Nikkei: LTE-enabled iPhones & iPad Expected in 2012

Docomo expects LTE-enabled iPads to hit the market by mid-2012 followed by a next gen LTE iPhone in the fall, according to Nikkei Business News. The article cites a visit by Apple officials.http://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/topics/20111130/224702/?rt=no...

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ADTRAN's Carrier Ethernet Access Gateway Gains MEF Certification

The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) has certified ADTRAN's NetVanta 850 Carrier Ethernet Access Gateway compliant to MEF9 and MEF14. The NetVanta 850 Carrier Ethernet Access Gateway is optimized for infrastructure backhaul and can be used for extending 100 Mbps Ethernet services for either cell site or DSLAM backhaul. http://www.adtran....

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Australia's NBN Co Publishes Wholesale Broadband Agreement

Australia's NBN Co released the final executable version of its Wholesale Broadband Agreement contract for service providers planning to leverage is new infrastructure. The term sheet sets out the commercial arrangements and obligations between NBN Co and its customers - locking in existing prices, confirming information about the products NBN Co is supplying and detailing service level agreements as well as providing a process for the further development...

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Saudi Telecom Sees 500% Traffic Increase During Hajj

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) leveraged Nokia Siemens Networks' HSPA+ technology to handle the upsurge in mobile traffic during the holy Hajj pilgrimage this year. Nokia Siemens Networks, which is STC's preferred mobile equipment and services supplier, said there was an average increase of 500%, and a peak increase of 760%, in STC's 3G traffic during the pilgrimage last month. Network performance remained high despite this huge increase in traffic...

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Australia's NBN Co Publishes Wholesale Broadband Agreement

Australia's NBN Co released the final executable version of its Wholesale Broadband Agreement contract for service providers planning to leverage is new infrastructure. The term sheet sets out the commercial arrangements and obligations between NBN Co and its customers - locking in existing prices, confirming information about the products NBN Co is supplying and detailing service level agreements as well as providing a process for the further development...

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Saudi Telecom Sees 500% Traffic Increase During Hajj

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) leveraged Nokia Siemens Networks' HSPA+ technology to handle the upsurge in mobile traffic during the holy Hajj pilgrimage this year. Nokia Siemens Networks, which is STC's preferred mobile equipment and services supplier, said there was an average increase of 500%, and a peak increase of 760%, in STC's 3G traffic during the pilgrimage last month. Network performance remained high despite this huge increase in traffic...

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Nikkei: LTE-enabled iPhones & iPad Expected in 2012

Docomo expects LTE-enabled iPads to hit the market by mid-2012 followed by a next gen LTE iPhone in the fall, according to Nikkei Business News. The article cites a visit by Apple officials.http://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/topics/20111130/224702/?rt=no...

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ADTRAN's Carrier Ethernet Access Gateway Gains MEF Certification

The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) has certified ADTRAN's NetVanta 850 Carrier Ethernet Access Gateway compliant to MEF9 and MEF14. The NetVanta 850 Carrier Ethernet Access Gateway is optimized for infrastructure backhaul and can be used for extending 100 Mbps Ethernet services for either cell site or DSLAM backhaul. http://www.adtran....

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TI Scales its Keystone Processors for Cloud RANs

Texas Instruments is scaling its KeyStone multicore processor architecture for cloud RANs, which promise immense pools of processing capacity for use by clusters or power-efficient base stations.KeyStone is Texas Instruments' multicore infrastructure architecture for base stations. The new KeyStone enhancements for C-RAN include expanding Multicore Navigator's Queue Manager to provide over 16K queues and one million descriptors. In addition, TI's...

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ADTRAN Puts Agile Optical Capabilities on Blade for Total Access 5000

ADTRAN continues to expand and enhance the capabilities of its Total Access 5000 platform with a new mini-ROADM on a blade. These new ONE capabilities provide agile photonics and enhanced service delivery from a single platform for residential, business and mobile backhaul services delivery.The new OTN Switchponder is a multi-service unit that integrates an OTN switch with DWDM transponder on a single card. It provides remotely configurable any-service...

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TE Connectivity Introduces Cabling for Indoor PONs

TE Connectivity (TE) introduced a new plug-and-play cabling solution for in-door Passive Optical Network (PON) architectures. The pre-connectorized Optical LAN Solution (OLS) capitalizes takes a single strand of single mode fiber from the data center all the way to an individual desk or user area over distances of up to 12 miles. GPON's data-encryption capabilities enable a secure information transport system for fiber-to-the-desk (FTTD) solutions.“Our pre-connectorized, reduced-bend-radius Rapid Fiber cable spool allows for precise on-site payouts...

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Cablevision Suffers DDoS Attack

Cablevision Systems, which serves the NY metro area, experienced a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on its Optimum Online network beginning at approximately 6pm on Tuesday night. The company said it resolved the issue shortly after midnight, when all service returned to normal. Cablevision continues to investigate the attack. http://www.cablevision....

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HP and Alcatel-Lucent Develop Data Center Network Connect

HP and Alcatel-Lucent are developing a Data Center Network Connect (DCNC) architecture that brings together data center technology with high-performance communications networks. The new DCNC, which builds on an alliance between HP and Alcatel-Lucent, aims to equip enterprises and service providers with the specific tools they need to deliver converged systems of IT and telecom infrastructures for greater flexibility. It combines HP's data center...

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AT&T and China Telecom Build Alliance

AT&T and China Telecom announced a strategic agreement to deliver advanced global solutions to multinational companies (MNCs) by interconnecting their respective MPLS networks, expanding IP-VPN reach and capabilities, and simplifying joint contracting and billing.Key points include:The deal will expand AT&T's existing IP-VPN service in China to allow broader national reach, greater technology choice, enhanced performance and reduced total...

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AAPT Upgrades Backbone with Ciena

AAPT, one of Australia's three largest telecommunications carriers, selected Ciena to upgrade its nationwide network with next-generation Carrier Ethernet service delivery capabilities. AAPT's new infrastructure will be scalable to terabit-level capacities, providing reliable Ethernet private line and wide area LAN services to retail service providers. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.ciena....

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