ECI Telecom Offers Packet Radio Backhaul for 4G/LTE

ECI Telecom is expanding its BG-Wave family of carrier-grade microwave radio with a new ​all-outdoor packet offering designed to support LTE in small-sized and high-capacity cell sites. The new offering includes:


BGW-OE, utilizing the conventional microwave spectrum (6 to 38 GHz), is a compact outdoor enclosure for the BG-Wave series of packet and All-Native multiservice radio nodes (MRANs). This enclosure is best suited for sites where putting an indoor unit would be physically impossible or cost-prohibitive. The BGW-OE provides full networking and multiservice capabilities including MPLS-TP and CES (Circuit Emulation) and includes advanced features like XPIC (Cross Polarized Interference Cancellation) to support high capacity links.


AR (All-Outdoor Radio) series, which utilizes the E-band spectrum (71-76/81-86 GHz). The AR series is highly compact and lightweight, and features low power consumption, allowing power over Ethernet (PoE). It supports full Layer 2 networking capabilities while utilizing a zero footprint architecture all the way to the last mile of wireless backhauling. The AR series use the economical and less congested E-band spectrum to deliver
up to 1 Gbps. It is the first cost and performance-optimized E-band offering for last-mile backhaul applications, leading to significant reductions in total cost-of-ownership.


These new offerings complement ECI's 1Net Wireless Backhaul Solution for a complete and cost-effective migration to next-generation networks, while addressing operators' day-to-day and strategic challenges. ​​​


"ECI's new offerings address specific pain points of our customers today, namely how to deploy effective wireless backhauling in new small, high-capacity cell sites. With this all-outdoor packet radio solution, we are expanding our toolkit offering to cope with the new backhaul paradigm imposed by the significant growth in the number of new small cell sites. These new offerings complement our 1Net Wireless Backhaul Solution, which delivers any service over any medium – be it copper, fiber or wireless," stated Alon Moshes, Head of Radio Line of Business, ECI Telecom​​.
http://www.ecitele.com

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OneCommunity Selects Fujitsu FLASHWAVE for Fiber Project

OneCommunity, which is launching a "Transforming Northeast Ohio: From Rust Belt to Tech Powerhouse" project, has selected Fujitsu's FLASHWAVE 9500 Packet Optical Networking Platform (Packet ONP) for integrating Ethernet, ROADM and SONET/SDH.


Backed by a $44.8 million grant from the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), the project will deploy 1,000 miles of fiber across northern Ohio.


While the FLASHWAVE 9500 supplies the majority of OneCommunity's transport capabilities, the Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 7120 is a significant complement. The FLASHWAVE 7120 extends the reach and capacity of the OneCommunity optical network. The platform combines multiplexing, amplification, signal conditioning and performance monitoring, delivering managed services and wavelengths at the network edge.


"This project will have a significant impact on the region's opportunities for economic development and quality-of-life standards," said Scot Rourke, president and CEO, OneCommunity. "We chose to work with Fujitsu Network Communications because they demonstrated not only technology leadership, but also a commitment to our vision. Fujitsu technology will be benefitting Northern Ohio for decades to come."http://www.fujitsu.com/us/news/pr/fnc_20110726.htmlhttp://www.onecommunity.org/ccigroundbreaking

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Sen. Al Franken Opposes AT&T + T-Mobile Deal

Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) announced his opposition to AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA.


In filings with the DOJ and FCC, Franken argues that the merger would be a bad deal for consumers and that it would further stifle competition in an already-concentrated wireless market.
http://franken.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=1662

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Tellabs Post Q2 Sales Decline, Announces Job Cuts

Tellabs reported Q2 revenue of $334 million, down 21% from $423 million in the year-ago quarter. North America revenue fell 46%, while international revenue rose 70%, compared with the year-ago quarter.


On a GAAP basis, Tellabs recorded a net loss of $20 million or 6 cents per share (basic and diluted) in
the second quarter of 2011, compared with net earnings of $64 million or 17 cents per basic share and 16
cents per diluted share in the second quarter of 2010.


Broadband segment revenue was $163 million, down 29% from the yearago quarter. Transport segment revenue was $114 million, down 14%. Services segment revenue was $57 million, down 6%.


"While we're never satisfied with a loss, we're making progress in improving Tellabs' performance. In the
second quarter, international revenue grew 70% year-over-year, growth products generated a record 61%
of revenue, and the Tellabs 7100 system had its best quarter ever. Compared with the first quarter, we
reduced operating expenses and improved cash flow from operations," said Rob Pullen, Tellabs president
and chief executive officer. "Going forward, we will cut $50 million from expenses and costs over the next
year, better aligning our expenses with revenue expectations."


The job cuts affect about 330 or 10% of Tellabs employees.
http://www.tellabs.com

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Juniper Posts Q2 revenue of $1.1 B, up 15% YoY and up 2% from Q1

Juniper Networks reported Q2 revenue of $1,120.5 million, up 15% from Q2'10 and up 2% from the preceding quarter. GAAP net income was $115.6 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, and non-GAAP net income of $167.2 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2011.


Juniper's operating margin for the second quarter of 2011 decreased to 15.3% on a GAAP basis from 16.1% in the first quarter of 2011, and from 18.9% in the prior year second quarter.


"Juniper's results reflect momentum in our routing business and a return to solid performance in switching. A number of factors, however, including mixed signals in the macro economy, impacted our performance this quarter," said Kevin Johnson, chief executive officer at Juniper Networks. "We are confident that our investment in innovation is generating a wave of great products that positions us well to deliver on our multi-year growth agenda."


Looking ahead, Juniper said its outlook for the September quarter "reflects some near-term market weakness due primarily to the timing of certain Service Provider deployments. Our overall pipeline is strong and we anticipate many of our recent design wins will begin translating to revenue late in 2011."


Juniper estimates revenue for the third quarter ending September 30, 2011, to be in the range of $1.070 billion to $1.120 billion.
http://www.juniper.net

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NTT Communications Launches Global Virtual Link Ethernet

NTT Communications announced the worldwide launch of its Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) service, called Global Virtual Link. First introduced in the US through NTT America in 2006, the service is now available in France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Poland, Singapore, Spain, the Netherlands and the U.K., through NTT Com's Tier-1 Global IP Network, one of the world's largest IP backbones.


The service allows dedicated bandwidth from 100 Mbps to 10Gbps, leveraging the reach and reliability of the NTT Com Global Tier-1 IP Network. Customers can choose from fixed or burstable, pay-as-you-go billings to meet their needshttp://www.ntt.com
http://www.us.ntt.com

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YouTube Consumes 22% of Mobile Data Bandwidth

Video continues its upward trend as the biggest use of mobile bandwidth, according to the latest figures from Allot Communications. The report uses data collected from Allot's worldwide mobile operator customers.


Mobile data bandwidth usage continued its steady rise with 77% growth during the first half (H1) of 2011.

The H1 2011 Allot MobileTrends Report found that video streaming continued to show significant growth with a 93% increase, and remains the single largest application taking up bandwidth, accounting for 39% of mobile bandwidth. Although having limited impact on the total bandwidth, VoIP and IM have gained share to become the fastest growing application type with a 101% increase. This data is in line with the declining SMS/MMS revenue experienced by operators.


Key findings from the H1, 2011 MobileTrends Report include:

• YouTube remains the single most popular mobile Internet destination, accounting for 22% of mobile data bandwidth usage and 52% of total video streaming



• Skype continues as the undisputed VoIP market leader with 82% of mobile VoIP bandwidth, although its market share has been slightly reduced by newcomers such as Viber



• Facebook and Twitter grew by 297% and 166%, respectively



• 32% of mobile operators worldwide have already implemented application-aware charging model.

http://www.allot.com http://www.allot.com/MobileTrends_Report_H2_2011.html

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InterDigital Files 3G Patent Infringement Claims Against Nokia, Huawei, ZTE

InterDigital filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against Nokia, Huawei Technologies and FutureWei Technologies, and ZTE alleging that the companies have engaged in unfair trade practices. InterDigital is asserting patent infringement for certain 3G wireless devices, including WCDMA and cdma2000 mobile phones, USB sticks, mobile hotspots, tablets, and components. The action also extends to certain WCDMA and cdma2000 devices incorporating WiFi functionality. The company has also taken its complaint to the United States District Court for the District of Delaware alleging that these 3G wireless devices infringe these same seven InterDigital patents.


"Over the past thirty years, InterDigital has invested nearly one billion dollars in the development of advanced digital cellular technologies, creating important innovations, and helping to drive an industry creating billions of wireless connections," said Lawrence Shay, President of InterDigital's patent holding subsidiaries. "During that period, we have signed dozens of license agreements with manufacturers, giving them access to a patent portfolio of approximately 19,000 issued patents and patent applications – among the largest wireless portfolios in the world," continued Shay. "The vast majority of our agreements have been reached without the need for litigation. However, despite having engaged in good faith efforts to license our patents to Nokia, Huawei and ZTE, we have not been able to reach an acceptable resolution. As a result, to protect our intellectual property and the interests of our licensees, we made the decision to bring legal action against these parties." http://www.interdigital.com

• Earlier this month, InterDigital confirmed that it is exploring and evaluating potential strategic alternatives for the company, which may include a sale or other transaction.
  
  
  “We continue to be optimistic about the prospects for the company under its current business plan,�? stated Terry Clontz, Chairman of InterDigital’s Board of Directors. “That said, over the past year we have seen the value of intellectual property rise substantially as major players in the mobile industry increasingly understand the strategic and economic value of this type of asset. As a result, the Board believes it is an appropriate time to explore potential strategic options that may enhance shareholder value.�?



• On July 11, 2011, A consortium consisting of Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Research In Motion and Sony prevailed as the winning bidder for all of Nortel's remaining patents and patent applications. The winning bid was US$4.5 billion. The sale includes more than 6,000 patents and patent applications spanning wireless, wireless 4G, data networking, optical, voice, internet, service provider, semiconductors and other patents.

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LightSquared to Support Next Gen Push-to-Talk for Public Safety

LightSquared confirmed that its next generation satellite service will continue to ensure seamless communications among multiple law enforcement and public safety agencies at the federal, state, tribal and local levels. Specifically, LightSquared will continue to ensure the availability of Push-to-Talk and other critical communications for the nation's public safety community.


As part of this plan, LightSquared will:


Replace the current LightSquared public safety devices at no cost and continue to support older devices through 2014.


Work with the public safety community to design next generation LightSquared devices that meet the rugged standards demanded by public safety workers who work in a wide range of hostile conditions and environments.
Continue to support the Satellite Mutual Aid Radio Talkgroup (SMART) program on which public safety agencies nationwide rely to communicate.


In addition, LightSquared has formed its own Emergency Rapid Response Team that is prepared to travel to troubled areas to assist first responders at the local, tribal, state and federal level with interoperable satellite communications.

http://www.LightSquared.com

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Tektronix Acquires Optametra for 100G

Tektronix has acquired Optametra, which supplies a Coherent Lightwave Signal Analyzer, for an undisclosed sum.. The details of the transaction were not disclosed.


Founded in 2007, Optametra is focused on coherent test for 100G and beyond. Optametra launched its 40G Coherent Lightwave Signal Analyzer in March 2009 and followed up with a 100G later that same year. The company is a pioneer in coherent test, and continues to lead with products and customer support in the R&D and manufacturing spaces. The Optametra Signal Analysis Suite offers the most relevant information display, most relevant modulation formats, and widest linewidth tolerance.


"The emergence of coherent optical standards is creating a technology shift in the Communications market and new testing challenges are emerging," said Amir Aghdaei, President of Tektronix. "Combining Optametra with our next generation of performance oscilloscopes enables us to address this market with a robust solution for our customers. It strengthens our position in Communications and Optical, building our portfolio along with Sampling Scopes and BERTScopes." http://www.tektronix.com http://www.optametra.com/

• Optametra is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Spirent Supplies 100G Test for JPNAP

Internet Multifeed Co. (MF) has conducted the first 100G Ethernet IXP Interoperability Test (IOT) on its Japan Network Access Point (JPNAP), the country's largest Internet exchange, using the Spirent TestCenter solution, which was provided by Toyo Corporation, Spirent's channel partner in Japan.


The IOT, conducted in partnership with Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) and NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com.), Japan's two largest service providers, tested the interoperability of routers and switches from Brocade, Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. JPNAP, IIJ and NTT Com interconnected the routers and switches to test the interoperability of the physical and network layers, optical switches, routing exchange and redundant IXP topology at 100G speeds.


Spirent said the test used its TestCenter HyperMetrics™40/100G Ethernet module operating on the Spirent TestCenter platform. http://www.spirent.com/

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