AT&T Prices Motorola's LTE-enabled ATRIX HD Phone at $99.99

AT&T has begun marketing the new Motorola ATRIX HD for $99.99 with a two-year agreement. The Motorola ATRIX HD offers LTE connectivity and features Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, a 4.5-inch HD ColorBoost display, a nano-coating that acts as a splash guard, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with 1080p HD video recording capabilities, a front-facing 720p HD camera. The ATRIX HD is the first phone equipped with Motorola's Circle Widget on...

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Leading Mobile Operators Enter M2M Alliance with Jasper

 KPN, NTT Docomo, Rogers Communications, SingTel, Telefónica, through its Telefónica Digital unit, Telstra and Vimpelcom established an alliance to support a single, global platform that multinational businesses will leverage to enable connected devices in multiple countries. The alliance aims to create greater efficiencies for M2M by enabling delivery of a global product with a single SIM, eliminating roaming costs in the countries of participating operators. The centralized management of SIM status and performance of M2M devices across...

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Novatel Wireless Granted Key Patent for Mobile Hotspots

Novatel Wireless has been granted a key patent used in Intelligent Mobile Hotspot products, home automation gateway devices, fixed mobile convergence routers and general machine-to-machine solutions involving wireless gateway implementation. U.S. Patent No. 8,208,517, entitled "Systems and methods for multi-mode wireless modem," was issued on June 26, 2012. http://www.novatelwireless....

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Intel and ASML Aim to Accelerate Transition from 300 to 450mm Wafers

Intel has entered into a strategic pact with ASML targeting next generation silicon manufacturing technologies. Among the agreements, Intel commits EUR829 million (approximately $1.0 billion) to ASML's research and development programs to help accelerate deployment of new technologies for 450-millimeter (mm) wafers and extreme ultra-violet (EUV) lithography by as much as two years. Intel also agreed to purchase 10 percent of pre-transaction issued...

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Qualcomm Elects MIT's Dr. Susan Hockfield to Board

Dr. Susan Hockfield has been elected to Qualcomm's Board of Directors. Dr. Hockfield's previously served as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) until July 2012, where she also holds a faculty appointment as professor of neuroscience. "We are fortunate to welcome Dr. Hockfield as a member of Qualcomm's Board of Directors," said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm. "Her leadership experience in exploring new horizons in biomedical and energy research adds a unique perspective to our Board and complements Qualcomm's...

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NTT Communications Integrates Juniper's Junos Pulse for BYOD

NTT Communications has integrated Juniper Networks security and remote access technologies into Mobile Connect, a new "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) security service offered to corporate customers. The carrier is using Juniper's MAG Series Junos Pulse Gateways and Junos Pulse multi-function, multi-platform mobile security software. The MAG Series Junos Pulse Gateways deliver secure, remote and mobile SSL VPN connectivity, network access control, and application acceleration. Junos Pulse is an endpoint software platform and mobile app that provides...

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London Internet Exchange Builds SuperCore with Juniper PTX

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) has deployed Juniper Networks' PTX Series Packet Transport Switch to create a new "SuperCore" network at the heart of one of the world's largest Internet Exchanges. The deployment, which went live in May, will be the second phase of a project announced by LINX in October 2011 to create a new network designed to meet current and future levels of customer demand for online activity. Telindus serves as integrator...

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New Asia Pacific Gateway Cable Slated for Q3 2014

Malaysia's TIME dotCom announced a construction and maintenance agreement for an Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) submarine cable system connecting Malaysia to Korea and Japan. APG will have seven branches to other Asian countries, including Singapore, VietNam, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. The cable system is scheduled to be ready in quarter three of 2014. http://www.time.com.my/aboutus/newsroom_detailed.asp?id=215&ddlYear= ...

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Gartner Predicts Public Cloud Services to Grow $200 Billion by 2016

Gartner is forecasting that worldwide IT spending will reach $3.6 trillion in 2012, a 3 percent increase from 2011 spending of $3.5 trillion -- a slightly faster growth pace than the 2.5 percent projection last quarter. "While the challenges facing global economic growth persist — the eurozone crisis, weaker U.S. recovery, a slowdown in China — the outlook has at least stabilized," said Richard Gordon, research vice president at Gartner. "There...

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Eutelsat and Arianespace Sign Launch Contract

Eutelsat Communications signed a new launch contract with Arianespace for a future Eutelsat satellite. The contract is for an Ariane 5 launch from the Guiana Space Centre. Eutelsat's expansion programme envisions six satellites to be launched by end-2014. http://www.eutelsat....

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CenturyLink to Expand Campus in Monroe, Louisiana

CenturyLink will expand its headquarters campus in Monroe, Louisiana. The carrier plans to add up to 225,000 square feet to accommodate an additional 600-800 employees. Groundbreaking for the new facility is planned for early 2013. http://www.centurylink....

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LG U+ Employs Spirent TestCenter for Terabit Router Testing

LG U+ is using Spirent's TestCenter to verify the performance of a leading vendor’s 100G Ethernet core network router and its ability to support more than 2.0 Tbps bandwidth. As it moves to an LTE network, LG U+ is planning to deploy 100G routers. LG U+ used Spirent TestCenter with 10G and 100G Spirent HyperMetrics neXt modules to emulate several routing protocols including Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Protocol-Independent...

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Salesforce.com Suffers Cloud Outage

Salesforce.com reported service disruption on its NA1/NA5/NA6/CS0,CS3,CS1,CS12 instances. The company blamed a power issue. Hosted CRM applications were reported down for a number of hours on Tuesday. http://trust.salesforce.com/trust/stat...

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