Acacia Acquires ADAPTIX for Wireless Patents

Acacia Research Corporation has acquired ADAPTIX, Inc., a pioneer in the development of 4G technologies for wireless systems, for $160 million.ADAPTIX, Inc., which has $10 million in cash, holds s portfolio of 230 issued and pending patents in 13 countries, ADAPTIX's innovations extend across a broad range of 4G technologies including OFDMA and MIMO."ADAPTIX has been on the forefront of developing next-generation wireless communications for the past 11 years," commented Acacia CEO, Paul Ryan, "and Acacia's acquisition provides our shareholders...

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TE Subcom Demos 100G Coherent over trans-Atlantic Distance

TE Subcom demonstrated 100G coherent transmission over trans-Atlantic distances, achieving 10 Tbps total capacity on a single fiber. The test was completed using a prototype of the company’s new, first generation smarTEr C100 transceiver on a straight line coherent optimized test bed that simulates undersea systems, including amplifiers and fiber, transmitted 100x100Gb/s (10Tb/s) error-free capacity over 6,400km with significant system performance...

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Sisvel Acquires Over 450 Nokia Patents

Sisvel International, which already manage patent pools for the UHF-RFID, CDMA 2000, DVB-T, and DVB-T2 standards, announced that it has acquired 47 patent families comprised of more than 450 patents and applications originally filed by Nokia. Financial terms were not disclosed. Sisvel noted that thirty-three of the patent families, consisting of more than 350 patents and applications, have been declared essential by Nokia to second, third and fourth-generation...

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Preparation Work Proceeds on Hibernia Atlantic's Next Cable

Huawei Marine Networks Co., has received a construction contract for Hibernia Atlantic’s Global Financial Network (GFN) Project Express. The first phase of the project’s marine survey work is complete and Huawei Marine is now commencing the manufacturing of the necessary cables and wet plant for the project. The companies anticipate the Project Express segment of the GFN will be ready for service during the summer of 2013. The system will involve...

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Calient Upgrades its Photonic Switch

CALIENT Technologies has upgraded its FiberConnect 320X (FC320X) photonic switch with new software that improves security in multi-tenant applications and adds new configuration flexibility. The new release e can be used to create port groups of any number of ports and assign a specific user to manage and view traffic from that port group. For government applications that involve multiple security clearance levels, the port group management feature...

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Southern Cross Cable Deploys Calient's Photonic Switch

Southern Cross Cable Networks has deployed CALIENT Technologies' FiberConnect 320X photonic switch on its trans-Pacific network. The switch makes it possible to remotely reconfigure the fiber network in seconds, adding further protection in the event of fiber breaks or repeater/transponder failures. The Southern Cross Cable Network is a fully protected fiber-optic cable network linking Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Hawaii directly to the U.S....

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MobileIron Chalks Up 600% Growth in 2011

MobileIron, which specializes in enterprise management and security for mobile devices and apps, reported 600% growth in its customer base during 2011, including adding 435 new enterprise customers in the last quarter. MobileIron closed the year with more than 100 of the Fortune 500 and Global 250 companies as customers. Bookings grew by more than 400% year over year and the company added over 130 new employees, doubling its size. "MobileIron is the only company that was purpose-built to address the challenges Mobile IT departments are facing,"...

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Motorola Mobility Prevails over Apple in ITC Ruling

The Administrative Law Judge in the U.S. International Trade Commission case brought by Apple issued an initial determination, finding that Motorola Mobility did not violate any of the three Apple patents listed in Apple's suit. http://www.motorola....

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Level 3 Completes $900 Million Notes Offering

Level 3 Communications completed its previously announced offering of $900 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.625% Senior Notes due 2020 in a private offering to "qualified institutional buyers." The company said a portion of the net proceeds from the offering will be used to redeem all of Level 3 Financing's outstanding 9.25% Senior Notes due 2014 in aggregate principal amount of $807 million. The remaining proceeds will constitute purchase money indebtedness under the existing indentures of Level 3 and will be used solely to fund the...

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Amped Wireless Delivers 10,000 Sq Ft of Wi-Fi Coverage with High Power Gigabit Router

Amped Wireless introduced its R10000G High Power Wireless-N 600mW Gigabit Router powered by a 620MHz processor, premium dual high power Wi-Fi 600mW amplifiers and dual high gain 5dBi antennas. The Amped Wireless Premium Series router promises up to 10,000 Sq Ft of Wi-Fi coverage. The R10000G features gigabit wired ports for connecting additional wired network devices and includes Smart Features, such as, guest networks, adjustable Wi-Fi coverage controls, parental controls, website blocking and support for the latest Wi-Fi security to secure...

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