GE's Ruggedized Video Processing Platform Employs Tilera Many Core Processor

GE Intelligent Platforms unveiled a ruggedized video processing platform suited for applications such as unmanned aerial drones that use the Tilera TILEPro64 many-core processor.The GE 3U OpenVPX-REDI GFG500 Gigabit Ethernet Video Processor and the 3U OpenVPX-REDI MCP500 Processor boards are designed for demanding video and network processing applications that will be deployed in harsh environments.The GFG500 is pre-loaded with GE's sophisticated...

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Cult of Mac: Why Is Apple Secretly Installing LTE Equipment

Reports surfaced that Apple may be installing LTE equipment in some of its U.S. stores. A report from Cult of Mac speculates that the mysterious gear reported photographed in an Apple store supports the 700MHz and AWS bands that will be used by AT&T. http://www.cultofmac.comhttp://bit.ly/n62...

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Blue Coat Reports Disappointing Quarter, CEO Steps Down

Blue Coat Systems reported net revenue of $109.5 million for the first quarter of its fiscal 2012, down from $120.7 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 and $122.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2011. On a GAAP basis, the Company reported net income of $2.7 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2012, compared with net income of $9.0 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 and $13.9 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, in the first quarter of fiscal 2011."Our first...

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Blue Coat Appoints Greg Clark as CEO

Blue Coat Systems, which supplies Web security and WAN optimization solutions, appointed Gregory S. Clark as president and chief executive officer following the resignation of Michael J. Borman, who has departed as president and CEO and as a director. Mr. Clark most recently was president and CEO of Mincom, an enterprise software company that was acquired in July by the ABB Group, a leader in automation and power technologies. The Blue Coat board has named board member Carol G. Mills as interim CEO until Mr. Clark's arrival. Ms. Mills has held...

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Huawei Develops Node Scale Vectoring

Huawei Technologies announced the development of Node Level Vectoring (NLV) technology for eliminating crosstalk in copper pairs. The technology significantly improves throughput in VDSL2 networks. Huawei said its tests of vectoring show the ability to deliver 100 Mbps services at a distance of 300 meters, and 80 Mbps at a distance of 500 meters -- representing gains of approximately 70%.http://www.huawei....

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Nokia Siemens Networks Gains DISA Certification

Nokia Siemens Networks has been accorded "Approved Products List" (APL) status by the U.S. government's Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), enabling the Department of Defense (DoD) and other government agencies to purchase the company's Military Next Generation (Mil NGN) solution. Concurrent with APL status, the DoD has awarded Nokia Siemens Networks contracts to install three Mil NGN systems at locations in Germany, South Korea and Japan. http://www.nsn....

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Telefónica Germany, Telekom and Vodafone

Telefónica Germany, Telekom and Vodafone have agreed to establish their mobile payment service as an independent company. The new entity, known as mpass, will begin operating as early as this year. More and more customers are taking advantage of convenient and secure payment via mobile or stationary internet from a mobile phone. Once the mobile payment scheme mpass is up and running, the three telecommunications providers plan to expand on their...

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First AT&T LTE Devices on Sale Aug. 21

AT&T will begin selling its first LTE devices in stores and online on August 21 -- even before its LTE network has commercially launched.The first devices will be the AT&T USBConnect Momentum 4G and the AT&T Mobile Hotspot Elevate 4G, both of which support fallback to the HSPA+ network. AT&T will offer same $50 plan for 5 GB of data as is currently available for USBConnect or Mobile Hotspot customers on the HSPA+ network.AT&T...

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PMC-Sierra Appoints Two Directors

PMC-Sierra announced the appointment of Michael Klayko and Dr. Richard Nottenburg to its Board of Directors. The company also named Mr. Jonathan J. Judge as chairman of the Board. Mr. Klayko is currently chief executive officer of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. and a member of the Brocade board of directors. Previously, he was vice president of worldwide sales at Brocade and also served as the vice president of marketing and support and vice president of OEM sales. Dr. Nottenburg is currently a member of the board of directors of Comverse...

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WiMAX Surpasses 20 million Global Subscriber Mark

The number of WiMAX connections worldwide has passed the 20 million subscriber mark, according to figures from Infonetics Research that were cited by The WiMAX Forum. Also according to Infonetics, in the first quarter of 2011 the total worldwide sales of WiMAX equipment reached USD $502.1 million, which is up 49% from the first quarter of 2010. The analyst firm predicts that in 2011 WiMAX equipment will be a USD $2 billion industry. Some notes from...

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UK to Invest £363 million in Rural Broadband

The UK's Department for Culture, Media and Sport announced plans to invest £363 million to bring broadband to "all of rural England and Scotland" by 2015. The goal is to offer "superfast broadband to 90% or premises and broadband to 100%. "Superfast broadband" is defined as speeds greater than 24 Mbps. Broadband is defined as connections of 2 Mbps and up. The market is expected to ensure a vibrant market for broadband services for two thirds of...

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JDSU Debuts Tunable SFP+ Transceiver

JDSU introduced a tunable SFP+ transceiver to replace fixed wavelength SFP+ transceivers and legacy products in enterprise and metro networks. The device leverages the same Integrated Laser Mach Zehnder (ILMZ) chip that JDSU developed in 2007 to create the world's first tunable XFP transceiver for telecom networks in 2009. Tunable transceivers enable flexibility in wavelength provisioning and lower over system cost by eliminating inventory expenses required with current fixed wavelength SFP+ products. JDSU said this new tunable SFP+ transceiver...

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Ciena Adds another 40G Metro Optical Win

Russian carrier GlobalNet will upgrade its metro optical network using Ciena's 4200 Advanced Services Platform. The deployment will include Ciena's 40G technology and WaveLogic coherent optical processors. GlobalNet is a long stranding Ciena customer. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.ciena....

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