AT&T Partner Exchange Opens APIs for IT Solution Providers

AT&T is opening up its application programming interfaces (APIs) to allow solution providers to develop their own customized solutions for a differentiated experience. A newly launched AT&T Partner Exchange promises visibility into certain AT&T systems, processes, and tools.  By opening up certain APIs to partners, AT&T said it can accelerate its delivery of mobility managed services, cloud and networking solutions to the...

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IBM's MobileFirst Combines Security, Analytics, App Development

IBM outlined a MobileFirst product initiative that combines  security, analytics and app development software, with cloud-based services and deep mobile expertise. The goal is to provide enterprises with solutions for managing employee mobile devices, as well as tools for developing mobile apps. "To date, mobile computing has been dominated by discussions of new smartphones, operating systems, games and apps," said Robert LeBlanc, senior...

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NTT Expands its SDN-enabled Enterprise Cloud Internationally

NTT Communications is expanding the geographic availability of its Enterprise Cloud virtualized Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)to data centers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Asia Pacific. NTT Com first launched its Software-Defined Networking (SDN)-based Enterprise Cloud via data centers in Japan and Hong Kong in June 2012. NTT Com anticipates opening three more data centers in Australia, Malaysia and Thailand in March 2013,...

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Cyan Ships 100G Coherent Transponder

Cyan introduced a single-slot 100G coherent transponder for its Z-Series family of packet-optical transport platforms (P-OTPs). The single-slot design enables a high-density of 100G modules within a single chassis. It also offers integrated support for short, medium, long, and extended reach C form-factor pluggable (CFP) client interfaces. Key features include: Ability to support 100 Gigabit Ethernet and G.709 OTU4 regeneration. Higher network...

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UK Announces 4G Auction Winners

Ofcom announced the following winners of its 4G mobile spectrum auction:  Everything Everywhere, Hutchison 3G UK, Niche Spectrum Ventures (a subsidiary of BT Group plc), Telefónica UK and Vodafone. A total of 250 MHz of spectrum was auctioned in two separate bands – 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz. This is equivalent to two-thirds of the radio frequencies currently used by wireless devices such as tablets, smartphones and laptops. The lower-frequency...

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FCC Sets Rules for Consumer & Industrial Signal Boosters

The FCC will implement new rules allowing the use of consumer and industrial signal boosters in order to improve mobile voice and mobile broadband coverage.  The four leading wireless operators in the country are supporting the initiative. Consumer signal boosters must be designed to be used "out of the box" by individuals to improve their wireless coverage within a limited area such as a home, car, boat, or recreational vehicle.  Consumers...

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FCC Proposes Wi-Fi Boost with 195 MHz in 5 GHz Band

The FCC is proposing to make up to 195 MHz of additional spectrum in the 5 GHz band (a 35% increase) available to unlicensed wireless devices.  The proposed modifications would provide access to additional contiguous spectrum with consistent technical requirements, allowing unlicensed devices to use wider bandwidth channels, leading to faster speeds. Specifically, the FCC is looking at adding the  5.35-5.47 GHz and 5.85-5.925 GHz bands...

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Global Automakers Concerned About Expanded Wi-Fi in 5 GHz

The Association of Global Automakers (Global Automakers), which is an industry group representing car manufacturers, expressed concern that the FCC's proposal to open 195 MHz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band for unlicensed Wi-Fi could compromise the integrity of new vehicle-to vehicle (V2V) accident-prevention systems using the 5.9 GHz band. "Automakers are expending significant resources and effort to develop V2V safety technologies because of the...

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DragonWave Intros Sub-6 GHz Microwave System for Urban Small Cells

DragonWave introduced Avenue Link Lite -- a sub-6 GHz point-to-point microwave radio that supports both licensed and unlicensed spectrum and suited for non-line-of-sight(NLOS) scenarios where obstructions are found between link endpoints. The compact unit, which measures only 7.5 in square including antenna, can be configured and monitored remotely. It offers low power consumption (under 15W), PoE compatibility,reduced cabling requirements and...

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Sprint and Telefónica Form Global Advertising Alliance

Sprint and Telefónica announced a mobile advertising alliance with the potential to reach 370 million mobile customers across the United States, Europe and Latin America with targeted advertising. Under the agreement, Telefónica Digital and Pinsight Media+, powered by Sprint will collaborate on advertising campaigns for global brands. "Telefónica Digital has led the way in Europe and Latin America in mobile advertising, championing consumer...

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Altair's Latest Silicon Supports LTE Release 10

Altair Semiconductor unveiled a new family of chipsets, including two new baseband processors - the FourGee-3800 and FourGee-3802 - and a new radio chip - the FourGee-6300. Key features of the new chipset family include: Support for LTE Release-10 features Based on Altair's 3rd generation SDR architecture, software upgradable to future Release-11 Category 4 throughput 150 Mbps DL / 50 Mbps UL Support for Carrier Aggregation (CA) High performance...

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Dell'Oro: Evolved Packet Core Market Grows in Q4

Wireless Packet Core market revenues grew 25 percent year-over-year during the fourth quarter of 2012, driven by significant expansion of the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) segment, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. The report finds that Ericsson achieved top ranking in the overall market by revenue, while Huawei achieved top ranking by licenses shipped. Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung are benefitting from the industry transition towards Evolved...

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Xilinx Tunes its 28nm FPGA for PtP Microwave

Xilinx introduced a new Gigabit class 1024QAM point-to-point (PtP) microwave modem IP (intellectual property) for backhaul applications. The modem uses Xilinx's 28nm All Programmable device and is designed for point-to-point outdoor deployments. It supports legacy interfaces such as multiple E1/T1 and SDH as well as Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. The data rates are scalable to 1 Gbps in a single polarization and 2 Gbps in dual polarized mode.  Key...

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AT&T West and Union Reach Labor Deal

AT&T West announced a tentative agreement with the Communications Workers of America District 9 in wireline contract negotiations. The three-year agreement covers more than 17,000 wireline employees in California and Nevada. http://www.att.com/corewirelinebargaining http://www.cwa-union.org/ ...

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Marvell Supports LTE TDD/FDD on Quad-core Modem Chip

Marvell released LTE TDD/FDD Capability on its quad-core world-mode modem chip. Marvell's LTE solution supports 5-mode cellular modems, including LTE TDD and FDD, High Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+), Time division High Speed Packet Access Plus (TD-HSPA+) and Enhanced Data for GSM Environment (EDGE). "Marvell has accelerated the pace of innovation and commercialization by bringing our industry leading TDD-LTE and FDD-LTE solutions into our quad-core...

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