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10/12/2011
New Peering Policy Covers Level 3/Global Crossing
To comply with questions raised by the U.S. Department of Justice during its review of Level 3 Communications’ proposed (but now completed) acquisition of Global Crossing, Level 3 today posted a revised peering policy for Internet Protocol (IP) traffic exchanged within the United States. In November 2010, Level 3 was fighting with Comcast over peering […]
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10/11/2011
ABI: Emerging Markets Drive Broadband Service Revenues Up
According to Jason Blackwell, ABI Research practice director/Digital Home, “Worldwide fixed broadband service revenue will generate more than $182 billion at the end of 2011.” The fixed broadband sector includes broadband access over DSL, cable, and fiber optic platforms. Net broadband subscriber additions are increasing rapidly in the emerging markets. Specifically, China and India in […]
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10/11/2011
Wowza Enhances Its Multi-Screen Software
Wowza Media Systems Server 3 software platform provides a single extensible foundation for multi-screen media delivery, offering any-screen coverage for Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, iPhone, iPad, Android, other smartphones and tablets, smart TVs, and IPTV/OTT set-top boxes. New capabilities of the Wowza Media Server 3 platform include: Integrated live adaptive bitrate (ABR) transcoding enabled by […]
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10/11/2011
Pacific Crossing, Infinera Conduct 100 Gigabit Subsea Trial
Infinera and Pacific Crossing, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications and operator of the transpacific submarine cable system PC-1, have successfully completed a 100 Gbps subsea trial. The trial spanned more than 9,500 kilometers on Pacific Crossing’s PC-1 fiber from California to Japan. The transmission of a 100 GbE client service carried across the […]
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10/11/2011
How To Be RCE-e Compliant Without An IMS Core
Messaging is “a good chunk of the ARPU” when it comes to an operator’s revenue streams, says Steve Zitnik, executive vice president and CTO at Fla.-based Interop Technologies, a provider of core wireless solutions for messaging, mobile device management, and connectivity gateways. So today, the company unveiled its Rich Communication Suite (RCS) solution, which it […]
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10/11/2011
CCAP The Impetus Behind ARRIS/BigBand Deal
In a conference call today announcing ARRIS’ purchase of BigBand Networks, ARRIS executives cited the work being done on a Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) as a big synergy between the two companies. ARRIS will purchase BigBand for approximately $172 million in cash. The transaction is projected to close before the end of the year, […]