Ericsson and Polycom Cooperate on Telepresence

Ericsson and Polycom will offer an integrated end-to-end solution for hosted telepresence services. The joint offering integrates the Ericsson IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) network and Polycom infrastructure and telepresence endpoints. http://www.ericsson.com http://www.polycom....

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Japan's EMOBILE Outsources with Ericsson

Japan's EMOBILE announced a network outsourcing contract with Ericsson. EMOBILE also recently selected Ericsson to enhance its network with 42Mbps HSPA technology. http://www.ericsson....

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RIM Announces LTE and HSPA+ for PlayBook Tablet

Research In Motion (RIM) plans to launch two additional BlackBerry 4G PlayBook tablets during the second half of 2011, featuring support for LTE and HSPA+.RIM has now announced plans to offer four BlackBerry PlayBook tablets:1. BlackBerry PlayBook with Wi-Fi2. BlackBerry 4G PlayBook with Wi-Fi + WiMax3. BlackBerry 4G PlayBook with Wi-Fi + LTE4. BlackBerry 4G PlayBook with Wi-Fi + HSPA+In addition to the Wi-Fi and 4G connectivity referenced above,...

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CenturyLink to Resell Verizon Wireless, Gains LTE Access

CenturyLink will be an authorized agent of Verizon Wireless, offering equipment and service plans to its residential and small business customers. Financial terms of the agreement are not being disclosed.In addition, CenturyLink customers will have access to Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network which is available today in 38 major metropolitan areas and more than 60 airports, and will be expanded to an additional 140 markets by the end of 2011. http://www.centurylink....

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CenturyLink Revenue Slide Continues

CenturyLink reported Q4 2010 revenues of $1.72 billion compared to $1.84 billion in fourth quarter 2009. This anticipated revenue decline was primarily due to the impact of access line losses and lower access revenues, including the anticipated impact of lower universal service fund receipts and wireless and long distance traffic migration. These decreases more than offset revenue increases driven by growth in high-speed Internet customers, data services demand from business customers and data transport demand from wireless providers. Added nearly...

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Verizon Partners with Intrado on Advanced 911

Verizon and Intrado announced a strategic partnership to deliver advanced 911 capabilities in the U.S.Verizon Emergency Communications Solutions will combine Verizon's global IP network and managed and professional services with Intrado's advanced 911 technologies to deliver calls and data services to emergency response personnel at public safety answering points (PSAPs).The new 911 services will be conducted via an IP-enabled communications platform...

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LightSquared Completes Post Launch Testing

LightSquared crossed another milestone in its bid to launch a nationwide, wholesale-only, integrated wireless broadband and satellite network. The company has completed post launch testing and acceptance of the SkyTerra 1 satellite and Space-Based Network (SBN) from Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems.Boeing has successfully completed its work on integrating the satellite's communications with the ground segment to form the first integrated wireless...

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Netronome's SSL-Inspector Opens the Blind Spot of Encrypted Web Traffic

Netronome reports increased traction for its line of SSL Inspector appliances, which leverage the power of its network flow processors to decrypt SSL traffic traversing a corporate network perimeter. The platform addresses the blind spot of SSL-encrypted email (such as Gmail), SaaS, social media and other peer-to-peer applications that default to SSL encryption. These encrypted sessions bypass the security coverage provided by the vast majority...

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Huawei's 5-Band and 3 RATs in a Cabinet

At this week's Mobile World Congress, Huawei is showcasing its 5-band 3-mode 1-cabinet for its SingleRAN@Broad products. The cabinet supports five frequency bands and three radio access technologies (RATs) in a single cabinet, allowing for mobile operators to deploy and operate a single network, converging GSM, UMTS, and LTE. Mr. Wang Tao, President of the Wireless Networks, Huawei, said, "Based on Huawei's SingleRAN@Broad solution, our 5-band 3-mode...

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Etisalat Commences LTE Rollout with Alcatel-Lucent in UAE

Etisalat has selected Alcatel-Lucent for its LTE rollout in the UAE beginning this quarter. The companies describe the project as the first commercial LTE network in the Middle East. Alcatel-Lucent will supply LTE base stations (eNodeBs), all-IP wireless Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a converged end-to-end network management solution and a range of professional services including project management, planning, installation, commissioning and integration....

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Alcatel-Lucent and China Mobile Investigate Cloud-based RAN

Alcatel-Lucent and China Mobile will jointly launch technical and economic studies and investigate the technologies essential to build a centralized, collaborative, Cloud-based RAN (C-RAN), such as Alcatel-Lucent's recently-announced lightRadio. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed by China Mobile Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, Alcatel-Lucent's flagship company in China.lightRadio represents a new architecture where the base station,...

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RADCOM Adds LTE to Service Assurance Solution

RADCOM announced LTE support in its Omni-Q service assurance solution, which provides a high level view of network performance, Quality of Service and Quality of Experience. It can also drill down to root cause analysis. "LTE support for Omni-Q in addition to our eDiamond analyzer means RADCOM is offering a complete solution for every stage of the LTE development cycle," said Eyal Harari, RADCOM's VP Products and Marketing. "The addition of support for LTE along with the existing technologies means that service providers can use one monitoring...

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Big Bet: The New $300 Million Silicon Valley Data Center

Vantage Data Centers, a new company backed by Silver Lake, unveiled plans for a $300 million data center that is under construction in the heart of Silicon Valley. The company has completed construction of the first of three buildings located at a former Intel facility in Santa Clara, California. The 18-acre facility is the largest wholesale data center project on the West Coast.Vantage Data Centers is pursuing a wholesale data center model. The...

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SonicWALL Debuts Secure Remote Access Virtual Appliances

SonicWALL introduced its Secure Remote Access (SRA) Virtual Appliance and Aventail E-Class SRA Virtual Appliance. The new appliances add to the existing SSL VPN SMB and enterprise-class hardware line-up and further expand SonicWALL's virtualized appliance offerings that include management, reporting and email security. The SRA Virtual Appliance and Aventail E-Class SRA Virtual Appliance enable SSL VPNs.Through the use of endpoint control, the SonicWALL Aventail solution provides the ability to identify the user and interrogate the endpoint. Based...

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Huawei Shows Terabit Capacity Firewall

Huawei unveiled its Eudemon 8000E next-generation firewall featuring Terabit processing capacity for large-scale networks and cloud architectures. The E8000E is powered by Huawei own silicon technology. It provides a switching capacity of 400 Gbps per slot and 6.4 Tbps for the entire system. It also uses a hardware-accelerated multi-core CPU, which guarantees effective integration of dedicated, high end security functions. The E8000E design facilitates service expansion allowing for the addition of key security applications such as, Intrusion...

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