NTT DOCOMO to Cut Carrier Interconnection Fees

NTT DOCOMO announced that fees it charges other telecommunications operators to interconnect with its network have been reduced by up to 35.6% for voice calls made within the same service area, effective immediately and applied retroactively to all interconnections since the beginning of DOCOMO's fiscal 2010 (April 1, 2010). The fees have been calculated based on the guideline announced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in March...

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Cisco Introduces Smart Switching Portfolio

Cisco debuted a set of new switching products aimed at small businesses. Cisco 200 Series Smart Switches, which are entry-level managed switches, delivering quality of service (QoS) and security features. Network Security Firewall, offering small offices true business-class wireless security. It offers a combination of faster performance with gigabit Ethernet and the flexibility offered by hybrid VPN capabilities and added security with optional...

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Ericsson Sales Up 8% YoY on Mobile Broadband

Ericsson reported Q4 2010 sales of SEK 62.8 (58.3) billion., up 8% year-over-year and 32% sequentially. Sales forcomparable units, adjusted for currency exchange rate effects and hedging, increased 7% year-over-year. The year-over-year net impact of currency exchange rate effects and hedging was negative. Gross margin in the quarter, excluding restructuring, increased year-over-year to 37% (35%) and was down from 39% sequentially. Sales in...

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Telefónica and MasterCard Create Joint Venture for Mobile Payments

Telefónica and MasterCard will create a 50-50 joint venture focused on mobile financial solutions for Latin America. The new company will leverage Telefonica's telecommunications assets and MasterCard's payment's expertise. It will have an open model to ensure interoperability among the banked and unbanked segments, and serve as a bridge between the financial and telecommunications sectors. Mobile payment services, which will be linked to a mobile...

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Tellabs Post Q3 Revenue of $410 Million,

Tellabs reported Q4 2010 revenue of $410 million, up 5% from $389 million in the fourth quarter of 2009.On a GAAP basis, Tellabs recorded a net loss of $11 million or 3 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2010,compared with net earnings of $62 million or 16 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2009. The fourth-quarter2010 net loss included a pretax charge of $16.5 million for excess purchase commitments related to a cancelledtender in India.Tellabs...

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Largest Data Center in Asia Planned for Hebei, China

IBM and Range Technology Development Co. announced plans to build the largest, enterprise-class Cloud Computing Data Center in Hebei, China. The center, which is expected to be completed in 2016, will deliver strategic outsourcing services, business continuity and disaster recovery services in addition to advanced capabilities in cloud computing storage and mobile device management. The facility is set to measure more than 620,000 square meters,...

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Amdocs Supplies Personalized Mobile Portal for MetroPCS LTE

MetroPCS is using the Amdocs Personalized Portal for its newly launched LTE services. The new mobile portal (the home screen on a smartphone) provides an enhanced, dynamic and personalized user experience, allowing quick and easy access to relevant content based on a user's specific interests. The portal's home page is fully personalized, simple to configure, and provides easy access to social media applications such as Facebook and MySpace. It...

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Juniper's Q4 Revenue Rises 26% YoY to $1.2 Billion

Juniper Networks reported Q4 2010 net revenues of $1.190 billion, up 26% from Q4'09 and up 18% from Q3 10. The company posted GAAP net income of $190.2 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, and non-GAAP net income of $228.6 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2010. Included in both the GAAP and non-GAAP net income per share is approximately $0.03 per share favorable impact due to the extension of R&D tax credit."Juniper...

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Octasic Introduces Universal Video Gateway Software

Octasic introduced video gateway software that enables its OCT2224M chipset to deliver high-quality, high-density, high-resolution (1080p) processing for enterprise media gateways. Octasic's OCT2200 series of devices, which initially pack 24 high performance cores on a single chip, leverage several innovations in DSP architecture to significantly reduce power consumption even at high levels of processing. The performance of the OCT2224M device for...

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Google Acquires SayNow

Google has acquired SayNow, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California that developed a software platform that allows voice messaging, one-on-one conversations, and group calls to be integrated into Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Android, or iPhone applications. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.saynow.com http://www.google....

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Google Voice Begins Number Porting

Google has begun offering U.S. number porting to its Google Voice service. The porting carriers a $20 fee and is completed in about 24 hours after a request.Google Voice, which is based on the GrandCentral service that Google acquired in July 2007, provides the user with a single phone number that will ring your home, work, and mobile phones, a central voicemail inbox that you could access on the web, and the ability to screen calls by listening...

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Ciena Wins NGN Project with Mobily in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's Mobily has selected Ciena to supply Carrier Ethernet, optical transport and switching, as well as management and maintenance services for its next generation network. The deployment will bring Ethernet services to the network edge and integrate packet-optical switching and transport through the network core.Ciena said its Packet-Optical Transport platforms will provide up to a tenfold capacity increase. as the network leverages OTN...

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Verizon -- Wireless and FiOS Deliver Continued Strong Growth

Verizon Communications report solid results for Q4 2010, driven by wireless, FiOS and strategic enterprise services. On a consolidated basis, Verizon's total operating revenues were $26.4 billion in fourth-quarter 2010, a decrease of 2.6 percent compared with fourth-quarter 2009. Last year's results included revenues from operations that have since been divested. On a comparable basis (non-GAAP), fourth-quarter 2010 total operating revenues increased...

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FCC Mandates LTE as Air Interface for First Responders

The FCC adopted new rules that requires all 700 MHz public safety mobile broadband networks to use a common air interface, specifically LTE, to support roaming and interoperable communications. The action buildson the technical requirements that state and local 700 MHz broadband waiver recipients are already subject to in the early buildout of their regional public safety broadband networks. The FCC is also seeking public comment on additional...

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