Comcast Extends Technical Support for all Connected Devices

Comcast launched a new 24x7 technical support and equipment protection program for consumers needing help with the growing number of home electronics devices – like laptops, home networking equipment, gaming consoles, Wi-Fi enabled smart phones and tablets – that are connecting to Comcast's services. Comcast Xfinity Signature Support offers customers a single source for troubleshooting and support for their connected devices. Customers can select...

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Cisco Prices $4 Billion of Senior Unsecured Notes

Cisco announced the pricing of three series of senior unsecured notes for an aggregate principal amount of $4 billion. The offering is expected to close on March 16, 2011.Of these notes, $2.0 billion will mature in March 2014 and will bear interest at an annual rate of 1.625%, $1.25 billion will mature in March 2014 and will bear interest at a floating rate equal to three-month LIBOR plus 25 basis points, and $750 million will mature in March 2017...

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Nokia Siemens Networks Selected for Qinghai-Tibet Power Grid

Nokia Siemens Networks has been selected to supply optical transmission gear for the Qinghai-Tibet power grid, which is the largest construction project in the region. Nokia Siemens Networks will provide its Surpass hiT 7065 DWDM and Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (MSPP). The company will also supply its all-in-one Transmission Network Management System to optimize State Grid's network operations through centralized control and supervision. Services including installation, project management and system integration form an essential part of...

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Clearwire's CEO Steps Down

Bill Morrow resigned as CEO and as a director of the board of Clearwire, citing personal reasons. He is being replaced on an interim basis by John Stanton, chairman of Clearwire's board of directors and former CEO of Western Wireless and VoiceStream Wireless. Stanton will continue to serve in his role as board chairman.Clearwire also announced the following management changes. Erik Prusch, Clearwire's CFO, has been promoted to the newly created...

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U.S. Congress: Proposed Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011

A new "Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011" has been introduced in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives and co-sponsored by over 140 Representatives and Senators.The proposed bill provides for a 5-year moratorium on any new discriminatory wireless tax or fee. It does not take away any existing revenue from state or local governments, it simply caps the current taxes and fees. "Wireless Tax Fairness Act, is about expanding access and innovation...

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Dell'Oro: PON Market Surges to Record, Driven by China

The PON market posted record revenues of almost $800 million in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. The report shows that the continued upward trajectory of the market was driven largely by growing fiber deployments in China.The top three GPON vendors in the fourth quarter were Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent, and Ericsson. While Chinese vendor, Huawei, remained the top PON supplier in its domestic market, non-Chinese vendors Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson also derived substantial portions of their fourth quarter GPON...

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HP Claims 50% Improvement in Energy Efficiency of Products since 2005

HP has reduced the energy consumption of its products by 50% compared to its offerings in 2005. This is nine months ahead of the aggressive energy-reduction goals made by the company in 2009.HP also unveiled energy savings research and analysis showing that if all makes and models of printers, notebook and desktop PCs, displays and servers shipped in 2005 were recycled and replaced with new HP energy-efficient models, customers could save approximately...

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FiberTower Loses a Key Wireless Backhaul Customer

FiberTower, which provides wireless backhaul service for U.S. mobile operators, reported Q4 2010 service revenue of $20.5 million, up 22% compared to $16.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. Average monthly revenue per deployed site net of ETL increased 15% to $2,049 in the 2010 fourth quarter from $1,789 in the 2009 fourth quarter. Deployed sites grew 5% to 3,276 at the end of the fourth quarter of 2010 from 3,117 at the end of the fourth quarter...

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NSN Carries 100 Gbps across 4000 km Submarine Cable

Nokia Siemens Networks announced the transmission of 100 Gbps line rate over a record 4,000 km span of undersea cable. The trial of the Submarine Line Terminal Equipment (SLTE) solution was performed over a submarine segment between Florida and Puerto Rico for a major submarine cable network. As part of the demonstration, Nokia Siemens Networks also achieved 40G DWDM transmission over a distance of 9,000 km.Nokia Siemens Networks' SLTE solution based...

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