Symmetricom Expands its Ecosystem

Symmetricom has expanded its SyncWorld Ecosystem Program to include the microwave backhaul segment. Ceragon and DragonWave have joined as new members, while Alcatel-Lucent, Aviat Networks and Nokia Siemens are expanding their participation into the new backhaul segment.

Symmetricom SyncWorld was created to enable cooperation and interoperability among vendors delivering on advanced networking requirements for precise timing and synchronization.
http://www.symmetricom.com

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Sprint is First Carrier to Offer Google Wallet

Sprint is the first carrier to offer Google Wallet, a new app/service that lets consumers pay using their smartphone. Sprint is initially supporting Google Wallet on the Nexus S 4G phone. The Google Wallet Android app stores virtual versions of a customer's credit cards, offers and loyalty cards right on the phone.

“Sprint is thrilled to be the first U.S. carrier to offer Google Wallet,�? said Fared Adib, vice president of Product at Sprint. “Nexus S 4G is the first to receive new versions of Android software, and today's upgrade puts the near-field communications, or NFC, chip in the phone to work so customers can have a secure virtual wallet on their phone. NFC capabilities on smartphones open the door to a new level of convenience and security.�?http://www.sprint.com
http://www.google.com/wallet/where-it-works.html

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NetCracker to Acquire Subex's Activation and Provisioning Business

NetCracker Technology will acquire Subex Ltd.'s activation and provisioning business for an undisclosed sum. The deal includes the Subex NetProvision, NetOptimizer, and Vector products, what was previously the Syndesis business covering the provisioning and activation domains.


NetCracker, which is a unit of NEC that specializes in telecom management systems, said the acquisition strengthens its Telecom Operations and Management Solutions suite and its Order-to-Activate capabilities.


"Service providers are looking for strategic partners who can deliver the complete, end-to-end fulfillment stack," said Andrew Feinberg, President and CEO of NetCracker Technology. "With a number of shared customers, proven technology, a near perfect product fit, and a talented team of industry experts, we expect this acquisition to fit seamlessly within our offerings and expand our ability to meet customer requirements." http://www.NetCracker.com

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Procera Lands Big Order, Expands Executive Team

Procera Networks has received a $6 million, second follow-on order from a leading North American Cable MSO. This second follow-on order comes just six months after the MSO awarded an initial $2 million follow-on order in April 2011. The Procera PacketLogic platform is being deployed in all of the MSO's geographies, replacing a leading competitor. Procera first won the operator's business in 2010 and expects further growth as the operator expands its footprint and continues the competitive replacement.


Procera also announced the creation of two new C-level positions at the company; Chief Strategy Officer to be filled by former Procera Vice President of Global Marketing, Jon Lindén, and Chief Scientist to be held by Peter Alm, a founder of Procera. At the same time, Cam Cullen, formerly Procera's Vice President of Product Management, has been appointed Vice President of Global Marketing, with an expanded marketing support team reporting to him. http://www.proceranetworks.com

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AT&T Makes Quiet LTE Launch in 5 Markets

AT&T launched commercial LTE service in its initial five markets - Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. In a press release, AT&T said it plans to launch in a total of 15 or more markets by the end of the year.


AT&T said its 4G service is up to four times faster than 3G speeds. AT&T currently offers four 4G LTE-compatible devices: the HTC Jetstream tablet, the AT&T USBConnect Momentum 4G, the AT&T Mobile Hotspot Elevate 4G, and the AT&T USBConnect Adrenaline. http://www.att.com

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TruConnect Launches as Data MVNO on Sprint's Network

TruConnect Mobile, a Los Angeles-based nationwide mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), unveiled a low-cost 3G laptop and iPad data service delivered over the Sprint nationwide network.


Users pay a $4.99 monthly access fee and are charged only for the data they actually use at 3.9 cents per megabyte. The service is provided through a USB 3G dongle or a MiFi WiFi device that can connect up to five devices to the service with no tethering charges. There are no contracts, no activation fees, no monthly bills, no bundled data plans, no expiration of data and no overage charges. http://www.truconnect.com

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Netronome Hires Sales Exec from Tilera

Netronome announced the appointment of Ken Way as vice president of worldwide sales. Most recently, Way was senior vice president of worldwide sales at Tilera. Previously, he held senior sales positions at PA Semi (acquired by Apple), Cavium Networks, Freescale and Motorola Semiconductor. http://www.netronome.com

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Deutsche Telekom Powers Home Gateway with Lantiq

Deutsche Telekom's flagship Speedport communications hub for in-home broadband services is powered by Lantiq silicon. The new Speedport W 921V Broadband Router is based on Lantiq chips for all its major functions including DSL, network processor, Gigabit Ethernet, 2.4 and 5G WLAN, DECT/CAT-iq, voice, and ISDN.


Features of the new broadband router include Wi-Fi streaming, ADSL/VDSL connectivity of up to 50 Mbps and DECT/Cat-iq HD-telephony. It supports dual band (2.4 GHz and 5.2 GHz) Wi-Fi for concurrent data and media streaming, including IPTV, which allows for superior video quality transmission over WLAN.


Lantiq supplied key chips and core software used in the Speedport W 921V, including:

• the XWAY VRX288 Home DSL Gateway chipset, which acts as a system central processor to support broadband access processing, wired/wireless connectivity, digital voice processing and other features



• the XWAY PHY11G physical layer chipset to drive wired Gigabit Ethernet connectivity to external devices



• the WAVE 300 WLAN chipset, with full dual band (2.4 GHz and 5.2 GHz) output to support simultaneous wireless data and media stream communications across a household while providing superior video quality with zero-packet-errors across exceptionally long distances in buildings



• the XWAY SLIC120, a dual-channel telephone line interface in a single chip



• the COSIC Modem, a DECT/CAT-iq base station device



• the IPAC-X, an ISDN Transceiver.

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ZTE Wins GPON Contract in Uruguay

Uruguay's Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (ANTEL), the nation's incumbent operator, has selected ZTE to assist in providing 300,000 subscribers in the country with GPON. ANTEL is Uruguay's largest fixed-line operator as well as its biggest mobile carrier, with a 95.5 per cent share of the nation's broadband market as of June 2010. Under the contract, ZTE will help the operator deliver broadband speeds of 100Mbps. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.zte.com.cn

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Ixia Unveils 40/100 Gbps G.709 OTN Test Solution

Ixia introduced an optical transport network (OTN) test solution for 40 and 100 gigabit OTU3/4 rates for validating the performance and protocol scalability of packet switched core transport platforms.


Ixia's “XOTN�? solution supports advanced MPLS and MPLS-TP protocol implementations. Ixia said its OTN solution, in conjunction with its IxNetwork test application, provides a much-needed large-scale, multi-protocol network emulation that is coupled with sophisticated line-rate traffic generation. The solution addresses service providers' requirements to validate service level agreement (SLAs) and resiliency over OTN networks, and to certify carrier-class routers with OTN interfaces. XOTN also addresses NEMs' requirements to validate new router OTN line cards using IP, MPLS, and Ethernet traffic, and to validate Ethernet data mapping over OTN transport. http://www.ixiacom.com/

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Opnext Intros 2nd Generation 100G Coherent Technology

Opnext introduced a 100Gbps DWDM MSA transponder module based on second generation coherent technology, offering performance, power, size and cost advantages over first generation technologies.


The OTM-100 module is a fully-integrated, 100 Gbps optical transponder for metro, regional, long haul, ultra long haul and submarine transport solutions.


The 100G Digital Coherent Signal Processing LSI (DSP-LSI) in the digital signal processor is made by NTT Electronics Corporation and is the product of the "R&D on High Speed Optical Transport System Technologies" project which was supported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan. It leverages Soft Decision Forward Error Correction (SD-FEC) to improve reach, minimizing or eliminating the need for regeneration points, simplifies network deployment rules and reduces operating costs.


Mass production is slated for April 2012. http://www.opnext.com

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