Hardware
Microtune to acquire Auvitek
Microtune has announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Auvitek International. Under the terms of the agreement, Microtune will pay approximately $6.8m in cash and one million shares of Microtune stock, with a current value of approximately $2.2m, for the Auvitek business. The acquisition is expected to close during the month of [...]
KDF equips digital x-ray production facility in NY
KDF Electronic & Vacuum Services has announced its role in the opening of a $165m digital X-Ray mammography production facility in New York state. The facility is headlined by a health equipment OEM and will manufacture and transfer its technology to healthcare facilities worldwide. KDF, a New Jersey-based producer of batch-sputtering systems used in the [...]
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 [...]
NTT Docomo selects Alcatel-Lucent solution
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by NTT Docomo, a mobile network operator in Japan, to build the mobile backhaul network for its Long Term Evolution (LTE) service with Alcatel-Lucent’s Ethernet transmission solution. This is expected to enable NTT Docomo to meet the end-user service demands in a faster way via “very high bandwidth with managed quality [...]
Ericsson provides converged IP solution to O2 in Germany
Ericsson has been selected to provide Telefonica O2 Germany with an IMS core system with an IMS-based VoIP application server. These two contracts include hardware deployment and software systems integration services. This will see O2 migrate its existing fixed and mobile systems into a converged IP-based Next-generation network (NGN). Ericsson will also integrate in Germany [...]
Etisalat, RIM introduce BlackBerry Storm smartphone in UAE
Etisalat and Research In Motion (RIM) have introduced BlackBerry Storm 9500 smartphone, featuring a ‘clickable’ touch-screen, to customers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The BlackBerry Storm smartphone’s platform and multimedia and communications capabilities are aimed at providing business customers and consumers alike with personalised entertainment, information and communications at their fingertips. The smartphone also [...]
Oce expands its display graphics sales channel in US
Oce, a player in digital document management and delivery solutions, has announced an agreement with Advantage Sign Supply(ASSI) for ASSI to become an authorised reseller of Oce Arizona Series of UV curable flatbed printers in the US. ASSI will be selling the Oce Arizona 200 GT, Oce Arizona 250 GT, Oce Arizona 350 GT and [...]
Trident to acquire 3 consumer product lines from Micronas
Trident Microsystems, a player in semiconductor system solutions for the multimedia and digital television (DTV) markets, has entered into a definitive agreement with Micronas Semiconductor Holding to acquire selected assets of the frame rate converter (FRC), demodulator and audio product lines of Micronas’ Consumer Division. The consideration payable to Micronas will consist of 7.0m shares [...]
Bharti Airtel, AJC collaborate on connectivity solution
Australia Japan Cable and Bharti Airtel have announced a partnership agreement to interconnect their current and future networks in Guam. The agreement will allow both parties to offer services from a number of locations including Singapore and the USA West Coast to Australia. Bharti Airtel believes this will pave the way to offering new and [...]
Samsung selects Spreadtrum as chipset supplier
Samsung, a player in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies, has selected Spreadtrum Communications, a wireless baseband chipset provider in China, as a new chipset supplier. Spreadtrum’s QS520 GSM/GPRS and QS1001 EDGE transceivers have been designed into Samsung’s mobile phone models that are to be shipped internationally. The company has commenced volume shipment [...]
