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08/03/2011
Smart Grid Proponents Form Certification, Testing Group
The HomePlug Alliance, the Wi-Fi Alliance, the HomeGrid Forum and the ZigBee Alliance teamed to form the new Consortium for SEP 2 Interoperability aimed at helping organizations whose technologies support communications over Internet Protocol (IP) to certify SEP 2 according to a consistent test plan. And because it decided to be an open forum, the […]
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08/03/2011
Hulu Plus Added To WD TV Content Lineup
Western Digital now is offering Hulu Plus subscriptions on its WD TV Live Plus and WD TV Live Hub family of media players, adding to a content family that already includes Netflix, Blockbuster, Cinema Now, Pandora, YouTube and Facebook. In addition, WD TV Live Hub users will be able to listen to thousands of radio […]
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08/03/2011
Tiny Media Converter Works In Remote Areas
The new miConverter S-Series from Omnitron Systems is being touted as one the smallest media converters available today. Weighing less than 2.5 oz. (72 grams) and about the length of a standard house key, the miConverter S-Series provides Gigabit and Fast Ethernet fiber to 10/100/1000BASE-T media conversion. The device also is designed for mobile applications […]
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08/03/2011
Jury Tells Verizon To Pony Up Following Patent Dispute
ActiveVideo Networks won damages totaling $115 million as a result of a jury trial regarding the company’s patent-infringement suit against Verizon Communications. A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found Verizon had infringed on all asserted claims of the intellectual property owned by ActiveVideo during the deployment of Verizon’s […]
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08/03/2011
Mobile Backhaul Revenues On The Fast Track
More indications that mobile backhaul is becoming big business: Dell’Oro Group predicts mobile-backhaul market revenues will approach $9 billion by 2015, based on recent research into transport, and routers and switches. Comments Jimmy Yu, senior director/Optical and Microwave research at the group, “We’re at the initial stage of the mobile broadband wave, with only a […]
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08/02/2011
Broadband Speeds – As Advertised
by James Assey, executive vice president, National Cable & Telecommunications Assn.?? The Federal Communication Commission’s new report, Measuring Broadband America, confirms that cable operators are delivering world-class services to their customers. Based on a rigorous testing process, the commission found that, on average, during peak periods (7 p.m. – 11 p.m. local time), cable-based services […]