Vitesse Intros SynchroPHY for 1GE, 10GE and 10GE OTN

Vitesse Semiconductor unveiled its SynchroPHY portfolio of 1 GigE, 10GE and 10GE OTN PHYs. The chips feature Vitesse's VeriTime, its patent-pending distributed timing technology that delivers high accuracy IEEE1588v2 timing for IP Edge networks, the SynchroPHY portfolio offers the industry's broadest and most scalable solution supporting timing needs for Ethernet, microwave and OTN networks. "Our SynchroPHY family enables sub-10 nanosecond accurate...

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AppliedMicro Unveils World’s Fastest CMOS Transmitter ICs for 100Gbps

AppliedMicro a CMOS transmitter chip that paves the way for wide-scale deployment in 100G DWDM Optical Transport Networks (OTN) as operators increasingly seek higher bandwidth solutions and greater network density. AppliedMicro’s S28032 DQPSK Mux chips supports line rates up to 31.8Gbps per channel, which allows for 7%, 15% or 20% forward error correction (FEC) overhead. The device is currently sampling with AppliedMicro's early access partners,...

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Comcast Doubles Speeds of Two Tiers at No Additional Cost

Comcast is doubling the speeds of two of its existing Internet speed tiers in certain markets at no additional cost. Specifically, Xfinity Blast! customers will now get download speeds of up to 50 Mbps (formerly 25 Mbps), and Extreme 50 customers will now receive speeds of up to 105 Mbps (formerly 50 Mbps). This is the seventh time since 2002 that Comcast has increased speeds for its customers. Comcast also announced plans that it will begin to...

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Telefónica Group Reaches 312 Million Accesses, up 6% YoY

Driven by continued growth in Latin America, the Telefónica Group now has a global customer base of 312 million accesses, up 6% over the same point last year. Mobile broadband accesses rose 51% to 44.9 MBB accesses at the end of the first half, signalling a penetration rate of 18% in the mobile customer base (243.5 million, +7%). Contract mobile accesses grew +8% year-on-year to 78.5 million, while fixed broadband and pay TV accesses stood at 18.4...

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Broadcom Intros 5G WiFi Combo Chip for Smartphones and Tablets

Broadcom has begun sampling its "5G WiFi" combo chip for smartphones, tablets, ultrabooks and other mobile devices. 5G Wi-Fi is the 5th generation of Wi-Fi based on the IEEE 802.11ac standard. It significantly improves the wireless range in the home while supporting 3X faster speeds.The new BCM4335 integrates a complete, single-stream 5G WiFi system – including the MAC, PHY and RF – with Bluetooth 4.0, FM radio and software on a single silicon die....

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Akamai Posts Revenue of $331 Million, up 20% YoY

Akamai Technologies posted Q2 revenues of $331 million, a 20 percent increase over second quarter 2011 revenue of $277 million. Net income (GAAP) was $44 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, an 8 percent decrease from second quarter 2011 GAAP net income of $48 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, and a 2 percent increase from first quarter 2012 GAAP net income of $43 million, or $0.24 per diluted share."Akamai's very strong second quarter results were driven on the top line by increased adoption of our cloud infrastructure solutions as well as...

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BT's Profit Grows as Revenue Declines 6% YoY

BT's overall revenues declined 6% YoY in its most recent fiscal quarter to GBP 4,484 million. CAPEX increased significantly over the same period last year as the company continued its fibre rollout. Nevertheless, earnings per share increased thanks to greater efficiency at the company. There were good performances in BT Retail, BT Wholesale and Openreach while BT Global Services (-9% YoY) was impacted by the tough conditions in Europe and the...

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LSI Sees Flash Adoption Across Clients and Data Centers

LSI reported Q2 revenues from continuing operations of $660 million, in line with guidance, compared to $501 million generated from continuing operations in the second quarter of 2011, and compared to $622 million generated from continuing operations in the first quarter of 2012. Second quarter 2012 GAAP** income from continuing operations was $59 million or $0.10 per diluted share, compared to second quarter 2011 GAAP income from continuing operations of $28 million or $0.05 per diluted share. "We are pleased with our performance in the second...

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AppliedMicro Ships 2 Millionth 10G OTN Port

The market for Optical Transport Network (OTN) systems is accelerating. AppliedMicro announced a milestone -- the shipment of two million 10G OTN ports to network equipment suppliers. The company reached the milestone less than 18 months after it achieved one million 10G OTN port shipments on March 7, 2011.AppliedMicro is now shipping its 4th generation family and its OTN products include Rubicon, Yahara, Pemaquid, PQx and its 100Gbps SoftSilicon...

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