Alcatel-Lucent and China Mobile Complete First TD-LTE Call

Alcatel-Lucent and China Mobile completed the first call over a trial TD-LTE network deployed in the city of Shanghai. The network in Shanghai is based on Alcatel-Lucent's end-to-end 4G LTE solution. "We are excited to be able to collaborate with China Mobile and demonstrate our leadership in TD-LTE on this important trial network. The first call takes us a step closer in delivering a high-quality network that will provide faster wireless services...

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LG-Ericsson Launches 48-Port, 10 Gig Data Center Switch

LG-Ericsson USA introduced its "iPECS ES-5048XG" 48-port, 10G SFP+ Managed Switch for the data center. The switch provides for the aggregation of high-density 1U rack servers. Specifically designed to support the Converged Enhanced Ethernet market segment, the new iPECS ES-5048XG offers congestion and traffic management features such as Congestion Notification and Per Priority Flow Control to support the emerging Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)...

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Communications Workers Union Endorses AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

Communications Workers of America (CWA), which represents more than 700,000 workers employed in telecommunications and other sectors, has endorsed the proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA by AT&T. President Larry Cohen today told a Congressional panel that the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile will accelerate broadband deployment, benefit consumers, and positively impact employees."AT&T is the only union wireless company. Past experience in major wireless mergers indicates that employee issues can be managed through careful...

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Huawei Confirms 2G Upgrade for Everything Everywhere UK

Huawei confirmed a contract to upgrade the 2G network of Everything Everywhere, the joint venture that operates the networks for T-Mobile (UK) and Orange (UK). There will be a significant increase in coverage and network capacity, including indoor coverage. Customers can also expect HD voice experience for voice calls in line with the UMTS (3G) network. The upgrade will also prepare the Everything Everywhere network for its evolution to LTE in the...

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Cisco Sees Slower Growth, Restructuring Underway

Cisco posted revenue of $10.9 billion for its third quarterly of fiscal 2011, an increase of 5% year over year and slightly ahead of expectations. Q3 net income was $1.8 billion (GAAP), or $0.33 per share, a decrease of 11% year over year. "This quarter played out as we expected," said John Chambers, chairman and CEO, Cisco. "We have acknowledged our challenges. We know what we have to do. We have a clear game plan, and we are a company with a...

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FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker Takes Job with Comcast

Just months after voting to approve the Comcast-NBC Universal merger, FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker has resigned to take up a new job as senior vice president of governmental affairs for Comcast. In announcing her decision to take up the new post, Baker did not address the apparent conflict of interest.Meredith Attwell Baker, a Republican, was nominated for a seat on the FCC by President Barack Obama on June 25, 2009. Previously, she served...

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Cortina Offers 4 port 10G/40G Backplane PHY

Cortina Systems introduced a low power, 10G/40G backplane PHY device with Energy Efficient Ethernet IEEE 802.3az Low Power Idle (LPI) capability. The device, which features an integrated crosspoint switch, supports 10Gbase-KR and 40Gbase-KR4 operation with rate auto negotiation and coefficient training functionality. The integrated 10Gbase-KR FEC includes advanced debug and monitoring capabilities. "As high density backplanes move from 10G to 40G...

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NTT Joins GreenTouch Consortium

NTT has joined GreenTouch, a global industry initiative dedicated to dramatically improving the energy efficiency of information and communications technology (ICT) networks by a factor of 1,000. "NTT shares the vision of a sustainable, energy-efficient future for information and communications technology networks," said Morito Matsuoka, director of energy and environment systems Laboratories at NTT. "We believe the GreenTouch Consortium will play...

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Ireland's HEAnet Tests GMPLS with Juniper+ADVA

HEAnet, Ireland's national education and research network, in collaboration with Juniper Networks and ADVA Optical Networking, successfully demonstrated the automated setup of optical circuits between Juniper Networks routers via an ADVA Optical Networking DWDM optical network, using a common signaling protocol. The goal was to integrate packet-layer routers and optical-transport systems via a common control plane. The HEAnet network consists of...

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HBO Selects Level 3 as a CDN Provider for HBO GO Mobile App

HBO is using Level 3 Communications to be a provider of content delivery network (CDN) services supporting the new HBO GO mobile app, which offers programming on Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch as well as select Android devices. http://www.level3....

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Ubiquisys Picks TI for Dual-mode WCDMA/LTE Small Cells

Ubiquisys, a developer of 3G and LTE intelligent cells, is working with Texas Instruments (TI) to develop a new generation of small cells that will offer dual-mode WCDMA/LTE capabilities with self-organizing capabilities. Ubiquisys said dual-mode WCDMA/LTE small cells have a number of advantages. They provide a smooth migration to LTE, whilst providing the near-term need for WCDMA capacity and maintaining support for voice services. There are also significant power consumption and Capex advantages over separate systems. The collaboration will...

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