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03/22/2012
NEC Feathers NetCracker’s Nest
Earlier today, NEC Corp. said it will spend $449 million to buy Convergys Corporation’s Information Management (IM) business, including its Smart Revenue Solutions that serve the communications, cable, satellite, broadband, utilities and logistics markets. When the deal closes sometime near the end of 2Q12, the acquisition will become part of NEC subsidiary NetCracker Technology Corp. […]
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03/21/2012
FCC Kicks Off Exclusive Contract Review
A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) initiating a review of the exclusive contract prohibition of the program-access rules was opened yesterday (FCC 12-30) by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The prohibition, which expires Oct. 5, was adopted some 20 years ago to promote competition in the video distribution market, “generally bans cable operators from entering […]
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03/21/2012
Lab Simulator Emulates Fiber Networks
A compact fiber-optic network simulator that reportedly can be customized to exactly emulate a physical network in the laboratory, with high reliability and repeatability, is available from N.C.-based M2 Optics Inc. The Fiber Lab 3200 is a 19-inch, rack-mounted, optical-fiber management package M2 Optics says can be customized with virtually any fiber type or mix, […]
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03/21/2012
NetCracker Solution Helps Meld Diverse Fiber Acquisitions
Lightower Fiber Networks has gone live with NetCracker Technology’s large-scale program to consolidate and manage its fiber-based infrastructure. “NetCracker delivered a solution that meets Lightower’s immediate need to integrate recent acquisitions, manage our networks, and also help future-proof our operations as we continue on a path of aggressive corporate expansion,” says Jason Campbell, executive vice […]
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03/21/2012
Consumer M2M Services Could Boost Operator Revenues
As machine-to-machine (M2M) applications widen in an increasingly connected society, communications companies are looking to diversify their M2M offerings beyond what can easily become a commoditized connectivity. Consumer M2M applications – centered on such small/portable consumer-electronics devices as e-readers and digital connected photo-frames – are the closest to telcos’ core capabilities of providing digital lifestyle […]
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03/21/2012
XOR Media Will Continue SeaChange Ties
A group of financial investors, led by a U.S.-based venture firm, is buying SeaChange’s broadcast server and storage business for an undisclosed amount. The new, independent company will be named XOR Media, headed by Zheng Gao, president of SeaChange Storage and Servers, who was named CEO.? VantagePoint Capital Partners’ Terry Chen, whose portfolio companies have […]