China Telecom Tests 260 Mbps FDD- TDD Carrier Aggregation with Nokia

China Telecom, in partnership with Nokia Networks, has demonstrated the world-first FDD-TDD carrier aggregation including a user device chipset. In the demo, Nokia’s LTE base station achieved interoperability with a commercial user chipset developed by Marvell. A stable peak download speed of 260 Mbps was achieved in the carrier aggregation demonstration with FDD 20 MHz in 1.8 GHz and TDD 20 MHz in 2.6 GHz spectrum. For the total speed, FDD spectrum...

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Broadcom's 2X2 MIMO 802.11ac Mobile Chip Delivers 650 Mbps

Broadcom announced a 5G WiFi (802.11ac) 2x2 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) combo chip for mobile devices that delivers 650 Mbps Wi-Fi data throughput and 50 percent better coexistence performance with Bluetooth. The device also offers improved location accuracy down to one meter. Key Features 867 Mbps PHY rate/80MHz channel bandwidth Enhanced Wi-Fi and Bluetooth coexistence performance Low power PCIe host interface for WLAN; UART for Bluetooth Combines...

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AVG Technologies to Acquire Location Labs for $140 Million

Amsterdam-based AVG Technologies N.V. agreed to acquire privately-held Location Labs, a start-up based that that uses location awareness to provide mobile device management and protection, for approximately $140 million initially, plus up to an additional approximately $80 million in cash consideration over the next two years based on the achievement of certain performance metrics and milestones. Location Labs’ integrated platform for mobile operators,...

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Nokia Announces Metro Remote Radio Head, Software Enhancements

Nokia Networks announced its the Flexi Metro Remote Radio Head (RRH), 60MHz carrier aggregation for LTE and new software features for its Liquid Radio platform. The new Nokia Flexi Metro RRH for LTE is designed for extremely dense networks in the busiest metropolitan areas using existing macro network sites. Nokia said the RRH’s sensitivity can be tuned and output varied from 2 x 5W down to 2 x 50mW to match any deployment’s need for high capacity...

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DragonWave's Harmony Enhanced Delivers Long Reach in 6-42 GHz Bands

DragonWave introduced its next generation, Harmony Enhanced, all-outdoor microwave system operating in the 6-42 GHz spectrum bands and capable of increased reach by >30% thanks to high output power. Harmony Enhanced merges the company's flagship Harmony Radio and Horizon Compact+ into a next-generation, ultra high-capacity microwave system featuring an integrated switch. The company said its Harmony Enhanced allows operators to cost effectively...

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Telefónica Picks Alcatel-Lucent for 100G Backbone in Spain

Telefónica has selected Alcatel-Lucent’s 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) a 100 Gbps optical network throughout the north-west, eastern and southern regions of Spain.  The backbone will enable Telefónica to improve the capacity of its regional networks to meet rapidly growing consumer and business demand for high-speed, ultra-broadband Internet connectivity. Financial terms were not disclosed. Alcatel-Lucent said its DWDM solution with integrated...

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Nokia Networks and Intel Open Innovation Centre in UK

Nokia Networks and Intel have opened an innovation center in Bath, UK to encourage the development of new mobile broadband applications and services based on Nokia Networks’ Liquid Applications with support from its AppFactory. The solution, is powered by Intel technology-based servers and deployed at base stations, aims to bring intelligent data processing closer to users at the network's edge. EE is the first operator to begin testing in the new...

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