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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Metro Ethernet Forum's new Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) initiative is getting positive reviews from network operators, but most operators are in no hurry to make their networks and services CE 2.0-compliant, according to a worldwide survey of Ethernet service providers conducted by Heavy Reading Insider (www.heavyreading.com/insider), a subscription research service from Heavy Reading (www.heavyreading.com). Survey: Operators...

NEW YORK, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Patent pooling is an effective and proven tool for helping companies manage their product and technology licensing programs. For licensees, pools of patents from multiple licensors generally carry lower royalty fees than the total for licenses secured from the licensors individually. Patent pooling also saves valuable time that licensees would otherwise spend negotiating with multiple patent holders --time better spent delivering products to...

Asia dominates with 42% market share To see this release with full charts and graphs associated, please visit: http://www.broadband-forum.org/news/download/pressreleeases/2012/Communicasia_Presentation12.pdf SINGAPORE, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- News Highlights: Broadband subscriber base grew by 16 million during the first quarter of 2012 Figures show strong increases in hybrid fiber and FTTH deployments IPTV subscribers grew by 3.8 million in the first quarter...

SINGAPORE, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- News Highlights: New Ovum Report confirms over 147 million CPE devices managed using TR-069 CPE WAN management protocol (YE2011) and that number is growing rapidly The Broadband Forum is beta testing a new TR-069 conformance test suite with multiple vendor devices to continue to ensure interoperability and further enhance market availability University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) has been named as the...

PISCATAWAY, N.J., June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Helping to define industry standards that shape today's communications technology development has been a hallmark of Applied Communication Sciences dating back to its days as part of Telcordia and -- before that -- Bell Communications Research (Bellcore). Two recent standards-related announcements from ATIS and the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) once again highlight the company's involvement and leadership in influencing the...

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Atheros Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), today announced the launch of the Skifta(TM) Engine software application, offering original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) a software solution that can either be preloaded or added on to devices for effortless and dependable media shifting to and from DLNA Certified® and UPnP devices inside and outside of the home. The new Skifta Engine, which...

FREMONT, Calif., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ArcSoft, Inc., the industry leading software provider of imaging technologies and applications, is announcing today the availability of the ArcSoft Link+(TM) 3 home media hub for Windows PCs. Link+ 3 becomes your complete home media command center, enabling DLNA compatible devices such as your PC, Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, HDTV, iPad*, Android phone and tablet to share, stream or download any media to another device on your...

MILPITAS, Calif., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Open-Silicon, Inc., a leading semiconductor design and manufacturing company, announced today that various executives will present and serve on panel discussions at DAC 2012 on June 4th and 5th in San Francisco, CA. The topics will range from internal and external IP management, to time-to-market challenges faced by foundry, IP and EDA vendors. What: Presentation - "Product Standardization: Death to a Growing Market" - Discussion on...

ORLANDO, Fla., May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Software Development Solutions, Inc. introduced today its API for Jamcast, a DLNA streaming media server for Windows PC's. The announcement coincides with the release of Jamcast version 1.8 and the publication of several open source plugin projects. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120502/FL98364LOGO ) The Jamcast API enables rapid development of plugins that deliver media streams and browsable metadata to network media players...

REDMOND, Wash., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. and Internet2 today announced a new agreement enabling member universities to take advantage of Windows Azure to open up additional collaborative, instructional and research opportunities in the cloud. The announcement was made at the Spring 2012 Internet2 Member Meeting today in Arlington, Va. The agreement is a significant step in making cloud computing more accessible and affordable for all researchers and...