VDSL vendors are clearly benefitting from the ongoing network build outs by major service providers AT&T (NYSE: T), BT (NYSE: BT) and Qwest (NYSE: Q) as third quarter DSL revenue saw the highest gains in three years.
What drove this growth, reports Tam Dell'Oro, president of Dell'Oro Group, was "record VDSL port shipments to support high-bandwidth upgrade projects, an easing of supply chain constraints that allowed some vendors to clear backlog, and a recovering global economy."
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Dell'Oro added that Latin America saw the strongest year-on-year growth followed by Europe, Middle East and Africa. However, DSL shipments were down in China as the region's service providers (China Telecom) continue to migrate towards PON-based Fiber to the Home (FTTH) networks.
Leading the vendor charge was Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei. Buoyed by strong VDSL shipments to carriers in the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific, Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) regained an overall port share lead over Huawei for the first time in a year. While Huawei did see an uptick in shipments to European service providers, it was not enough to offset lower ADSL shipments in other regions.December 2, 2010 — 12:29pm ET | By Sean Buckley
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Nov 25, 2010
Malaysia Leads the 4G WiMAX Pack in South East Asia
The WiMAX Forum South East Regional Focus held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Kuala Lampur from November 22-25, 2010 was preceded by the Wine, Dine and Demo showcase on November 18, 2010 in New York City. At the WDD event, Intel demonstrated a Slingbox (on the go) using a Toshiba Satellite L635 (Intel Core Processor based) laptop with embedded Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 connected to Clear's Commercial Mobile WiMAX network in Manhattan. Slingbox over 4G allowed the Toshiba to play all 84 of the Comcast digital cable channels paid at a specific home address in the 97124 (Hillsboro, Oregon) zip code. “We essentially took our living room TV into Manhattan’s Hammerstein Ballroom at 311 West 34th St,” said Sanjiv Gupta of Intel.
Now, onto Malaysia. On Friday, November 19, after being rushed to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Kuala Lampur via a slick S-Class Mercedes-Benz limousine, we stumbled on the tremendous glitter of YTL Communications Sdn Bhd’s official launch of "YES Fastest 4G Mobile Internet –with-Voice" service to Malaysians at the glamorous JW Marriott Hotel next door. The Hall was sold-out to a jubilant crowd who seemed to really understand the power of WiMAX and its efficacy for tremendous monetization now and into the future. The Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin led the launch by performing a video over 4G call with Malaysian students in London. YES is set to cover 80 percent of the entire Malaysian population by the end of 2011 from a current coverage rate of 65 percent. With the YTL 4G foray happening in the background, the WiMAX Forum Southeast Asia Regional Focus event was itself officially launched on Monday, November 22 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Intel and Samsung served as Senior Sponsors with P1, Beacon, MIMOS and SIRIM as co-organizers. Agilent Technologies, CEEDTec, CGY, Elite Core, GeoFlex, Huawei, iTopia, MSC, MTSFB, ZTE, MOSTI and SKMM were participating sponsors. The event was initiated to all the dignitaries, sponsors, and participants with a cordial welcome by Mr. Ron Resnick, Chairman & President of the WiMAX Forum. This was followed by an opening speech from The Honorable Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia. Later, the SIRIM WiMAX lab was officially launched as a major test facility (in Kuala Lampur) for certifying devices to be deployed onto any world-wide WiMAX network. The MIMOS WiWi outdoor access point was also launched.
November 23-24 were two days filled with further in-depth keynotes and lectures. A highlight was when the Intel 4G team, in collaboration with Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (P1), demonstrated live applications over the indoor WiMAX network (established by P1 engineers using two single sector ZTE picocells operating at 2.3GHz channel frequency) as well as the outdoor commercial P1 4G network (Kuala Lampur City Center). P1 is Malaysia’s premier WiMAX telco. P1 personnel made it clear to us while we were there that they were revolutionizing 4G (in Malaysia) in terms of their ability to provide 4G internet access at an affordable rate, anytime and anywhere; hassle free to the Malaysian populace. According to StarSpecial, 19 August 2010 issue: “By the end of 2009, the 4G WiMAX network had been deployed to provide 4G broadband coverage in over 25 towns; covering areas in Kuala Lampur, Selangor, Penang, Kedah, Perak, Terengganu, Pahang and Johor, representing over 35 percent of Peninsular Malaysian’s population. Today, it has over 40 percent 4G WiMAX coverage in Malaysia with an admirable 196,000 happy subscribers… P1 is on track to provide high capacity, high speed 4G broadband to 45 percent of Peninsular Malaysia’s population by the end of 2010, and 65 percent of the entire Malaysian population by the end of 2012, further contributing to the national broadband agenda of achieving a 50 percent broadband penetration rate by the end of this year.”
In light of the great advances made by P1, Intel’s 4G team together with P1 deployed two livecasters (two ASUS eePC ion Netbooks each equipped with a Microsoft HD Camera, a P1 4G UH235 Super Wiggy (Broadband on the go) USB adapter for WiMAX connectivity, and a GPS receiver). Two P1 engineers were chosen to walk around the Kuala Lampur City Center each with a backpack containing the aforementioned equipment with a web camera anchored in a sturdy pocket with a front view. In this way they were able to livecast, over the P1 4G network, the beautiful Kuala Lampur cityscape back into a Lenovo W510 w/Intel 6250 WiMAX at the P1/Intel booth inside the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The Lenovo laptop was connected via VGA output to a 42” flat panel display showing the livecast streaming from the Kuala Lampur City Center as well as from the P1 headquarters - all viewed with Livecast Command Center perspective.
This location-based livecasting (video + VoIP + GPS) service was touted as a perfect example of how the P1 4G network can be utilized. Livecast allows one to instantly communicate/share data in real-time and is being used
1) by companies who can visibly identify work situations/boost employee efficiency,
2) by media and news organizations who can broadcast major news events as they happen,
3) by first responders who can improve results by instantly assessing emergencies/reducing response times,
4) by 4G operators who can provide subscribers with a reason to rely on their high-speed mobile data accounts to share quality video experiences each day, and
5) by families and friends who can check up on each other.
There were three conference rooms at the Ritz-Carlton turned into exhibition halls – one containing booths from Intel/P1 booth, Acer (WiMAX ready laptops for P1 network), MSI (WiMAX ready laptops for P1 network), SIRIM,ZTE, Greenpacket (array of indoor/outdoor 4G modems and USB dongles), Aptilo Networks, another containing booths from Agilent, MIMOS, ATDI, MOSTI, SKMM/MCMC, Huawei and a third dedicated to Samsung and YTL. In addition to the livecaster demo, Intel/P1 showcased another stunning demo of a Logitech Revue (WiFi) with Google TV (using a 42” Samsung HDTV) connected to the internet using a P1 WiFi/4G hotspot.
A remotely located Lenovo T510 with Intel 6250 WiMAX and Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910 were also used for a live video conference with the Google TV over WiMAX. P1/Intel also demonstrated some M2M devices:
1) a MSI U130 Netbook with a Feeney Wireless (http://feeneywireless.com/products/panasonic_toughbooks/) Skyus 4G WiMAX USB Adapter (Intel 6250 WiMAX inside) connected to the indoor P1 4G network,
2) a Yealink VP-2009P IP Media Phone, a Yealink SIP-T28P IP Media Phone, and a Yealink SIP-T20P IP Media Phone all connected to the indoor P1 4G network via a P1 4G DX230 (Broadband For Home) CPE device, and
3) a Yeastar MyPBX IP-PBX for small businesses.
Some further consumer demos included:
1) a Samsung N210 Netbook w/Intel 6250 WiMAX connected to the indoor P1 4G network,
2) a Pegatron Lucid EXOPC Slate tablet w/Intel 6250 WiMAX connected to the indoor P1 4G network, a thin and light Lenovo T410S Thinkpad w/Intel 6250 WiMAX connected to the indoor P1 4G network, a Dell laptop and P1 tablet connected to the P1 WiFi/4G hotspot, another Dell laptop connected with ethernet cable to a P1 4G DX230 CPE device, a Lenovo laptop and a Dell Studio laptop connected to P1 4G network using a P1 Wiggy, a Dell laptop connected using a P1 4G UM230 (Casual Wiggy), and a Dell laptop connected using a P1 4G UH235 (Super Wiggy).By GoingWimax.comFriday, December 3, 2010
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Now, onto Malaysia. On Friday, November 19, after being rushed to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Kuala Lampur via a slick S-Class Mercedes-Benz limousine, we stumbled on the tremendous glitter of YTL Communications Sdn Bhd’s official launch of "YES Fastest 4G Mobile Internet –with-Voice" service to Malaysians at the glamorous JW Marriott Hotel next door. The Hall was sold-out to a jubilant crowd who seemed to really understand the power of WiMAX and its efficacy for tremendous monetization now and into the future. The Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin led the launch by performing a video over 4G call with Malaysian students in London. YES is set to cover 80 percent of the entire Malaysian population by the end of 2011 from a current coverage rate of 65 percent. With the YTL 4G foray happening in the background, the WiMAX Forum Southeast Asia Regional Focus event was itself officially launched on Monday, November 22 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Intel and Samsung served as Senior Sponsors with P1, Beacon, MIMOS and SIRIM as co-organizers. Agilent Technologies, CEEDTec, CGY, Elite Core, GeoFlex, Huawei, iTopia, MSC, MTSFB, ZTE, MOSTI and SKMM were participating sponsors. The event was initiated to all the dignitaries, sponsors, and participants with a cordial welcome by Mr. Ron Resnick, Chairman & President of the WiMAX Forum. This was followed by an opening speech from The Honorable Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia. Later, the SIRIM WiMAX lab was officially launched as a major test facility (in Kuala Lampur) for certifying devices to be deployed onto any world-wide WiMAX network. The MIMOS WiWi outdoor access point was also launched.
November 23-24 were two days filled with further in-depth keynotes and lectures. A highlight was when the Intel 4G team, in collaboration with Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (P1), demonstrated live applications over the indoor WiMAX network (established by P1 engineers using two single sector ZTE picocells operating at 2.3GHz channel frequency) as well as the outdoor commercial P1 4G network (Kuala Lampur City Center). P1 is Malaysia’s premier WiMAX telco. P1 personnel made it clear to us while we were there that they were revolutionizing 4G (in Malaysia) in terms of their ability to provide 4G internet access at an affordable rate, anytime and anywhere; hassle free to the Malaysian populace. According to StarSpecial, 19 August 2010 issue: “By the end of 2009, the 4G WiMAX network had been deployed to provide 4G broadband coverage in over 25 towns; covering areas in Kuala Lampur, Selangor, Penang, Kedah, Perak, Terengganu, Pahang and Johor, representing over 35 percent of Peninsular Malaysian’s population. Today, it has over 40 percent 4G WiMAX coverage in Malaysia with an admirable 196,000 happy subscribers… P1 is on track to provide high capacity, high speed 4G broadband to 45 percent of Peninsular Malaysia’s population by the end of 2010, and 65 percent of the entire Malaysian population by the end of 2012, further contributing to the national broadband agenda of achieving a 50 percent broadband penetration rate by the end of this year.”
In light of the great advances made by P1, Intel’s 4G team together with P1 deployed two livecasters (two ASUS eePC ion Netbooks each equipped with a Microsoft HD Camera, a P1 4G UH235 Super Wiggy (Broadband on the go) USB adapter for WiMAX connectivity, and a GPS receiver). Two P1 engineers were chosen to walk around the Kuala Lampur City Center each with a backpack containing the aforementioned equipment with a web camera anchored in a sturdy pocket with a front view. In this way they were able to livecast, over the P1 4G network, the beautiful Kuala Lampur cityscape back into a Lenovo W510 w/Intel 6250 WiMAX at the P1/Intel booth inside the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The Lenovo laptop was connected via VGA output to a 42” flat panel display showing the livecast streaming from the Kuala Lampur City Center as well as from the P1 headquarters - all viewed with Livecast Command Center perspective.
This location-based livecasting (video + VoIP + GPS) service was touted as a perfect example of how the P1 4G network can be utilized. Livecast allows one to instantly communicate/share data in real-time and is being used
1) by companies who can visibly identify work situations/boost employee efficiency,
2) by media and news organizations who can broadcast major news events as they happen,
3) by first responders who can improve results by instantly assessing emergencies/reducing response times,
4) by 4G operators who can provide subscribers with a reason to rely on their high-speed mobile data accounts to share quality video experiences each day, and
5) by families and friends who can check up on each other.
There were three conference rooms at the Ritz-Carlton turned into exhibition halls – one containing booths from Intel/P1 booth, Acer (WiMAX ready laptops for P1 network), MSI (WiMAX ready laptops for P1 network), SIRIM,ZTE, Greenpacket (array of indoor/outdoor 4G modems and USB dongles), Aptilo Networks, another containing booths from Agilent, MIMOS, ATDI, MOSTI, SKMM/MCMC, Huawei and a third dedicated to Samsung and YTL. In addition to the livecaster demo, Intel/P1 showcased another stunning demo of a Logitech Revue (WiFi) with Google TV (using a 42” Samsung HDTV) connected to the internet using a P1 WiFi/4G hotspot.
A remotely located Lenovo T510 with Intel 6250 WiMAX and Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910 were also used for a live video conference with the Google TV over WiMAX. P1/Intel also demonstrated some M2M devices:
1) a MSI U130 Netbook with a Feeney Wireless (http://feeneywireless.com/products/panasonic_toughbooks/) Skyus 4G WiMAX USB Adapter (Intel 6250 WiMAX inside) connected to the indoor P1 4G network,
2) a Yealink VP-2009P IP Media Phone, a Yealink SIP-T28P IP Media Phone, and a Yealink SIP-T20P IP Media Phone all connected to the indoor P1 4G network via a P1 4G DX230 (Broadband For Home) CPE device, and
3) a Yeastar MyPBX IP-PBX for small businesses.
Some further consumer demos included:
1) a Samsung N210 Netbook w/Intel 6250 WiMAX connected to the indoor P1 4G network,
2) a Pegatron Lucid EXOPC Slate tablet w/Intel 6250 WiMAX connected to the indoor P1 4G network, a thin and light Lenovo T410S Thinkpad w/Intel 6250 WiMAX connected to the indoor P1 4G network, a Dell laptop and P1 tablet connected to the P1 WiFi/4G hotspot, another Dell laptop connected with ethernet cable to a P1 4G DX230 CPE device, a Lenovo laptop and a Dell Studio laptop connected to P1 4G network using a P1 Wiggy, a Dell laptop connected using a P1 4G UM230 (Casual Wiggy), and a Dell laptop connected using a P1 4G UH235 (Super Wiggy).By GoingWimax.comFriday, December 3, 2010
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Oct 21, 2010
Pace Networks and Alphatron offer operators key to access Asia’s cable and IPTV market
Pace Networks has today announced that Singapore-based Alphatron Asia has become its first Asian Network Approved Partner (NAP), supporting the growth of analogue to digital conversion across the region.
By implementing Pace’s MDC1000 as a compact head end platform,, Pace and Alphatron will enable cable and IPTV operators to capitalise on Singapore’s high broadband penetration, extending their digital video and IPTV delivery to a wider subscriber base. Alphatron Asia will combine its local expertise with Pace Networks’ versatile and low cost solution to significantly reduce upgrade costs for operators and minimise potential disruption to services for customers. This will allow cable operators to deliver newer services such as Over the Top TV, IPTV and Video On Demand to what are typically less accessible subscribers, and to commercial multidwelling buildings such as hotels or hospitals.
Alphatron Asia, part of the Alphatron Group of companies, is a leading distributor of electronic components and equipment to satellite, broadcast and marine industries in Singapore. This is a region which has seen significant growth in digital TV, with more than two-thirds of TV-owning households now subscribed to paid services.
Lawrence Low, Managing Director of Alphatron Asia commented: “Our partnership with Pace Networks enables us to address a real challenge in the Asian market. Small operators have become increasingly frustrated about the fragmented, inaccessible nature of their subscriber base, which could previously only be reached with major infrastructure modifications. By working with Pace, we will be able to help both cable and IPTV operators open up new sources of revenue.”
Andrew Ward, General Manager of Pace Networks added: “With analogue to digital conversion plans quickly advancing in all major Asian countries and high projected growth for IPTV and cable, Pace Networks’ solutions offer operators a great opportunity to capitalise on the region’s progress. Our partnership with Alphatron Asia provides operators in the region with access to a versatile infrastructure platform that, combined with the local knowledge on how best to deploy our solution, will help them to optimise their digital offering.”
Pace Networks Approved Partners provide the technological expertise for operators in their local market, helping them to access the ‘last-mile’ of the delivery chain and ultimately to reach a wider subscriber base.
About Pace plc
Pace plc (LSE:PIC) is a leading technology developer for the global payTV industry, working across satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. Pace has one of the world's most experienced specialist engineering teams, developing intelligent and innovative products and services for both payTV operators and retail markets across the world.
Pace employs over 1200 people, in locations that include the UK, the USA, France, India and China. Pace's international headquarters are in Saltaire, West Yorkshire, UK.
About Pace Networks
Pace Networks, a specialised division of Pace plc, is opening up the market for advanced digital services by enabling payTV and other operators to reach inaccessible subscribers. The Pace Networks range of products is already opening up hard to reach markets for TV-led home entertainment with innovative products for the ‘last-mile’ of the delivery chain.
For more information on Pace Networks, please visit;
http://www.pace.com/networks
About Alphatron
Alphatron Asia was established in 1997 as a specialized value-added distributor to the marine electronics, broadcast and satellite industries in South-east Asia. By focusing on our core competency of value-added distribution, we have grown rapidly over the last few years, both in terms of products as well as geographical coverage. We now distribute products throughout ASIA in the marine, medical, broadcast and satellite markets.
In broadcast and satellite, we provide complete turnkey solutions for all monitoring and control requirements. As most customers move from an Analogue to a Digital environment, we provide products which ensure their operations run efficiently. We have local technical expertise to ensure that these products are integrated and function well in our customer's environment.21 October 2010
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By implementing Pace’s MDC1000 as a compact head end platform,, Pace and Alphatron will enable cable and IPTV operators to capitalise on Singapore’s high broadband penetration, extending their digital video and IPTV delivery to a wider subscriber base. Alphatron Asia will combine its local expertise with Pace Networks’ versatile and low cost solution to significantly reduce upgrade costs for operators and minimise potential disruption to services for customers. This will allow cable operators to deliver newer services such as Over the Top TV, IPTV and Video On Demand to what are typically less accessible subscribers, and to commercial multidwelling buildings such as hotels or hospitals.
Alphatron Asia, part of the Alphatron Group of companies, is a leading distributor of electronic components and equipment to satellite, broadcast and marine industries in Singapore. This is a region which has seen significant growth in digital TV, with more than two-thirds of TV-owning households now subscribed to paid services.
Lawrence Low, Managing Director of Alphatron Asia commented: “Our partnership with Pace Networks enables us to address a real challenge in the Asian market. Small operators have become increasingly frustrated about the fragmented, inaccessible nature of their subscriber base, which could previously only be reached with major infrastructure modifications. By working with Pace, we will be able to help both cable and IPTV operators open up new sources of revenue.”
Andrew Ward, General Manager of Pace Networks added: “With analogue to digital conversion plans quickly advancing in all major Asian countries and high projected growth for IPTV and cable, Pace Networks’ solutions offer operators a great opportunity to capitalise on the region’s progress. Our partnership with Alphatron Asia provides operators in the region with access to a versatile infrastructure platform that, combined with the local knowledge on how best to deploy our solution, will help them to optimise their digital offering.”
Pace Networks Approved Partners provide the technological expertise for operators in their local market, helping them to access the ‘last-mile’ of the delivery chain and ultimately to reach a wider subscriber base.
About Pace plc
Pace plc (LSE:PIC) is a leading technology developer for the global payTV industry, working across satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. Pace has one of the world's most experienced specialist engineering teams, developing intelligent and innovative products and services for both payTV operators and retail markets across the world.
Pace employs over 1200 people, in locations that include the UK, the USA, France, India and China. Pace's international headquarters are in Saltaire, West Yorkshire, UK.
About Pace Networks
Pace Networks, a specialised division of Pace plc, is opening up the market for advanced digital services by enabling payTV and other operators to reach inaccessible subscribers. The Pace Networks range of products is already opening up hard to reach markets for TV-led home entertainment with innovative products for the ‘last-mile’ of the delivery chain.
For more information on Pace Networks, please visit;
http://www.pace.com/networks
About Alphatron
Alphatron Asia was established in 1997 as a specialized value-added distributor to the marine electronics, broadcast and satellite industries in South-east Asia. By focusing on our core competency of value-added distribution, we have grown rapidly over the last few years, both in terms of products as well as geographical coverage. We now distribute products throughout ASIA in the marine, medical, broadcast and satellite markets.
In broadcast and satellite, we provide complete turnkey solutions for all monitoring and control requirements. As most customers move from an Analogue to a Digital environment, we provide products which ensure their operations run efficiently. We have local technical expertise to ensure that these products are integrated and function well in our customer's environment.21 October 2010
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Oct 19, 2010
Swisscom's 4x4 MIMO From Quantenna
Swisscom is deploying the world's first 4x4 MIMO 802.11n gateway. Wireless has long promised speeds fast enough for 4 HD video streams, with 802.11n offering 54 megabits up to a nominal 600 megabits. In practice, no carrier has found wireless to deliver the speeds needed reliably. Dropouts and lost packets look ugly on the TV screen, so even occasional errors are unacceptable.
A 4x4 MIMO chip supports four antennas both for transmitting and receiving, the maximum allowed in the standard. Stéphane Dufour of Swisscom says Netgear/Quantenna gateway is "capable of guaranteeing the performance and reliability that our subscribers need."
Quantenna's founder Behrooz Rezvani delivered the world's fastest VDSL DMT chips years ago at Ikanos reaching 100 meg. He's looking to match that feat at Quantenna. Delivering the first 4x4 is impressive, but I'm withholding judgment until I get substantial feedback from the field.
Imran Hajimusa in January showed me an impressive demo of their 802.11 chip simultaneously carrying four HD streams. It's only 3x3, but Hajimusa believes Lantiq design features will yield a better chip. A third company, Celeno, has a major win at Liberty Global, the world's #2 cableco.
They write me "MIMO by itself does not correlate necessarily to good carrier-grade Wi-Fi performance. Video over Wi-Fi needs long range and consistent throughput with very low packet loss. In low SNR conditions (i.e. long reach and/or rich multipath home environment), the number of spatial streams typically degrades to one." Celeno supports "transmit beam forming to extend range, scheduled MAC for QoS and additional features such as antenna diversity and channel aware rate selection for increased robustness to fight off dead spots, people moving, dependency on device orientation , etc."
Balan Nair, CTO of Liberty Global, gives Celeno strong support. “Wireless delivery of video content to multiple video displays is an important part of our home gateway strategy, Celeno was able to meet our stringent performance requirements. Its Wi-Fi solution demonstrated the level of flexibility required." Nair was CTO at Qwest back when they were building the world's first substantial VDSL network in Phoenix and his opinion is always well-informed.
Off the record comments from readers testing the new chips very welcome.
Here's Wikipedia's explanation of the number of antennas
The number of simultaneous data streams is limited by the minimum number of antennas in use on both sides of the link. However, the individual radios often further limit the number of spatial streams that may carry unique data. The notation helps identify what a given radio is capable of. The first number (a) is the maximum number of transmit antennas or RF chains that can be used by the radio. The second number (b) is the maximum number of receive antennas or RF chains that can be used by the radio. The third number (c) is the maximum number of data spatial streams the radio can use. For example, a radio that can transmit on two antennas and receive on three, but can only send or receive two data streams would be .
The 802.11n draft allows up to
Quantenna, Swisscom and Netgear Release the World’s First Reliable Video over Wi-Fi 4x4 MIMO Deployment
Switzerland’s Leading Carrier Deploys NETGEAR Video Bridge That Uses Quantenna’s Wi-Fi 4x4 MIMO Technology to Deliver Most Reliable Wi-Fi Service, Anywhere in the Home.
FREMONT, Calif., October 19, 2010 -- Quantenna Communications, Inc., the leader in ultra-reliable Wi-Fi video networking for whole-home entertainment, today announced that its Full-11n™ 4x4 MIMO 802.11n chipset has been selected by NETGEAR® for a video-bridge solution that Swisscom has used to complete field trials of the first high-definition (HD) video-over-Wi-Fi service from a major worldwide provider.
The collaboration between Swisscom, NETGEAR and Quantenna is the result of a development partnership between the three companies. In 2008, Swisscom began working with Quantenna to define and develop video service-delivery technology that provides whole-home coverage at very high data rates, which is mandatory for services and applications such as HDTV. NETGEAR, whose first video bridge was introduced in January 2008 at CES, joined the partnership in 2009 to deliver a video bridge that uses Quantenna’s Full-11n product to transport multiple HD video streams from residential gateways to multiple set-top boxes around the home with the highest possible reach and performance. Swisscom will use the NETGEAR video bridge with Quantenna’s Full-11n solution to deploy its whole-home broadband wireless video networking service this month.
“We are excited to be the world’s first major carrier to deploy HD video-over-Wi-Fi services using reliable 4x4 MIMO technology. The close collaboration between Quantenna, NETGEAR and Swisscom resulted in an innovative technology capable of guaranteeing the performance and reliability that our subscribers need for an excellent experience,” said Stéphane Dufour, executive in charge of strategy and innovation with Swisscom.
“Quantenna and NETGEAR have worked closely to ensure that Swisscom’s wireless broadband video service exceeds customer expectations for quality and reliability,” said Michael Clegg, vice president and general manager of the service provider business unit at NETGEAR. “NETGEAR’s new WHDE3004 video bridge leverages Quantenna’s industry-leading 4x4 MIMO technology to deliver the most satisfying consumer experience possible while reducing customer support requirements and minimizing truck rolls and overall deployment costs.”
Quantenna’s third-generation 802.11n chipset fully supports the IEEE802.11n standard with advanced 4x4 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) capabilities as well as dynamic digital beamforming, mesh networking and wireless channel monitoring and optimizing. These features work together to deliver performance improvement across five times the coverage area as compared to earlier WLAN technology. Wi-Fi networks that use Quantenna chipsets are capable of delivering the same quality as wired Ethernet, anywhere in the home, while guaranteeing compatibility with existing and future IEEE 802.11n-compliant products. The chipsets also minimize system latencies for real-time applications such as online multi-player role-playing games using bidirectional video-game controllers.
“Quantenna is excited and proud to be part of the world’s first major 4x4 MIMO video-over-Wi-Fi service deployment by a leading worldwide carrier,” said David French, Quantenna CEO. “Our technology gives Swisscom a platform for deploying a variety of triple-play voice, data and video services, with the option to support new service models such as centralized, multi-room DVRs and remote DVR/STB maintenance and management.” Written by Dave Burstein
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A 4x4 MIMO chip supports four antennas both for transmitting and receiving, the maximum allowed in the standard. Stéphane Dufour of Swisscom says Netgear/Quantenna gateway is "capable of guaranteeing the performance and reliability that our subscribers need."
Quantenna's founder Behrooz Rezvani delivered the world's fastest VDSL DMT chips years ago at Ikanos reaching 100 meg. He's looking to match that feat at Quantenna. Delivering the first 4x4 is impressive, but I'm withholding judgment until I get substantial feedback from the field.
Imran Hajimusa in January showed me an impressive demo of their 802.11 chip simultaneously carrying four HD streams. It's only 3x3, but Hajimusa believes Lantiq design features will yield a better chip. A third company, Celeno, has a major win at Liberty Global, the world's #2 cableco.
They write me "MIMO by itself does not correlate necessarily to good carrier-grade Wi-Fi performance. Video over Wi-Fi needs long range and consistent throughput with very low packet loss. In low SNR conditions (i.e. long reach and/or rich multipath home environment), the number of spatial streams typically degrades to one." Celeno supports "transmit beam forming to extend range, scheduled MAC for QoS and additional features such as antenna diversity and channel aware rate selection for increased robustness to fight off dead spots, people moving, dependency on device orientation , etc."
Balan Nair, CTO of Liberty Global, gives Celeno strong support. “Wireless delivery of video content to multiple video displays is an important part of our home gateway strategy, Celeno was able to meet our stringent performance requirements. Its Wi-Fi solution demonstrated the level of flexibility required." Nair was CTO at Qwest back when they were building the world's first substantial VDSL network in Phoenix and his opinion is always well-informed.
Off the record comments from readers testing the new chips very welcome.
Here's Wikipedia's explanation of the number of antennas
The number of simultaneous data streams is limited by the minimum number of antennas in use on both sides of the link. However, the individual radios often further limit the number of spatial streams that may carry unique data. The notation helps identify what a given radio is capable of. The first number (a) is the maximum number of transmit antennas or RF chains that can be used by the radio. The second number (b) is the maximum number of receive antennas or RF chains that can be used by the radio. The third number (c) is the maximum number of data spatial streams the radio can use. For example, a radio that can transmit on two antennas and receive on three, but can only send or receive two data streams would be .
The 802.11n draft allows up to
Quantenna, Swisscom and Netgear Release the World’s First Reliable Video over Wi-Fi 4x4 MIMO Deployment
Switzerland’s Leading Carrier Deploys NETGEAR Video Bridge That Uses Quantenna’s Wi-Fi 4x4 MIMO Technology to Deliver Most Reliable Wi-Fi Service, Anywhere in the Home.
FREMONT, Calif., October 19, 2010 -- Quantenna Communications, Inc., the leader in ultra-reliable Wi-Fi video networking for whole-home entertainment, today announced that its Full-11n™ 4x4 MIMO 802.11n chipset has been selected by NETGEAR® for a video-bridge solution that Swisscom has used to complete field trials of the first high-definition (HD) video-over-Wi-Fi service from a major worldwide provider.
The collaboration between Swisscom, NETGEAR and Quantenna is the result of a development partnership between the three companies. In 2008, Swisscom began working with Quantenna to define and develop video service-delivery technology that provides whole-home coverage at very high data rates, which is mandatory for services and applications such as HDTV. NETGEAR, whose first video bridge was introduced in January 2008 at CES, joined the partnership in 2009 to deliver a video bridge that uses Quantenna’s Full-11n product to transport multiple HD video streams from residential gateways to multiple set-top boxes around the home with the highest possible reach and performance. Swisscom will use the NETGEAR video bridge with Quantenna’s Full-11n solution to deploy its whole-home broadband wireless video networking service this month.
“We are excited to be the world’s first major carrier to deploy HD video-over-Wi-Fi services using reliable 4x4 MIMO technology. The close collaboration between Quantenna, NETGEAR and Swisscom resulted in an innovative technology capable of guaranteeing the performance and reliability that our subscribers need for an excellent experience,” said Stéphane Dufour, executive in charge of strategy and innovation with Swisscom.
“Quantenna and NETGEAR have worked closely to ensure that Swisscom’s wireless broadband video service exceeds customer expectations for quality and reliability,” said Michael Clegg, vice president and general manager of the service provider business unit at NETGEAR. “NETGEAR’s new WHDE3004 video bridge leverages Quantenna’s industry-leading 4x4 MIMO technology to deliver the most satisfying consumer experience possible while reducing customer support requirements and minimizing truck rolls and overall deployment costs.”
Quantenna’s third-generation 802.11n chipset fully supports the IEEE802.11n standard with advanced 4x4 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) capabilities as well as dynamic digital beamforming, mesh networking and wireless channel monitoring and optimizing. These features work together to deliver performance improvement across five times the coverage area as compared to earlier WLAN technology. Wi-Fi networks that use Quantenna chipsets are capable of delivering the same quality as wired Ethernet, anywhere in the home, while guaranteeing compatibility with existing and future IEEE 802.11n-compliant products. The chipsets also minimize system latencies for real-time applications such as online multi-player role-playing games using bidirectional video-game controllers.
“Quantenna is excited and proud to be part of the world’s first major 4x4 MIMO video-over-Wi-Fi service deployment by a leading worldwide carrier,” said David French, Quantenna CEO. “Our technology gives Swisscom a platform for deploying a variety of triple-play voice, data and video services, with the option to support new service models such as centralized, multi-room DVRs and remote DVR/STB maintenance and management.” Written by Dave Burstein
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Oct 13, 2010
Silicon Valley Innovator Drives Digital Home Convergence
San Jose, California - August 12, 2008 - 2Wire, a provider of broadband solutions, is celebrating two significant milestones today with the company's 10-year anniversary and the shipment of its 20 millionth HomePortal® intelligent gateway. Now one of the leading providers of broadband gateways in the world, 2Wire continues to set the standard for excellence in broadband access equipment and user experience.
Since its founding in 1998 by a team of four friends, including current CEO Pasquale "Pat" Romano, 2Wire has been committed to developing innovative solutions that unify network-enabled home devices and equipment on a single platform. The company has succeeded, expanding its presence internationally and developing several notable solutions in the broadband space, including residential gateways, multi-service media platforms, intelligent home servers, and remote CPE management systems. Notable industry firsts include:
First splitter-less DSL self-install solution - 2000
First intelligent residential gateway - 2000
First wireless gateway - 2001
First TR-069-compliant remote CPE management system (CMS) - 2004
First multi-service media platform to integrate DSL and satellite television services (MediaPortal®) - 2004
First outdoor broadband home gateway (HomePortal iNID) - 2006
2Wire continues to expand its global distribution footprint while constantly developing innovative, award-winning solutions for its growing list of customers.
Pat Romano, co-founder, president, and CEO of 2Wire, looks toward the future with excitement. "The opportunities for 2Wire in the broadband marketplace are limitless right now," said Romano. "The market is going through a period of significant maturation and consolidation. We have scale, technology, a large customer base, and a world class group of employees on our side. Our history demonstrates that we consistently change the game in the industry through innovative combinations of technologies and services. These attributes have served us well in the past and will continue to do so as we forge ahead."
"From the beginning, it seems that 2Wire correctly anticipated and timed the growth we are currently witnessing in the broadband market," said Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst with Parks Associates. "The company continues to lead the market to this day, with innovations in residential gateways, storage solutions, and convergent video and digital entertainment offerings. By the end of this year, 27 million households worldwide will have residential gateways, growing to more than 70 million by the end of 2012. With its expanding portfolio of products and services, 2Wire is very well positioned to continue capitalizing on this growth."
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Since its founding in 1998 by a team of four friends, including current CEO Pasquale "Pat" Romano, 2Wire has been committed to developing innovative solutions that unify network-enabled home devices and equipment on a single platform. The company has succeeded, expanding its presence internationally and developing several notable solutions in the broadband space, including residential gateways, multi-service media platforms, intelligent home servers, and remote CPE management systems. Notable industry firsts include:
First splitter-less DSL self-install solution - 2000
First intelligent residential gateway - 2000
First wireless gateway - 2001
First TR-069-compliant remote CPE management system (CMS) - 2004
First multi-service media platform to integrate DSL and satellite television services (MediaPortal®) - 2004
First outdoor broadband home gateway (HomePortal iNID) - 2006
2Wire continues to expand its global distribution footprint while constantly developing innovative, award-winning solutions for its growing list of customers.
Pat Romano, co-founder, president, and CEO of 2Wire, looks toward the future with excitement. "The opportunities for 2Wire in the broadband marketplace are limitless right now," said Romano. "The market is going through a period of significant maturation and consolidation. We have scale, technology, a large customer base, and a world class group of employees on our side. Our history demonstrates that we consistently change the game in the industry through innovative combinations of technologies and services. These attributes have served us well in the past and will continue to do so as we forge ahead."
"From the beginning, it seems that 2Wire correctly anticipated and timed the growth we are currently witnessing in the broadband market," said Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst with Parks Associates. "The company continues to lead the market to this day, with innovations in residential gateways, storage solutions, and convergent video and digital entertainment offerings. By the end of this year, 27 million households worldwide will have residential gateways, growing to more than 70 million by the end of 2012. With its expanding portfolio of products and services, 2Wire is very well positioned to continue capitalizing on this growth."
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Oct 5, 2010
498 Million Lines June, > 500M Today
Tom Starr, head of the Forum, has been there from the early 1990's setting DSL standards. He and many others at the Forum played crucial roles in getting from about 0 to 500M in 12 years. Sorry I wasn't at the Forum meeting in Hong Kong to raise a toast. The story in the data that China is growing so fast (>5M last quarter) that overall world grosth continues strong. Here's the announcement, which is based on Point-Topic data.
One in every five of the world's households now has fixed broadband, Point-Topic estimates and the Broadband Forum is celebrating in Hong Kong. That's 2.63% growth in the quarter and 11.99% in the last 12 months to end of Q2 2010. ...
* China – the powerhouse of global broadband in the 21st century so far was responsible for 43% of all net broadband lines added in Q2 2010 and performed far better than the same quarter in 2009 ('China' includes Mainland China, Hong Kong & Macau)
* In Western Europe many markets did better than the equivalent 2009 quarter. Germany, the UK, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland and Turkey amongst others all reported strong numbers
* Central and South American markets have cooled to an extent but many are still reporting good quarterly growth (in the 5%-7% range)
* However North America, the USA and in particular Canada have significantly slowed and - in Canada's case - to levels not seen for a decade
Continuing the trend from previous quarterly figures, Asia increased its share of the overall broadband market by a further 1.2% in the year Q209 to Q210 and by 0.41% in the last quarter alone. The region now accounts for almost 41% of the total, with Europe in second place with 30% and the Americas showing 26%. China is the biggest individual contributor to the Asian growth adding 5,470,888 lines bringing its total to 120,591,488, over 24% of the 500,000,000 lines achieved in the early part of Q3. Elsewhere in the top 10 the real movement is from Russia and Brazil. Written by Dave Burstein
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One in every five of the world's households now has fixed broadband, Point-Topic estimates and the Broadband Forum is celebrating in Hong Kong. That's 2.63% growth in the quarter and 11.99% in the last 12 months to end of Q2 2010. ...
* China – the powerhouse of global broadband in the 21st century so far was responsible for 43% of all net broadband lines added in Q2 2010 and performed far better than the same quarter in 2009 ('China' includes Mainland China, Hong Kong & Macau)
* In Western Europe many markets did better than the equivalent 2009 quarter. Germany, the UK, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland and Turkey amongst others all reported strong numbers
* Central and South American markets have cooled to an extent but many are still reporting good quarterly growth (in the 5%-7% range)
* However North America, the USA and in particular Canada have significantly slowed and - in Canada's case - to levels not seen for a decade
Continuing the trend from previous quarterly figures, Asia increased its share of the overall broadband market by a further 1.2% in the year Q209 to Q210 and by 0.41% in the last quarter alone. The region now accounts for almost 41% of the total, with Europe in second place with 30% and the Americas showing 26%. China is the biggest individual contributor to the Asian growth adding 5,470,888 lines bringing its total to 120,591,488, over 24% of the 500,000,000 lines achieved in the early part of Q3. Elsewhere in the top 10 the real movement is from Russia and Brazil. Written by Dave Burstein
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Sep 22, 2010
Videotron offers blazing speed with 120 Mbps tier
The Canadian cable operator has taken over the top spot for the fastest data tier by a cable operator in North America with today's launch of its Ultimate Speed Internet 120.
As of today, Ultimate Speed Internet 120 is available in nearly 80 percent of Videotron's Quebec City footprint. The new tier has a speed of up to 120 Mbps on the downstream and 20 Mbps on the upstream.
With the launch, Videotron took over DOCSIS 3.0 bragging rights for the fastest North American tier from Suddenlink, which has a 107 Mbps tier. By comparison, Suddenlink's residential 107 Mbps offering has an upstream speed of 5 Mbps, while Comcast's 100 Mbps business tier is being offered with an upstream speed of 10 Mbps, with the exception of the Twin Cities service that features 15 Mbps.
"Ultimate Speed Internet 120 pushes back the frontier for intensive Internet users," said Robert Depatie, president and CEO of Videotron. "Today, we are launching the high-speed Internet service of the future. With the pace at which users' needs are changing, we are not so far from the day when 120 Mbps will be a must-have convenience."
The 120 Mbps wideband tier will be available in all of Videotron's Quebec City footprint by the end of the year; from there it will be rolled out across the rest of Videotron's service area.
Ultimate Speed Internet 120 will cost residential users $149.95 per month, while a business class tier starts at $219.95 per month.
As for bandwidth caps, Ultimate 120 has a download limit of 170 GB per month and an upload limit of 30 GB for residential users. The business class offering has caps of 225 GB for downloads and 125 GB for uploads.
Videotron said it picked Quebec City for its initial rollout of Ultimate Speed Internet 120 because the network was upgraded in 2006 to the financial tune of $30 million.
With its launch two years ago, Videotron was the first major cable operator in North America to offer DOCSIS 3.0-based wideband services. Videotron's initial launch comprised 50 Mbps and 30 Mbps tiers using pre-DOCSIS 3.0-certified cable modems and cable modem termination systems from Cisco.
In addition to the availability of Ultimate Speed Internet 120, Videotron said it increased the upstream speed on its 50 Mbps tier from 1 Mbps to 2 Mbps with no additional charge, and it will increase the cap from 30 GB to 40 GB starting in November.By Mike Robuck CedMagazine.com - September 22, 2010
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As of today, Ultimate Speed Internet 120 is available in nearly 80 percent of Videotron's Quebec City footprint. The new tier has a speed of up to 120 Mbps on the downstream and 20 Mbps on the upstream.
With the launch, Videotron took over DOCSIS 3.0 bragging rights for the fastest North American tier from Suddenlink, which has a 107 Mbps tier. By comparison, Suddenlink's residential 107 Mbps offering has an upstream speed of 5 Mbps, while Comcast's 100 Mbps business tier is being offered with an upstream speed of 10 Mbps, with the exception of the Twin Cities service that features 15 Mbps.
"Ultimate Speed Internet 120 pushes back the frontier for intensive Internet users," said Robert Depatie, president and CEO of Videotron. "Today, we are launching the high-speed Internet service of the future. With the pace at which users' needs are changing, we are not so far from the day when 120 Mbps will be a must-have convenience."
The 120 Mbps wideband tier will be available in all of Videotron's Quebec City footprint by the end of the year; from there it will be rolled out across the rest of Videotron's service area.
Ultimate Speed Internet 120 will cost residential users $149.95 per month, while a business class tier starts at $219.95 per month.
As for bandwidth caps, Ultimate 120 has a download limit of 170 GB per month and an upload limit of 30 GB for residential users. The business class offering has caps of 225 GB for downloads and 125 GB for uploads.
Videotron said it picked Quebec City for its initial rollout of Ultimate Speed Internet 120 because the network was upgraded in 2006 to the financial tune of $30 million.
With its launch two years ago, Videotron was the first major cable operator in North America to offer DOCSIS 3.0-based wideband services. Videotron's initial launch comprised 50 Mbps and 30 Mbps tiers using pre-DOCSIS 3.0-certified cable modems and cable modem termination systems from Cisco.
In addition to the availability of Ultimate Speed Internet 120, Videotron said it increased the upstream speed on its 50 Mbps tier from 1 Mbps to 2 Mbps with no additional charge, and it will increase the cap from 30 GB to 40 GB starting in November.By Mike Robuck CedMagazine.com - September 22, 2010
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Sharp To Acquire Recurrent Energy For $305M
OSAKA (AP) -- Japan's Sharp Corp., one of the world's largest producers of LCD TVs and panels, said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire solar project developer Recurrent Energy for $305 million in cash.
The deal comes as Sharp looks to take position as a developer of solar cells, modules and market power generation plants, among other technologies.
"It is essential for Sharp to function as a developer in the photovoltaic field in order to further expand its business in this area," said Toshishige Hamano, Sharp's executive vice president for overseas business.
Under the terms of the agreement, Sharp will completely buy out shareholders of San Francisco-based Recurrent, which include Mohr Davidow Ventures and Hudson Clean Energy Partners.
Recurrent Energy CEO Arno Harris will retain his title and continue to lead the company following its acquisition. He will report to Hamano.
Recurrent's executive team and other employees also will remain with the company, Sharp said.
Recurrent Energy's development pipeline of more than 330 MW of projects includes 170 MW with the Ontario Power Authority, 60 MW with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, and 50 MW with Southern California Edison.
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The deal comes as Sharp looks to take position as a developer of solar cells, modules and market power generation plants, among other technologies.
"It is essential for Sharp to function as a developer in the photovoltaic field in order to further expand its business in this area," said Toshishige Hamano, Sharp's executive vice president for overseas business.
Under the terms of the agreement, Sharp will completely buy out shareholders of San Francisco-based Recurrent, which include Mohr Davidow Ventures and Hudson Clean Energy Partners.
Recurrent Energy CEO Arno Harris will retain his title and continue to lead the company following its acquisition. He will report to Hamano.
Recurrent's executive team and other employees also will remain with the company, Sharp said.
Recurrent Energy's development pipeline of more than 330 MW of projects includes 170 MW with the Ontario Power Authority, 60 MW with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, and 50 MW with Southern California Edison.
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BT Wireless Network 1250 Router Review
Introduction
The BT Wireless Network 1250 is an evolution of the earlier BT Home Network 1200 router, both of which are actually built by 2Wire. The BT 1250 looks almost identical to the 1200. The main difference is that the PCMCIA card slot is missing, because the BT 1250 has the wireless networking built into it, rather than an optional extra. Otherwise the unit is pretty much identical offering:
Single 10/100Mbps Ethernet socket with auto-crossover
802.11b wireless built-in
RJ11 socket for connection to phone line
USB socket for connecting to a PC
Home PNA 2.0, allowing use of telephone extensions for networking
NAT/PAT support
DMZplus option to assign WAN IP to a PC
Internet based upgrades, downloaded direct to portal
Much of the documentation for the BT 1250 refers to it as a Home Gateway, and with the various connectivity options, it is much more of a gateway than many other routers on the market. The actual web interface used to configure the unit is also designed with non-expert users in mind, though it still has plenty of functionality. The router will work on single or dynamic IP address ADSL accounts and while NAT can be disabled to allow use of blocks of static IP addresses, the router is best suited to use on single IP address accounts.
What you get for your money
The unit itself is not particularly small measuring 22cm x 20cm x 6cm, but as it is designed to stand up, it does not occupy too much real estate. All of the leads and the router itself are shownn below. You receive as standard with the router, a 3 metre BT phone plug to RJ11 plug lead, USB Type A to Type B lead, power supply, 3 metre RJ11 to RJ11 lead, two microfilters, one RJ45 CAT5e Ethernet lead and a mains lead for the PSU.
Additionally there is a nice stack of documentation and a CD based wizard that can be used to set-up the unit. The quick start guide is a large fold-out affair, that is designed to show you how to connect all the leads and get connected initially. The software manual walks you through many of the more complex options available in the router. The manual also covers how to set-up the router for a Macintosh computer.
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The BT Wireless Network 1250 is an evolution of the earlier BT Home Network 1200 router, both of which are actually built by 2Wire. The BT 1250 looks almost identical to the 1200. The main difference is that the PCMCIA card slot is missing, because the BT 1250 has the wireless networking built into it, rather than an optional extra. Otherwise the unit is pretty much identical offering:
Single 10/100Mbps Ethernet socket with auto-crossover
802.11b wireless built-in
RJ11 socket for connection to phone line
USB socket for connecting to a PC
Home PNA 2.0, allowing use of telephone extensions for networking
NAT/PAT support
DMZplus option to assign WAN IP to a PC
Internet based upgrades, downloaded direct to portal
Much of the documentation for the BT 1250 refers to it as a Home Gateway, and with the various connectivity options, it is much more of a gateway than many other routers on the market. The actual web interface used to configure the unit is also designed with non-expert users in mind, though it still has plenty of functionality. The router will work on single or dynamic IP address ADSL accounts and while NAT can be disabled to allow use of blocks of static IP addresses, the router is best suited to use on single IP address accounts.
What you get for your money
The unit itself is not particularly small measuring 22cm x 20cm x 6cm, but as it is designed to stand up, it does not occupy too much real estate. All of the leads and the router itself are shownn below. You receive as standard with the router, a 3 metre BT phone plug to RJ11 plug lead, USB Type A to Type B lead, power supply, 3 metre RJ11 to RJ11 lead, two microfilters, one RJ45 CAT5e Ethernet lead and a mains lead for the PSU.
Additionally there is a nice stack of documentation and a CD based wizard that can be used to set-up the unit. The quick start guide is a large fold-out affair, that is designed to show you how to connect all the leads and get connected initially. The software manual walks you through many of the more complex options available in the router. The manual also covers how to set-up the router for a Macintosh computer.
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DSL research boosts speeds to 700meg
A prototype of 700meg DSL has been demonstrated by Huawei in Hong Kong. The company have shown a prototype of the new technology that boosts broadband speeds to much higher speeds by using bonding technology to connect four phone lines together. Using SuperMIMO (multiple input multiple output) technology, the company has managed to improve on the current maximum data rate of 100Mbps which has been possible with VDSL2. Using four twisted pairs helps address crosstalk problems and in turn, this allows an increase in bandwidth per channel to around 175Mbps, reaching around 700Mbps over 400 metres.
"DSL technologies for broadband access are showing great market potential. As a leader in the development of DSL technologies, our newest DSL prototype demonstrates our commitment to providing customer-centric and groundbreaking solutions and services for operators to enhance their competitiveness and profitability."
You Yiyong, (President Access Network Products) Huawei
Continued research into faster access using copper phone lines is valuable as the copper phone lines that are installed are likely to be around for some time. Although fibre will likely start to make a larger footprint over the next decade, being able to re-utilise existing capacity that has been replaced by fibre could help offer faster broadband speeds to communities where an investment in fibre has not been taken. Whilst 700meg is likely to be a peak speed, this technology will help boost speeds that users see.Wednesday 22 September 2010 by John Hunt
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"DSL technologies for broadband access are showing great market potential. As a leader in the development of DSL technologies, our newest DSL prototype demonstrates our commitment to providing customer-centric and groundbreaking solutions and services for operators to enhance their competitiveness and profitability."
You Yiyong, (President Access Network Products) Huawei
Continued research into faster access using copper phone lines is valuable as the copper phone lines that are installed are likely to be around for some time. Although fibre will likely start to make a larger footprint over the next decade, being able to re-utilise existing capacity that has been replaced by fibre could help offer faster broadband speeds to communities where an investment in fibre has not been taken. Whilst 700meg is likely to be a peak speed, this technology will help boost speeds that users see.Wednesday 22 September 2010 by John Hunt
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Sep 21, 2010
2Wire Rolls Out Next Generation Intelligent Gateway to Accelerate Service Provider Delivery of Video and Voice Applications
Further Advancing the Technology of the World's Most Widely Deployed VDSL Gateway, New HomePortal® Gateway Supports Demanding VDSL2 Applications Including High-Definition IPTV and VoIP
San Jose, CA - September 21, 2010 - 2Wire, a provider of broadband solutions, today introduced a new HomePortal® intelligent residential gateway that supports current and emerging VDSL applications. The new HomePortal 3801HGV gateway offers service providers a proven, turnkey solution for quickly delivering triple play services to their subscribers. The HomePortal 3801HGV gateway extends the dominant IPTV leadership position that 2Wire developed with the HomePortal 3800HGV gateway, the most widely deployed VDSL gateway in the world.
"With this gateway as the hub of the home network, service providers can quickly deploy high-definition IPTV services as part of a robust and reliable bundle of voice, data, and entertainment services," said Sean Parham, executive vice president and CMO at 2Wire. "The HomePortal 3801HGV gateway features a variety of innovations which support delivery of demanding services like IPTV and VoIP, including a dual-core processor for increased system processing power, an optimized VDSL design for improved connection rates and reach, and a new HomePNA chipset that doubles coax bandwidth and enables support for more in-home video streams, all while leveraging proven HomePortal 3000 series gateway technology."
Designed specifically for high-bandwidth triple play services, the HomePortal 3801HGV intelligent gateway supports fiber to the node (FTTN) and fiber to the premises (FTTP) with an integrated, advanced VDSL2 modem. It supports multimedia coaxial networking within the home for distribution of bandwidth-intensive applications, such as high-definition video, over existing coaxial cables.
The HomePortal 3801HGV intelligent gateway is part of a comprehensive 2Wire solution for managed service deployments. 2Wire offers service providers a suite of solutions designed to optimize every facet of their broadband service deployment, from device software and hardware to consultative services and call center customer support. 21 September 2010
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San Jose, CA - September 21, 2010 - 2Wire, a provider of broadband solutions, today introduced a new HomePortal® intelligent residential gateway that supports current and emerging VDSL applications. The new HomePortal 3801HGV gateway offers service providers a proven, turnkey solution for quickly delivering triple play services to their subscribers. The HomePortal 3801HGV gateway extends the dominant IPTV leadership position that 2Wire developed with the HomePortal 3800HGV gateway, the most widely deployed VDSL gateway in the world.
"With this gateway as the hub of the home network, service providers can quickly deploy high-definition IPTV services as part of a robust and reliable bundle of voice, data, and entertainment services," said Sean Parham, executive vice president and CMO at 2Wire. "The HomePortal 3801HGV gateway features a variety of innovations which support delivery of demanding services like IPTV and VoIP, including a dual-core processor for increased system processing power, an optimized VDSL design for improved connection rates and reach, and a new HomePNA chipset that doubles coax bandwidth and enables support for more in-home video streams, all while leveraging proven HomePortal 3000 series gateway technology."
Designed specifically for high-bandwidth triple play services, the HomePortal 3801HGV intelligent gateway supports fiber to the node (FTTN) and fiber to the premises (FTTP) with an integrated, advanced VDSL2 modem. It supports multimedia coaxial networking within the home for distribution of bandwidth-intensive applications, such as high-definition video, over existing coaxial cables.
The HomePortal 3801HGV intelligent gateway is part of a comprehensive 2Wire solution for managed service deployments. 2Wire offers service providers a suite of solutions designed to optimize every facet of their broadband service deployment, from device software and hardware to consultative services and call center customer support. 21 September 2010
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2Wire Rolls Out Next Generation Intelligent Gateway
Further Advancing the Technology of the World's Most Widely Deployed VDSL Gateway, New HomePortal® Gateway Supports Demanding VDSL2 Applications Including High-Definition IPTV and VoIP
San Jose, CA - September 21, 2010 - 2Wire, a provider of broadband solutions, today introduced a new HomePortal® intelligent residential gateway that supports current and emerging VDSL applications. The new HomePortal 3801HGV gateway offers service providers a proven, turnkey solution for quickly delivering triple play services to their subscribers. The HomePortal 3801HGV gateway extends the dominant IPTV leadership position that 2Wire developed with the HomePortal 3800HGV gateway, the most widely deployed VDSL gateway in the world.
"With this gateway as the hub of the home network, service providers can quickly deploy high-definition IPTV services as part of a robust and reliable bundle of voice, data, and entertainment services," said Sean Parham, executive vice president and CMO at 2Wire. "The HomePortal 3801HGV gateway features a variety of innovations which support delivery of demanding services like IPTV and VoIP, including a dual-core processor for increased system processing power, an optimized VDSL design for improved connection rates and reach, and a new HomePNA chipset that doubles coax bandwidth and enables support for more in-home video streams, all while leveraging proven HomePortal 3000 series gateway technology."
Designed specifically for high-bandwidth triple play services, the HomePortal 3801HGV intelligent gateway supports fiber to the node (FTTN) and fiber to the premises (FTTP) with an integrated, advanced VDSL2 modem. It supports multimedia coaxial networking within the home for distribution of bandwidth-intensive applications, such as high-definition video, over existing coaxial cables.
The HomePortal 3801HGV intelligent gateway is part of a comprehensive 2Wire solution for managed service deployments. 2Wire offers service providers a suite of solutions designed to optimize every facet of their broadband service deployment, from device software and hardware to consultative services and call center customer support.
About 2Wire
2Wire integrated broadband solutions are engineered for the carrier and optimized for the subscriber, providing intuitive, reliable user experiences throughout the connected home. The 2Wire portfolio of broadband solutions includes residential gateways, multi-service media platforms, remote management systems, value-added services, and call center customer support. 2Wire customers are leading broadband providers throughout the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Europe, Australia, and Asia, including AT&T, Telmex, BT, CenturyLink, Bell Canada, SingTel, Telstra, and others. 21 September 2010
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San Jose, CA - September 21, 2010 - 2Wire, a provider of broadband solutions, today introduced a new HomePortal® intelligent residential gateway that supports current and emerging VDSL applications. The new HomePortal 3801HGV gateway offers service providers a proven, turnkey solution for quickly delivering triple play services to their subscribers. The HomePortal 3801HGV gateway extends the dominant IPTV leadership position that 2Wire developed with the HomePortal 3800HGV gateway, the most widely deployed VDSL gateway in the world.
"With this gateway as the hub of the home network, service providers can quickly deploy high-definition IPTV services as part of a robust and reliable bundle of voice, data, and entertainment services," said Sean Parham, executive vice president and CMO at 2Wire. "The HomePortal 3801HGV gateway features a variety of innovations which support delivery of demanding services like IPTV and VoIP, including a dual-core processor for increased system processing power, an optimized VDSL design for improved connection rates and reach, and a new HomePNA chipset that doubles coax bandwidth and enables support for more in-home video streams, all while leveraging proven HomePortal 3000 series gateway technology."
Designed specifically for high-bandwidth triple play services, the HomePortal 3801HGV intelligent gateway supports fiber to the node (FTTN) and fiber to the premises (FTTP) with an integrated, advanced VDSL2 modem. It supports multimedia coaxial networking within the home for distribution of bandwidth-intensive applications, such as high-definition video, over existing coaxial cables.
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Sep 18, 2010
Smartphone Survey Shows Communication is Secondary on Gadgets
Restaurant and travel apps are largely ignored
Advertising research group Nielsen Company has just published the results of their Mobile Apps Playbook survey, the data paints an intriguing portrait of what trends are fueling the skyrocketing sales of smartphones like the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: APPL) iPhone and Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Droid powered by the Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system.
Nielsen began surveying 4000 mobile phone owners, covering both older feature phone users and smartphone users, last December and what they found is that downloadable apps aren’t just a marketing trend. People are downloading them, using them, and paying for them with increasing frequency.
While only 9% of those feature phone users surveyed said that they had downloaded an app for their phone in the past month, a whopping 59% of smartphone users had downloaded a new app in the same time frame. While the types of apps most favored by users have a great deal of crossover between the new and old technology—the overwhelming leader in apps is video games, with 61% of smartphone users downloading games alongside 52% of feature phone users—some app types, like instant message clients, were largely ignored. In addition to video games, the most commonly used types of apps are, unsurprisingly, weather reporting and search tools, particularly map and directions apps. These are followed closely by social networking apps such as Facebook and Twitter, then music apps such as Apple’s iTunes, news reporting services, and general entertainment. More than 30% of smartphone users avail themselves of these types of apps. Less than 30%, however, use general lifestyle maintenance apps, like banking, shopping, and travel tools. Some of the app types most heavily promoted in Droid and iPhone advertising campaigns, such as travel and food guides, are used by less than 20% of smartphone users.
App usage data paints one part of the bigger picture that investors and businesses alike should pay attention to in Nielsen’s report. The other component is the group’s finding that young people are increasingly likely to notice and interact with in-app advertising. 58% of teenagers surveyed looked at mobile ads. The technology, it seems, isn’t the only thing changing. The very venue where the most coveted demographic in consumer culture can be reached has shifted from television to Web browsers in the past fifteen years, and now it appears to be moving again.
There are currently 234 million smartphone subscribers in the United States. Between November of 2009 and February of 2010, that number gained 21% of its total. In just three months at the beginning of the year, 45.4 million smartphones were sold. That was six months before the launch of the iPhone 4, the Droid X, and even would-be contenders to the throne like Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Phone 7. As businesses look for new ways to rekindle consumer interest after two years of weak spending and advertising sales dwindle in traditional venues like television, magazines, and even websites, it would appear that the greatest opportunities lie in the palms of customers’ hands.September 2010 | By Anthony Agnello
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Advertising research group Nielsen Company has just published the results of their Mobile Apps Playbook survey, the data paints an intriguing portrait of what trends are fueling the skyrocketing sales of smartphones like the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: APPL) iPhone and Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Droid powered by the Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system.
Nielsen began surveying 4000 mobile phone owners, covering both older feature phone users and smartphone users, last December and what they found is that downloadable apps aren’t just a marketing trend. People are downloading them, using them, and paying for them with increasing frequency.
While only 9% of those feature phone users surveyed said that they had downloaded an app for their phone in the past month, a whopping 59% of smartphone users had downloaded a new app in the same time frame. While the types of apps most favored by users have a great deal of crossover between the new and old technology—the overwhelming leader in apps is video games, with 61% of smartphone users downloading games alongside 52% of feature phone users—some app types, like instant message clients, were largely ignored. In addition to video games, the most commonly used types of apps are, unsurprisingly, weather reporting and search tools, particularly map and directions apps. These are followed closely by social networking apps such as Facebook and Twitter, then music apps such as Apple’s iTunes, news reporting services, and general entertainment. More than 30% of smartphone users avail themselves of these types of apps. Less than 30%, however, use general lifestyle maintenance apps, like banking, shopping, and travel tools. Some of the app types most heavily promoted in Droid and iPhone advertising campaigns, such as travel and food guides, are used by less than 20% of smartphone users.
App usage data paints one part of the bigger picture that investors and businesses alike should pay attention to in Nielsen’s report. The other component is the group’s finding that young people are increasingly likely to notice and interact with in-app advertising. 58% of teenagers surveyed looked at mobile ads. The technology, it seems, isn’t the only thing changing. The very venue where the most coveted demographic in consumer culture can be reached has shifted from television to Web browsers in the past fifteen years, and now it appears to be moving again.
There are currently 234 million smartphone subscribers in the United States. Between November of 2009 and February of 2010, that number gained 21% of its total. In just three months at the beginning of the year, 45.4 million smartphones were sold. That was six months before the launch of the iPhone 4, the Droid X, and even would-be contenders to the throne like Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Phone 7. As businesses look for new ways to rekindle consumer interest after two years of weak spending and advertising sales dwindle in traditional venues like television, magazines, and even websites, it would appear that the greatest opportunities lie in the palms of customers’ hands.September 2010 | By Anthony Agnello
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Sharp develops a 3D screen for mobile gadgets
The screen will give the illusion of 3D without the need for special glasses
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Sharp will launch an LCD panel for mobile devices this year that can show images with the illusion of 3D without requiring viewers to wear special glasses.
To get the 3D illusion viewers must hold the screen about 30 centimeters in front of them -- about the same distance at which a cell phone or digital camera is typically held. If they get the angle right, they will see an image that appears to have depth; if they get it wrong they will see a blurred image that's difficult to decipher.
The screen can be switched between 3D and conventional 2D modes. This is accomplished with a switchable layer inside the screen, called a parallax barrier, that splits light from the screen and directs it towards the right or left eyes when energized.
During demonstrations on Friday the company showed still images and animation on the screens. The animation looked better than the still images, which were blurry in parts.
Perhaps the most impressive demonstration was that of a screen hooked up to an experimental 3D camera. The camera was capturing an image of a model pushing her arms in and out towards the lens and the 3D screen provided a relatively realistic reproduction of the scene.
The panel is the product of just under 20 years of 3D research and development by Sharp. The company has tried to commercialize such displays several times since 2001 but each time they failed to gain widespread acceptance.
Sharp now believes the time and technology are right.
The new touch-sensitive screen is 3.4 inches across the diagonal. It is twice as bright as the 2001 models, and has about four times the resolution.
"We are going to see a shift to 3D applications on mobile terminals," said Yoshisuke Hasegawa, general manager of Sharp's LCD business, at a Tokyo news conference.
Sharp intends to start mass production of the screen sometime in the next six months, said Hasegawa, and hopes it will find a home in all manner of portable electronics products including cameras, smartphones and handheld gaming devices.
Sharp provides LCD panels to Nintendo for use in its DS handheld gaming console so there's an expectation among some that the screen announced Friday will find a home in the upcoming Nintendo 3DS. The 3DS, announced last month, is an upgrade of the DS with a 3D screen and is due out sometime in the next 12 months.
Sharp was careful not to name any potential customers and wouldn't comment when asked directly about a possible deal with Nintendo.Martyn Williams (IDG News Service)
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Sharp will launch an LCD panel for mobile devices this year that can show images with the illusion of 3D without requiring viewers to wear special glasses.
To get the 3D illusion viewers must hold the screen about 30 centimeters in front of them -- about the same distance at which a cell phone or digital camera is typically held. If they get the angle right, they will see an image that appears to have depth; if they get it wrong they will see a blurred image that's difficult to decipher.
The screen can be switched between 3D and conventional 2D modes. This is accomplished with a switchable layer inside the screen, called a parallax barrier, that splits light from the screen and directs it towards the right or left eyes when energized.
During demonstrations on Friday the company showed still images and animation on the screens. The animation looked better than the still images, which were blurry in parts.
Perhaps the most impressive demonstration was that of a screen hooked up to an experimental 3D camera. The camera was capturing an image of a model pushing her arms in and out towards the lens and the 3D screen provided a relatively realistic reproduction of the scene.
The panel is the product of just under 20 years of 3D research and development by Sharp. The company has tried to commercialize such displays several times since 2001 but each time they failed to gain widespread acceptance.
Sharp now believes the time and technology are right.
The new touch-sensitive screen is 3.4 inches across the diagonal. It is twice as bright as the 2001 models, and has about four times the resolution.
"We are going to see a shift to 3D applications on mobile terminals," said Yoshisuke Hasegawa, general manager of Sharp's LCD business, at a Tokyo news conference.
Sharp intends to start mass production of the screen sometime in the next six months, said Hasegawa, and hopes it will find a home in all manner of portable electronics products including cameras, smartphones and handheld gaming devices.
Sharp provides LCD panels to Nintendo for use in its DS handheld gaming console so there's an expectation among some that the screen announced Friday will find a home in the upcoming Nintendo 3DS. The 3DS, announced last month, is an upgrade of the DS with a 3D screen and is due out sometime in the next 12 months.
Sharp was careful not to name any potential customers and wouldn't comment when asked directly about a possible deal with Nintendo.Martyn Williams (IDG News Service)
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Sep 14, 2010
Amazon goes after Apple's iPad in new Kindle Ad
Amazon.com Inc. is rolling up its sleeves in its fight to convince consumers that its Kindle electronic reader is better than competing devices such as Apple's iPad, unveiling more aggressive advertising that is accentuating a growing rivalry.
In a Kindle commercial aired on TV and uploaded Monday to Amazon's Kindle channel on YouTube, the online retailer shows a man and a woman lounging beside a pool in the sun. The man, dressed in a white T-shirt and gray shorts, looks vexedly at a thin, dark, unlabeled tablet device — presumably an iPad — while trying to shield its shiny screen from the sun.
The man asks the woman, who is clad in a black bikini and sunglasses and reading on a Kindle, how she's able to read in such bright sunlight. Presumably his tablet has an LCD screen, which is tougher to read in the sun than an e-ink screen like that on Amazon's e-reader.
Smiling, the woman answers, "It's a Kindle — $139. I actually paid more for these sunglasses."
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Amazon sells a $139 a version of the device that can wirelessly download books over Wi-Fi; a version with 3G and Wi-Fi costs $189.
Still smiling, she returns to her reading, while the man looks somewhat dejectedly at his tablet device.
The commercial marks a tactical change for Amazon, whose earlier Kindle commercials often featured cheerful indie tunes and stop-motion camera work, with no references to competing products such as tablet computers or other e-readers.
While the Kindle is meant mainly for reading, Apple Inc.'s popular iPad, which starts at $499, is a touch-screen-enabled multimedia device that can be used to read e-books (such as those purchased from Apple's iBookstore), surf the web and more. Though more expensive than the Kindle, the iPad's versatility has drawn in many consumers.
But the iPad's success can also be good for Amazon, too, since Amazon offers free Kindle applications for numerous devices, including the iPad, that can be used to read Kindle e-books.
Apple spokesman Steve Dowling and Amazon spokesman Drew Herdener declined to comment on the new ad.
E-reading is just one of several markets in which Seattle-based Amazon and Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple compete.
They also come up against each other in video and music downloads. Earlier this month, Apple announced a new $99 version of its Apple TV television set-top box that lets people rent TV shows from a number of major networks for 99 cents. The same day, Amazon started selling shows from several of the same networks for 99 cents each to own, not just rent.By Rachel Metz - AP Technology Writer
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In a Kindle commercial aired on TV and uploaded Monday to Amazon's Kindle channel on YouTube, the online retailer shows a man and a woman lounging beside a pool in the sun. The man, dressed in a white T-shirt and gray shorts, looks vexedly at a thin, dark, unlabeled tablet device — presumably an iPad — while trying to shield its shiny screen from the sun.
The man asks the woman, who is clad in a black bikini and sunglasses and reading on a Kindle, how she's able to read in such bright sunlight. Presumably his tablet has an LCD screen, which is tougher to read in the sun than an e-ink screen like that on Amazon's e-reader.
Smiling, the woman answers, "It's a Kindle — $139. I actually paid more for these sunglasses."
ADVERTISEMENT
Amazon sells a $139 a version of the device that can wirelessly download books over Wi-Fi; a version with 3G and Wi-Fi costs $189.
Still smiling, she returns to her reading, while the man looks somewhat dejectedly at his tablet device.
The commercial marks a tactical change for Amazon, whose earlier Kindle commercials often featured cheerful indie tunes and stop-motion camera work, with no references to competing products such as tablet computers or other e-readers.
While the Kindle is meant mainly for reading, Apple Inc.'s popular iPad, which starts at $499, is a touch-screen-enabled multimedia device that can be used to read e-books (such as those purchased from Apple's iBookstore), surf the web and more. Though more expensive than the Kindle, the iPad's versatility has drawn in many consumers.
But the iPad's success can also be good for Amazon, too, since Amazon offers free Kindle applications for numerous devices, including the iPad, that can be used to read Kindle e-books.
Apple spokesman Steve Dowling and Amazon spokesman Drew Herdener declined to comment on the new ad.
E-reading is just one of several markets in which Seattle-based Amazon and Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple compete.
They also come up against each other in video and music downloads. Earlier this month, Apple announced a new $99 version of its Apple TV television set-top box that lets people rent TV shows from a number of major networks for 99 cents. The same day, Amazon started selling shows from several of the same networks for 99 cents each to own, not just rent.By Rachel Metz - AP Technology Writer
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Sep 13, 2010
Lantiq's Latest: 16 Channel VDSL, HD-Speed 802.11, 2 Gigabit NP
Imran Hajimusa of Lantiq demo'd four TV streams going wirelessly across a large room to four HDTV's several months ago. They are now shipping the WAVE 300 in volume. Ulrich Huewels is confident it can support HD video. Lantiq tells me a large U.S. carrier will soon surprise by moving to wireless home networks. They've also doubled the density of their Vinax VDSL linecard chips and are sampling the two gigabit GRX gateway processor.
Replacing wires has long been the grail for in-home networking. Vendors have been making promises for years, but field tests were not up to carrier grade. Carriers can't accept networks that only work for 95% of homes because the truck rolls to the other homes can be brutally expensive. They need close to 100% real world performance. I'm going to be skeptical until carriers prove the promises in the field, but the buzz for the new beam-forming chips is good.
The new VINAX V3 supports 16 channels for the 50 meg VDSL2 Profile 17a and 8 channels for the 100/100 meg 30a. Power is 0.9W per channel. Bonding is supported and VINAX "is ready to support full System Vectoring, a VDSL2 enhancement that will reduce crosstalk." Written by Dave Burstein
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Replacing wires has long been the grail for in-home networking. Vendors have been making promises for years, but field tests were not up to carrier grade. Carriers can't accept networks that only work for 95% of homes because the truck rolls to the other homes can be brutally expensive. They need close to 100% real world performance. I'm going to be skeptical until carriers prove the promises in the field, but the buzz for the new beam-forming chips is good.
The new VINAX V3 supports 16 channels for the 50 meg VDSL2 Profile 17a and 8 channels for the 100/100 meg 30a. Power is 0.9W per channel. Bonding is supported and VINAX "is ready to support full System Vectoring, a VDSL2 enhancement that will reduce crosstalk." Written by Dave Burstein
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Aug 30, 2010
Verizon Turns On ADSL2+ To 1/3
Verizon has been installing ADSL2+ in most new equipment for years but not offering speeds above 6 megabits because only a small fraction of their 30M lines were covered. They now are offering 10-15 megabit down to about 4M customers for about $55 to about $70/month. Given that the majority of customers are beyond the 7,000 foot cutoffs for the 10-15 meg service, that means they have ADSL2+ to about a third of the network. Most of the rest are behind remote terminals or connected to DSLAMS 5-12 years old, neither of which are scheduled for volume upgrades.
Experience from Britain, France and the UK has been that almost no one gets the 20 & 24 megabits possible with ADSL2+ and only a minority can even get 10 megabits down. DSM has improved things some, especially for the lines that were marginal for any given speed, and minor improvements in the chips keep improving performance. Current state of the art is that 15-25 megabits down is typical about half a mile from the DSLAM, less than 10 megabits from around a mile and a half. These are realistic averages, but there's an enormous difference from home to home and office to office. Your speed may well be different than the suggested averages. For example, I heard today of a customer at 5400 feet getting 21 megabits.
Rob Pegoraro at the Washington Post tested the addresses of 13 friends and co-workers across the District and Alexandria at Verizon's site, and none came up as eligible for its fastest DSL. Six could get only the second-slowest tier of DSL, with downloads of 1.5 to 3 Mbps. Another six qualified for Verizon's 4- to 7-Mbps DSL. One could get FiOS, but none could get the new 10-15 megabit tiers. That may be a glitch, but overall fewer than 1 in 6 lines can get the higher speeds.
I guess every little bit helps as cable is pulling far ahead, with speeds that start at 10 meg for less than Verizon's new offering and usually go to (overpriced) 50 meg. Tony Werner of Comcast tells me to watch for a rapid rollout of 20 meg upstream cable, which DSL can't come close to except from the basement.
John Schommer tells me Verizon has been careful about oversubscription so there should very rarely be congestion-related speed drops. Schomer came to Verizon with the GTE purchase and now has moved up to Dir - Broadband Product Development. GTE was ahead of Verizon at the time of the takeover and Ivan's team was smart enough to take advantage. Bobbi Henson also goes back to GTE and many of the early Verizon FiOS trials were in Texas GTE territory.
Here's the press release:
Verizon High Speed Internet Now Available at 10 to 15 Megabits per Second
New Copper-Based Broadband Tier More Than Doubles Existing Maximum Download Speeds for Consumers and Small Businesses
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NEW YORK – August 30, 2010 –
Verizon's High Speed Internet entered a new realm on Monday (Aug. 30) with the introduction of a 10 to 15 megabits-per-second (Mbps) downstream and 1 Mbps upstream* service initially available to more than 4 million households and small businesses.
"Consumers and small businesses everywhere have a need for speed," said Shawn Strickland, Verizon's vice president of consumer strategy. "With our new 10 to 15 Mbps speed tier, downloading files, photos and other content will be faster, plus our High Speed Internet customers will have peace of mind because our service is backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee policy."
The new 10 to 15 Mbps speed tier is the latest addition to Verizon's existing suite of High Speed Internet speeds - 4 to 7 Mbps, 1.5 to 3 Mbps' and 768 kilobits per second to 1 Mbps downstream for consumers, as well as similar business packages. All HSI services include a dedicated connection to the home or business over the company's copper network, so service won't slow down when neighbors are online at the same time.
"This new, faster Verizon High Speed Internet service has the potential to attract business and residential customers who value the affordability, reliability, and everyday performance of their broadband connection," said Amy Lind, consumer broadband research manager for the global technology market intelligence firm IDC.
"One of the issues with cable Internet is that its bandwidth capacity is shared by multiple users at a node, so the speed a customer actually receives can vary considerably depending on how many cable customers are online simultaneously," said Lind. "DSL-based High Speed Internet, on the other hand, offers each end user a dedicated connection, so its performance is more consistent all the time."
Pricing for the 10 to 15Mbps/1 Mbps service is $49.99 per month for residential customers with voice service from Verizon, and $59.99 per month for those without voice service. Small-business pricing for the new, higher speed tier begins at $89.99 per month as a stand alone service with a two-year agreement, and $99.99 per month with no term contract. Equipment fees and other charges apply.
For new residential customers, consumer bundles of Verizon Freedom Essentials that include unlimited nationwide calling, voice mail, popular calling features and 10 to 15 Mbps/1 Mbps HSI service begin at $69.99 monthly.** Comparable packages are available to small and medium-sized businesses, beginning at $84.99 monthly** for 10 to 15 Mbps/1Mbps HSI service and unlimited nationwide calling.Written by Dave Burstein
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Experience from Britain, France and the UK has been that almost no one gets the 20 & 24 megabits possible with ADSL2+ and only a minority can even get 10 megabits down. DSM has improved things some, especially for the lines that were marginal for any given speed, and minor improvements in the chips keep improving performance. Current state of the art is that 15-25 megabits down is typical about half a mile from the DSLAM, less than 10 megabits from around a mile and a half. These are realistic averages, but there's an enormous difference from home to home and office to office. Your speed may well be different than the suggested averages. For example, I heard today of a customer at 5400 feet getting 21 megabits.
Rob Pegoraro at the Washington Post tested the addresses of 13 friends and co-workers across the District and Alexandria at Verizon's site, and none came up as eligible for its fastest DSL. Six could get only the second-slowest tier of DSL, with downloads of 1.5 to 3 Mbps. Another six qualified for Verizon's 4- to 7-Mbps DSL. One could get FiOS, but none could get the new 10-15 megabit tiers. That may be a glitch, but overall fewer than 1 in 6 lines can get the higher speeds.
I guess every little bit helps as cable is pulling far ahead, with speeds that start at 10 meg for less than Verizon's new offering and usually go to (overpriced) 50 meg. Tony Werner of Comcast tells me to watch for a rapid rollout of 20 meg upstream cable, which DSL can't come close to except from the basement.
John Schommer tells me Verizon has been careful about oversubscription so there should very rarely be congestion-related speed drops. Schomer came to Verizon with the GTE purchase and now has moved up to Dir - Broadband Product Development. GTE was ahead of Verizon at the time of the takeover and Ivan's team was smart enough to take advantage. Bobbi Henson also goes back to GTE and many of the early Verizon FiOS trials were in Texas GTE territory.
Here's the press release:
Verizon High Speed Internet Now Available at 10 to 15 Megabits per Second
New Copper-Based Broadband Tier More Than Doubles Existing Maximum Download Speeds for Consumers and Small Businesses
News Release ShareThis
NEW YORK – August 30, 2010 –
Verizon's High Speed Internet entered a new realm on Monday (Aug. 30) with the introduction of a 10 to 15 megabits-per-second (Mbps) downstream and 1 Mbps upstream* service initially available to more than 4 million households and small businesses.
"Consumers and small businesses everywhere have a need for speed," said Shawn Strickland, Verizon's vice president of consumer strategy. "With our new 10 to 15 Mbps speed tier, downloading files, photos and other content will be faster, plus our High Speed Internet customers will have peace of mind because our service is backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee policy."
The new 10 to 15 Mbps speed tier is the latest addition to Verizon's existing suite of High Speed Internet speeds - 4 to 7 Mbps, 1.5 to 3 Mbps' and 768 kilobits per second to 1 Mbps downstream for consumers, as well as similar business packages. All HSI services include a dedicated connection to the home or business over the company's copper network, so service won't slow down when neighbors are online at the same time.
"This new, faster Verizon High Speed Internet service has the potential to attract business and residential customers who value the affordability, reliability, and everyday performance of their broadband connection," said Amy Lind, consumer broadband research manager for the global technology market intelligence firm IDC.
"One of the issues with cable Internet is that its bandwidth capacity is shared by multiple users at a node, so the speed a customer actually receives can vary considerably depending on how many cable customers are online simultaneously," said Lind. "DSL-based High Speed Internet, on the other hand, offers each end user a dedicated connection, so its performance is more consistent all the time."
Pricing for the 10 to 15Mbps/1 Mbps service is $49.99 per month for residential customers with voice service from Verizon, and $59.99 per month for those without voice service. Small-business pricing for the new, higher speed tier begins at $89.99 per month as a stand alone service with a two-year agreement, and $99.99 per month with no term contract. Equipment fees and other charges apply.
For new residential customers, consumer bundles of Verizon Freedom Essentials that include unlimited nationwide calling, voice mail, popular calling features and 10 to 15 Mbps/1 Mbps HSI service begin at $69.99 monthly.** Comparable packages are available to small and medium-sized businesses, beginning at $84.99 monthly** for 10 to 15 Mbps/1Mbps HSI service and unlimited nationwide calling.Written by Dave Burstein
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Aug 23, 2010
Steve Wozniak: Use A Verizon MiFi As Backup For Your IPhone
Apple founder Steve Wozniak loves his iPhone but recommends carrying "a second Verizon phone for backup” or to “carry a MiFi and rely on Skype on your iPhone,” he told dealer Henk van Ess when ordering a Mifi 2352 to use in Europe. Woz was angry after getting a $7,000 bill from AT&T for a half day's use of his iPhone, especially because he was supposed to be on an international unlimited plan.
Woz wrote "If you can afford it, carry a second Verizon phone for backup. Another option is to carry a Verizon mifi and rely on Skype on your iPhone. I have used this mifi technique to rescue my own, and others’, iPhones on occasion. If you buy a Verizon Palm Pre, you get free mifi on it so that is possible the best ‘compromise’ solution, to carry a Verizon Palm Pre along with your AT&T iPhone 4. ... I was in Germany 1 year ago for the World Segway Polo championships and after half a day got notified that I had a $7000 bill for data.
I called AT&T’s customer support and told them that I always had an international plan as I travel a lot and it must have accidentally been removed when I bought my iPhone (3 GS ?)."
In particular, "They keep trying to take my unlimited plans back when they think I’m not looking. I was expecting them to do this....I went to the AT&T store and they swore up and down that I would not lose my plans and they knew what they were talking about. ...
I’ve heard of that sort of problem countless times, from friends and in the press. I had done everything a person could have done to be safe about this, but they still tried to take my plan away behind my back, figuring I wouldn’t notice it for months."
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Woz wrote "If you can afford it, carry a second Verizon phone for backup. Another option is to carry a Verizon mifi and rely on Skype on your iPhone. I have used this mifi technique to rescue my own, and others’, iPhones on occasion. If you buy a Verizon Palm Pre, you get free mifi on it so that is possible the best ‘compromise’ solution, to carry a Verizon Palm Pre along with your AT&T iPhone 4. ... I was in Germany 1 year ago for the World Segway Polo championships and after half a day got notified that I had a $7000 bill for data.
I called AT&T’s customer support and told them that I always had an international plan as I travel a lot and it must have accidentally been removed when I bought my iPhone (3 GS ?)."
In particular, "They keep trying to take my unlimited plans back when they think I’m not looking. I was expecting them to do this....I went to the AT&T store and they swore up and down that I would not lose my plans and they knew what they were talking about. ...
I’ve heard of that sort of problem countless times, from friends and in the press. I had done everything a person could have done to be safe about this, but they still tried to take my plan away behind my back, figuring I wouldn’t notice it for months."
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Aug 18, 2010
Dado Chops 20% As ADSL Falters At Ikanos
Ikanos wrote down $12.9M of ADSL chips. Sales Q3 will be down 22% or more from $55.6M in Q2. 20% of employees are on the way out. Dado Banatao, legendary chip entrepreneur now in control of the company, has brought in new management from SiRF, another Tallwood VC portfolio company.
Dado is now a VC looking for a way out of a troubled investment. He pointed out on the call that "VDSL is a growth segment." He sees the future of the company as highly differentiated next generation products. He expects revenue from bonded DSL in 2011, with both the U.S. and Asia interested. Dado claimed "Our vectoring is beautiful compared to our competition," but like then-CEO Mike Gulett he did not provide enough details to confirm that. Dado doesn't expect vectoring out of the lab until 2012.
New CFO Dennis Bencala is blunt."ADSL is a declining market. We have decided not to participate in RFPs that do not meet our requirement for margins." That's possibly true on the CO side, but most of the 5.8M new broadband customers in China needed ADSL modems.
China's adding fiber, but they will require millions of DSL chips every quarter for a long time.
John Quigley, who joined in June, will take over as CEO and Dado will remain in charge for Tallwood Capital. Michael Kelly and Jim Murphy are also coming from SiRF.
October in Paris at the BBWF, Ikanos will be joined on a panel by AT&T, Swisscom, and Alcatel. Good time to get more answers.Written by Dave Burstein
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Dado is now a VC looking for a way out of a troubled investment. He pointed out on the call that "VDSL is a growth segment." He sees the future of the company as highly differentiated next generation products. He expects revenue from bonded DSL in 2011, with both the U.S. and Asia interested. Dado claimed "Our vectoring is beautiful compared to our competition," but like then-CEO Mike Gulett he did not provide enough details to confirm that. Dado doesn't expect vectoring out of the lab until 2012.
New CFO Dennis Bencala is blunt."ADSL is a declining market. We have decided not to participate in RFPs that do not meet our requirement for margins." That's possibly true on the CO side, but most of the 5.8M new broadband customers in China needed ADSL modems.
China's adding fiber, but they will require millions of DSL chips every quarter for a long time.
John Quigley, who joined in June, will take over as CEO and Dado will remain in charge for Tallwood Capital. Michael Kelly and Jim Murphy are also coming from SiRF.
October in Paris at the BBWF, Ikanos will be joined on a panel by AT&T, Swisscom, and Alcatel. Good time to get more answers.Written by Dave Burstein
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Get Real: Bring Down the Price of Rural Internet Backhaul
Everyone agreed. It’s time to bring down the cost of rural backhaul where its exorbitant. When I went to the OPASTCO meeting of rural telcos, their leader, John Rose, told me this was a crucial issue for them and that “OPASTCO would be at the FCC every day to get this done.” I got the message.
Last September, the broadband plan presentation to the commissioners pointed out these excessive backhaul costs were 25%-40% of the problem. I made a bad mistake not moving on this immediately because I didn’t understand the issue. If I had, hundreds of thousands of homes would be connected by now and prices across rural America would be falling. And it wouldn’t require a penny of public money.
Stupid. So I’ve asked the wireline bureau to use special access where wholesale Internet connections cost more than 3x the national average.
We have an open proceeding called special access with enough of a record that we can come to a decision any time — even next week. Internet connectivity costs $5-15/megabit in most of the country, but far too many rural carriers have to pay prices of $100 and even $200/megabit. This came up time and again at the broadband plan workshops.
The explanation is simple: in many areas, there are only one or two fiber connections to the net and they can charge monopoly-like prices. It costs little more to deliver a 1 gigabit backhaul connection in the most remote part of the country, as long as fiber is in place. Fiber is in place to phone company offices almost everywhere. It was paid for decades ago in telephone rates and is typically fully depreciated. Most areas have spare capacity and dark fiber; for others the cost of upgrading with WDM gear is paid for in a few months.
This is a classic market failure. So I’ve asked the wireline bureau to immediately draft regualtions incorporating these principles recommended by the broadband planners.
1) If the price for wholesale Internet connectivity in any area is more than three times the national average, there is a rebuttable presumption of market failure. If there are special high costs – like a requirement to run more fiber – then the case needs to be examined individually.
2) Where there is apparent market failure, we will ask all the parties to engage in 90 days of mediation to come to an equitable rate. This will resolve most cases without any formal regulation.
3) After 90 days, if no agreement is reached, we will ask either the wireline bureau or an administrative law judge to set a rate based on the evidence. Because the results of a proceeding like that are unpredictable, I expect most parties will reach an agreement and avoid the process.
4) Anyone who receives a reduced rate under this program must file a simple form every six months for the first two years and every year thereafter. It will report the availability, pricing and take rates for broadband in their territory.
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The best thing about using special access is it will dramatically reduce Universal service costs. Rural carriers getting reduced rates will be able to reduce costs with less expensive IP transit and therefore will need less of a subsidy. The schools, libraries, and health clinics supported by universal service will save money because their bandwidth costs will go down as well.
The right amount of regulation is as little as practical but no less. This is natural.On August 18, 2010, in Jules, by notjulius
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Last September, the broadband plan presentation to the commissioners pointed out these excessive backhaul costs were 25%-40% of the problem. I made a bad mistake not moving on this immediately because I didn’t understand the issue. If I had, hundreds of thousands of homes would be connected by now and prices across rural America would be falling. And it wouldn’t require a penny of public money.
Stupid. So I’ve asked the wireline bureau to use special access where wholesale Internet connections cost more than 3x the national average.
We have an open proceeding called special access with enough of a record that we can come to a decision any time — even next week. Internet connectivity costs $5-15/megabit in most of the country, but far too many rural carriers have to pay prices of $100 and even $200/megabit. This came up time and again at the broadband plan workshops.
The explanation is simple: in many areas, there are only one or two fiber connections to the net and they can charge monopoly-like prices. It costs little more to deliver a 1 gigabit backhaul connection in the most remote part of the country, as long as fiber is in place. Fiber is in place to phone company offices almost everywhere. It was paid for decades ago in telephone rates and is typically fully depreciated. Most areas have spare capacity and dark fiber; for others the cost of upgrading with WDM gear is paid for in a few months.
This is a classic market failure. So I’ve asked the wireline bureau to immediately draft regualtions incorporating these principles recommended by the broadband planners.
1) If the price for wholesale Internet connectivity in any area is more than three times the national average, there is a rebuttable presumption of market failure. If there are special high costs – like a requirement to run more fiber – then the case needs to be examined individually.
2) Where there is apparent market failure, we will ask all the parties to engage in 90 days of mediation to come to an equitable rate. This will resolve most cases without any formal regulation.
3) After 90 days, if no agreement is reached, we will ask either the wireline bureau or an administrative law judge to set a rate based on the evidence. Because the results of a proceeding like that are unpredictable, I expect most parties will reach an agreement and avoid the process.
4) Anyone who receives a reduced rate under this program must file a simple form every six months for the first two years and every year thereafter. It will report the availability, pricing and take rates for broadband in their territory.
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The best thing about using special access is it will dramatically reduce Universal service costs. Rural carriers getting reduced rates will be able to reduce costs with less expensive IP transit and therefore will need less of a subsidy. The schools, libraries, and health clinics supported by universal service will save money because their bandwidth costs will go down as well.
The right amount of regulation is as little as practical but no less. This is natural.On August 18, 2010, in Jules, by notjulius
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Company Behind MagicJack to Banish Calling Costs
NEW YORK (AP) — The company behind the magicJack, the Internet phone gadget heavily advertised on television, has another trick up its sleeve: free phone calls from computers, smartphones and iPads.
The cost of phone calls routed over the Internet has been on a long slide. There are already a multitude of programs that allow free calling between computers, and some that allow free, but short, calls to regular phone numbers. Another alternative, Google Voice, provides "free" calls to the U.S. and Canada, but you need a phone to use it, and if you're using a cell phone, it uses up minutes.
MagicTalk would go one better by eliminating fees for calling landline and cell phones in the U.S. and Canada, with no time limits on the calls.
The software will be available next week for Windows and Mac computers. Versions for the iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry and Android phones will follow in September or October, said Dan Borislow, the CEO of VocalTec Communications Ltd.
Each magicTalk user gets a phone number that's associated with the software. Users will also be able to move their existing phone numbers to the service, for a fee, a feature that will be extended to magicJack users soon as well.
The reason the calls can be free is that VocalTec operates as a phone company, so it can charge other phone companies for calls placed to magicTalk and magicJack numbers. It also charges its users who dial phone numbers abroad.
Still, magicTalk will likely have slimmer profit margins than magicJack, which costs $40 and comes with a year of free calling in the U.S. and Canada (an extra year costs $20).
Although magicTalk calls won't be limited in duration, Borislow said it's not intended for nonstop calls around the clock. The company hasn't quite decided if the smartphone versions will run over "3G" cellular broadband or if it will be restricted to Wi-Fi for better sound quality.
Borislow said magicTalk won't be advertised on TV as the magicJack has been, nearly unavoidably. Slightly bigger than a matchbox, the magicJack plugs into a computer's USB port. A regular home phone can be plugged into it. MagicJack then routes the calls over the computer's Internet connection.
Borislow said the company is working on a standalone version of the magicJack, one that wouldn't need to be connected to a computer. That would make it similar to the Internet phone adapters sold by Vonage Holdings Corp. and some other companies.
The magicJack's sound quality can be shaky, and not all users are happy with it. In a few tests with magicTalk, however, the sound quality was excellent, even on an international call.
In January, Borislow showed off another prospective second act for the company: a small device that would connect wirelessly to cell phones in the home and route their calls over the Internet, without costing the user any minutes.
It was an audacious idea, because the devices used wireless spectrum owned by phone companies, who weren't likely to look kindly on gadgets that allowed their customers to call for free. The phone companies have their own devices that extend a wireless signal inside a home, known as "femtocells," and charge for their use.
Borislow said plans for the device are now on hold. The device had to use low signal power levels to get around legal restrictions on the use of licensed spectrum, but that also shortened the range and reduced sound quality. He's now looking for a carrier partner that would allow him to turn the power up.
Borislow launched the magicJack as the founder of YMax Corp., which was based in Palm Beach, Fla. It was privately held until July, when it merged with VocalTec, an Israeli company listed on the Nasdaq.
Formally, VocalTec was the acquirer, but in reality, YMax's owners contributed the majority of the equity and were left in control. This means shares of the company behind the magicJack are now publicly traded. It has market capitalization of about $300 million, and the combined company expects to have $110 million to $125 million in revenue this year.
VocalTec was the first company to release commercial PC-to-PC calling software, which it called Internet Phone, in 1995. However, many competitors soon followed, and the company wasn't able to parlay its technology into a success of the kind enjoyed by Skype SA, and even Skype doesn't make much money from it. More recently, VocalTec has been selling Internet calling services to businesses.By Peter Svensson, AP Technology WriterMonday, August 16, 2010
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The cost of phone calls routed over the Internet has been on a long slide. There are already a multitude of programs that allow free calling between computers, and some that allow free, but short, calls to regular phone numbers. Another alternative, Google Voice, provides "free" calls to the U.S. and Canada, but you need a phone to use it, and if you're using a cell phone, it uses up minutes.
MagicTalk would go one better by eliminating fees for calling landline and cell phones in the U.S. and Canada, with no time limits on the calls.
The software will be available next week for Windows and Mac computers. Versions for the iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry and Android phones will follow in September or October, said Dan Borislow, the CEO of VocalTec Communications Ltd.
Each magicTalk user gets a phone number that's associated with the software. Users will also be able to move their existing phone numbers to the service, for a fee, a feature that will be extended to magicJack users soon as well.
The reason the calls can be free is that VocalTec operates as a phone company, so it can charge other phone companies for calls placed to magicTalk and magicJack numbers. It also charges its users who dial phone numbers abroad.
Still, magicTalk will likely have slimmer profit margins than magicJack, which costs $40 and comes with a year of free calling in the U.S. and Canada (an extra year costs $20).
Although magicTalk calls won't be limited in duration, Borislow said it's not intended for nonstop calls around the clock. The company hasn't quite decided if the smartphone versions will run over "3G" cellular broadband or if it will be restricted to Wi-Fi for better sound quality.
Borislow said magicTalk won't be advertised on TV as the magicJack has been, nearly unavoidably. Slightly bigger than a matchbox, the magicJack plugs into a computer's USB port. A regular home phone can be plugged into it. MagicJack then routes the calls over the computer's Internet connection.
Borislow said the company is working on a standalone version of the magicJack, one that wouldn't need to be connected to a computer. That would make it similar to the Internet phone adapters sold by Vonage Holdings Corp. and some other companies.
The magicJack's sound quality can be shaky, and not all users are happy with it. In a few tests with magicTalk, however, the sound quality was excellent, even on an international call.
In January, Borislow showed off another prospective second act for the company: a small device that would connect wirelessly to cell phones in the home and route their calls over the Internet, without costing the user any minutes.
It was an audacious idea, because the devices used wireless spectrum owned by phone companies, who weren't likely to look kindly on gadgets that allowed their customers to call for free. The phone companies have their own devices that extend a wireless signal inside a home, known as "femtocells," and charge for their use.
Borislow said plans for the device are now on hold. The device had to use low signal power levels to get around legal restrictions on the use of licensed spectrum, but that also shortened the range and reduced sound quality. He's now looking for a carrier partner that would allow him to turn the power up.
Borislow launched the magicJack as the founder of YMax Corp., which was based in Palm Beach, Fla. It was privately held until July, when it merged with VocalTec, an Israeli company listed on the Nasdaq.
Formally, VocalTec was the acquirer, but in reality, YMax's owners contributed the majority of the equity and were left in control. This means shares of the company behind the magicJack are now publicly traded. It has market capitalization of about $300 million, and the combined company expects to have $110 million to $125 million in revenue this year.
VocalTec was the first company to release commercial PC-to-PC calling software, which it called Internet Phone, in 1995. However, many competitors soon followed, and the company wasn't able to parlay its technology into a success of the kind enjoyed by Skype SA, and even Skype doesn't make much money from it. More recently, VocalTec has been selling Internet calling services to businesses.By Peter Svensson, AP Technology WriterMonday, August 16, 2010
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Aug 12, 2010
Australia's Gigabit: Cheapest Upgrade In History
Australian Minister Stephen Conroy announced the National Broadband Network would offer speeds of 1 gigabit without spending a penny more of capex. Sounds like the usual politician's promise. The NBN is a huge issue in the election in 8 days. The opposition wants to kill the $43B project as too expensive; the government warns that a vote against them will condemn Australians to a second rate Internet for a decade or more. Both are right.
Conroy wasn't lying. The shared 2.4 gig down, 1.2 gig up GPON Mike Quigley has chosen can in fact deliver a gigabit to the home - as along as your neighbors aren't doing much on the Internet. If three of the 32-64 users on a node want a gigabit, it can't deliver. Today, so few web services deliver even 100 megabits I'd guess you could get the 800+ megabits gigabit 95% or even 98% of the time. Even in five years, likely traffic patterns would allow actual speeds of 400 megabits or more most of the time. (Assuming GPON's shared bandwidth can be efficiently divided, which hasn't even been proven in the lab.)
The capital cost to the Australian taxpayer will be almost the same because the OLT in the exchange is the same standard Alcatel GPON. It will require more robust switches and routers from the exchange to the Internet peering point at modest expense.The OLT in the home may be slightly more expensive, but the chipmakers are making progress integrating the silicon. Charging the customers who want the gigabit $5-10 more per month would easily cover the increased operations costs.
We've learned that in practice even dramatically faster speeds produce surprisingly modest increases in total demand. HD TV at 3-8 megabits is the only high volume use. It streams at the same rate whether the connection is 10 megabits or 800 megabits. It's a joy to get your 150 megabit Microsoft update in seconds with high speeds, but you don't do more updates because of it.
Hong Kong Broadband Network is the only carrier I know doing customer experiments with a gig over GPON and hasn't discussed the results yet.
The efficiency of sharing at high speeds over GPON is unproven. I'd very much like to hear, probably off the record, from any well-informed engineer.
10GPON, four times faster, was demonstrated a few months ago by Huawei and Verizon. Commercial units are years away however. Active Ethernet inexpensively provides a full gigabit. It's being deployed at that speed in Sweden, Singapore, and the Vermont Tel network I consult with. It requires a strand to every home and more lasers, but is a simpler network to manage at high speeds.
For any fiber network built in 2011 or later, the natural speed is a gigabit.
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Conroy wasn't lying. The shared 2.4 gig down, 1.2 gig up GPON Mike Quigley has chosen can in fact deliver a gigabit to the home - as along as your neighbors aren't doing much on the Internet. If three of the 32-64 users on a node want a gigabit, it can't deliver. Today, so few web services deliver even 100 megabits I'd guess you could get the 800+ megabits gigabit 95% or even 98% of the time. Even in five years, likely traffic patterns would allow actual speeds of 400 megabits or more most of the time. (Assuming GPON's shared bandwidth can be efficiently divided, which hasn't even been proven in the lab.)
The capital cost to the Australian taxpayer will be almost the same because the OLT in the exchange is the same standard Alcatel GPON. It will require more robust switches and routers from the exchange to the Internet peering point at modest expense.The OLT in the home may be slightly more expensive, but the chipmakers are making progress integrating the silicon. Charging the customers who want the gigabit $5-10 more per month would easily cover the increased operations costs.
We've learned that in practice even dramatically faster speeds produce surprisingly modest increases in total demand. HD TV at 3-8 megabits is the only high volume use. It streams at the same rate whether the connection is 10 megabits or 800 megabits. It's a joy to get your 150 megabit Microsoft update in seconds with high speeds, but you don't do more updates because of it.
Hong Kong Broadband Network is the only carrier I know doing customer experiments with a gig over GPON and hasn't discussed the results yet.
The efficiency of sharing at high speeds over GPON is unproven. I'd very much like to hear, probably off the record, from any well-informed engineer.
10GPON, four times faster, was demonstrated a few months ago by Huawei and Verizon. Commercial units are years away however. Active Ethernet inexpensively provides a full gigabit. It's being deployed at that speed in Sweden, Singapore, and the Vermont Tel network I consult with. It requires a strand to every home and more lasers, but is a simpler network to manage at high speeds.
For any fiber network built in 2011 or later, the natural speed is a gigabit.
Written by Dave Burstein
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Aug 2, 2010
Pace buys U.S. broadband company 2Wire
LONDON (Reuters) - Pace (PIC.L: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's largest set-top box maker, has agreed to buy U.S. broadband technology firm 2Wire for $475 million (306.6 million pounds) to broaden its customer base beyond cable and satellite into the Internet TV market.
The British company, which overtook Motorola (MOT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) to claim the top spot in May, said 2Wire had an established relationship with tier-one North American telecoms providers including AT&T (T.N: Quote, Profile, Research), and the deal would catapult it to number three in the global telecommunications home-hub market.
Neil Gaydon, chief executive of Pace, said: "We have built a strong position in the U.S. with cable and satellite operators and 2Wire, with its expertise in the broadband residential gateway market, will enable us to address a full range of U.S. operator requirements."
2Wire is owned by a consortium including Alcatel-Lucent (ALUA.PA: Quote, Profile, Research), AT&T, Telmex TLX.SN and Oak Investment Partners.
Yorkshire-based Pace, which makes set-top boxes for BSkyB (BSY.L: Quote, Profile, Research), Canal+ (CNLP.PA: Quote, Profile, Research), and Comcast (CMCSA.O: Quote, Profile, Research), also on Monday reported a 46 percent rise in first-half pretax profit, and said it was close to achieving its 8 percent operating-margin target.
The company posted pretax profit of 45.4 million pounds on 21 percent higher revenue of 635.2 million pounds in the six months to end-June.
It said given its strong market position and ongoing demand for digital television, it should deliver mid-single digit revenue growth over the medium term.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by Sharon Lindores)
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The British company, which overtook Motorola (MOT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) to claim the top spot in May, said 2Wire had an established relationship with tier-one North American telecoms providers including AT&T (T.N: Quote, Profile, Research), and the deal would catapult it to number three in the global telecommunications home-hub market.
Neil Gaydon, chief executive of Pace, said: "We have built a strong position in the U.S. with cable and satellite operators and 2Wire, with its expertise in the broadband residential gateway market, will enable us to address a full range of U.S. operator requirements."
2Wire is owned by a consortium including Alcatel-Lucent (ALUA.PA: Quote, Profile, Research), AT&T, Telmex TLX.SN and Oak Investment Partners.
Yorkshire-based Pace, which makes set-top boxes for BSkyB (BSY.L: Quote, Profile, Research), Canal+ (CNLP.PA: Quote, Profile, Research), and Comcast (CMCSA.O: Quote, Profile, Research), also on Monday reported a 46 percent rise in first-half pretax profit, and said it was close to achieving its 8 percent operating-margin target.
The company posted pretax profit of 45.4 million pounds on 21 percent higher revenue of 635.2 million pounds in the six months to end-June.
It said given its strong market position and ongoing demand for digital television, it should deliver mid-single digit revenue growth over the medium term.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by Sharon Lindores)
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Jul 29, 2010
Android wallpapers sent information to China?
Security firm Lookout says that a malicious suspicious app has been downloaded anywhere from 1.1 million to 4.6 million times.
The app in question is called Jackeey Wallpaper and was uploaded to the Android Market where users could download the application for free. According to Lookout, the application would access the owner's SIM card number, subscriber identification, and voicemail password (as long as it is programmed automatically into your phone) and send it to a site called imnet.us. That site is owned by someone in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.
Update: Lookout contacted me to say the original Venturebeat report was inaccurate:
The app does not actually access SIM card numbers or voicemail passwords. Instead, the app transmitted the device's phone number, subscriber identifier (e.g. IMSI), and the currently entered voicemail number on the phone. This is an important distinction for Lookout, because they did not actually find that the app was doing anything malicious. It is certainly suspicious, but it is important to clear up that they did not actually steal info like SMS conversations.
Upon installation, the wallpaper app asks for permission to access your phone calls, which should have been a clear warning not only to users but for the people manning the Android Market's approval process.
This isn't the first case of mobile app developers sneaking deviant code into their apps this month. Earlier, a 15 year old developer submitted a flashlight application to Apple's (AAPL) App Store which had code that turned iPhones into Internet routers. Apple removed the application within a few hours of it being widely reported.
According to Venturebeat, John Hering, chief executive of Lookout said in a press conference afterward that he believes both Google and Apple are on top of policing their app stores, particularly when there are known malware problems with apps.
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The app in question is called Jackeey Wallpaper and was uploaded to the Android Market where users could download the application for free. According to Lookout, the application would access the owner's SIM card number, subscriber identification, and voicemail password (as long as it is programmed automatically into your phone) and send it to a site called imnet.us. That site is owned by someone in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.
Update: Lookout contacted me to say the original Venturebeat report was inaccurate:
The app does not actually access SIM card numbers or voicemail passwords. Instead, the app transmitted the device's phone number, subscriber identifier (e.g. IMSI), and the currently entered voicemail number on the phone. This is an important distinction for Lookout, because they did not actually find that the app was doing anything malicious. It is certainly suspicious, but it is important to clear up that they did not actually steal info like SMS conversations.
Upon installation, the wallpaper app asks for permission to access your phone calls, which should have been a clear warning not only to users but for the people manning the Android Market's approval process.
This isn't the first case of mobile app developers sneaking deviant code into their apps this month. Earlier, a 15 year old developer submitted a flashlight application to Apple's (AAPL) App Store which had code that turned iPhones into Internet routers. Apple removed the application within a few hours of it being widely reported.
According to Venturebeat, John Hering, chief executive of Lookout said in a press conference afterward that he believes both Google and Apple are on top of policing their app stores, particularly when there are known malware problems with apps.
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HTC Profits Jump 33 Percent on Android Success
HTC's efforts in the high-end smartphone market are paying off, as the company today reported a 33 percent jump in profits for the second quarter of 2010.
Building on its success with Google's Android operating system, with smartphones like the Evo 4G and Droid Incredible, HTC today reported net profit for the quarter of $269 million. Unconsolidated revenue topped $1.9 billion, up 58 percent year-over-year.
The company shipped 5.4 million units in the second quarter, but in its third-quarter guidance said it expects that number to rise by 20 percent. In 2009, HTC shipped just 2.8 million units in the third quarter.
In other third-quarter guidance, the company said it expects revenue to more than double to around $2.2 billion from $1.1 billion a year earlier.
In March of 2010, Apple filed a lawsuit against HTC, alleging that it infringed on patents. HTC returned fire, leveling a patent infringement suit against Apple. In a statement, the company said that it believes the lawsuits will have limited impact on its financial results or sales activities.
The company recently announced that it would be switching display technologies on some of its devices, from AMOLED screens to Super Liquid Crystal Displays (SLCD). Lack of AMOLED supply was cited as the reason for shortages of the HTC Droid Incredible.
The company claims that of every two Android-based smartphones being sold, one is made by HTC.
Meanwhile, the company took the positive earnings as occasion to announce a series of executive promotions and newly created management positions which it said are "focused on building a stronger foundation for future growth."
HTC filled two newly created positions with talent from Sony Ericsson. Ron Louks was appointed chief strategy officer and Kouji Kodera was appointed chief product officer.
Among the promotions was David Chen, who has been elevated to chief engineering officer. Previously vice president of product development, Chen will continue to drive HTC's product development and engineering.
Jason Mackenzie was promoted to president of HTC North America and Latin America. Previously vice president of HTC North America, Mackenzie will continue to drive HTC's strategy and market growth in North America and Latin America.
HTC shares rose a sharp 7 percent on today's results, climbing from yesterday's close of $16.67 per share to $17.83. By Andrew BergThursday, July 29, 2010
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Building on its success with Google's Android operating system, with smartphones like the Evo 4G and Droid Incredible, HTC today reported net profit for the quarter of $269 million. Unconsolidated revenue topped $1.9 billion, up 58 percent year-over-year.
The company shipped 5.4 million units in the second quarter, but in its third-quarter guidance said it expects that number to rise by 20 percent. In 2009, HTC shipped just 2.8 million units in the third quarter.
In other third-quarter guidance, the company said it expects revenue to more than double to around $2.2 billion from $1.1 billion a year earlier.
In March of 2010, Apple filed a lawsuit against HTC, alleging that it infringed on patents. HTC returned fire, leveling a patent infringement suit against Apple. In a statement, the company said that it believes the lawsuits will have limited impact on its financial results or sales activities.
The company recently announced that it would be switching display technologies on some of its devices, from AMOLED screens to Super Liquid Crystal Displays (SLCD). Lack of AMOLED supply was cited as the reason for shortages of the HTC Droid Incredible.
The company claims that of every two Android-based smartphones being sold, one is made by HTC.
Meanwhile, the company took the positive earnings as occasion to announce a series of executive promotions and newly created management positions which it said are "focused on building a stronger foundation for future growth."
HTC filled two newly created positions with talent from Sony Ericsson. Ron Louks was appointed chief strategy officer and Kouji Kodera was appointed chief product officer.
Among the promotions was David Chen, who has been elevated to chief engineering officer. Previously vice president of product development, Chen will continue to drive HTC's product development and engineering.
Jason Mackenzie was promoted to president of HTC North America and Latin America. Previously vice president of HTC North America, Mackenzie will continue to drive HTC's strategy and market growth in North America and Latin America.
HTC shares rose a sharp 7 percent on today's results, climbing from yesterday's close of $16.67 per share to $17.83. By Andrew BergThursday, July 29, 2010
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Jul 27, 2010
Unlockers Win Copyright Ruling
People in favor of unlocking their cell phones – or in doing so for other people – received good news yesterday when the Library of Congress said cell phone users who unlock their phones for use on a different but compatible network or access to third-party applications are not in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
The ruling stems from a request from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) that asked the Librarian of Congress to renew a 2006 rule exempting cell phone unlocking so handsets can be used with other telecom carriers. EFF says cell phone unlockers have been successfully sued under the DMCA even though there was no copyright infringement involved in the unlocking.
In its reasoning in favor of EFF's jailbreaking exemption, the Copyright Office rejected Apple's claim that copyright law prevents people from installing unapproved programs on iPhones.
In a statement, Free Press Policy Counsel Aparna Sridhar said the decision by the U.S. Copyright Office is an important step toward promoting open wireless networks. "This approach will assist consumers who want to vote with their feet by taking the phone of their choice to the carrier of their choice," Sridhar said. "Not only is this a win for consumers, but it's also a win for innovators and developers whose products and applications now have a fighting chance in a market plagued by exclusive device arrangements dictated by the largest wireless carriers."
Wireless phone provisioning firm HoudiniSoft welcomed the news. HoudiniSoft sells its service to the likes of MetroPCS, Leap Wireless International and other service providers, and questions about the practice of re-provisioning or flashing of handsets finally have been answered.
HoudiniSoft General Manager and Vice President of Business Development Rex Lee expects more carriers will adopt the practice now that the exemption from the 2006 DMCA ruling has been extended. He notes that the ruling expands the law for three years. "The biggest winner here is the consumer," he says.
Digital locks on cell phones make it harder to resell, reuse or recycle the handset, prompting EFF to ask for renewal of the rule on behalf of its clients – The Wireless Alliance, ReCellular and Flipswap.
EFF also won a new protection for video remix artists featured on Internet sites like YouTube. The new rule holds that amateur creators do not violate the DMCA when they use short excerpts from DVDs in order to create new, noncommercial works for purposes of criticism or comment if they believe that circumvention is necessary to fulfill that purpose. By Monica Alleven, Wireless WeekvJuly 27, 2010
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The ruling stems from a request from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) that asked the Librarian of Congress to renew a 2006 rule exempting cell phone unlocking so handsets can be used with other telecom carriers. EFF says cell phone unlockers have been successfully sued under the DMCA even though there was no copyright infringement involved in the unlocking.
In its reasoning in favor of EFF's jailbreaking exemption, the Copyright Office rejected Apple's claim that copyright law prevents people from installing unapproved programs on iPhones.
In a statement, Free Press Policy Counsel Aparna Sridhar said the decision by the U.S. Copyright Office is an important step toward promoting open wireless networks. "This approach will assist consumers who want to vote with their feet by taking the phone of their choice to the carrier of their choice," Sridhar said. "Not only is this a win for consumers, but it's also a win for innovators and developers whose products and applications now have a fighting chance in a market plagued by exclusive device arrangements dictated by the largest wireless carriers."
Wireless phone provisioning firm HoudiniSoft welcomed the news. HoudiniSoft sells its service to the likes of MetroPCS, Leap Wireless International and other service providers, and questions about the practice of re-provisioning or flashing of handsets finally have been answered.
HoudiniSoft General Manager and Vice President of Business Development Rex Lee expects more carriers will adopt the practice now that the exemption from the 2006 DMCA ruling has been extended. He notes that the ruling expands the law for three years. "The biggest winner here is the consumer," he says.
Digital locks on cell phones make it harder to resell, reuse or recycle the handset, prompting EFF to ask for renewal of the rule on behalf of its clients – The Wireless Alliance, ReCellular and Flipswap.
EFF also won a new protection for video remix artists featured on Internet sites like YouTube. The new rule holds that amateur creators do not violate the DMCA when they use short excerpts from DVDs in order to create new, noncommercial works for purposes of criticism or comment if they believe that circumvention is necessary to fulfill that purpose. By Monica Alleven, Wireless WeekvJuly 27, 2010
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Asia still getting the fastest Internet
Of the 100 cities in the world with the fastest average Internet connection speed, 61 are in Asia, and only 12 in the U.S. The U.S. ranks eighth when it comes to average maximum speed – 16 Mbps – less than half the average maximum of first-place South Korea.
The data is from the first quarter of 2010, and was compiled by Akamai Technologies.
The city with the fastest Internet is Masan in South Korea. It is followed by dozens of cities in Japan, another handful in South Korea, and a few cities scattered across Romania, Germany, and Norway. The first North American city appearing on the list is Monterrey Park, Ca., which ranks 57th.
In the first quarter of 2010, Akamai calculated an average maximum connection speed of 33 Mbps in South Korea, almost 3X the average connection speed in that country. Asia continues to lead this metric as well, with South Korea, Hong Kong, and Japan taking the first three slots in the top 10 list, Akamai said. European countries took six of the remaining slots, all with average maximum connection speeds over 15 Mbps. The U.S. placed eighth with an average maximum connection speed of 16 Mbps.
In contrast to the average measured connection speed, the average maximum connection speed metric is more representative of the capability of many end-user Internet connections, Akamai said.
In the U.S., on a state-by-state basis, the overall average connection speed for the U.S. was 4.7 Mbps. This was exceeded by 22 states. Delaware held its spot as the state with the fastest average connection, while Alaska continued to be the state with the lowest average connection speed, at 2.7 Mbps (up 30 percent year over year).
Average maximum connection speeds on mobile networks around the world were fairly strong, with 83 of the 109 mobile providers achieving maximum measured speeds greater than the 2 Mbps broadband threshold; 33 achieving maximum measured speeds greater than the 5 Mbps high broadband threshold; and six achieving maximum measured speeds greater than 10 Mbps. Average measured connection speeds ranged from 7.2 Mbps down to 105 Kbps. Coincidentally, both extremes were observed on mobile providers in Slovakia.By Brian Santo July 27, 2010
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The data is from the first quarter of 2010, and was compiled by Akamai Technologies.
The city with the fastest Internet is Masan in South Korea. It is followed by dozens of cities in Japan, another handful in South Korea, and a few cities scattered across Romania, Germany, and Norway. The first North American city appearing on the list is Monterrey Park, Ca., which ranks 57th.
In the first quarter of 2010, Akamai calculated an average maximum connection speed of 33 Mbps in South Korea, almost 3X the average connection speed in that country. Asia continues to lead this metric as well, with South Korea, Hong Kong, and Japan taking the first three slots in the top 10 list, Akamai said. European countries took six of the remaining slots, all with average maximum connection speeds over 15 Mbps. The U.S. placed eighth with an average maximum connection speed of 16 Mbps.
In contrast to the average measured connection speed, the average maximum connection speed metric is more representative of the capability of many end-user Internet connections, Akamai said.
In the U.S., on a state-by-state basis, the overall average connection speed for the U.S. was 4.7 Mbps. This was exceeded by 22 states. Delaware held its spot as the state with the fastest average connection, while Alaska continued to be the state with the lowest average connection speed, at 2.7 Mbps (up 30 percent year over year).
Average maximum connection speeds on mobile networks around the world were fairly strong, with 83 of the 109 mobile providers achieving maximum measured speeds greater than the 2 Mbps broadband threshold; 33 achieving maximum measured speeds greater than the 5 Mbps high broadband threshold; and six achieving maximum measured speeds greater than 10 Mbps. Average measured connection speeds ranged from 7.2 Mbps down to 105 Kbps. Coincidentally, both extremes were observed on mobile providers in Slovakia.By Brian Santo July 27, 2010
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Jul 26, 2010
San Jose could be called Solar City
Green Energy
Alternative energy, cleantech and related topics.
San Jose brands itself the capital of Silicon Valley.
Now it can also call itself Solar City.
New data about the California Solar Initiative, the state's aggressive program to encourage homeowners, businesses, local governments and nonprofit organizations to install solar panels on their roofs, shows that San Jose has installed more solar power than any other city in the state.
From Jan. 1, 2007, to July 7, 2010, San Jose installed 14.9 megawatts of solar power on residential and commercial roofs, followed by San Diego with 11.3 MW and Fresno with 9.2 MW, according to an annual report released by the California Public Utilities Commission last week.
The news was no surprise to San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, who installed solar power at his own home about a year ago and has made renewable energy a key platform of his "Green Vision" for the city. The fact that San Jose averages more than 300 sunny days a year also helps.
"I'm not surprised that we're high up the list," Reed said Wednesday. "We've got some major solar installations in the city — including at eBay, Cypress Semiconductor and the San Jose Unified and East Side Union High School districts."
One megawatt is enough to power 750 to 1,000 homes. But since the sun doesn't shine all the time, solar industry experts say that 1 megawatt of solar can power about 200 households. Posted: 07/14/2010 05:08:35 PM PDT By Dana Hull
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Alternative energy, cleantech and related topics.
San Jose brands itself the capital of Silicon Valley.
Now it can also call itself Solar City.
New data about the California Solar Initiative, the state's aggressive program to encourage homeowners, businesses, local governments and nonprofit organizations to install solar panels on their roofs, shows that San Jose has installed more solar power than any other city in the state.
From Jan. 1, 2007, to July 7, 2010, San Jose installed 14.9 megawatts of solar power on residential and commercial roofs, followed by San Diego with 11.3 MW and Fresno with 9.2 MW, according to an annual report released by the California Public Utilities Commission last week.
The news was no surprise to San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, who installed solar power at his own home about a year ago and has made renewable energy a key platform of his "Green Vision" for the city. The fact that San Jose averages more than 300 sunny days a year also helps.
"I'm not surprised that we're high up the list," Reed said Wednesday. "We've got some major solar installations in the city — including at eBay, Cypress Semiconductor and the San Jose Unified and East Side Union High School districts."
One megawatt is enough to power 750 to 1,000 homes. But since the sun doesn't shine all the time, solar industry experts say that 1 megawatt of solar can power about 200 households. Posted: 07/14/2010 05:08:35 PM PDT By Dana Hull
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Jailbreaking iPhone apps is now legal
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- IPhone users can now legally hack their phones to download applications that aren't in Apple's App Store.
The U.S. Copyright Office, a division of the Library of Congress, has authorized several new exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), one of which will allow mobile phone users to "jailbreak" -- or hack into -- their devices to use apps not authorized by the phone's manufacturer. The new rules will be published on Tuesday in the Federal Register.
Jailbreaking iPhones in order to download apps that are unavailable in Apple's App Store had been a legal gray area: Apple technically had the right to request a $2,500 government fine for damages every time a user violated the law that bans "circumvention of technological measures" controlling access to copyrighted works -- in this case, the iPhone's iOS software.
Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) never actually requested that a fine be levied on an iPhone customer. But it fought to preserve its right to: Apple filed an objection last year to the rule the Copyright Office has now adopted.
The Copyright Office's decision means that jailbreakers will not face legal sanctions, but phone makers are still free to fight back technologically against the practice. Apple typically voids the warranty on iPhones that owners have hacked. The company maintains that tampering with the iPhone can introduce bugs and glitches.
"Apple's goal has always been to insure that our customers have a great experience with their iPhone, and we know that jailbreaking can severely degrade the experience," a company spokeswoman said in response to the Copyright Office ruling. "The vast majority of customers do not jailbreak their iPhones."
The Copyright Office also renewed and expanded its 2006 decision allowing mobile phone users to jailbreak their phones in order to switch carriers. Previously, the office allowed firmware updates to enable network-switching; this week, it added a provision allowing software hacks as well. In other words, iPhone users can now legally download software that will enable their phones to join a non-AT&T (T, Fortune 500) network.
The Copyright Office conducts an extensive rulemaking process every three years to determine what exemptions should be granted to the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions. Each cycle, the office's previous exemptions expire unless they are renewed.
This time around, the Copyright Office granted six exemptions. In addition jailbreaking provisions, it renewed an exemption allowing e-book copy controls to be circumvented to enable read-aloud functions or to render the text into a specialized format. That's a clause advocates for the blind fought for.
The agency also granted an exemption allowing users to break DVD copyright controls to extract snippets of copyrighted movies for the purpose of incorporating them into new works, so long as the new creation is noncommercial. Known as "vidding," such remixing is a popular hobby among fan artists, and their creations are widely available for viewing on YouTube.
The ruling doesn't remove all of the legal murk around vidding. Creators still need to ensure that their clips meet "fair use" guidelines, and the Copyright Office specified that its exemption applies only to motion-picture snippets extracted "for the purpose of criticism or comment."
But advocates say the decision is a big step forward. Hollywood movie studios had long held that ripping DVDs for any purpose whatsoever is a violation of the DMCA.
"This ruling is useful because it removes a tool that was able to be deployed over and above copyright law that already has fair-use safety valves," said Rebecca Tushnet, a law professor at Georgetown University who testified in favor of the exception at a Library of Congress rulemaking hearing last year. "Now we're back to where we should have been all along, and we can continue the conversation about what's reasonable fair use."
Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) declined to comment on the implications for YouTube of the new exemption.
Lobbying group Electronic Frontier Foundation, which requested and backed the jailbreaking and remixing exemptions, celebrated its victory on Monday.
"We are thrilled to have helped free jailbreakers, unlockers and vidders from this law's overbroad reach," Jennifer Granick, EFF's civil liberties director, said in a prepared statement. "The Copyright Office recognizes that the primary purpose of the locks on cell phones is to bind customers to their existing networks, rather than to protect copyright." By David Goldman, staff writerJuly 26, 2010: 7:14 PM ET
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The U.S. Copyright Office, a division of the Library of Congress, has authorized several new exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), one of which will allow mobile phone users to "jailbreak" -- or hack into -- their devices to use apps not authorized by the phone's manufacturer. The new rules will be published on Tuesday in the Federal Register.
Jailbreaking iPhones in order to download apps that are unavailable in Apple's App Store had been a legal gray area: Apple technically had the right to request a $2,500 government fine for damages every time a user violated the law that bans "circumvention of technological measures" controlling access to copyrighted works -- in this case, the iPhone's iOS software.
Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) never actually requested that a fine be levied on an iPhone customer. But it fought to preserve its right to: Apple filed an objection last year to the rule the Copyright Office has now adopted.
The Copyright Office's decision means that jailbreakers will not face legal sanctions, but phone makers are still free to fight back technologically against the practice. Apple typically voids the warranty on iPhones that owners have hacked. The company maintains that tampering with the iPhone can introduce bugs and glitches.
"Apple's goal has always been to insure that our customers have a great experience with their iPhone, and we know that jailbreaking can severely degrade the experience," a company spokeswoman said in response to the Copyright Office ruling. "The vast majority of customers do not jailbreak their iPhones."
The Copyright Office also renewed and expanded its 2006 decision allowing mobile phone users to jailbreak their phones in order to switch carriers. Previously, the office allowed firmware updates to enable network-switching; this week, it added a provision allowing software hacks as well. In other words, iPhone users can now legally download software that will enable their phones to join a non-AT&T (T, Fortune 500) network.
The Copyright Office conducts an extensive rulemaking process every three years to determine what exemptions should be granted to the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions. Each cycle, the office's previous exemptions expire unless they are renewed.
This time around, the Copyright Office granted six exemptions. In addition jailbreaking provisions, it renewed an exemption allowing e-book copy controls to be circumvented to enable read-aloud functions or to render the text into a specialized format. That's a clause advocates for the blind fought for.
The agency also granted an exemption allowing users to break DVD copyright controls to extract snippets of copyrighted movies for the purpose of incorporating them into new works, so long as the new creation is noncommercial. Known as "vidding," such remixing is a popular hobby among fan artists, and their creations are widely available for viewing on YouTube.
The ruling doesn't remove all of the legal murk around vidding. Creators still need to ensure that their clips meet "fair use" guidelines, and the Copyright Office specified that its exemption applies only to motion-picture snippets extracted "for the purpose of criticism or comment."
But advocates say the decision is a big step forward. Hollywood movie studios had long held that ripping DVDs for any purpose whatsoever is a violation of the DMCA.
"This ruling is useful because it removes a tool that was able to be deployed over and above copyright law that already has fair-use safety valves," said Rebecca Tushnet, a law professor at Georgetown University who testified in favor of the exception at a Library of Congress rulemaking hearing last year. "Now we're back to where we should have been all along, and we can continue the conversation about what's reasonable fair use."
Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) declined to comment on the implications for YouTube of the new exemption.
Lobbying group Electronic Frontier Foundation, which requested and backed the jailbreaking and remixing exemptions, celebrated its victory on Monday.
"We are thrilled to have helped free jailbreakers, unlockers and vidders from this law's overbroad reach," Jennifer Granick, EFF's civil liberties director, said in a prepared statement. "The Copyright Office recognizes that the primary purpose of the locks on cell phones is to bind customers to their existing networks, rather than to protect copyright." By David Goldman, staff writerJuly 26, 2010: 7:14 PM ET
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Pace plc proposed acquisition of 2Wire, Inc.
Pace widens US reach into telco market through proposed acquisition of 2Wire, Inc.
July 26 2010
Overview
2Wire is a leading provider of advanced residential gateways and associated software and services for the broadband service provider market
2Wire is the number one supplier into the fast growing US telco residential gateway market
Proposed acquisition widens out Pace’s US customer base and opportunity beyond cable and satellite to include the telco market
A logical extension of Pace’s successful strategy, adding another growth market to the Group’s well-established Americas business
Adds further software and gateway expertise that will strengthen the development of Pace’s home entertainment convergence strategy
Strong financial rationale: profitable and cash generative business. Benefit of increased scale and operational synergies
Summary
Pace plc (“Pace” or the “Company”) today announces the proposed acquisition of 2Wire, Inc. (“2Wire”), a leading provider of advanced residential gateways and associated software and services for the broadband service provider market, for cash consideration of $475 million (£308 million) (the “Acquisition”). The acquisition price is inclusive of 2Wire’s balance sheet cash at closing, anticipated to be approximately $55 million (£36 million).
2Wire has established customer relationships in the tier one telco market, in particular with service providers in North America. AT&T has been a customer of 2Wire for 10 years and 2Wire provides software and hardware solutions to enable AT&T’s U-verseSM suite of services that includes multiroom high definition TV, high-speed broadband and telephony. 2Wire is currently owned by a consortium including Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Telmex, and Oak Investment Partners.
The Company intends to finance the Acquisition from existing cash resources, together with new bank facilities. The new bank facilities are currently under negotiation and the Acquisition is conditional, inter alia, upon final agreement being reached on the terms of these facilities.
The Pace Board believes the Acquisition is a logical extension of its successful strategy and will enhance its established position in cable and satellite markets in the US with entry into the tier one telco market. At the same time, 2Wire’s software and gateway expertise will support Pace’s development of its home entertainment convergence strategy.
Following the completion of the Acquisition, Pace, already the number one global digital set-top box company, would also become the number one provider of telco residential gateway devices in the US and the number three globally.
The Acquisition is expected to be earnings and cashflow enhancing for the Company in the first full financial year of ownership1.
Neil Gaydon, Chief Executive Officer of Pace, commented:
“This acquisition will strengthen our Americas business, extending Pace’s US market coverage with entry into the tier one telco market. We have built a strong position in the US with cable and satellite operators and 2Wire, with its expertise in the broadband residential gateway market, will enable us to address a full range of US operator requirements. 2Wire’s software and gateway expertise will further drive development of our home entertainment convergence strategy. The transaction introduces deep client relationships with important customers including AT&T and further develops our platform to deliver ongoing sustainable growth.”
Pasquale Romano, Chief Executive Officer of 2Wire, added:
“Pace is an excellent strategic fit for the 2Wire business and will enable us to take our products and services to the next level of their development. The combined customer base, engineering capability and product breadth of Pace and 2Wire make this a compelling transaction for our customers, our employees and our end users globally.”
Tim Harden, President – Supply Chain and Fleet Operations, AT&T commented:
“AT&T looks forward to continuing our working relationship with 2Wire under Pace’s ownership.”
A presentation for analysts and investors will be held at 9.30 a.m. (London time) today at the offices of RBS, 250 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4AA.
The Acquisition is conditional on (amongst other things) 2Wire shareholder approval, certain regulatory consents and finalisation of Pace’s bank financing arrangements. In view of its size relative to the Company, the Acquisition is also conditional upon Pace shareholder approval.
A circular including details of the Acquisition and the bank financing arrangements and containing notice of a General Meeting of the Company (at which a resolution seeking the requisite Pace shareholder approval will be proposed), is expected to be despatched to shareholders within 7 – 8 weeks (the “Circular”).
The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of the current financial year following the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions.
Evercore Partners is acting as Sponsor and sole financial adviser to Pace. RBS Hoare Govett and JPMorgan Cazenove are acting as corporate brokers to Pace.
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July 26 2010
Overview
2Wire is a leading provider of advanced residential gateways and associated software and services for the broadband service provider market
2Wire is the number one supplier into the fast growing US telco residential gateway market
Proposed acquisition widens out Pace’s US customer base and opportunity beyond cable and satellite to include the telco market
A logical extension of Pace’s successful strategy, adding another growth market to the Group’s well-established Americas business
Adds further software and gateway expertise that will strengthen the development of Pace’s home entertainment convergence strategy
Strong financial rationale: profitable and cash generative business. Benefit of increased scale and operational synergies
Summary
Pace plc (“Pace” or the “Company”) today announces the proposed acquisition of 2Wire, Inc. (“2Wire”), a leading provider of advanced residential gateways and associated software and services for the broadband service provider market, for cash consideration of $475 million (£308 million) (the “Acquisition”). The acquisition price is inclusive of 2Wire’s balance sheet cash at closing, anticipated to be approximately $55 million (£36 million).
2Wire has established customer relationships in the tier one telco market, in particular with service providers in North America. AT&T has been a customer of 2Wire for 10 years and 2Wire provides software and hardware solutions to enable AT&T’s U-verseSM suite of services that includes multiroom high definition TV, high-speed broadband and telephony. 2Wire is currently owned by a consortium including Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Telmex, and Oak Investment Partners.
The Company intends to finance the Acquisition from existing cash resources, together with new bank facilities. The new bank facilities are currently under negotiation and the Acquisition is conditional, inter alia, upon final agreement being reached on the terms of these facilities.
The Pace Board believes the Acquisition is a logical extension of its successful strategy and will enhance its established position in cable and satellite markets in the US with entry into the tier one telco market. At the same time, 2Wire’s software and gateway expertise will support Pace’s development of its home entertainment convergence strategy.
Following the completion of the Acquisition, Pace, already the number one global digital set-top box company, would also become the number one provider of telco residential gateway devices in the US and the number three globally.
The Acquisition is expected to be earnings and cashflow enhancing for the Company in the first full financial year of ownership1.
Neil Gaydon, Chief Executive Officer of Pace, commented:
“This acquisition will strengthen our Americas business, extending Pace’s US market coverage with entry into the tier one telco market. We have built a strong position in the US with cable and satellite operators and 2Wire, with its expertise in the broadband residential gateway market, will enable us to address a full range of US operator requirements. 2Wire’s software and gateway expertise will further drive development of our home entertainment convergence strategy. The transaction introduces deep client relationships with important customers including AT&T and further develops our platform to deliver ongoing sustainable growth.”
Pasquale Romano, Chief Executive Officer of 2Wire, added:
“Pace is an excellent strategic fit for the 2Wire business and will enable us to take our products and services to the next level of their development. The combined customer base, engineering capability and product breadth of Pace and 2Wire make this a compelling transaction for our customers, our employees and our end users globally.”
Tim Harden, President – Supply Chain and Fleet Operations, AT&T commented:
“AT&T looks forward to continuing our working relationship with 2Wire under Pace’s ownership.”
A presentation for analysts and investors will be held at 9.30 a.m. (London time) today at the offices of RBS, 250 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4AA.
The Acquisition is conditional on (amongst other things) 2Wire shareholder approval, certain regulatory consents and finalisation of Pace’s bank financing arrangements. In view of its size relative to the Company, the Acquisition is also conditional upon Pace shareholder approval.
A circular including details of the Acquisition and the bank financing arrangements and containing notice of a General Meeting of the Company (at which a resolution seeking the requisite Pace shareholder approval will be proposed), is expected to be despatched to shareholders within 7 – 8 weeks (the “Circular”).
The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of the current financial year following the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions.
Evercore Partners is acting as Sponsor and sole financial adviser to Pace. RBS Hoare Govett and JPMorgan Cazenove are acting as corporate brokers to Pace.
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Verizon May Not Need The iPhone
Big red's slowly leeching smartphone customers from AT&T without it
tags: competition · business · wireless · hardware · alternatives · consumers
According to the New York Times, despite not having the iPhone, Verizon's been slowly leeching smartphone customers from AT&T for the last two years. Verizon's share of the smartphone market has jumped from 20 to 26 percent since 2008, while AT&T's smartphone market share has dropped from 45 to 40% during that same period. What's more, Verizon is only paying $300 for each Android, BlackBerry and Palm phone sold, while AT&T pays Apple at least $450 for each unit sold. There's no doubt that having the iPhone exclusive helped AT&T, but there's also no doubt that their inability to provide a network that can handle the device hurt AT&T. The real question is, if AT&T's bleeding subscribers while they have the exclusive, what happens when that deal expires? Monday Jul 19 2010 by Karl Bode
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According to the New York Times, despite not having the iPhone, Verizon's been slowly leeching smartphone customers from AT&T for the last two years. Verizon's share of the smartphone market has jumped from 20 to 26 percent since 2008, while AT&T's smartphone market share has dropped from 45 to 40% during that same period. What's more, Verizon is only paying $300 for each Android, BlackBerry and Palm phone sold, while AT&T pays Apple at least $450 for each unit sold. There's no doubt that having the iPhone exclusive helped AT&T, but there's also no doubt that their inability to provide a network that can handle the device hurt AT&T. The real question is, if AT&T's bleeding subscribers while they have the exclusive, what happens when that deal expires? Monday Jul 19 2010 by Karl Bode
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