O3b to Provide Satellite Broadband to World's Largest Cruise Ship

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has selected O3b Networks to provide high-speed satellite-delivered broadband service aboard the world’s largest cruise ship -- the Oasis of the Seas, which will carry more than 8,000 guests, staff and crew members when it launches in 2013.O3b provides a fully managed end-to-end service including the equipment at the O3b Gateway, andaboard the ship, site survey, installation and commissioning. O3b’s steerable satellite...

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Dr. Henry Samueli Wins 2012 Marconi Prize

The 2012 Marconi Society Prize and Fellowship has been awarded to Dr. Henry Samueli, co-founder of Broadcom Corporation for his work with digital signal processing.After receiving his Ph.D. from UCLA in 1980, Samueli took a job at TRW (later merged with Northrop Grumman) working on military broadband communication systems. In 1985, Samueli joined the UCLA faculty full-time as an assistant professor. In August 1991, Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas,...

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Sprint Extends Ethernet Access to 143 Markets Domestically

Sprint confirmed plans to extend its business Ethernet service to 143 markets domestically and 38 countries globally by the end of 2012. The rollout building out existing markets and expanding into new markets. Sprint Ethernet provides dedicated and aggregated speeds ranging from 2 Mbps to 1 Gbps, subject to market availability. Businesses can select from 18 aggregated speeds and 16 dedicated speeds, choosing the port speeds that best fit their...

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SanDisk Ships Fastest Memory Card for Smartphones and Tablets

SanDisk introduced the fastest mobile memory card so far -- the Extreme Pro microSDHC UHS-I, featuring a UHS Speed Class 1 rating (Class 10 equivalent). The card allows smartphone and tablet users to record superior Full HD videos, even in 3D. It offers up to 90MB/sec write speed for capturing multiple photos using burst mode with a UHS-I enabled mobile device. File transfers to host devices are rated at up to 95 megabyte per second (MB/sec) read...

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IDT Intros Low-Distortion Mixer for 4G Base Station Transceivers

Integrated Device Technology introduced a low-power, low-distortion diversity mixer for 4G base stations. The new device reduces distortion while simultaneously reducing power consumption in LTE and time-division duplexing (TDD) wireless communication architectures. Compared to competitive solutions, the IDTF1162 improves IM3 distortion by 18 dB while simultaneously reducing power consumption by 40 percent (1150 mW typical). These attributes ease...

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Verizon Wireless and Comcast Extend Marketing Partnership

Verizon Wireless and Comcast began marketing each other's services in several cities across Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee. Verizon Wireless and Comcast have previously introduced this offering in the following markets: Atlanta, Chicago, Colorado, Kansas City, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Portland, Ore., Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Seattle. http://www.verizon wireless.com http://www.comcast....

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Huawei's Ren Zhengfei Cites Commitment to Russian Market

Huawei plans to deepen its roots in Russia through increased investment, said Huawei Founder and CEO, Mr. Ren Zhengfei, speaking at last week's St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Russia was one of Huawei's first international markets, which it entered 15 years ago."The key to the future development of the electronic information industry lies in cyberspace technology. Cyberspace is a new strategic domain unlike physical territory. What makes the two domains different is that competition in cyberspace is not characterized by occupying territories...

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O3b to Provide Satellite Broadband to World's Largest Cruise Ship

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has selected O3b Networks to provide high-speed satellite-delivered broadband service aboard the world’s largest cruise ship -- the Oasis of the Seas, which will carry more than 8,000 guests, staff and crew members when it launches in 2013.O3b provides a fully managed end-to-end service including the equipment at the O3b Gateway, andaboard the ship, site survey, installation and commissioning. O3b’s steerable satellite...

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Datapipe Buys Wavelength Service from Hibernia Atlantic

Datapipe, a global provider of managed services and infrastructure for outsourced IT and cloud computing, has selected Hibernia Atlantic to connect its two largest financial markets, the New York Metro area and London. The wavelength service is additional capacity that will provide Datapipe with diverse, secure and low-latency routing across a flexible, DWDM platform. To further the growing relationship between the two companies, Hibernia Atlantic will establish additional Points of Presence (PoPs) into Datapipe’s carrier-class facilities in both...

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Dr. Henry Samueli Wins 2012 Marconi Prize

The 2012 Marconi Society Prize and Fellowship has been awarded to Dr. Henry Samueli, co-founder of Broadcom Corporation for his work with digital signal processing.After receiving his Ph.D. from UCLA in 1980, Samueli took a job at TRW (later merged with Northrop Grumman) working on military broadband communication systems. In 1985, Samueli joined the UCLA faculty full-time as an assistant professor. In August 1991, Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas,...

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Sprint Extends Ethernet Access to 143 Markets Domestically

Sprint confirmed plans to extend its business Ethernet service to 143 markets domestically and 38 countries globally by the end of 2012. The rollout building out existing markets and expanding into new markets. Sprint Ethernet provides dedicated and aggregated speeds ranging from 2 Mbps to 1 Gbps, subject to market availability. Businesses can select from 18 aggregated speeds and 16 dedicated speeds, choosing the port speeds that best fit their...

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SanDisk Ships Fastest Memory Card for Smartphones and Tablets

SanDisk introduced the fastest mobile memory card so far -- the Extreme Pro microSDHC UHS-I, featuring a UHS Speed Class 1 rating (Class 10 equivalent). The card allows smartphone and tablet users to record superior Full HD videos, even in 3D. It offers up to 90MB/sec write speed for capturing multiple photos using burst mode with a UHS-I enabled mobile device. File transfers to host devices are rated at up to 95 megabyte per second (MB/sec) read...

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IDT Intros Low-Distortion Mixer for 4G Base Station Transceivers

Integrated Device Technology introduced a low-power, low-distortion diversity mixer for 4G base stations. The new device reduces distortion while simultaneously reducing power consumption in LTE and time-division duplexing (TDD) wireless communication architectures. Compared to competitive solutions, the IDTF1162 improves IM3 distortion by 18 dB while simultaneously reducing power consumption by 40 percent (1150 mW typical). These attributes ease...

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Verizon Wireless and Comcast Extend Marketing Partnership

Verizon Wireless and Comcast began marketing each other's services in several cities across Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee. Verizon Wireless and Comcast have previously introduced this offering in the following markets: Atlanta, Chicago, Colorado, Kansas City, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Portland, Ore., Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Seattle. http://www.verizon wireless.com http://www.comcast....

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Huawei's Ren Zhengfei Cites Commitment to Russian Market

Huawei plans to deepen its roots in Russia through increased investment, said Huawei Founder and CEO, Mr. Ren Zhengfei, speaking at last week's St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Russia was one of Huawei's first international markets, which it entered 15 years ago."The key to the future development of the electronic information industry lies in cyberspace technology. Cyberspace is a new strategic domain unlike physical territory. What makes the two domains different is that competition in cyberspace is not characterized by occupying territories...

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