Facing Govt Opposition, Huawei Drops Bid for 3Leaf Systems

Huawei reportedly has abandoned its bid to acquire 3Leaf Systems, a former U.S.-based supplier of enterprise data center technology. Last week, the Department of Commerce's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ruled against the acquisition on national security grounds. Huawei had originally bid to acquire the intellectual property of the bankrupt 3Leaf Systems last May, but objections were later raised and the company was blocked from transferring the intellectual property. http://www.huawei.comIn August 2010, a group of eight...

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NTT Data Acquires Singapore's Cornerstone Asia Tech Pte.

NTT Data will acquire Singapore-based Cornerstone Asia Tech Pte., which specializes in providing business intelligence (BI) / business analytics (BA) consulting services and IT solutions in Southeast Asia. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.ntt.co...

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Alcatel-Lucent Uses Smartphones for 4G Packet Data Diagnostics

Alcatel-Lucent introduced a Smartphone Wireless Network Analyzer Methodology (SWNAM) that gathers and analyzes 4G packet data to provide an instant picture of network activity. Essentially, SWNAM turns a smartphone into a remote monitor for identifying and reporting packet loss and other issues which impact service quality, while aggregating it into a central data correlation tool. SWNAM monitors the network from the smart-phone user's view --...

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Verizon Wireless Employs Tektronix for LTE Monitoring

Verizon Wireless is using Tektronix Communications' Iris suite of solutions to support the monitoring of its LTE services. The system will provide deep, end-to-end visibility into the LTE network and service performance. Financial terms were not disclosed.Tektronix's Iris suite provides real-time and historical information for service troubleshooting and performance monitoring needs. Key elements include:GeoProbe G10 a high-speed, high-density 10GE probe that features a distributed architecture optimized to handle high -bandwidth IP traffic.Iris...

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HP Aligns with Mformation for Mobile Device Management

Mformation Technologies, which develops mobile device management (MDM) solutions, has expanded its relationship with HP and is now HP's preferred MDM solution provider. The expanded cooperation between Mformation and HP covers the complete end-to-end needs of mobile operators and enterprises for the management of mobile devices and services. HP is now offering a cloud-based solution for enterprise MDM. The companies are now expanding their MDM...

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LightSquared Raises $586 Million for its LTE+Satellite Rollout

LightSquared, which is building a wholesale-only integrated wireless broadband and satellite network across the U.S., closed on $586 million of debt, led by UBS AG and JP Morgan. The company said the funding will be used for general corporate purposes, which include constructing its LTE-wholesale network. Over the last seven months, LightSquared has raised more than $2 billion in debt and equity."We're excited about our prospects of bringing the...

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Interoute Acquires KPN's Dark Fibre Network in Germany

Interoute Communications has acquired KPN's 3,600 km dark fibre network in Germany linking the main commercial hubs of Berlin, Munich and Hamburg, as well as six additional cities including, Dusseldorf, Cologne-Bonn, Frankfurt and Stuttgart, Karlsruhe and Kehl. The 3,600 kilometer dark fibre network comprises 2 ducts, 96 fibre pairs and 27 ILAs. As part of the deal, KPN will lease back 4 to 5 fibre pairs from Interoute to support KPN customers in...

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TI and MIT Research Ultra Low Power 28nm Mobile Processors

Texas Instruments and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) published a joint research paper detailing design methodologies for a 28-nanometer (nm) mobile applications processor. The paper, which was presented at the 2011 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), demonstrates that a DSP is capable of scaling from high-performance mode at 1.0 volts down to an ultra-low power (ULP) mode at 0.6 volts (V). This DSP is one...

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Cisco Names Gary Moore Chief Operating Officer

Cisco announced the appointment of Gary Moore as Chief Operating Officer, a new position within Cisco, reporting to John Chambers, chairman and CEO of Cisco. Moore will assume responsibility for engineering, marketing, operations and services organizations. Moore will be responsible for the alignment and prioritization of company investments and ensuring operational excellence across the company.Prior to this appointment, Moore was responsible for...

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Amazon Launches Unlimited Movie Streaming Service

Amazon began offering an unlimited movie streaming service to U.S. customers who enroll as Amazon Prime members. For a $79 annual fee, members get on-demand streaming from a library of several thousand films and TV shows to Internet-enabled Blu-ray players or TV sets. They also get free 2-day shipping for physical goods purchased at Amazon.com. Although Amazon's catalog of on-demand titles is smaller, the new service is seen as competition to...

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Germany's Amprion Selects ECI for Next-Gen Evolution and Smart Grid Optimization

Amprion, an ultra-high voltage grid operator in Germany, has chosen ECI Telecom's BroadGate solutions to support its energy mission-critical operations. The rollout includes BroadGate All-Native Packet Optical Transport (BG) family, including several hundred BG-64 platform. The BG-64 is a compact, all-native packet optical transport platform offering native support of both TDM and Ethernet, reduced footprint, minimized power consumption, and optimized...

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Conexant Gets Higher Bid from Golden Gate Capital

Conexant Systems received a revised written proposal from an affiliate of Golden Gate Capital to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Conexant common stock at a price of $2.40 per share in cash. On January 9, 2011, Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC) offered to acquire each share of Conexant common stock $1.125 in cash and a fraction of a share of SMSC common stock equal to $1.125 divided by the volume weighted average price of SMSC common stock for the 20 trading days ending on the second trading day prior to closing, but in no event...

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Juniper and NSN Announce Carrier Ethernet Transport 2.0

Nokia Siemens Networks and Juniper Networks, which established a joint venture last year, announced Carrier Ethernet Transport 2.0 (CET), an updated architecture for delivering business and residential services as well as fiber mobile backhaul over the same network. CET 2.0 includes two new Ethernet access switches, which are Nokia Siemens Networks' A-Series 1200 and 1210, offering higher capacity and lower cost to the Ethernet access network....

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Dell'Oro: Optical Transport Market Exceeded $12 Billion in 2010

Worldwide optical market revenues grew to over $12 billion in 2010 due to a robust market demand for DWDM systems in both metro and core applications, according to a newly published report by Dell'Oro Group. The report shows that the market leaders in DWDM and 40/100 Gbps wavelengths during 2010 and the fourth quarter were Alcatel-Lucent, Ciena, and Huawei. The majority of 40 Gbps wavelengths shipped in 2010 were DQPSK line cards, followed by DPSK,...

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Europe India Gateway Submarine Cable Ready for Service

The Europe India Gateway Submarine Cable, a new international fibre optic submarine cable system that links the United Kingdom, Bude, with Gibraltar, Portugal, Monaco, France, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and India, is ready to enter service along certain segments. EIG will offer up to 3.84 terabits per second (Tbps) of capacity along a key route connecting Europe with India via the Mediterranean Sea. The $700...

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