Freescale Expands QorIQ Qonverge Base Station-on-Chip for Metro Cells

Freescale Semiconductor is expanding its line of QorIQ Qonverge base station silicon with a new processor designed for LTE, LTE Advanced and WCDMA (HSPA+) for up to 250 users in a metro cell.The new QorIQ Qonverge B4420 baseband processor, which is built on 28nm process technology and Fre escale's common QorIQ base station architecture, is designed for high-capacity metropolitan areas and enhanced outdoor coverage where macrocell coverage is insufficient....

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Astute Raises $12 Million for Networked Performance Flash

Astute Networks, a start-up based in San Diego, raised $12 million in Series B funding for its "Networked Performance Flash" for accelerating virtualized server, desktop, and cloud computing environments.Astute Networks has developed a patented "DataPump Engine" and Networked Performance Flash architecture to accelerate virtual machine and application performance on major virtualization platforms including VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix...

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Google Acquires Magnolia Broadband's Beam Forming Patents

Google has acquired Magnolia Broadband's beam forming Mobile Transmit Diversity ("MTD") patent portfolio. Financial terms were not disclosed.Magnolia Broadband said the patents cover methods for increasing spectrum utilization (network capacity), expanding coverage, improving uplink transmission speeds at the cell edge, and improving device battery life. The technology could be applied to smartphones, tablets and other broadband devices.Osmo Hautanen,...

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EU Digital Agenda: Telecoms Services Improving

The European Commission issued a 46 page report summarizing regulatory changes and key market trends in the EU telecom sector over the past year. In general, the report finds that the telecom market is improving from the consumer perspective with 95% of Europeans now having access to a fixed broadband connection, while the use of mobile internet has gone up by 62%. On the mobile side, the average revenue per user (ARPU) dropped in many EU countries...

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Infonetics Predicts Uptick in Telco CAPEX

Infonetics is predicting an uptick in telecom CAPEX this year driven by mobile network modernization, especially in Asia.Some highlights:Global telecom carrier capex grew 3% to $301 billion in 2011 from 2010Spending on every type of network equipment grew in 2011, with the exception of TDM voice, which continued its steep declineAsia Pacific was again the largest telecom carrier capex region, followed by EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa)Infonetics...

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Qualcomm Acquires Summit for Programmable Battery Charging Chips

Qualcomm has acquired Summit Microelectronics (Summit), a leading developer and provider of programmable power integrated circuits, for an undisclosed sum.Summit, which is based in Sunnyvale, California, offers non-volatile mixed-signal IC technology combined with a GUI development environment for addressing common power problems such as dynamic voltage/current control and intelligent battery charging. Summit's fast charging solutions are found...

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Verizon Launches "Quantum" FiOS Speeds

Verizon has begun marketing its fastest-ever residential FiOS Internet service. The new FiOS Internet tiers containing the highest speeds are named FiOS Quantum and feature speeds of 50/25, 75/35, 150/65 and 300/65 megabits per second (Mbps). Three of those speeds �� 75/35, 150/65 and 300/65 -- are twice as fast as those previously offered. In addition, Verizon will continue to offer its entry-level speed of 15/5 Mbps.Verizon noted that while the majority of existing FiOS customers will pay $10 to $15 more per month to double or triple their...

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ZTE Shows 400G/1T DWDM

ZTE unveiled a 400G/1T DWDM multi-application network device prototype at the 16th WDM & Next Generation Optical Networking Forum in Monaco. The 400G/1T DWDM prototype uses a multi-subcarrier Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing technology for ultra-long-haul applications. It also is a 16 quadrature amplitude modulation solution for metro and local applications. ZTE said it is also supporting a Nyquist WDM solution for long-haul applications....

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Intel to Acquire Wi-Fi, 3G and LTE Patents from InterDigital

Intel will acquire approximately wireless 1,700 patents and patent applications from InterDigital for $375 million in cash. The patents are primarily related to 3G, LTE and 802.11 technologies. InterDigital is an active developer of advanced wireless technologies including WCDMA, HSDPA and HSUPA3G technologies as well as LTE and LTE-Advanced."The acquisition of this portfolio of InterDigital's technologies by a global technology leader like Intel affirms the efforts of our research and development team which actively shares our innovations with...

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ADVA Optical Supplies 100G Metro for

The Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) has selected ADVA Optical Networking's 100G Metro solution as a key part of a new core network connecting locations throughout Amsterdam. The new 100G Metro solution, based on the ADVA FSP 3000 platform, will double AMS-IX's current network capacity.The ADVA FSP 3000 uses direct detection 4x28G technology for delivering 100Gbps data transport across distances of up to 500km. http://www.advaoptical....

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Freescale Expands QorIQ Qonverge Base Station-on-Chip for Metro Cells

Freescale Semiconductor is expanding its line of QorIQ Qonverge base station silicon with a new processor designed for LTE, LTE Advanced and WCDMA (HSPA+) for up to 250 users in a metro cell.The new QorIQ Qonverge B4420 baseband processor, which is built on 28nm process technology and Fre escale's common QorIQ base station architecture, is designed for high-capacity metropolitan areas and enhanced outdoor coverage where macrocell coverage is insufficient....

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Astute Raises $12 Million for Networked Performance Flash

Astute Networks, a start-up based in San Diego, raised $12 million in Series B funding for its "Networked Performance Flash" for accelerating virtualized server, desktop, and cloud computing environments.Astute Networks has developed a patented "DataPump Engine" and Networked Performance Flash architecture to accelerate virtual machine and application performance on major virtualization platforms including VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix...

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Google Acquires Magnolia Broadband's Beam Forming Patents

Google has acquired Magnolia Broadband's beam forming Mobile Transmit Diversity ("MTD") patent portfolio. Financial terms were not disclosed.Magnolia Broadband said the patents cover methods for increasing spectrum utilization (network capacity), expanding coverage, improving uplink transmission speeds at the cell edge, and improving device battery life. The technology could be applied to smartphones, tablets and other broadband devices.Osmo Hautanen,...

Read More

EU Digital Agenda: Telecoms Services Improving

The European Commission issued a 46 page report summarizing regulatory changes and key market trends in the EU telecom sector over the past year. In general, the report finds that the telecom market is improving from the consumer perspective with 95% of Europeans now having access to a fixed broadband connection, while the use of mobile internet has gone up by 62%. On the mobile side, the average revenue per user (ARPU) dropped in many EU countries...

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Infonetics Predicts Uptick in Telco CAPEX

Infonetics is predicting an uptick in telecom CAPEX this year driven by mobile network modernization, especially in Asia.Some highlights:Global telecom carrier capex grew 3% to $301 billion in 2011 from 2010Spending on every type of network equipment grew in 2011, with the exception of TDM voice, which continued its steep declineAsia Pacific was again the largest telecom carrier capex region, followed by EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa)Infonetics...

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Samsung SDS Deploys Optical Mesh with Ciena

Samsung SDS, a global information and communications technology service provider, has deployed Ciena’s full portfolio of intelligent Packet-Optical Switching, Packet-Optical Transport, Carrier Ethernet (CES) and ON-Center Management Suite solutions to create its own private optical mesh network connecting multiple locations globally. The intelligent optical mesh, which replaces aging ATM and MPLS-based equipment, automatically routes traffic around network issues to maximize availability with the lowest level of latency.The optical mesh leverages...

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Qualcomm Acquires Summit for Programmable Battery Charging Chips

Qualcomm has acquired Summit Microelectronics (Summit), a leading developer and provider of programmable power integrated circuits, for an undisclosed sum.Summit, which is based in Sunnyvale, California, offers non-volatile mixed-signal IC technology combined with a GUI development environment for addressing common power problems such as dynamic voltage/current control and intelligent battery charging. Summit's fast charging solutions are found...

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Verizon Launches "Quantum" FiOS Speeds

Verizon has begun marketing its fastest-ever residential FiOS Internet service. The new FiOS Internet tiers containing the highest speeds are named FiOS Quantum and feature speeds of 50/25, 75/35, 150/65 and 300/65 megabits per second (Mbps). Three of those speeds �� 75/35, 150/65 and 300/65 -- are twice as fast as those previously offered. In addition, Verizon will continue to offer its entry-level speed of 15/5 Mbps.Verizon noted that while the majority of existing FiOS customers will pay $10 to $15 more per month to double or triple their...

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ZTE Shows 400G/1T DWDM

ZTE unveiled a 400G/1T DWDM multi-application network device prototype at the 16th WDM & Next Generation Optical Networking Forum in Monaco. The 400G/1T DWDM prototype uses a multi-subcarrier Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing technology for ultra-long-haul applications. It also is a 16 quadrature amplitude modulation solution for metro and local applications. ZTE said it is also supporting a Nyquist WDM solution for long-haul applications....

Read More

Intel to Acquire Wi-Fi, 3G and LTE Patents from InterDigital

Intel will acquire approximately wireless 1,700 patents and patent applications from InterDigital for $375 million in cash. The patents are primarily related to 3G, LTE and 802.11 technologies. InterDigital is an active developer of advanced wireless technologies including WCDMA, HSDPA and HSUPA3G technologies as well as LTE and LTE-Advanced."The acquisition of this portfolio of InterDigital's technologies by a global technology leader like Intel affirms the efforts of our research and development team which actively shares our innovations with...

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