Colombia's UNE Picks Huawei for LTE

UNE, a fixed broadband operator in Colombia, has selected Huawei for an LTE rollout. Throughout this first stage of project, UNE will deploy the network in Bogotá and Medellin using Huawei's LTE leading edge solution. The contract includes the RAN, the core network and LTE devices, including the world's first LTE five-mode USB dongle –E392 and other models. http://www.huawei....

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Telefónica Swings to a Loss, Reaches 231.9 Million Mobile Users

Telefónica reported a 5.4% increase in revenues for the first nine months of 2011, reaching 46,672 million euros it total revenues at the end of the third quarter, due mainly to the higher growth in revenues from mobile data services (up almost 20% in organic terms) and the sound performance of its business in Latin America, where reported revenues climbed 18%. In organic terms, revenues rose 0.3% in the first nine months of 2011, negatively impacted...

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Colombia's UNE Picks Huawei for LTE

UNE, a fixed broadband operator in Colombia, has selected Huawei for an LTE rollout. Throughout this first stage of project, UNE will deploy the network in Bogotá and Medellin using Huawei's LTE leading edge solution. The contract includes the RAN, the core network and LTE devices, including the world's first LTE five-mode USB dongle –E392 and other models. http://www.huawei....

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Telefónica Swings to a Loss, Reaches 231.9 Million Mobile Users

Telefónica reported a 5.4% increase in revenues for the first nine months of 2011, reaching 46,672 million euros it total revenues at the end of the third quarter, due mainly to the higher growth in revenues from mobile data services (up almost 20% in organic terms) and the sound performance of its business in Latin America, where reported revenues climbed 18%. In organic terms, revenues rose 0.3% in the first nine months of 2011, negatively impacted...

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Broadcom Develops Wi-Fi subsystem for New Class of Connected Devices

Broadcom introduced a self-contained Wi-Fi subsystem with embedded processor aimed at a new class of connected appliances, smart energy systems and cloud-based health and home management services. The idea is to provide a "self-hosted" Wi-Fi and networking software stack that eliminates any impact on host processor to manage connectivity in resource-constrained devices. The new Wi-Fi module, featuring the Broadcom BCM4319 wireless LAN MAC/baseband/radio,...

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MSF Releases Voice over LTE White Paper

The MultiService Forum (MSF) has published a whitepaper on its recent VoLTE (Voice over Long Term Evolution) Interoperability Event held with Vodafone and China Mobile.Over 65 network elements from 19 participating vendors were tested by 60 test engineers using 200 pages of test plans during this three-week event. The test scenarios included 89 test cases and 561 scheduled tests based on different vendor combinations.VoLTE calls and MMTel services...

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NetScout Builds Momentum in Next Gen Service Assurance

NetScout Systems has added an additional 18 service providers deployments this year for its nGenius Service Assurance Solution, giving it an installed base of 148 service provider production networks across 46 countries. Of these 18 service providers, ten are mobile operators, four are wireline operators, three are cable operators and one is a satellite operator.The nGenius Service Assurance Solution captures, correlates and analyzes both data plane...

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IBM Teams with Juniper for Hosted Mobile Device Security Management Service

IBM launched a new Hosted Mobile Device Security Management service that extends the company's existing mobility portfolio to include a security application for smartphones and tablets, along with managed services including policy management and user compliance monitoring. IBM said it is working with Juniper Networks on this mobile security service for the underlying protection and device management technology for leading platforms such as Apple...

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Deutsche Telekom Sees Lower Revenue, Higher Profits

Deutsche Telekom reported Q3 2011 revenue of EUR 11.0 billion, down by 4.1 percent in the quarter compared to last year. However, cost cutting led to an increase in EBITDA margin of 0.5 percentage points while net profit rose 14.6 percent to EUR 1.1 billion.The company confirmed its financial targets for the full year 2011 saying it remains on target despite the uncertain macroeconomic climate. The Group continues to expect adjusted EBITDA from...

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Ford Showcases Cloud-Connected Capabilities of Evos Concept Car

Ford is planning to showcase cloud-connected capabilities in its Evos Concept car at the upcoming 2012 International CES in Las Vegas in January. The Evos car promises to integrated on-board data about driver preferences with cloud-based information such as work schedules, music and weather conditions, and local data delivered through vehicle-to-vehicle communications. Ford said it is also seeking to use the power of the cloud to understand driver...

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