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06/20/2012
World IPTV: Some Saturation, Some Growth
IPTV penetration of telcos’ worldwide broadband subscribers reached 15 percent in 1Q12, equivalent to 67 million subscribers and 8 percent of the world’s 812 million pay-TV subscribers. However, widely differing IPTV and pay-TV penetration rates by region point to radically different IPTV growth prospects. According to new data from TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Pay-TV Research Service, North […]
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06/20/2012
WAPS Modules Emulate GPS Signals
OEM small-cell developer Tektelic Communications unveiled its Wide Area Positioning System (WAPS) Radio Module, a custom-designed transceiver and power amplifier for use as a core component of NextNav’s terrestrial positioning beacon. The WAPS system, which operates in the 900 MHz spectrum band, consists of multiple transmitters that broadcast GPS-like signals to mobile devices in places […]
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06/20/2012
Survey Sez: Asia Leads Worldwide Broadband Take-Up
Broadband has passed another major milestone, with the global total of broadband subscribers spiking to more than 600 million in the first quarter of 2012, indicating a further growth spurt due to some 100 million new lines added (20 percent of the total) in fewer than 18 months. According to the latest figures published by […]
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06/19/2012
RF/Microwave Design: There’s An App For That
Pa.-based MegaPhase has developed a new tool for engineers who design and build RF/Microwave systems and components. Testing engineers can now download the iOS app for iPhone (which also runs on the Apple iTouch and iPad) from the iTunes Store to simplify daily calculations and estimates. "The MegaPhase app is an essential utility for test […]
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06/19/2012
Two DTN-X Deployments In The Works
The first shipments of the DTN-X platform have been made by Infinera, and the company will continue its multiple trials while taking orders from new and existing customers. Infinera will deploy the DTN-X platform with two new customers: Cable&Wireless Worldwide for its Europe Persia Express Gateway and DANTE for its GÉANT European Research and Education […]
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06/19/2012
A Virtualized Approach To Mobile Data Offload
The “world’s first” cloud-based mobile-data-offload solution for carriers, based on the soon-to-be-ratified Wi-Fi Alliance’s Hotspot 2.0 standard, is a virtualized approach Adtran says helps eliminate hardware-based controllers in the network. “This fundamentally new approach is enabled by combining advanced virtual wireless LAN (vWLAN) capabilities into a seamless mobile backhaul solution for a highly available, scalable […]