Brazil Opens Pay TV Market to Telcos

The Brazilian legislature approved a new law that opens the pay TV market to telecom service providers. The new law sets unified rules for the service, establishes quotas for programming with local content and independent channels, and removes restrictions on the activities of companies with foreign capital in the sector. Approval by the president is expected. http://www.mc.gov....

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PAETEC Wins Fiber Contract with U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Ground

PAETEC was awarded a three-year contract by the Defense Information System Agency (DISA) to provide the U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Ground with PAETEC's highly dependable fiber infrastructure. PAETEC said this contract provides the Aberdeen Proving Ground with increased fiber network capacity, diverse fiber access points, and DWDM over the company's transport network as part of the DISA backbone network expansion.http://www.paetec....

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JDSU Posts Quarterly Revenue of $471.8 Million

JDSU reported net revenue for the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2011 was $471.8 million and net income was $9.3 million, or $0.04 per share. This compares to net revenue of $454.0 million and net income of $38.6 million, or $0.16 per share for the prior quarter, and net revenue of $390.9 million and net income of $1.5 million, or $0.01 per share for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2010.For fiscal 2011, net revenue of $1,804.5 million increased 32.3%...

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Canada's EastLink Selects Ericsson as Sole Vendor

Ericsson was awarded a four-year agreement to serve as the sole vendor for EastLink's core and radio access networks, using HSPA+ and next generation technologies. Ericsson will deploy its multi-standard radio base station; RBS 6000, circuit switched and packet networks including Evolved Packet Core and Operation Support Systems (OSS), as well as, providing professional services. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.ericsson.com http://www.eastlink...

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Verizon to Cut Benefits to Striking Workers on Aug 31

With the labor strike entering its eleventh day, Verizon reported has informed striking workers that their benefits will be cut off at the end of the month. Both sides have accused the other of not negotiating in good faith to end the dispute. http://www.verizon.com http://www.cwa-union.o...

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Sprint Updates Tower Agreements for "Network Vision"

Sprint has amended important contracts with Mobilitie, a tower leasing company, to help enable the delivery of next-generation networks through Sprint's Network Vision plan. The amended agreement involves several hundred of Sprint's existing nationwide cell sites with Mobilitie and includes opportunities to expand the current relationship via build-to-suit solutions. Key points include:Provides Sprint with the flexibility it needs to deploy next-generation...

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Amdocs Completes Bridgewater Acquisition

Amdocs completed its previously announced acquisition of Bridgewater Systems for CAD$8.20 per share in cash, for about CAD$211 million, or CAD$139 million net of Bridgewater's cash, in aggregate.Bridgewater Systems provides pre-integrated solutions for mobile and converged operators. Its portfolio includes Service Controller (AAA), Policy Controller (PCRF) and Home Subscriber Server (HSS), anchored by a common identity and device management system....

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Verizon Wireless' LTE Rollout Reaches Half of U.S. Population

Verizon Wireless is activating its LTE network in 15 additional U.S. markets this week while expanding its LTE facilities in 10 other cities. With this activations, the company's LTE service is now available to more than 160 million Americans – more than half the U.S. population. Verizon Wireless noted that it now sells 10 different LTE devices for its network.The latest Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE markets include Tucson, Ariz.; Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers,...

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Centrify Secures $16M for On-Premise and Cloud Security

Centrify, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, raised $16 million in Series D funding for its security and compliance solutions designed to centrally control, secure and audit both on-premise and cloud-based systems and applications.Centrify's software solutions leverage existing Microsoft Active Directory installations to centrally control, secure and audit corporate resources. The company has deployments in more than 3,500 organizations.Centrify...

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North Alabama Electric Cooperative Selects ADTRAN for FTTH

The North Alabama Electric Cooperative has selected ADTRAN's flagship Total Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform (MSAP), Total Access 300 Series ONTs and a full suite of NetVanta routers and switches for a Smartgrid + Broadband project. Specifically, the cooperative will take advantage of the combination of GPON and Active Ethernet Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) capabilities of the Total Access 5000 platform. This deployment will enable the electric utility subscribers to move from time-of-day rate models to demand response rate...

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