SK Telecom Develops LTE + Wi-Fi Femtocell

South Korea-based SK Telecom has developed its own Wi-Fi Integrated LTE Femtocell to spur its 4G rollout.The ultra-mini base station improves indoor coverage using both Wi-Fi and LTE, while significantly reduce equipment installation and operating cost. SK Telecom uses POE (Power over Ethernet) to ease installation. The company said its design also minimizes interference between the frequencies within the cellular bands. SK Telecom plans to build...

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Acme Packet Cuts Guidance

Citing uncertainty in the North American service provider market, Acme Packet trimmed its financial guidance for Q4 2011. Based on preliminary fourth quarter estimates which are subject to change, the company now expectstotal revenues to range between $84 million to $86 million, while total revenues for 2011 are expected to range between $308 million and $310 million compared to its earlier outlook of between $315 million and $320 million.“Our results were impacted by uncertainty in the North American service provider market,�? said Andy Ory,...

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Australia's NBN Ends 2011 with 4,000 On-Net Customers

As of December 31, 2011, Australia’s National Broadband Network had more than 4000 homes and businesses were connected to its infrastructure. Construction is expected to ramp up in 2012."We will look back on 2011 as a pivotal year for the NBN which saw us move from planning and designing the network to ramping up the rollout of a key piece of telecommunications infrastructure that over the next decade will reach every Australian. Indeed, the biggest...

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Qatar's Qtel Offers WaveLink Services up to 100G

Qatar-based Qtel launched a WaveLink WDM service for corporate and government customers. Qtel’s WaveLink provides a complete end-to-end solution offering bandwidths of 1Gbps, 2.5Gbps or 10Gbps, 40Gps going all the way up to 100Gbps. WaveLink can be used to supply Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH), Ethernet, or other protocols such as Fibre Connection (FICON) or Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON). WaveLink’s supporting applications range from...

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Zayo Acquires MarquisNet - a Las Vegas Data Center

The Zayo Group has acquired MarquisNet’s data-center business in Las Vegas, Nevada. Financial terms were not disclosed.The 28,000 square foot data center, located at 7185 Pollock Drive, will be the twelfth zColo Colocation facility. Zayo noted that the deal represents its 18th acquisition since its inception. The company recently completed the acquisition of 360Networks on December 1, 2011. With the Las Vegas facility, zColo operates 12 data centers...

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Rambus Boosts Q4 Guidance

Rambus increased its revenue guidance for Q4 2011, saying it now expects revenue to be approximately $83 million. Rambus initially provided revenue guidance for the quarter in the range of $66 million to $71 million. http://www.rambus....

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LightSquared Appoints Marc Montagner as CFO

LightSquared has appointed Marc Montagner as its new chief financial officer. He previously served as executive vice president, sales, marketing and strategy for SkyTerra, LightSquared’s predecessor company, where he worked on the regulatory, technical and business issues associated with re-purposing SkyTerra’s satellite spectrum for terrestrial use. His nearly 25 years of experience also includes working for companies such as France Telecom, Morgan Stanley, Sprint Nextel and Banc of America Securities.Prior to joining LightSquared, in addition...

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Taipei to Launch FTTH Project

The City of Taipei is launching a municipal FTTH project that aims to install 3,000 km of lines over the next four years. The project will deliver wholesale access to service providers. Five contractors have been selected.http://english.taipei.gov....

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BT Expands Ethernet Service in U.S. and Canada

BT has expanded its global Ethernet virtual private network (VPN) service in the U.S. and Canada with new nodes added in Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Newark, N.J. and Toronto. In addition to the new nodes, three access resilience options are now available:Standard: Offers a single physical connection from the BT point of presence (POP) to the customer site.Diverse: Offers two accesses that are delivered to the same BT POP.Diverse+: Offers two...

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BT Expands Ethernet Service in U.S. and Canada

BT has expanded its global Ethernet virtual private network (VPN) service in the U.S. and Canada with new nodes added in Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Newark, N.J. and Toronto. In addition to the new nodes, three access resilience options are now available: Standard: Offers a single physical connection from the BT point of presence (POP) to the customer site. Diverse: Offers two accesses that are delivered to the same BT POP. Diverse+: Offers...

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