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12/19/2011
Japan-to-US Backbone Reaches 600 Gbps
NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) has expanded the data-transmission capacity of its global IP network between Japan and the United States to 600 Gbps. NTT Com’s global IP backbones are connected to fixed and mobile telecom companies, Internet service providers (ISPs), data center operators and content providers, enabling customers to meet their growing needs for […]
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12/19/2011
Time Warner Cable Offers HBO, Cinemax Online Programming
Time Warner Cable will launch HBO’s authenticated online video destinations, HBO GO and MAX GO. The companies will run a brief beta trial and then the service is expected to launch to all Time Warner Cable customers who subscribe to HBO in the next month. Time Warner Cable customers who subscribe to HBO and/or Cinemax […]
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12/19/2011
FCC Names Chief Technology Officer
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has appointed Henning Schulzrinne as chief technology officer.? Schulzrinne will guide the FCC’s work on technology and engineering issues, together with the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology. He will advise on matters across the agency to ensure that FCC policies are driving technological innovation, including serving as a resource to […]
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12/19/2011
SureWest Boosts Internet Speeds for Businesses in Kansas City
SureWest Communications is giving free speed upgrades for its commercial Internet customers in the Kansas City market who are served over its hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) network. The speed increases were made possible due to a DOCSIS 3.0 network upgrade, technology that allows the addition of high-speed data transfer over the network supporting these customers. […]
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12/16/2011
Spectrum Fragmentation Must Be Addressed, Says GSMA Research Group
The GSMA’s Wireless Intelligence research service has issued a report indicating that the global adoption of LTE services risks being hampered by device interoperability issues unless harmonized spectrum band plans can be achieved. The new report "Global LTE Network Forecasts and Assumptions – One Year On" predicts there will be 38 different spectrum frequency combinations used […]
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12/16/2011
New Video Protocol Enables Mobile Video Conferencing on Any Device
Applied Global Technologies (AGT) has developed a communications protocol for mobile video – Mobile Pathway – for integrating mobile video conferencing with unified communications and telepresence environments. With the download of an app or the launch of a Web browser, smartphones, tablets, and laptops are enabled with Mobile Pathway. Once a device is enabled with […]