LightSquared Raises Additional $265 Million

LightSquared has raised an additional $265 million in funding for building its wholesale-only, nationwide LTE + broadband satellite network. The new funding came from both existing investors as well as new, unnamed investors. Over the last 12 months LightSquared has raised over $2.3 billion."This latest round of financing signals another endorsement by the financial markets of our business model, and LightSquared's intent to use private capital...

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HP Expands its Telecom Consulting Practice

HP Enterprise Services is building its telecom consulting practice with the two new offerings aimed at communications service providers (CSPs): HP Solutions Consulting Services (HP SCS) and HP Operations Support Systems Transformation solutions for network and service management. HP's mission is to provide expertise and tools for successful business transformation, including strategic and financial advisory, operational analysis, transformation management, and a full portfolio of operations support systems (OSS) software and integration services....

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EarthLink Launches Carrier Division

EarthLink introduced its new carrier division -- EarthLink Carrier -- formed by the combination of Deltacom's Interstate FiberNet, Inc., New Edge Networks' wholesale segment, and the recent acquisition of One Communications carrier business. The new division will offer carrier and wholesale customers a range of services, including fiber-based transport, a growing set of voice and data services to end users, and a variety of switched services. ...

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XO Expands MPLS Internationally

XO Communications is expanding its international network services capabilities to include European IP/MPLS IP-VPN nodes, plus access to 48 countries throughout Europe, Asia/Pacific, North America, and South America as well as the U.S. territories of Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This will enable the company to offer Dedicated Internet Access, Ethernet, MPLS IP-VPN and Private Line services to more locations around the world."This...

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NSN Wins Mobile Upgrade Dual-Cell HSPA+ Contract in Sweden

3GIS AB, which provides the shared 3G network for Telenor Sweden AB and Hi3G Access AB, has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to upgrade its infrastructure.Under the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks is modernizing high traffic areas of the network with its Flexi Multiradio Base Stations in addition to expanding the capacity for a majority of the network. The modernization introduces Dual-Cell functionality, enabling the operator to offer 42Mbps HSPA+...

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Extending Rural Broadband

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FTTH Council: Preserve High-Cost Universal Fund

The Fiber-to-the-Home Council is urging the FCC to maintain the High-Cost universal service fund. Failure to do so will threaten the nation's broadband universal service goals are achieved, according to a statement filed with the FCC.In its filing, the Council said that continuing the High-Cost funding, which many rural telecommunications providers use to upgrade their broadband capabilities, will "maximize deployments of high-performance networks"...

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IP Infusion Opens R&D Center in India

IP Infusion opened an Engineering Development Center of Excellence in Bangalore, India. The new facility complements IP Infusion's development center in Sunnyvale, California. The company said the new facility aligns with its plans to make India a hub for the design, development and innovation of next-generation networking technologies. In addition to R&D, The India Engineering Development Center of Excellence will provide technical support...

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SkyCross Raises $11 Million for LTE Antennas

SkyCross has closed on $11 million in financing, the first tranche of Series E funding, to support its 4G MIMO antenna solutions. The company intends to close the second tranche of the round, up to $15 million, by the end of June. The capital raised will be used to support the company's rapidly increasing business in Asia and the United States. SkyCross supplies RF technology for products such as tablets, smartphones, and multiband USB modems. The...

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Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sul 2 Successfully Launched

The new Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sul 2 satellite was successfully launched into orbit on an ILS Proton from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Telesat's Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sul 2, which weighs approximately 5 metric tons, was built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) on the SS/L 1300 platform. It replaces Telstar 14/Estrela do Sul at the orbital location of 63 degrees West. Telstar 14R will provide long term service for Brazil, the Continental United States (including...

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PAETEC Plans 13 New U.S. Data Centers

PAETEC announced plans to add 13 data centers across the U.S. by the end of 2012. The company currently operates seven data centers in Andover, Mass., Bethlehem and Conshohocken, Pa., Richmond, Va., Milwaukee, Wis., Houston, Tex., and Phoenix, Ariz. PAETEC also released new cloud-based services, including:Virtual Server -- computing and associated storage on a per-logical server basis for a monthly fee.Dedicated Server -- turn-key implementations...

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Infineon Develops Security Microcontroller for NFC

Infineon Technologies is launching its latest security microcontroller for NFC applications: the embedded Secure Element. The new device, which is compatible with all common mobile phone operating systems, provides security for NFC applications such as mobile payment, ticketing and access control. As a long-standing member of the NFC Forum, Infineon has played a part in shaping NFC. The company provides several chips supporting the security functions for contactless NFC connectivity technology in mobile devices: via an NFC security microcontroller...

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Karlsruhe Institute Achieves 26 Tbps Single-Line Rate

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) reported a new transmission record over fiber -- 26 Terabits per second (Tbps) on a single laser beam over a distance of 50 km. The experiment transferred the equivalent of 700 DVDs in one second. The rate significantly exceeds the current 100 Gbps, 400 Gbps and 1 Tbps channel rates that are commercially available or even under discussion.The researchers attributed the record channel rate performance to a...

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Online Sports Gaming Company Orders a 10G Wavelength Service

Betfair, one of the world's largest online sports gaming companies, has ordered a 10 Gigabit Wavelength service from Hibernia Atlantic to secure connect its London office to its Dublin data center.Betfair's Gaming Exchange allows gamblers to place bets without the need for a traditional bookmaker. The company processes over five million transactions a day for its over 3 million users around the globe. http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com http://www....

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