Qualcomm Positions for More Powerful Enterprise Femto Networks

Qualcomm introduced three enterprise Femtocell Station Modem (FSM) chipsets supporting up to 32 active users. These chipsets complement the currently available FSM 3G femtocell chipsets that feature eight user versions targeting the residential market with hardware and software compatibility. The company also announced a Femto-Wi-Fi hardware reference design that integrates these FSM enterprise solutions with Qualcomm Atheros 802.11n Wi-Fi AR9350...

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American Jobs Act Includes Spectrum Provision

The American Jobs Act presented by President Obama highlights urges support for the bipartisan legislation from Senators Rockefeller and Hutchison, including an investment to develop and deploy a nationwide, interoperable wireless network for public safety. The plan includes reallocating the D Block for public safety (costing $3 billion) and $7 billion to support the deployment of this network and technological development to tailor the network to meet public safety requirements. http://www.whitehouse....

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Broadcom to acquire NetLogic for $3.7 Billion

Broadcom will acquire NetLogic Microsystems in a deal valued at $3.7 billion ($50 per share) net of cash assumed.NetLogic Microsystems, which is based in Santa Clara, California, adds a number of critical new product lines and technologies to Broadcom's portfolio, including knowledge-based processors, multi-core embedded processors, and digital front-end processors."This transaction delivers on all fronts for Broadcom's shareholders -- strategic...

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NTT Opens new POP in Sao Paulo

NTT Communications has extended the reach of its Tier 1 Global IP Network with a new Point of Presence (PoP) location in Sao Paulo, Brazil. "The Latin American telecommunications sector is quickly becoming a crucial part of the worldwide market, so it's an optimum time for NTT America and NTT do Brasil to leverage the NTT Communications Global IP Network to provide a stable and dependable infrastructure to meet the broadband demands of service providers and consumers in the area,�? said Yukio Adachi, president of NTT do Brasil. http://www.ntt...

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RED-C Intros Next Gen ROADM Amplifiers

RED-C Optical Networks introduced a new set of amplifiers specifically designed to target next generation ROADM networks. These include a variety of high density EDFA packages for integration in ROADM line cards, as well as a new four-pump Hybrid Raman-EDFA module enabling dynamic path reconfiguration.RED-C said its new model provides seamless integration of a distributed Raman pre-amplifier and a variable gain EDFA in a single compact module. The integrated Hybrid control circuitry operates in advanced AGC mode so that the combined Raman and EDFA...

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Verizon Deploys 100G on 10 ULH Routes this Year

Verizon is expanding its deployment of 100G technology on ultra-long-haul portions of its U.S. backbone network to more than 10 routes in 2011. The installations use 100G coherent optical transport technology from Ciena."We're seeing not only growth in traffic, but also in the need for immediacy from our customers that are managing financial transactions, health care data exchange, energy services and entertainment on-the-go," said Ihab Tarazi,...

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Juniper Upgrades Switching Fabric in MX 3D Edge Routers

Juniper Networks released a new 3.8 Terabits per second switch fabric for its MX 3D Universal Edge Routers. The new switch fabric, which can be installed in an existing MX Series chassis while in the router remains in service, enables full 120 Gbps through-put per interface slots.The capacity upgrade applies to all MX Series services, including Juniper's MobileNext open mobile core for next-generation wireless networks.Juniper also noted that a...

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Cisco Expands ASR 9000 Edge Routing Family

Cisco introduced three new ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers aimed at supporting the proliferation of new mobile Internet services and devices such as tablets, smartphones and connected appliances on carrier networks. These include:Cisco ASR 901 cell site router -- a high-capacity, low-power router for 2G, 3G and 4G mobile cell sites. Clocking options include TDM, BITS, 1588v2, and SyncE;Cisco ASR 903 unified Ethernet access router --...

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Major Telecom and Networking Acquisitions in 2011 So Far (some pending)

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2011 Major Networking Acquisitions (some pending)
Buyer	Target

Broadcom	NetLogic	Multi-core embedded processors	9/12/2011
Cisco	Versly	collaboration plug-ins	8/29/2011
Verizon	CloudSwitch	cloud interconnect for enterprise apps	8/25/2011
Ericsson	Telenor Connexion	M2M tools	8/24/2011
Cisco	Axioss Software	service fulfillment software	8/22/2011
Skype	GroupMe	mobile group messaging	8/21/2011
Amdocs	Bridgewater	policy management for 3G/4G networks	8/17/2011
Google	Motorola Mobility	patents, mobile devices, set-top boxes	8/15/2011
F5	Crescendo	application acceleration technology	8/15/2011
Time Warner Cable	Insight	750,000 cable customers	8/15/2011
ADTRAN	Bluesocket	virtual LAN technology	8/9/2011
Windstream	PAETEC	national CLEC, 36,700 fiber mile network, 7 DCs	8/1/2011
CA Technologies	Watchmouse	Saas-based monitoring	7/29/2011
Tektronix	Optametra	100G Coherent Lightwave Signal Analyzer	7/26/2011
Mindspeed	IPG Communications	WCDMA signal processing technologies	7/25/2011
Dell	Force10	data center and service provider switching	7/20/2011
Riverbed	Zeus and Aptimize	web optimization technologies	7/19/2011
Intel	Fulcrum Microsystems	10/40 GbE switching silicon	7/19/2011
Citric	Cloud.com	Hypervisor-agnostic Scaling	7/12/2011
Private Equity	Go Daddy	web registry, hosting	7/1/2011
Synchronica	Nokia's operator branded messaging	white label email and IM services	6/30/2011
Private Equity	Masergy	managed, virtualized network services worldwide	6/27/2011
Ixia	VeriWave	wireless testing	6/27/2011
Charter	US Cable	16,000 cable customers in Missouri	6/24/2011
CommScope	Argus	antenna technologies	6/17/2011
Ericsson	Telcordia	service fulfillment, service assurance, OSS	6/14/2011
Qualcomm	Rapid Bridge	IC design tools	6/10/2011
CommScope	LiquidxStream	dense QAM systems	6/2/2011
Mavenir	Mobile Messaging	mobile messaging	5/30/2011
Qualcomm	Atheros	Wi-Fi silicon	5/24/2011
euNetworks	LambdaNet Deutschland	fiber networks in Germany, Czech and Austria	5/19/2011
Skyworks	SiGE Semiconductor	RF front-end chips	5/17/2011
VMWare	Shavlik	cloud-based IT management	5/16/2011
Rambus	Cryptography Research	semiconductor security	5/12/2011
Private Equity	Tollgrade Communications	network assurance solutions	5/10/2011
Microsoft	Skype	170 million Web voice users	5/10/2011
Motorola Mobility	SunUp Digital Systems	software for IPTV, digital cable, DTH	5/10/2011
NVIDIA	Icera	3G/4G baseband processors	5/9/2011
Sophos	Astaro	unified threat management	5/9/2011
Xilinx	Modelware	traffic management IP cores for 10/40/100G	5/9/2011
Broadcom	SC Square	security software	5/8/2011
Vimplecom	Vladivostok's New Telephone	mobile operator in Russia's Far East	5/6/2011
TelePacific	Orange County Internet Xchange	California CLEC	5/5/2011
TelePacific	Telekenex	California CLEC	5/5/2011
Applied Materilas	Varian	silicon wafer manufacturing	5/4/2011
RadiSys	Continous Computing	ATCA communication platforms	5/3/2011
Aurora Network	GoBackTV	cable headend and edge solutions	5/2/2011
Consortium	Nortel Networks patents		5/2/2011
Nokia Siemens Networks	Motorola Solutions' Networks assets	GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, WiMAX and LTE products	4/29/2011
Equinix	ALOG Data Centers of Brazil	data centers in Sao Paolo and Rio	4/26/2011
Neustar	Evolving Number Systems	OSS	4/21/2011
Level 3	Global Crossing	fiber network spanning 3 continents	4/11/2011
Metaswitch	Colibria	enhanced mobile messaging	4/6/2011
EMC	NetWitness	network security analysis solutions	4/4/2011
Texas Instruments	National Semiconductor	analog silicon	4/4/2011
Lightower	Open Access	network operator on Long Island	4/1/2011
Cisco	newScale	self-service portal software	3/29/2011
NetScout	Psytechnics	performance management technology	3/28/2011
Motorola Mobility	Dreampark	IPTV software	3/23/2011
AT&T	T-Mobile USA	nationwide network, spectrum, 33 million users	3/21/2011
NetLogic	Optichron	LTE Base Station Processors	3/21/2011
Broadcom	Provigent	microwave radio backhaul silicom	3/21/2011
NETGEAR	Westell Technologies	Customer Networking Solutions (CNS) division	3/18/2011
Cisco	Inlet	adaptive digital media processing	3/14/2011
Ericsson	Nortel's Multiservice Switch	switching platforms for CDMA networks	3/11/2011
NetApp	LSI's External Storage Business	Engenio external storage	3/9/2011
Overture	Hatteras Networks	carrier Ethernet systems	3/1/2011
Private equity	Conexant		2/25/2011
Interoute	KPN's fiber network in Germany	3600km fiber net in Germany	2/22/2011
CSR	Zoran	imaging and video silicon	2/21/2011
EchoStar	Hughes	broadband satellite systems	2/14/2011
Symmetricom	Brilliant Telecom	network timing	2/14/2011
PAETEC	Xeta Technologies	enterprise communication sales	2/9/2011
Time Warner Cable	NaviSite	enterprise cloud services, 10 data centers	2/1/2011
Corning	MobileAccess	distributed antenna systems	1/31/2011
Cisco	Pari Networks	net configuration and change manament tool	1/26/2011
Silicon Laboratories	SpectraLinear	network timing silicon	1/26/2011
Google	SayNow	voice messaging software	1/25/2011
Ceragon	Nera Networks	short and longhaul microwave backhaul	1/19/2011
Aerohive	Pareto	WLAN + cloud services	1/18/2011
GE	Linear Power	telco power solutions	1/13/2011
NetApp	Akorri	data center optimization tools	1/12/2011
Skype	Qik	video sharing software	1/6/2011
Avaya	Konftel	audio collaboration	1/4/2011
GENBAND	Cedar Point	VoIP switching platform	1/4/2011
Earthlink	ONE Communications		12/20/2010
Altera	Avalon	100G OTN	12/14/2010
Dell	Compellent		12/13/2010

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OIF Approves 25 Gbps Common Electrical Interface IA

The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) members approved the Common Electrical I/O (CEI) 3.0 implementation agreement (IA), which defines electrical layer interfaces with signaling rates up to 28 Gbaud/s for next generation systems and are the next evolutionary step beyond the existing CEI IA which addressed signaling rates up to 11.2 Gbaud/s. The CEI 3.0 electrical layers form the basis of future protocol interfaces developed by the OIF, and were...

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