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03/16/2012
Sprint First To Kill LightSquared Partnership
It had to happen. Sprint is quitting the spectrum-hosting agreement it inked with LightSquared less than a year ago, opting to activate the clause giving it “the right to terminate the agreement if certain conditions were not met by LightSquared.” The Kansas-based carrier also returned $65 million in prepayments LightSquared made to cover costs “that […]
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03/16/2012
For Operators, Green Is A Future-Proofing ‘Must Do’
At yesterday’s Smart Energy Management Initiative (SEMI) Forum in Philadelphia, sponsored by the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE), the future of power and bandwidth, of course, was top of mind. Even though cablecos have been addressing the energy issue by embracing the cloud, that move may not be enough moving forward. According to keynote […]
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03/16/2012
LTE Overload – It’s Not The Data, It’s The Signaling
Pre-orders of the iPad 3 have sold out before a single tablet has been shipped. Apple also has reported it expects to sell as many as 9 million iPads by the end of the first quarter. The uptake of this device, which is available with 4G (Long Term Evolution or LTE) capability, has huge implications […]
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03/15/2012
Toolkit Mates Lime, Altera Expertise
A new Universal Wireless Communications Toolkit from Lime Microsystems comprises Lime’s configurable transceiver board linked to an Altera FPGA design kit via a purpose-built, high-speed, mezzanine-connection (HSMC) interface board. Lime’s LMS6002D is an integrated multi-band, multi-standard single-chip RF transceiver for 3GPP (WCDMA/HSPA and LTE), 3GPP2 (CDMA2000) and WiMAX applications. It can be digitally configured to […]
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03/15/2012
Cisco: NDS Buy Could Push More Videoscape Sales
Earlier today, Cisco confirmed rumors that it plans to spend $5 billion to buy NDS Group Ltd., a provider of video software and content security solutions that help service providers and media companies deliver and monetize video entertainment. The purchase price includes the assumption of debt and retention-based incentives. Already approved by both boards, Cisco […]
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03/15/2012
Cloud Platform Enables Enterprise HTML5
Former executives from SAP and Oracle launched a venture-funded startup called AnyPresence to offer businesses what they say will be “a 100-percent cloud-based platform for building HTML5, and native iOS and Android apps without requiring the installation of any development tools or SDKs.” The platform also will include a secure cloud-based application server for integration, […]