Telehouse NYIIX Consistently Averaging 100 Gbps

TELEHOUSE America's New York International Internet Exchange (NYIIX) has consistently exceeded the 100 Gbps (gigabits per second) daily traffic volume milestone this year. NYIIX is current averaging approximately 127 Gbps, essentially doubling the traffic volume in under 18 months.NYIIX, which is one of the largest neutral Internet exchange points on the U.S. East coast, serves about 130 active peering members from around the world. Located in downtown...

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Clearwire Discontinues Backhaul Services from FiberTower

Clearwire has discontinued the majority of the backhaul services provided by FiberTower, effective April 30, 2011, representing approximately $434,000 in monthly service revenue. Upon termination of these services, the customer's early termination charges are expected to be approximately $1.9 million payable immediately. Approximately 16% of the services will be retained, representing approximately $80,000 in monthly revenue. FiberTower said payment of the early termination charges of approximately $1.5 million associated with service terminated...

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ZTE Counter Sues Huawei for Patent Infringement

ZTE filed a lawsuit against Huawei Technologies Co. patent infringement over its LTE technologies in China.ZTE said it will pursue a series of legal actions globally to protect its rights on intellectual properties, ensuring its legitimate rights and interests will not be compromised. http://www.zte.com...

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Equinix Posts Q1 2011 Revenues of $363.0 million

Equinix reported Q1 2011 revenues of $363.0 million, a 5% increase over the previous quarter and a 46% increase over the same quarter last year. Recurring revenues, consisting primarily of colocation, interconnection and managed services were $343.9 million for the first quarter, a 5% increase over the previous quarter and a 45% increase over the same quarter last year. Non-recurring revenues were $19.1 million in the quarter. "We are extremely...

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Russia's MegaFON Deploys HD Voice over GSM

Russia's MegaFon has deploy HD voice on its GSM and UMTS networks in Moscow and Sochi.Nokia Siemens Networks was responsible for the HD voice implementation. Nokia Siemens Networks' HD voice is based on Adaptive Multi-Rate Wide Band technology* (AMR-WB) that provides service continuation between GSM and UMTS networks, and supports Megafon's network. "The main advantage of HD Voice communication is the impression of a live, emotional talk between...

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ARRIS Posts Q1 Revenues of $267.4 Million

ARRIS reported Q1 2011 revenues of 267.4 million as compared to revenues of $266.7 million for Q1 2010 and as compared to revenues of $266.2 million for Q4 2010. GAAP net income in the first quarter 2011 was $0.09 per diluted share, as compared to first quarter 2010 GAAP net income of $0.15 per diluted share and fourth quarter 2010 GAAP net income of $0.09 per diluted share. "First quarter financial results came in within our range of guidance,"...

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ARRIS C4 CMTS Software Upgrades Enables 343 Mbps Subscriber Rates

ARRIS has begun early deployments of its Release 7.4 eXtended Downstream Cable Access Module (XD CAM) field upgrade, effectively doubling the downstream density of the DOCSIS 3.0 C4 CMTS from 16D to 32D without the need for any wiring or hardware changes. This enables eight-channel bonding and gives cable operators the ability to deliver more bandwidth per subscriber -- up to 343 Mbps for North American DOCSIS (Annex B) and 445 Mbps for European...

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Alcatel-Lucent Releases OpenPlug App Development Tools Free-for-All

Alcatel-Lucent released its OpenPlug Studio (formerly OpenPlug ELIPS Studio) as a free resource to application developers. OpenPlug Studio is a development toolkit that allows developers to efficiently create native applications for smart phones, tablets and other web-connected devices from a single code base using well-known web development technologies such as JavaScript, ActionScript and XML. Alcatel-Lucent also launched a Certified OpenPlug...

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Nokia Transfers Symbian to Accenture, Cuts Jobs

Nokia will outsource its Symbian software activities to Accenture. The decision will also transfer about 3,000 employees to Accenture. At the same time, Accenture would provide mobility software services to Nokia for future smartphones.Under the deal, Accenture will provide Symbian-based software development and support services. Transitioning employees, located in China, Finland, India, United Kingdom and the United States, will initially work...

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Verizon Wireless Suffers National LTE Outage

Verizon Wireless experienced a widespread disruption on its national LTE network. The problem was widely noted by Twitter users, who complained that their Thunderbolt handsets had defaulted to 1x speed. Voice service continued as normal of the CDMA network.As of 4pm ET on Wednesday afternoon, Verizon Wireless stated that it had determined the cause of the problem and that is was working with major vendors to restore connections.http://twitter....

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Ericsson Posts Strong Q1 Driven by Base Station Sales

Ericsson's overall sales in Q1 2011 rose to SEK 53.0 billion, up 17% year-over-year and down -16% sequentially. Sales for comparable units, adjusted for currency exchange rate effects and hedging, increased 25% year-over-year. "Group sales in the quarter increased by 17% year-over-year driven by continued strong demand for mobile broadband and especially for the multi-standard radio base station RBS 6000," says Hans Vestberg, President and CEO of...

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Stoke Partners with Zhilabs on Mobile Data Offload

Stoke has collaborated with Zhilabs to create an integrated mobile data offload and traffic optimization solution that provides operators with the ability to manage explosive demand for mobile data. The combined capability delivers fine-grained visibility and control of traffic, enabling operators to apply management policies to reduce costs, improve use of network resources and a greatly improved customer experience. Zhilabs is a start-up offering...

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ZTE Sees 50% Boost in HSUPA Uplink Interference Cancellation

ZTE believes it can deliver a 50% increase in uplink capacity with a new generation of dual-mode SDR (Software Defined Radio) products that leverage HSUPA-based uplink interference cancellation technology. The company said this technology also provides a significant increase of both the number of voice users and average cell throughput, with users benefiting across various radio conditions. The upgraded SDR product solution is expected to be commercially...

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Applied Micro Posts Revenue of $58.6 Million

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation reported quarterly net revenues of $58.6 million, down 6.1% sequentially and up 1.7% year over year. GAAP net loss was $4.0 million or $0.06 per share."We executed to plan and continue to build upon our leadership position in the OTN market. With our increased pace of product introductions, we are confident of expanding our market share in all our key focus markets," said Dr. Paramesh Gopi, President and Chief Executive Officer. Bob Gargus, Chief Financial Officer commented, "Lead times continue to be challenging...

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Equinix Plans Data Center Expansion in NY, Chicago, Frankfurt

Citing strong market demand for data center service, Equinix announced plans to open its eighth International Business Exchange data center in the New York metropolitan area and expand its data centers in Chicago, Ill., and Frankfurt, Germany. Equinix is investing approximately $140 million in its newest New York metro area IBX data center. The new facility is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2012 and will primarily support the growth of...

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CenturyLink to Acquire SAVVIS for Data Center Business

CenturyLink will acquire Savvis in a cash and stock merger valued at $40 per share, or a total of approximately $2.5 billion, plus net debt of approximately $0.7 billion which will be assumed or refinanced at close. SAVVIS, which is based in St. Louis, provides managed services, colocation and network services for enterprise customers. It has 2,500 global clients, most under long term contract. Its managed hosting business is growing at around...

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Corning's Telecom Sales Up 30% YOY

Corning reported overall Q1 20011 sales of $1.9 billion, increasing 9% sequentially and 24% year over year.Earnings per share were $0.47, a 2% sequential increase, but a 10% decline year over year.Telecommunications segment sales were $474 million, a 7% sequential increase and 30% year-over-year improvement. Sequential sales for the quarter increased across most of the segment's major product areas with significant demand for the company's fiber-to-the-home...

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Wi-Fi Alliance See Growth in New Consumer Connectivity

The Wi-Fi Alliance announced a milestone in its certification program -- the 10,000th device to gain Wi-Fi certification is an LED-LCD TV with Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi Protected Setup capabilities. The certification program was introduced in 2000. While it took eight years to reach the 5,000-certification milestone, more than 2,000 certifications were given in 2010 alone."We are incredibly proud of the real impact and value of our Wi-Fi CERTIFIED...

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Sony Apologizes for PlayStation Network Intrusion

Kazuo Hirai, Executive Deputy President, Sony Corporation, formally apologized for the hacker intrusion on the Sony Playstation Network last month, including the compromise of credit card data from tens of millions of subscribers."This criminal act against our network had a significant impact not only on our consumers, but our entire industry. These illegal attacks obviously highlight the widespread problem with cyber-security. We take the security of our consumers' information very seriously and are committed to helping our consumers protect their...

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CloudPassage Raises Funding for Cloud Security

CloudPassage, a start-up based in San Francisco, completed a Series A round of financing for is cloud server security and compliance solution. CloudPassage said its key innovation is its Halo architecture, which automates multiple server security functions and transparently handles the highly fluid and scalable characteristics of public IaaS environments. The technology automatically secures cloud servers when they burst or are cloned. Halo combines...

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