 4G network. The BlackBerry 4G PlayBook will be the first BlackBerry PlayBook model to include wide area wireless connectivity. In addition to Wi-Fi support, the BlackBerry 4G PlayBook features a 1 GHz dual-core processor, 1 GB of RAM and the new BlackBerry Tablet OS. http://www.sprint.com...

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CES Keynote: Verizon Sees LTE Accelerate Development Cycle

LTE is turning out to be a real game-changer for the networking industry because it speeds up the development cycle, said Verizon executives Ivan Seidenberg and Lowell McAdam in a keynote at CES in Las Vegas. The Verizon booth has over 60 companies demonstrating products and services that are coming to the company's network this year, and over 6,000 developers are enrolled in its program. Sharing the keynote spotlight were TimeWarner, Motorola...

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Skype to Acquire Qik for Video Sharing

Skype agreed to acquire Qik, a provider of mobile video software and services, for an undisclosed sum.Qik's app enables mobile phone users to share live or recorded video clips. The Qik service is available on over 200 mobile phones across the Android, iPhone, Symbian, Blackberry and Windows Mobile platforms, and comes pre-loaded on a wide variety of mobile handsets through partnerships with leading handset manufacturers and carriers.Qik was founded...

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Cavium and ARM to Develop Next Gen Multi-Core SoCs

Cavium Networks' next-generation chips will be powered by ARM's Cortex-A family of processor cores. Cavium's ECONA processor family has been based on ARM processor technology since its inception, first utilizing the ARM9 and then progressing to the ARM11 as market requirements have evolved. The companies said the transition to ARM's Cortex-A series will maintain and further develop Cavium ECONA processors' power/performance profile. The ARM processors...

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VZ Delivers LTE for Cisco Cius Business Tablet, Router

Beginning this Spring. Verizon Wireless will offer an LTE version of the Cisco Cius mobile collaboration business tablet, which was unveiled last year. The companies also announced an LTE WAN interface card for the Cisco second-generation Integrated Services Router (ISR G2), which will enable Verizon Wireless' 3G and 4G enterprise and small and medium-sized business customers with branch office connectivity. The new Cisco 4G LTE Enhanced High-Speed...

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Calix Wins Clearwave Project in Illinois

Clearwave Communications (has selected the Calix Unified Access portfolio to bring advanced broadband services to 23 counties in southern Illinois. The Clearwave Broadband Stimulus award consists of over $45 million in overall funds, including a $31.5 million federal grant, an $11.3 million grant from the State of Illinois, a $400 thousand grant from the Counties of Southern Illinois, and $2.1 million in private investment. The Clearwave project will leverage 10GE, point-to-point gigabit Ethernet (GE), and GPON technology to bring advanced fiber...

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RADWIN Offers Point-to-Point Systems for Licensed 3.5 GHz

RADWIN introduced a new range of Point-to-Point and Multiple Point-to-Point systems that operate in the licensed 3.4-3.7 GHz spectrum. RADWIN 2000 3.5 GHz solutions deliver up to 100 Mbps and up to 16 E1s/T1s for long ranges (up to 120 Km/75 miles). The solutions comply with FCC, IC and ETSI regulations.In addition, RADWIN received FCC approval for its RADWIN 2000 solution to operate in the 3.65 GHz spectrum. The 3.65 GHz spectrum is reserved in North America as a non-exclusive license band for broadband expansion in rural and underserved are...

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