Optus Launches LTE TDD Advanced Carrier Aggregation with Huawei

Optus launched Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology on its live commercial LTE TDD (Long Term Evolution Time-Division) network  in Australia. The deployment, which was carried out in partnership with Huawei, combines two 20MHz carriers on Optus' 2300 MHz 4G Plus spectrum. Initial tests have already shown speeds of above 160 Mbps on a single device.  The live deployment has been rolled out across a number Optus' "4G Plus" sites in Melbourne,...

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Huawei Cites 53 Customers for its 400G Core Router

As of the beginning of 2014, Huawei claims that 53 operators worldwide have deployed its 400G core router over the past five months. Huawei NE5000E boasts a capacity of up to 2 Tbps per slot, 6.4 Tbps per chassis, and 32 Tbps per system. http://www.huawei.com In August 2013, Huawei deployed a 400G IP backbone network for Mobily in Saudi Arabia, and upgraded IP backbone networks for True and DTAC in Thailand. In October 2013, Russian operator...

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AT&T Ups the Mobile Price War with Incentives for T-Mobile Customers

AT&T launched a limited-time offer to pay T-Mobile customers up to $450 per line when they switch to its network and trade in an eligible smartphone.  The deal provides up to $250 for the trade-in of a recent model smartphone and subsequent purchase of a new smartphone from AT&T at full retail price, plus $200 per line migrated from T-Mobile to AT&T. http://about.att.com/newsroom/offering_t_mobile_customers_up_to_450_per_line_to_switch.html www.att.com/switchfromtmo T-Mobile...

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FireEye Acquires Mandiant for $1 Billion

FireEye acquired privately held Mandiant in a transaction valued at around $1 billion.  The deal consists of 21.5 million newly issued shares (NASDAQ: FEYE), options to purchase shares of FireEye stock, and approximately $106.5 million of net cash to the former Mandiant security holders. Mandiant is a leading provider of advanced endpoint security products and security incident response management solutions. It has more than two million endpoints...

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