Motorola Solutions Completes Phase 1 Public Safety LTE Tests

Motorola Solutions completed all sections of the Public Safety Communications Research Program (PSCR) LTE Demonstration Network Test Plan, Phase 1 in Boulder, Colorado. Motorola supplied LTE infrastructure equipment, user devices and public safety applications to validate proper operation of the system. Two additional testing phases remain: Phase 2 System and Node Level Testing, and Phase 3 Advanced Features, Conformance, Interoperability and Roaming Testing. Motorola is installing a Public Safety LTE core now and integrating other necessary...

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CommScope Develops Copper-Alternative Grounding Wire to Deter Theft

CommScope introduced a copper-alternative grounding wire designed to deter copper theft and lower maintenance costs for telecoms and data applications. CommScope said its GroundSmart Copper Clad Steel solution is designed for use in subsurface grounding grids, as well as inside and outside plant bonding applications. It is an electrical conductor that has copper metallurgically bonded to a solid steel core. The wire is capable of dispersing fault...

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Samsung to Add Verizon FiOS TV App to Smart TVs and Smart Blu-ray Players

Samsung will be the first consumer electronics manufacturer to commercially introduce a Verizon FiOS TV App to its line of Smart TVs and Smart Blu-ray Players in 2012. The app will allow Verizon FiOS TV subscribers to instantly access 26 live TV channels, including HD channels, directly through the subscribers' connected Samsung Smart TV or Smart Blu-ray Player. No additional hardware is required. Users will also have access to more than 10,000 video-on-demand titles available through Verizon Flex View – the company's anytime, anywhere on-demand...

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Ofcom Proposes Auction of 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz Spectrum this Year

Ofcom set out a number of new proposals for making 4G mobile spectrum available in the UK. Plans call for the auction of ‘digital dividend’ spectrum in the 800MHz band along with higher frequency airwaves in the 2.6GHz band at the end of 2012. Among the proposals, Ofcom is considering revising or dropping a special condition that is attached to one of the 800MHz licences, obliging the holder to roll out a 4G network to 95% of the UK population....

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Ericsson Sharpens its IPR Focus

Ericsson announced a reorganization of its Licensing and Patent Development department with the focus on further monetizing its IPR assets. Ericsson's Chief Intellectual Property Officer, Kasim Alfalahi, who currently reports to Ericsson's CTO within Group Function Technology and Portfolio Management, will report directly to President and CEO Hans Vestberg. Ericsson hold 27,000 granted patents that cover a wide range of technologies, from wireless...

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Ericsson Completes Telcordia Acquisition

Ericsson completed its previously announced acquisition of Telcordia for US$1.5 billion in cash. Telcordia is now part of the Ericsson Group and its approximately 2,600 skilled employees have joined Ericsson.Telcordia was previously owned by Providence Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus."The addition of Telcordia's skilled people and knowledge, a good multi vendor product portfolio and an important customer base in North America, complement Ericsson's...

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Telenor and Verizon Sign Global Wholesale Deal

Telenor will begin reselling Verizon Global Wholesale's international Private IP under a new agreement announced by the firms. Telenor will be able to provide its customers in Norway with a single point of contact for global communications that run over Verizon's network, In addition, by linking into Verizon's MPLS network, Telenor will also be able to offer its customers enhanced communications services on a global scale."This collaboration with...

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Deutsche Telekom Signs Backhaul Deal with Telefónica Germany

Deutsche Telekom has reached a network infrastructure agreement with Telefónica Germany.Under the long-term deal, Telekom connect up to 2,000 of Telefónica’s points of concentration via fibre optics in the next few years. This will allow the O2 mobile network to transmit data at even greater speeds and higher capacity. The first connections to telecom masts are expected in Q2 2012. The data of the UMTS and LTE stations at points of concentration...

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Global Broadband Lines Top 581 Million

Approximately 17.4 million broadband lines were deployed during Q3 2011, bringing the global total to 581.3 million, a quarterly increase of 3.08% - and an annual growth rate of 12.89%, according to figures prepared for the Broadband Forum by Point Topic. The quarter witnessed the strongest growth since 2009, thanks largely to continued rollouts in China."These are very healthy figures for Q3 and they demonstrate the ongoing strength of the broadband...

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