FCC Warns on Illegal Signal Jammer Offered on Craigslist.org

The FCC published an official citation against an individual for advertising an illegal signal jamming device on Craigslist.org in violation of Section 302(b) of the Communications Act and FCC rules.   The FCC states that jamming devices, such as cell phone jammers and GPS blockers, "pose serious risks to critical public safety communications and can prevent individuals from making 9-1-1 and other emergency calls."  Advertise...

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Oclaro Cuts Guidance Citing Challenging Conditions and Slower 40/100G Take-up

Oclaro trimmed its financial guidance citing dontinued challenging market conditions in the segments of the optical communications space.  The company now expects revenue of approximately $149 million in its first fiscal quarter ending September 29, 2012, compared to the low end of its guidance of $154 million, previously issued on July 31, 2012.  Oclaro also cited slower than expected recovery of customer...

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WSJ: Huawei Mulls I.P.O.

Huawei is considering the possibility of an initial public offering of shares, maybe even in the U.S., according to The Wall Street Journal.  The article cites discussion with investment bank, but said no decision has been taken. http://on.wsj.com/R6m...

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RainStor Raises $12 Million for Big Data Compression

RainStor, a start-up based in San Francisco and Gloucester (UK) raised $12 million in Series C funding for its  database solutions for Big Data. RainStor provides a database, which through compression technologies enables the enterprise to manage and analyze petabyte scale data sets. RainStor uniquely provides analytic and query access via standard SQL, popular BI tools and native MapReduce when running on HDFS. The new funding...

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tw telecom Delivers Ethernet and 10G Wavelength

tw telecom won two contracts valued at up to $11.67 million over five years from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for secure Internet connectivity and wavelength services in support of the Trusted Internet Connectivity (TIC) strategic initiative. tw telecom will deliver Ethernet Internet Services and 10 Gig wavelength services for mission critical medical and health-related data connectivity to the National Institutes...

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Digital Realty Opens Another Data Centre in London

Digital Realty has opened its new Digital Chessington data centre in South West London. The Tier III facility now offers two 1,440 KW "Turn-Key Flex" data halls to lease, with three additional facilities currently in development that will bring the total capacity at the site to 7,200 KW. The facility ensures robust power supplies from a dedicated 18MVA electricity sub-station based on-site.  Digital Realty also noted the facility provides built-in...

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