Internet Access
Ericsson wins its largest FTTH contract in India
Radius Infratel, a fixed broadband infrastructure provider in India, has signed a new contract with Ericsson to meet the demand for broadband access across the country. The deal is reported to be Ericsson’s largest fibre-to the-home contract in India. The company hopes to reach an estimated 600,000 households and businesses through this deal.
Using Ericsson’s EDA [...]
AT&T selects Alcatel-Lucent as equipment supplier
AT&T has selected Alcatel-Lucent as one of the domain suppliers for IP/MPLS/Ethernet/Evolved Packet Core equipment. The domain award includes Alcatel-Lucent’s entire IP/MPLS/Ethernet/Evolved Packet Core family of products needed to support AT&T’s IP-based network.
As announced earlier this year, AT&T selected Alcatel-Lucent as one of two equipment suppliers for its planned deployment of LTE mobile broadband technology [...]
China Mobile selects Azalea for Wi-fi access
China Mobile has selected Azalea Networks, a provider of wireless network equipment and technology, to install a wireless LAN (local area network) in major metropolitan areas throughout China. Azalea’s access points will be part of a network to provide broadband Wi-fi services.
Azalea informed that its technology will provide a large part of the networks deployed [...]
CMCC partners with Motorola for indoor TD-LTE broadband coverage
China Mobile Communications (CMCC) has selected Motorola as the primary TD-LTE solution partner to provide indoor coverage for all major pavilions at the World Expo 2010 Shanghai China, and will also integrate and launch, what is claimed to be, the world’s first TD-LTE USB dongle that supports both 2.3GHz and 2.6GHz.
The World Expo is scheduled [...]
Tata Communications partners with Hyperoffice
Hyperoffice and Tata Communications are partnering to offer the Hyperoffice collaboration suite with the data and voice tools that Tata Communications delivers to business subscribers in India and other countries around the world.
Tata Communications offers internet services in India under the Tata Indicom brand name to business subscribers, including online backup, security, web conferencing, business [...]
Neustar expands UltraDNS network infrastructure in Europe
Neustar has deployed a new UltraDNS network node in Amsterdam, expanding the company’s DNS infrastructure.
The new node – the third in Europe along with London and Luxembourg – is expected to increase the performance of the UltraDNS Managed DNS Service, especially for end users in Europe.
The new European node is located at Telecity’s Amsterdam facility, [...]
Ericsson, Avea launch mobile broadband in Turkey
Turkish operator Avea is hoping to introduce high-speed mobile broadband services to its subscribers with the help of WCDMA/HSPA and mobile backhaul technology from Ericsson. The companies have signed a four-year contract for HSPA-enabled network.
Under the agreement, Ericsson will be one of the main suppliers and will integrate and deploy WCDMA/HSPA radio access and packet [...]
Vinaphone selects Alca-Lu for mobile network upgrade
Alcatel-Lucent has been awarded a contract by Vinaphone, a mobile operator in Vietnam, to upgrade its GSM network in 16 northern provinces with advanced EDGE broadband data functionality.
In addition, Alcatel-Lucent’s solution is expected to provide Vinaphone with the flexibility to introduce new technologies in the future, including EDGE+, W-CDMA, HSPA, HSPA+, and LTE.
The contract was [...]
SK Broadband selects Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS solution
Alcatel-Lucent has been chosen by SK Broadband (formerly known as Hanaro Telecom), a service provider in Souh Korea, to supply and maintain its IP service routing solution to support the operator’s real time IPTV service.
Alcatel-Lucent said its IP/MPLS technology will enable SK Broadband to deliver advanced broadband services including real time IPTV services, high-definition television, [...]
BB SAT begins satellite broadband service in Japan
BB SAT (Japan) has announced the commencement of its satellite broadband service in Japan.
The service, aimed primarily at consumers and SME/SOHO customers, will provide service to Japan’s Digital Divide areas and to ADSL users who, because of distance from ADSL provisioning facilities, receive poor quality service. The BB SAT service will provide 2.5 Mbps in [...]
