Ericsson to Offer End-to-End Mobile Banking Solution

Ericsson is launching a new business line that will offer mobile financial services. Ericsson said it will offer an end-to-end solution and associated business and operational model, fulfilling all necessary regulatory, legal and security requirements, in cooperation with its operator customers and innovative players in the financial sector. "A new market is opening up consisting of consumers whose first meeting with banks will take place over a...

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India's Former Telecoms Minister Arrested

Authorities arrested Mr. A. Raja, India's former telecommunications minister, as part of an investigation into the 2G licensing scandal. Raja's personal secretary RK Chandolia and former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura were also he...

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AT&T Readies Mobile Hotspot Application

AT&T is preparing to release a mobile hotspot application that enables customers connect multiple devices from their smartphone via Wi-Fi. Pricing is set at 2 GB of data usage for $20 a month when bundled with AT&T's Data Pro plan ($25 / 2GB). In other words, the combined AT&T Data Pro plus AT&T Mobile Hotspot will provide 4GB for $45 per month. http://www.att....

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NSN Sees 5X GSM Performance Boost for SmartPhone Packets

Nokia Siemens Networks announced a new Smart Resource Adaptation software feature that enables GSM networks up to five times more smart device users with higher data throughput and less congestion. The software technique allocates packet resources based on actual use of smart device applications. Nokia Siemens Networks said the performance boost is made possible due to the current mismatch between packet sizes traversing GSM networks. According...

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Egypt Restores Internet Access Amidst Street Chaos

The Egyptian government permitted the nation's four ISPs to reboot at 09:29:31 UTC (11:29am Cairo time). The Renesys blog tracked the service restoration, which progressed over the course of about 25 minutes for most routes to be reestablished. Facebook and Twitter were also restored. http://www.renesys.com/blog/#lat...

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SiTime Debuts Highest Performance Silicon MEMS Timing Platform

SiTime introduced its new "Encore" Silicon MEMS timing platform for telecom, networking, wireless and storage systems. Like all of SiTime's oscillator offerings, Encore offers pin compatibility with existing quartz-based solutions, while delivering the highest stability, phase noise, jitter and aging performance.Performance on the Encore platform includes:± 0.5 PPM frequency stability. 650 femtoseconds of integrated RMS random phase jitter, measured...

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Singapore's Optical Coverage Hits 60%

Singapore is making progress with its Next Generation National Broadband Network. OpenNet, which is the consortium selected to build and operate the passive fibre infrastructure, reported that 60% of buildings in Singapore are now directly connected to the optical network. OpenNet began the fibre rollout in 2009. The rollout is on schedule and is expected to achieve the target of 95% total coverage by middle of 2012. OpenNet is a joint venture...

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NeoPhotonics Completes IPO

NeoPhotonics a supplier of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) based modules and subsystems, completed its initial public offering (IPO) and began trading on NYSE under the symbol NPTN. The stock closed at $13.25 on Wednesday.The company priced its initial public offering of 7,500,000 shares of its common stock, at $11.00 per share. All shares are being sold by the company. NeoPhotonics has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional...

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NSN Launches New FlexiPacket Microwave Backhaul Platform

Nokia Siemens Networks is introducing a new FlexiPacket Microwave platform for backhauling 3G, WiMAX and LTE. The new platform includes software that can be programmed to provide operations for both hybrid and full packet traffic mode, enabling operators to choose any evolutionary path from legacy TDM-base to all-IP backhaul.Nokia Siemens Networks FlexiPacket Microwave also features an end-to-end point and click service provisioning. The platform...

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