Nicira Develops Hypervisor for OpenFlow

Nicira, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California, is developing an OpenFlow network hypervisor that "virtualizes the network, like VMware did for servers." Nicira has raised funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and NEA as well as Diane Greene and Andy Rachleff.Nicira was founded by Dr. Martin Casado, who previously co-founded Illuminics Systems, an IP analytics company, which was acquired by QuovaThe company is headed by Steve Mullaney, who previously was at Palo Alto Networks, Blue Coat, Force10, Cisco, Growth Networks,...

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UK Regulator Approves Mobile Spectrum Trading

Ofcom, the official telecom regulator for the UK, has given the go-ahead for mobile phone operators to trade the rights to the radio spectrum they hold. The measure is aimed at helping to increase mobile network capacity and deliver faster and more reliable mobile services for consumers.By allowing operators to trade their spectrum, Ofcom said it believes that there will be greater opportunity to use it more efficiently. Ultimately, it is believed...

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BT Offers Etherflow Across Germany

BT has deployed its Etherflow service across Germany. Corporate customers can now use BT's Ethernet-based WAN service in the country's main business centres. The service may be use to connect data centres and backup facilities, link geographically dispersed sites and build high performance Virtual Private Networks (VPN). For business-critical applications, dedicated bandwidths between 2Mbps and 1Gbps can be booked.http://www.btplc....

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NSN Invests in ClariPhy for 10/40/100G Advanced Signal Processing

Nokia Siemens Networks has invested an undisclosed amount for a stake in ClariPhy, a start-up based in Los Altos, California and Cordoba, Argentina. ClariPhy provides advanced integrated circuits that improve the efficiency and capacity of networks used for transporting vast quantities of information. Specifically, Nokia Siemens Networks' investment supports ClariPhy's development of highly integrated single chip complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits (ICs) for high performance optical networks digital signaling...

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LightSquared Proposes its Solution to GPS Interference

LightSquared proposed a solution to the problem of interference with Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. This solution will permit LightSquared to proceed with its business plan. The company asserts that this plan will protect the public's stake in GPS and lay the foundation for the future co-existence of a variety of wireless broadband services and GPS. Specifically, LightSquared is proposing to use only a specific block of its allocated frequencies which does not pose interference with GPS. LightSquared will also reduce the maximum authorized...

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Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Deploys Metaswitch Service Broker.

Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom is deploying the Metaswitch Service Broker to deliver services across both its legacy and IMS networks. These services will be delivered to subscribers on any network at the same time, without compromising IMS capabilities. "The evolution of an Intelligent Network service architecture is an important process that we have planned for years," said Dr. Chen, IN services project manager at Chunghwa Telecom Labs. "Metaswitch...

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Narus and IBM Netezza Partner on CyberSecurity

Narus is partnering with IBM Netezza to sell cyber security solutions into the federal market. Narus has been an IBM Netezza Complementary Technology Partner since 2010. The companies noted that advanced persistent threats, zero-day attacks and other sophisticated cyber threats are causing significant disruptions to today's business environment, requiring organizations to evaluate their existing security solutions to determine if they provide adequate protection. Many have concluded that responding quickly to imminent cyber attacks requires maintaining...

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Comcast Deploys Juniper, Ciena, and Cisco for Metro Ethernet

Comcast is pursuing a multi-vendor approach for its recently launched Metro Ethernet portfolio for mid-sized businesses. Specifically, Comcast has deployed: Juniper Networks T Series Core Routers, MX Series Universal Edge Routers and EX Series Ethernet Switches.Ciena's LE-311v, which is part of a family of service delivery and aggregation platforms that address a wide range of application and service requirements. Cisco Aggregation Services Router...

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TI Extends its Base Station Architecture for Metro, Pico and Femtos

Texas Instruments has extended its base station silicon architecture with two new chips designed for small cell applications. With this introduction, TI's base station portfolio now scales from enterprise femto cells, to neighborhood pico cells, to high capacity metro cells -- all leveraging the same "Keystone" multicore architecture and common software libraries. These scalable SoCs encompass a mix of processing elements including radio accelerators,...

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