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- Alcatel-Lucent signs on for WiMAX trial
Residents and small businesses in Hamilton, Ontario, can now participate in a free WiMAX trial being conducted by Primus Canada and Mipps. The city-wide trial, which will be powered by WiMAX equipment from Alcatel-Lucent, is expected to continue through midsummer. Mediacaster
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- Vodafone to invest heavily in India
Vodafone will invest nearly one-fifth of its global expenditures in India this year. The $1.97 billion investment recognizes the country's importance as the world's fastest-growing telecom market. The recently acquired Hutchison Essar, India's fourth-largest mobile provider, will be renamed Vodafone Essar. The Financial Express (India)
(5/30)
- Broadcom completes Octalica deal
Broadcom has completed its acquisition of Octalica, paying $31 million for outstanding shares of Octalica's capital stock and other rights. Startup Octalica has been developing chips for home-networking technologies based on the Multimedia Over Coax Alliance standard. Multichannel News
(5/29)
 | Hospitals Save Lives Using Mid-Band Ethernet
Doctors' offices & hospitals are healthier when they use Mid-Band Ethernet services to share patient's diagnostic images. Symmetric, high-bandwidth, high quality, secure transparent LAN services (TLS) between locations can benefit your customers as well. Learn more about the benefits of Mid-Band Ethernet at www.hatterasnetworks.com. |
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Register today for free. In this webinar, sponsored by Telcordia, learn about the issues facing operators as they introduce next-generation services that increasingly rely on an underlying-optical-transport network. See how challenges can span multiple organizations and functions and understand how carriers can successfully overcome these challenges to enable the end-to-end management of optical networks and services, with automation as a principal driver. Register now.
- Analysts predict growth in surveillance-technology market
Surveillance technology is a growing business, and Cisco Systems' recent acquisition of BroadWare Technologies could signal the beginning of additional merger activity in the industry, according to analysts. Digital video, video-analytics software and the need for servers and storage will drive growth in this field for information-technology firms, analysts say. CNET/The Deal
(5/29)
- SMS voting guidelines set
When shows like "American Idol" ask viewers to vote with their cell phones, it opens up the possibility for billing abuse or tallying mistakes. Hoping to stem the type of problems that have already been encountered in Britain, the Mobile Entertainment Forum has introduced new SMS voting guidelines to try to prevent fraud, overcharging and errors in vote counting. Wireless Review (Chicago)
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- Telecoms stepping up on IPTV rollouts
Whether video services are deployed over fiber, DSL or hybrid coax/fiber, the IPTV market is expected to grow to close to 48 million subscribers by 2010, according to Infonetics Research. In the U.S., FTTP advocate Verizon Communications has met with early success for its FiOS service by using an RF overlay architecture while putting hooks in place for when IPTV is ready. Telecommunications
(5/29)
- Microsoft unveils tabletop computer
A tabletop computer dubbed Microsoft Surface allows users to interface via a touch screen to access a variety of media. The technology, which effectively turns a conventional tabletop into an interactive surface, also can read bar codes and is expected to make its debut in hotel lobbies, restaurants and retail outlets.  KOMO-TV/ClipSyndicate
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- Court ruling revamps cell phone security
A court case stemming from a 2004 marijuana bust has raised legal issues regarding warrantless searches of cell phones. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston eventually dismissed the case, saying that a warrant was needed to search the defendants' handsets. CNET
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