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10/17/2011
ActiveVideo Wins More Damages In Patent Suit Against Verizon
A judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia awarded supplemental damages, bringing the jury verdict on behalf of San Jose-based ActiveVideo Networks against Verizon to nearly $140 Million. ?The supplemental damages follow a jury verdict for infringement of four ActiveVideo patents on technology relating to interactive television services, such […]
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10/17/2011
Verizon's Home Monitoring Relies on Actiontec Device
Actiontec Electronics says its SG200 Service Gateway is a central component of Verizon’s Home Monitoring and Control service. Officially launched last week, Verizon’s new smart home service lets customers remotely check on their homes, control locks and appliances, view home-energy use and more, via a smartphone, PC, or FiOS TV. (For more see, Verizon Delivers […]
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10/14/2011
Ekinops Introduces 100G Transport and Aggregation Solutions
France-based Ekinops is putting the finishing touches on two products that enable telecommunications service providers to transport traffic at 100 Gbps. The 100G transponder and muxponder will provide for both native transport of 100GbE as well as aggregation of lower rates into 100GbE network connections. They share the same hardware and highly-programmable architecture. These capabilities […]
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10/14/2011
EXFO Adds IPTV Test to Its Tool Kit
EXFO has added Expert IPTV Test Tools to its FTB-platform-based Expert testing software series. The new IPTV application enables FTB-1 platform users to perform pass/fail verification of IPTV installations. It also detects any degrading conditions during service turn-up, ensuring subscribers’ quality of experience. Expert IPTV can emulate a set-top box and displays a real-time video […]
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10/14/2011
Monsoon's Policy Management Handles Viewing Rights
Monsoon Multimedia is touting its multi-screen policy management solution (MPMS) to MSOs to manage viewing rights for content. The Monsoon solution can be licensed separately or bundled with its Vulkano devices.?? The new MPMS addresses licensing issues around whether consumers can stream or record specific channels or shows on tablets and mobile phones. Monsoon’s Vulkano […]
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10/14/2011
High-End Smartphones Drive Mobile Data Traffic Growth
Mobile data traffic continues to grow, doubling from the second quarter of 2010 to the second quarter of 2011, according to a new measurement from Ericsson, to be released as part of Akamai’s The State of the Internet report. ??The mobile data growth patterns reveal that the quality of a smartphone affects which applications people […]