Ixia Sees Weaker Q2

Ixia announced preliminary results for Q2 2011, saying it now expects total revenue to be in the range of $67.0 million to $69.0 million, below the company's previous guidance of $78.0 million to $82.0 million. Ixia attributed the weaker than expected Q2 results to lower than expected revenue from Asia Pacific and from certain large equipment makers, as well as orders received late in the quarter that could not be fulfilled in the second quarter. Revenue from Cisco Systems, Ixia's largest customer, and from service providers was in line with expectations.On...

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TeliaSonera joins the M2M Roaming Pact with FT and DT

TeliaSonera has signed the cooperation agreement with France Telecom-Orange and Deutsche Telekom to increase the quality of service and interoperability for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. The goal is to provide enhanced M2M service quality with roaming across networks and borders.The agreement, which initially was signed by France Telecom-Orange and Deutsche Telekom in February 2011 to cover France, Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg, has since added The Netherlands and most recently the UK through Everything Everywhere to its purview....

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Hibernia Media Deploys Ekinops for Optical Transport

Hibernia Media, which provides managed video transport over fiber using 100% QoS DTM (Dynamic Synchronous Transfer Mode) video transmission, has deployed optical transport equipment from Ekinops to carry uncompressed, high-definition video signals for major broadcasters and content providers, as well as other customers, at its New York City Content Exchange Center (CEC).The Hibernia Content Exchange Center, at 60 Hudson Street, provides a secure,...

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Verizon Wireless Offers SMS Status Updates on Data Usage

Starting this week, Verizon Wireless' smartphone users will begin to receive free text message alerts when their data usage crosses thresholds of 50 percent, 75 percent, 90 percent, 100 percent and 110 percent of their data plans' monthly allowances. A number of other online tools are being added to help track mobile data usage. http://www.verizonwireless....

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LightSquared Forms Rural Initiative

LightSquared has formed "Empower Rural America Initiative" to lead its campaign for regulatory approval of its LTE+satellite broadband network. The initiative is led by an advisory board that includes former Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota and former Representatives George Nethercutt of Washington and Charlie Stenholm of Texas."There is an overwhelming need for reliable wireless broadband for public safety, education, healthcare and economic development in rural America. We can have a robust, accurate GPS network and also create a substantial...

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AT&T Offers Huawei's 4G Data Card

AT&T has begun marketing the "USBConnect Force 4G" data card, an HSPA/HSPA+ modem from Huawei. The device is offered for free a two-year data agreement or for $89.99 for customers choosing a pay-as-you-go data plan. http://www.att....

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Rogers Lights up LTE in Ottawa

Rogers Communications activated Canada's first commercial LTE network, bringing service the Ottawa region. The LTE network coverage spans a broad area from Arnprior, Ontario in the west to Orléans, Ontario in the east and includes the Hull and Gatineau regions of Quebec.At launch, the Rogers LTE Rocket Stick will be capable of maximum theoretical download speeds of up to 75 Mbps on the Rogers LTE Network. Typical download speeds can range from 12...

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Australia's iiNet Runs 100Gbe on Juniper T1600

iiNet, a leading Australian DSL Internet service provider, migrated its backbone to Juniper Networks T1600 Core Routers at the beginning of this year and started a two-month trial of Juniper's 100GbE interface cards in May. iiNet currently delivers broadband, telephony and IPTV services across its fixed network infrastructure, with more than 1.3 million customer service agreements in place. With the roll-out of the government-owned National Broadband...

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