Vodafone Teams with Bosch on M2M

The Bosch Group and Vodafone announced a global partnership to pursue Machine to Machine (M2M) opportunities -- combining Bosch's experience in designing sensors and automated work flow processes with Vodafone's expertise in providing excellent network quality and management tools.Under the partnership, The Bosch Group, a leading global supplier of technology and services, and Vodafone will offer global companies a joint solution aimed at making...

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Exar Exits 10Gb Ethernet NIC Market

Exar announced its withdrawal from the data center virtualization market. The company will stop development of 10 Gigabit Ethernet Network Interface Cards, including the X3100 and Xframe products acquired from Neterion in March 2010. This move to reduce expenses associated with the 10GbE NIC products allows Exar to focus on products with more significant market traction in the enterprise storage and communications infrastructure markets."We made this decision based on a combination of factors, including lack of revenue traction for our data center...

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Verizon Declares Dividend - Same as Last Quarter

The Board of Directors of Verizon Communications declared a quarterly dividend of 48.75 cents per outstanding share, unchanged from the previous quarter. The dividend is payable on May 2, 2011, to Verizon Communications shareowners of record at the close of business on April 8, 2011. http://www.verizon....

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Molex CMOS Active Optical Cable Spans 4km at 40 Gbps

Molex introduced a Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP+) Active Optical Cable (AOC) assembly that can achieve 40 Gbps data rates over long reaches of up to 4km (2.49 miles) using only 0.78W per cable end. The innovation reduces overall data center power consumption while supporting longer reaches.Molex's QSFP+ AOC assemblies' use Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) Photonics technology, which integrates most of the transceiver functionality...

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Sweden Raises SEK 2 Billion (EUR 233 Million) in 800 MHz Spectrum Auction

The government of Sweden raised approximately SEK 2 billion (EUR 233 million) in the auction of 800 MHz spectrum. Three bidders prevailed in the auction, which was held online in 31 rounds over the course of five days.The licenses are valid to and including 2035. Winning bids: HI3G Access AB, Net4Mobility HB, TeliaSonera Mobile Networks AB.Com Hem AB and Netett Sverige AB also participated in the auction but did not win any licenses. http://...

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AT&T Appoints New CFO

AT&T announced the appointment of John Stephens as its new chief financial officer (CFO), effective June 1, 2011, replacing Rick Lindner, who is retiring. John Stephens, a 19-year company veteran, current serves as Controller. Previously, he was chief financial officer for Cingular Wireless, the joint wireless venture between SBC and BellSouth. http://www.att....

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Verizon Wireless Partners with Lextech on Video Surveillance

Verizon Wireless and Lextech Labs announced a business service agreement for video surveillance over 3G/4G.Under the deal, users of Lextech Labs' iRa C3 product will be able to view live and recorded video surveillance feeds on smartphones and tablets running on the Verizon Wireless 3G and 4G networks."Running on Verizon Wireless' reliable network, Lextech's C3 gives our customers, such as federal, state and local authorities, the ability to look...

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Hong Kong Completes Spectrum Auction

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority completed an auction for a total of 20 MHz of radio spectrum in the 850 MHz and 900 MHz Bands for a total sum of spectrum utilization fee of HK$1.952 billion (about US$250 million).The two winning bidders are SmarTone Mobile Communications Limited and Hutchison Telephone Company Limited. Five mobile network operators and one fixed network operator took part in the spectrum auction."The mobile...

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Russian Operators Agree to LTE Network Sharing with Yota

Yota has signed an agreement with Beeline, Megafon, MTS and Rostelekom under which these leading Russian will offer 4G services over Yota's LTE network. The deal provides each of the participants with an option to buy shares in Yota in 2014. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin witnessed the signing of this landmark agreement on March 3.Yota said its vision is to offer an open infrastructure to competing service providers. The company aims to roll out...

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Specification Released for Low-Cost 100 Gbps Interfaces

The 10x10 Multi-Source Agreement industry group released a ratified 100 Gbps module specification intended to accelerate deployment of multi-sourced, low cost 100 Gbps interfaces, such as 100 Gigabit Ethernet and OTU4. Modules built to the 10X10 specification directly map 10 electrical lanes at 10 Gbps onto 10 lasers and operate on a conventional Single Mode Fiber (SMF) enabling reach of 2 km. With the 2 km specification complete, a new 10X10 project...

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NSN and Juniper Test 100 Gbps OTN

Nokia Siemens Networks and Juniper announced 100 Gbps interoperability testing between their Optical Transport Network (OTN) equipment and the routers. The trial was conducted at Nokia Siemens Networks' ResIP Center in Munich, Germany using Nokia Siemens Networks' hiT 7300 DWDM platform and Juniper's T1600 core router using the native 100 Gbps Ethernet interface. Commercial roll-out for 100G on Nokia Siemens Networks' hiT 7300 is scheduled for mid 2011.http://www.juniper.nethttp://www.nsn....

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Seychelles Gains European Funding for First Optical Cable

The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide a EUR 8 million loan to the Seychelles Cable Systems Company (SCS) for the installation and operation of the first submarine fibre optic cable for international connections to the Seychelles. The EUR 27 million overall project cost will be financed through 40% equity and 60% debt. Long-term debt will be co-financed equally by the European Investment Bank and African Development Bank, and equity contributions split between three shareholders, the Government of the Seychelles, Cable and Wireless...

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