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12/13/2012
Survey Sez 12/13/12
Juniper Research forecasts more than 1 billion users of over-the-top (OTT) mobile VoIP services by 2017 due to improvements in network technology, increased competition and the move by telcos to join the OTT space. As with Skype on the desktop, only a small proportion of subscribers will pay for the service, it adds, but leading […]
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12/13/2012
Global Connections 12/13/12
Verizon released the final numbers on its U.S. and European 100G network expansion this past year, adding 13,000 miles here at home and 1,616 miles across the pond. The carrier deployed 100G on selected U.S. routes where traffic demand is highest, including Atlanta to Tampa, Kansas City to Dallas and Salt Lake City to Seattle, […]
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12/12/2012
New Stuff 12/12/12
Two new Near Field Communication (NFC) solutions from Broadcom Corporation will be showcased at the upcoming 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next month. The expansion of NFC, it says, “will inspire adoption in broader consumer electronics devices like game controllers, TVs and remotes, computer keyboards and mice, headsets, printers and more”…Avaya unveiled […]
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12/12/2012
Setting The Standard 12/12/12
IEEE unveiled updates to four wireless communications technologies in the IEEE 802 family of standards as well as a new IEEE 802 standards-development project. The new standards support smart-grid data communications infrastructure. Comments James Gilb, chair of the IEEE 802.24 Technical Advisory Group (TAG), “These new updates to the IEEE 802 standards will enable utilities […]
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12/12/2012
Global Connections 12/12/12
Cambium Networks named IT, telecom and consumer-electronics supplier Actebis Computer Handels GmbH as its first Austrian distributor; the new agreement enables Cambium to introduce its point-to-point (PTP) and point-to-multipoint (PMP) solutions into the Austrian market. Actebis will supply Cambium’s portfolio, including the new PMP 450, a fixed wireless broadband access solution, and the PTP 810i […]
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12/12/2012
Deals Of The Day 12/12/12
Infinera completed its DTN Platform 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) services deployment on the Long Island MAN portion of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Sciences Network (ESnet). Leveraging ESnet’s existing Infinera Digital Optical Network, ESnet will offer 100 GbE services from DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory to data centers in Manhattan and back onto ESnet’s […]