T-Mobile USA Launches HD Voice

T-Mobile USA is the first carrier to launch HD voice service in the United States. T-Mobile USA said HD Voice is now available on its network nationwide for customers with HD voice capable smartphones, such as the HTC One S, Nokia Astound and Samsung Galaxy S.  Both parties on the call must be using HD Voice capable smartphones and be connected to T-Mobile's HD Voice-enabled network. There is no additional cost. T-Mobile said users will experience fuller,...

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Verizon Wireless Tests TV-over-LTE in Stadiums

Verizon Wireless is working with Ericsson’s LTE Broadcast technology and network infrastructure to stream video to large numbers of mobile users in sports stadiums. At the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Verizon is showcasing the new experience enabled when spectators are able to access multiple camera angles, feeds and stats from live broadcast video, directly on their smartphone or other wireless device with consistent,...

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Verizon Pledges $10 Million for "Power Answers"

Verizon will award $10 million in prizes for ideas to help address some of the world's biggest challenges. The  "Powerful Answers" competition seeks to challenge the best minds in the technology industry to develop wireless, wireline or cloud-based solutions addressing issues involving education, health care and sustainability.  Prizes will be awarded in multiple categories.  Submissions must include a summary...

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DISH Bids for Clearwire

DISH Network announced an offer to purchase all of the Clearwire common shares at $3.30. “We look forward to working with Clearwire’s Special Committee as it evaluates our proposal,” said Tom Cullen, DISH executive vice president of Corporate Development. Clearwire confirmed the offer and said the DISH proposal is "only a preliminary indication of interest and is subject to numerous, material uncertainties and conditions, including the negotiation...

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AT&T Offers Call Management API based on IMS

AT&T will offer developers access to  a new Call Management API that enables applications to use an individual’s AT&T mobile number to access multiple devices.  For instance, this could empower applications to conduct real-time communications, such as voice calling or video chats, to any device associated with a subscriber's mobile number.  AT&T Mobility Chief Marketing Officer David Christopher describes the new Call...

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AT&T Tops 10 Million Smartphone Sales in Q4

AT&T recorded its best-ever quarterly sales of Android and Apple smartphones in Q4 The carrier sold more than 10 million smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2012, topping its previous record quarter of 9.4 million, set in the fourth quarter of 2011. “We had another incredible quarter of smartphone sales as the mobile Internet continues to drive strong growth in wireless,” said Ralph de la Vega, president and chief executive officer for AT&T...

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Ikanos Intros Home Gateway Processor Supporting VDLS2 & Vectoring

Ikanos Communications introduced its Fusiv Vx185-HP communications processor chipset for home gateways supporting triple play services in VDSL2 networks. The new chipset delivers bonded VDSL2 rates up to 200Mbps downstream and 100Mbps upstream along with Ikanos' standards-compliant Nodescale Vectoring.  The Fusiv Vx185-HP chipset uniquely incorporates a dedicated voice DSP for carrier grade voice and a serial ATA (SATA) controller for advanced...

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CyrusOne Looks to IPO -- 21 Data Center in Operation

CyrusOne, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cincinnati Bell, commenced an initial public offering (IPO) of 16,500,000 shares at $16.00 to $18.00 per share.  Cincinnati Bell will own approximately 71.6% of CyrusOne upon completion of this offering. CyrusOne has applied to list its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “CONE. CyrusOne operates 21 data centers in eight distinct markets (Austin, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas,...

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Broadcom Ties 24x8 DOCSIS Channel Bonding for Gigabit Speed

Broadcom's fourth generation DOCSIS 3.0 chipset bond up to 24x8 DOCSIS channels to achieve 1Gbps downstream speed -- triple the downstream bandwidth and double the upstream bandwidth from previous generations. The new BCM3384 DOCSIS/Euro-DOCSIS 3.0 cable gateway SoC combines Broadcom's Full-Band Capture (FBC) digital tuning technology with remote diagnostics, dual-band concurrent Wi-Fi, a custom, dedicated...

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Broadcom Licenses ARMv7 and ARMv8

Broadcom has licensed the ARMv7 and ARMv8 architectures. ARMv7 is the basis for all current 32-bit ARM Cortex processors, including the Cortex-A15 and Cortex-A9 processors. ARMv8 architecture is the first ARM architecture that includes 64-bit execution, enabling processors based on the architecture to combine 64-bit execution with 32-bit execution. Broadcom is one of the lead partners for the Cortex-A50 series of processors, the first implementation...

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Panaya Raises $16 Million for SaaS Testing

Panaya, a start-up based in Israel, raised $16 million in Series D funding for its ERP testing and SaaS automation solutions. Panaya is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company that facilitates ERP upgrades and maintenance by providing visibility and control over business application changes during the system's life-cycle. Panaya simulates upcoming upgrades to SAP or Oracle, automatically pinpointing which custom programs will break as a result...

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