Monday, October 24, 2011

Tellabs Revenue Falls to $314 million

Tellabs reported Q3 2011 revenue of $314 million, compared with $430 million in the year-ago quarter. North American revenue declined to $151 million, and revenue outside North America rose to $163 million.For the third quarter of 2011, Broadband segment revenue was $170 million, down 15% from the yearago quarter. Transport segment revenue was $87 million, down 49%. Services segment revenue was $57 million, down 6%.On a GAAP basis, Tellabs recorded...

PCTEL Acquires Envision Wireless

PCTEL, which develops antenna, scanning receiver, and network solutions, acquired the assets of Envision Wireless, an engineering services business based in Melbourne, Florida. Envision focuses on the RF issues pertaining to in-building coverage and capacity and its target market is relevant to PCTEL's antenna and scanning receiver businesses. The company provides value-added analysis of collected data. They provide services to the public cellular carriers, network infrastructure providers, and real estate concerns. Financial terms were not disclosed.on.“In-building...

F5 Posts Revenue of $314.6 million

F5 Networks reported revenue of $314.6 million for its fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011, up 8 percent from $290.7 million in the prior quarter and 24 percent from $254.3 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010. For fiscal year 2011, revenue was $1.15 billion, up 31 percent from $882.0 million in fiscal year 2010.“In the first full quarter that VIPRION 2400 was generally available, demand for the new mid-range chassis exceeded our expectations. During the fourth quarter, we also saw strong demand for VIPRION 4400, our high-end chassis,...

Bytemobile Publishes Mobile Video Analytics Report

Demand for higher-quality video resolution is growing steadily in mobile networks worldwide, according to Bytemobile newly released Mobile Analytics Report. Some key findings:On average, mobile subscribers consume their total daily video content in a single session.Video users click through multiple videos before terminating their session.On average, mobile video subscribers watch 10 videos sequentially.Across geographies, subscribers on un-optimized...

Broadcom Posts Q3 Revenue of $1.96 billion -- Up 8.4% YoY

Broadcom reported Q3 2011 revenue of $1.96 billion, an increase of 8.4% compared with the $1.81 billion reported for the third quarter of 2010. Net income computed in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for the third quarter of 2011 was $270 million, or $.48 per share (diluted), compared with GAAP net income of $328 million, or $.60 per share (diluted), for the third quarter of 2010. "Broadcom delivered record revenue and cash flow in Q3 with strength across all of our end markets - Home, Hand and Infrastructure,"...

DragonWave Debuts its "Avenue" Microcellular Solution

DragonWave introduced its "Avenue" backhaul solution for small cell base stations.DragonWave's new product accommodates a wide range of 3G or 4G microcellular RAN access units and leverages an integrated backhaul antenna array supporting up to three simultaneous backhaul beam paths using frequencies ranging from 2 GHz to 80 GHz to deliver 1.2 Gbps of aggregate, full-duplex capacity. Alternatively, the Avenue can be backhauled via fiber or DSL. RAN...

Alcatel-Lucent Builds 4G Consumer Communications Solution

Alcatel-Lucent has developed an application for 4G that integrates voice and video-calling, instant messaging and group calling and across a variety of devices - smartphone, tablet or PCs. Alcatel-Lucent's new 4G Consumer Communications Solution uses flash-capable web browser technology to enable consumers to connect via video using virtually any PC or mobile internet device, so they don't need to figure out whether the person they are calling is...

Symantec Delivers Hosted, User-defined Security Controls with Partners

Symantec is partnering with Tekmark Global Solutions and Centri Technology to deliver hosted, user-defined security controls that will enable communication service providers to offer their mobile subscribers the ability to improve their safety online, even when roaming across operator networks or using Wi-Fi access.Symantec Accelerated Next Generation Network Protection (NGNP) is a hosted service for network operators. By using a software client...

Alcatel-Lucent Enhances 7705 Services Aggregation Router

Alcatel-Lucent announced several improvements to its 7705 Services Aggregation Router (SAR) family aimed at the mobile backhaul market. The new power-efficient, small footprint, high-performance 7705 SAR-M models provide operators with additional network flexibility in addressing their requirements for mobile backhaul, business services, and strategic industries such as Smart Grids. Alcatel-Lucent said its new 7705 SAR-M models support a variety...