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06/12/2012
Hughes, NSN Conclude GSM Satellite-Backhaul Tests
Hughes Network Systems LLC just wrapped end-to-end verification of its HX System with Nokia Siemens Networks’ (NSN) GSM base station. According to the two companies, GSM operators can be assured that the Hughes HX260 platform in combination with NSN’s GSM Radio Access operating over the bandwidth-optimized “Packet Abis” interface provides a tested satellite mobile-backhaul solution. […]
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06/12/2012
TriAccess Amps Built With GaAs Tech
Two TriAccess amplifiers designed to replace multiple products in cable-TV systems are on display by TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. at this week’s ANGA Cable Show in Germany. The devices were built using gallium arsenide (GaAs) technology. The TAT6281 variable gain receiver for single-family units (SFUs) uses PIN diode variable attenuation to provide a low-distortion method of […]
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06/12/2012
Video Sharing, Social TV Via Ringz.TV
Entering the multi-billion-dollar content discovery market for cord-cutting video viewers, the Ringz.TV app, developed by RingGuides Inc., “is designed to organize and monetize video sharing from all sources — over-the-top Web streams, live IPTV and cable television, video-on-demand (VOD) services like Netflix, free-to-air TV broadcasts, DVRs, and local files — in a single interface that […]
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06/12/2012
TN Comcast Customers Check Out CloudTV
At deadline, CloudTV developer ActiveVideo Networks said Comcast has licensed its CloudTV H5 platform for use in an enhanced video-on-demand (VOD) user-experience trial in Chattanooga, Tenn. The cloud-based user interface provides a graphically rich way for Xfinity On Demand customers to search and discover VOD content, the company adds. Explains Jeff Miller, CEO and president […]
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06/11/2012
RF Power Amp Goes GaN
Freescale Semiconductor is sampling its first RF power amplifier product built using gallium nitride (GaN) technology. The Texas company’s RF power GaN products initially target the wireless-infrastructure market, with potential future applications including avionics, radar, ISM and software-defined radio. Advantages of using GaN technology in power amplifiers, according to Freescale, include smaller product form factors, […]
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06/11/2012
Kaleido-IP X100 Handles HD/SD MPEG
Canada’s Miranda Technologies Inc. is beefing up its Kaleido-IP advanced IP-based multiviewer platform with the Kaleido IP X100, making its debut at ANGA 2012. ? The Kaleido-IP X100, specifically engineered for smaller applications, is housed in a 1RU chassis and can monitor as many as 24 SD or 8 HD video programs. For subscriber-delivery applications, Kaleido-IP, […]