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Hughes Network Systems activated its new HughesNet Gen4 satellite Internet service. HughesNet Gen4 delivers downlink speeds of up to 15 Mbps, depending on the plan. Pricing starts at $49.99 per month for 10 Mbps...

Accenture has acquired the software and skills of Nokia Siemens Networks' IPTV business.  Financial terms were not disclosed. Accenture already offers pre-integrated Over-the-top TV (OTTV) solution that has been deployed by several large...

Rob Sherwood, who is Principal Architect at Big Switch Networks, has been appointed chair of the Open Networking Foundation's (ONF) new Architecture & Framework Working Group (ArchWG). The ONF ArchWG will...

Softbank Mobile agreed to acquire eAccess in a deal that combines Japan's No.3 and No.4 mobile operators.  The stock-swap was valued at approximately ¥180 billion, or $2.3 billion. The companies...

Nokia Siemens Networks is introducing a 6-pipe radio module for its Flexi Multiradio Base Station family to cover the APT 700 MHz Digital Dividend spectrum in the Asia Pacific region, Latin America...

6connect, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California, introduced a set of cloud-based tools for helping enterprises and service providers to migrate their IPv4 networks to IPv6. The 6connect ProVision Suite...

Motorola Solutions' offer to acquire Psion Plc., a supplier of ruggedized mobile devices, for $200 million in cash has been accepted.  Psion, which is based in London and has operations...

VMware has opened its vCloud Service Evaluation Beta to the public, enabling users to run their own tests of vCloud. VMware's vCloud allows users to migrateVMs on demand from their...

Qihoo 360, a leading Chinese Internet and mobile solution provider, is powering its new data center using Juniper Networks' QFabric architecture. Specifically, the company has deployed a QFX3000-G QFabric System --...

The European Commission outlined its ambition to drive European business and government productivity via cloud computing.  The EC believes cloud computing could deliver a net gain of 2.5 million new...

An Ariane 5 rocket successfully orbited two telecommunications satellites: Astra 2F, which mainly provides direct-to-home (DTH) broadcast services for the Luxembourg-based operator SES, and the GSAT-10 communications satellite for the Indian...

The FCC voted to approve plans for the first incentive auction to repurpose broadcast spectrum for mobile broadband use. Incentive auctions offer financial incentives to broadcasters to put their unused,...

Alcatel-Lucent is working with NITA - the information and communications technology (ICT) policy arm of Ghana’s Ministry of Communications - to connect central and regional administration offices in support of...