SingTel Hits 260 Mbps with FDD / TDD Carrier Aggregation

SingTel achieved data rates of up to 260 Mbps using LTE Advanced FDD / TDD Carrier Aggregation on commercial hardware and software. In tests, which took place at the SingTel office in Singapore on October 3, 2014, utilizing a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor and Ericsson's LTE software designed to support the company's multi-standard RBS6000 family of base stations for macro and small-cell networks. In the demonstration, Ericsson aggregated 20...

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SolidFire Raises $82 Million for Flash Storage

SolidFire, a start-up based in Boulder, Colorado, closed $82 million in Series D funding for its all-flash storage systems. SolidFire said its revenue grew over 700 percent in 2013 and has increased over 50 percent quarter over quarter in 2014. Its customer base is approximately a 50:50 service provider/enterprise. SolidFire also announced the expansion of its flagship SF Series product line, unveiling two new storage nodes that represent the third...

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OVH Installs Nuage SDN for OpenStack as a Service

OVH, the number one hosting provider in Europe, has selected the Nuage Networks' SDN Virtualized Services Platform (VSP) for deployment within and across its data centers in order to enable dedicated cloud services. OVH chose to implement the Nuage Networks VSP to deliver an "OpenStack as a Service", through which customers can access dedicated servers in the OVH Private Cloud Computing infrastructure while leveraging OpenStack to define both network...

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Integra Activates Low-Latency, Dedicated 100G Express Routes

Integra, which operates a long-haul fiber network spanning 6,400 miles across 11 Western states, has established dedicated Express Routes for its Wavelength services. The Express Routes offer low-latency, high-bandwidth backbone connectivity throughout Integra’s network footprint. Integra has established Express Routes for dedicated, point-to-point 100G connectivity between metro areas across the Western U.S. including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix,...

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AT&T Adds Blue Jeans Video Collaboration

AT&T announced a partnership with Blue Jeans Network, a start-up based in Mountain View, California that offers cloud-based video collaboration services. “Today, people expect convenient and effective ways to work together whether they are in the office, at home, or on the road,” said Abhi Ingle, senior vice president, Advanced Solutions, AT&T Mobile and Business Solutions. “We’re taking complexity out of the equation. From mobile to desktop...

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Nokia Supplies VoLTE to du

Nokia Networks has supplied its VoLTE solution to du, the Middle East region’s fastest growing telecommunications service provider. Nokia said its VoLTE solution successfully enabled VoLTE functionality in a most complex multi-vendor LTE network. The key to a successful voice service implementation in LTE network is the ability to execute a verified end-to-end VoLTE solution. Nokia’s VoLTE experts designed, tested and integrated VoLTE into du’s...

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Infomart Extends Data Center Fleet with Merger - Dallas, SJ, Portland, Ashburn

Infomart and Fortune Data Centers announced a merger that brings together the huge Infomart facility with Fortune's colocation facilities in San Jose, Hillsborough (OR) and soon Ashburn (Virginia). The new Infomart Data Centers with have over 2.2 million square feet of wholesale data center and office space.  The namesake Infomart building is Dallas is one of the most connected buildings in the Southwestern U.S., serving as host to all major...

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Spirent Sees Weaker Demand in Q3

Spirent trimmed its financial guidance for Q3 saying demand levels dipped sharply as a result of merger activity and delays in capital expenditure.  The weakened demand primarily impacted its Networks and Applications business. Spirent now expects revenues for the third quarter to be slightly below $110.0 million compared to $107.7 million last year. http://otp.investis.com/generic/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=486&newsid=450...

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