LightSquared Partners with Open Range for Rural LTE+Satellite

LightSquared, the new company building a wholesale-only integrated LTE + broadband satellite network, has formed a multi-year, strategic partnership with Open Range Communications to serve rural markets across the U.S.The partnership is expected to include a licensing arrangement whereby Open Range will lease LightSquared's L-band spectrum. This wholesale agreement will enable Open Range to sell LightSquared's next generation satellite capacity....

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Google Sees Slight Bump in Traffic from Japan

Despite the earthquake, tsunami and network/power outages, Google search traffic volume from Japan showed a slight increase on March 11. There was not a sudden cut. http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/?r=JP&l=WEBSEA...

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Fujitsu Selects Telefónica as its Strategic Partner for Mobile Services in Europe

Fujitsu, the Japanese global ICT company, has selected Telefónica as its European wireless communications provider for voice and data services for 30,000 connections across 15 countries. The €30 million four-year contract covers the UK, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Italy, France, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Norway, Denmark and Sweden – of which more than 60 per cent are migrations to the Telefónica network, representing...

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Indonesia's Protelindo Outsources Base Station Mgt to NSN

Protelindo, an independent provider of wireless communications infrastructure in Indonesia, has renewed its managed services contract with Nokia Siemens Networks for maintaining and operating over 5,000 base station towers for a multi-year period, with the possibility of yearly extensions. Financial terms were not disclosed.Nokia Siemens Networks noted that it has more than 300 managed services contracts, supporting 490 million subscribers on its customer networks globally.http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks....

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Ericsson Completes Acquisition of Nortel's Multiservice Switch business

Ericsson completed its previously announced acquisition of Nortel's Multiservice Switch business. The Multiservice Switch business offers switching platforms for CDMA networks. Ericsson said the deal gives its a strong product portfolio and installed base in the data segment while ensuring the supply of the platform for the recently acquired CDMA and GSM units. "We are gaining a solid business with a significant installed base and technology that...

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NTT Implements Network Congestion Controls, Docomo Activates I-mode Disaster Message Board

NTT is implementing pre-arranged plans to separately manage voice calls and data packet transmissions for some handsets in order to avoid network congestion following the high-magnitude earthquake and tsunami. Voice calls are being limited to ensure SMS and packet traffic priority. Docomo activated its I-mode Disaster Message Board Service, which allows subscribers in Japan to post personal messages for friends and relatives who might not otherwise...

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Ericsson Deploys 3G Core and RAN in Delhi for Airtel

Ericsson announced the deployment of its latest core and radio technology to support the launch of airtel's 3G services in Delhi and the National Capital Region. The network was deployed only 5 months and will be able to serve 7.6 million customers in the region. airtel 3G services in Delhi will have a comprehensive presence, delivering speeds up to 21 Mbps even in indoor environments.Ericsson is supplying a 3G network based on WCDMA/HSPA technology...

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Pacific Crossing's PC-1 Cable Suffers Cut

Pacific Crossing, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications, confirmed the outage of its PC-1 W and PC-1 N cables following Friday's 8.9 magnitude earthquake. The company evacuated its Japanese cable landing station in Ajigaura due to the tsunami. No word yet on employee status, cable condition or estimated time to repair.Pacific Crossing's 21,000km fiber optic system consists of four fiber-pairs organized in four segments connecting four...

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Vietnam's VTN Tests Coherent 100G with Ciena

Vietnam Telecoms National (VTN), Vietnam's largest service provider, has completed a 100 Gbps network trial using Ciena's coherent 100G technology.The trial was conducted in February 2011, spanned 500 kilometers between the cities of Vinh and Danang, and follows the recent deployment of Ciena's coherent 40G solution across VTN's nationwide optical backbone. The trial was implemented by adding coherent 100G line cards in the ActivFlex 6500 Packet-Optical...

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