Global Connections 09/05/12
Zhone Technologies Inc., in partnership with Network Extender Technologies Ltd., is deploying a new network for ISP York Data Services in Yorkshire, England. York Data Services will be using Zhone’s MX-160 solution to deliver high-speed broadband services to business customers…Digea (Digital Provider S.A.) in Greece tapped Agama Technologies to provide a head-end monitoring solution for its digital terrestrial transmissions of private channels all over the island nation. The business is conducted in partnership with regional systems integrator Cybertec…Axesstel boosted the sale of its CDMA 1xEV-DO 450MHz products via shipments to Orange in Poland of what it says is the world’s first 4G EV-DO Rev. B 450MHz Wi-Fi Gateway with optional VoIP. The gateways combine wireless wide area networking (WWAN), a Wi-Fi wireless local area network (WLAN) router and a four-port Ethernet switch to provide wireless broadband data access in one plug-and-play desktop networking device…Small-cell semiconductor maker Mindspeed Technologies Inc. and China Mobile Research Institute inked a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on initiatives related to nanocell research in China. “This is an important milestone for the continued rapid build-out of China Mobile’s heterogeneous network (HetNet) and Mindspeed’s small-cell base-station platform based on its Picochip TD-SCDMA and Transcede LTE system on a chip (SoC) solution,” the two say. The MOU will accelerate the field trial of TD-LTE small-cell systems across China Mobile Communications Corporation’s network in Beijing.