Internet Access
Tandberg selects Verizon Business solution
Tandberg, a provider of telepresence, high-definition video conferencing, and mobile video products and services, has selected a Verizon Business Private IP solution for the company’s worldwide corporate communications network. The fully managed solution will connect 50 of Tandberg’s key sites around the world, in a bid to help the company to collaborate effectively both internally [...]
Ericsson to help Telecom Italia up broadband speed
Ericsson and Telecom Italia have initiated deployment of mobile network technology of 28 Mbps speeds. The deployment will include Multiple Input and Multiple Output (MIMO) technology. Milan will be the first town to enjoy speeds up to 28 Mbps in download and 5.8 Mbps in upload. Tests in Telecom Italia’s mobile network will start early [...]
T-Mobile Germany selects Tekelec for number portability
Tekelec, the network signaling, mobile messaging and performance management company, has won T-Mobile Germany’s mobile number portability signaling relay function (MNP-SRF) business. Tekelec’s core network platform, the Eagle 5, manages signaling system 7 (SS7) traffic and SS7 over Internet Protocol (IP), or SIGTRAN, traffic for T-Mobile Germany, T-Mobile UK and T-Mobile Netherlands. The platform also [...]
Asia-Pacific region to account for 1/3 of mobile data traffic
Asia Pacific will account for one-third of all mobile data traffic by 2013, if Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) is to be believed. As per Cisco’s VNI forecast, the global mobile traffic was projected to increase 66 fold between 2008 and 2013 with a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 131 per cent. The global [...]
Alca-Lu completes multi-vendor mobile broadband LTE calls in TDD spectrum
Alcatel-Lucent has completed a series of data calls – involving terminals from third-party suppliers – using Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology for Time Division Duplex (TDD) spectrum (TD-LTE), a mobile broadband standard that will be used by operators in China and across the globe. The test calls were completed by Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell (ASB), Alcatel-Lucent’s [...]
Touchtunes launches wireless broadband service in the US
US-based Touchtunes, an interactive entertainment network, has announced the nationwide availability of its Wireless Broadband Solution. The solution claims to provide the benefits of a wired broadband connection, at competitive rates, without complex installation process. The Wireless Broadband Solution from Touchtunes is available across the US for $10.45 a week with a two-year contract. Sphere: [...]
CONAGUA selects 3Com to build converged network
3Com has secured a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with the Mexico National Water Commission (Comision Nacional del Agua – CONAGUA) for a new converged network solution. The agreement will include 3Com’s voice over IP platform as well as its core-to-edge, wired and wireless network infrastructure solutions. By deploying a 3Com converged networking solution, CONAGUA anticipates [...]
Lattelecom selects ECI Telecom’s GPON solution
ECI Telecom, a provider of networking infrastructure solutions optimised for next-generation network (NGN) migration, has been selected by Lattelecom, the incumbent operator in Republic of Latvia, to build a high-speed FTTH network. Lattelecom selected ECI’s Hi-FOCuS Multiservice Access Node (MSAN) for its Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) capabilities to build the network. ECI is collaborating [...]
Genband, PacketFront enable VoIP network for Alands Telefonandelslag
Genband, a developer of next-generation IP infrastructure solutions, has worked closely with PacketFront to transition local Finnish telecommunications operator Alands Telefonandelslag’s network to VoIP by providing connectivity at the border between the IP and TDM/circuit switched networks through its G2 Compact Gateway product line. Genband informed that its G2 Compact Gateway brings voice traffic from [...]
Tilgin launches portfolio of multi-port Gigabit home gateways
Tilgin, a provider of solutions for multiplay and next-generation broadband services, has launched a new FTTX portfolio of multiport Home Gateways at the Fibre-to-the-Home Council’s European Conference in Copenhagen. Tilgin informed that its new portfolio of Home Gateways are designed for fibre-to-the-home access and include advanced functionality such as multiport with seven LAN ports (7xLAN100BaseT) [...]
