More Hollywood Studios Offer Facebook Streaming

Miramax is the latest Hollywood studio to offer direct streaming of its films via a Facebook app. The studio is initially offering the choice of 20 movie selections in the U.S.. Rental pricing is set at 30 Facebook credits -- the equivalent of $3. http://www.facebook.com/mira...

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FCC Chairman Deletes 83 Obsolete Rules

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced the elimination of 83 "outdated and obsolete rules" as part of his ongoing regulatory review process. Genachowski has previously eliminated 50 other provisions deemed to be useless or unenforced.Today's action include the elimination of the "The Fairness Doctrine," which has not been applied for more than 20 years, as well as the deletion of the obsolete "broadcast flag," cable programming service tier rate,...

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ABRY Partners Completes Acquisition of Masergy Communications

ABRY Partners completed its acquisition of Masergy Communications for an undisclosed sum. Masergy delivers managed, secure virtualized network services to enterprises over its national IP/MPLS network. The deal was first announced in June. http://www.masergy.comMasergy, which is based in Plano, Texas is headed by Royce Holland, who previously was CEO of McLeodUSA, a competitive local exchange carrier that was sold to PAETEC in January 2008. Mr....

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Sequans supplies TDD-LTE Silicon to NetComm

Sequans Communications will supply its TDD-LTE silicon to NetComm Limited. NetComm, which is based in Sydney, Australia, is a developer of HSPA+, LTE, machine-to-machine (M2M) and fibre access devices. "This licensing agreement supports our long-term TDD-LTE product strategy. Sequans has conducted comprehensive LTE interoperability testing with leading LTE equipment suppliers to ensure our LTE devices maximise the capabilities of commercial...

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nLIGHT Raises $17.5 million for its Chip-based Lasers

nLIGHT has raised $17.5 million in fully subscribed Series E financing to support its line of high-power semiconductor lasers. Its products include multi-kilowatt laser systems, high peak-power pulsed fiber lasers, and diode-pumped solid-state laser rangefinders. This funding round brings the company's total equity funding to approximately $110 million. The company is based in Vancouver, Washington. http://www.nlight.n...

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Vodafone NZ signs long term capacity deal with Pacific Fibre

Pacific Fibre announced Vodafone New Zealand as a customer on its forthcoming trans-oceanic cable system.Pacific Fibre has previously announced a capacity deal with iiNet, Australia's second largest DSL broadband provider. http://www.pacificfibre.net In July 2011, Pacific Fibre has awarded a supply contract to TE SubCom for its forthcoming 12,750km trans-Pacific cable.Pacific Fibre, which was founded in 2010, will deliver the longest and most technically...

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USDA Announces $103 million in funding for 23 Broadband Projects

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced more than $103 million in funding for 23 projects to provide broadband services to unserved and underserved rural communities. A total of 18 recipients will receive the awards.In July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $192 million in loans for broadband projects by rural telecom carriers in eight states. The new awards add to this figure.Administered by USDA Rural Development's Rural...

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Integra Telecom Deploys Overture's Carrier Ethernet

Integra Telecom has deployed Overture Networks' Ethernet-over-Copper (EoC) technology as part of Integra's expansion of its Ethernet Services product portfolio. The launch of Overture Networks' EoC platforms encompasses more than 120 Central Offices (COs). Integra, which currently provides EoC in 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 Mbps increments, will be raising its symmetrical bandwidth offerings to 100 Mbps, an increase facilitated entirely by this latest deployment of Overture's solutions.Integra Telecom operates a 5,000-mile high-speed long-haul fiber...

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6fusion Raises $7 Million for Cloud Management

6fusion, a start-up based in Raleigh, North Carolina, raised $7 million in funding for its cloud management platform.6fusion features a unique Workload Allocation Cube (WAC) metering algorithm that standardizes the measurement of storage and compute resources. The company said its UC6 Cloud Management Platform federates private data center and third party cloud operators, providing a single console to allow IT organizations of all types to meter,...

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Cisco Acquires Axioss Software for Service Fulfillment

Cisco will acquire Axioss service fulfillment software from Comptel Corporation of Finland for EUR 21.3 million (US$31 million) in cash.The software, which was developed by Axiom Systems, helps service providers to more quickly and efficiently launch new video, data, mobility and cloud services to their customers. As part of the deal, Cisco is also taking on some personnel related to the Axioss assets, mainly based in the UK. Mr Gareth Senior, Comptel...

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Fujitsu Extends its Reach with Ethernet over Anything (EoX)

Fujitsu introduced an Ethernet over Anything (EoX) framework that enables its FLASHWAVE 9500 Packet Optical Networking Platform (Packet ONP) to serve as a gateway for delivering Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF)-compliant services across various transport networks. Fujitsu's EoX vision, which is initially implemented as an EoX Gateway configuration of the FLASHWAVE 9500, now extends into the company's portfolio of access products. The new or significantly...

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