PARIS, FRANCE: Alcatel-Lucent announced that NTT Communications Corp. (NTT Com) has deployed Alcatel-Lucent's service router solution as the base for its IP-VPN service, which now supports both IPv4 and next generation IPv6 protocols (IPv4/IPv6 dual stack) for enterprise users.
IPv4/IPv6 dual stack provides both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity using only one subscriber line seamlessly integrated with physically independent networks.
Offered as an option for its Arcstar IP-VPN service, this is the country's first commercial IPv6 compatible IP-VPN service based on Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS).
The Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router (SR) was first deployed in 2007 to support NTT Com's IP-VPN IPv4-based service, where its reliability and flexibility were put to the test by the high demands of NTT Com's enterprise customers.
Now, with IPv4 addresses approaching exhaustion, NTT Com again chose Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade its network to allow both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic to be used on a single network, offering a smooth, relatively low-cost IPv6 migration for its enterprise customers.
"This represents a key milestone in the Japanese market with NTT Com launching its IPv4/IPv6 dual stack service," said Martin Jordy, president of Alcatel-Lucent's Japan activities. "With our market-leading service router solution, we will continue to help NTT Com and its enterprise customers take advantage of the efficient and reliable advanced network services offered with this next generation Internet protocol."
Over 270 service providers in more than 100 countries around the world have selected the Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS portfolio as key elements of their IP transformation. According to Ovum RHK, Alcatel-Lucent holds the #2 position in the IP/MPLS Edge market segment.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Smartphone capability tracker: what’s hot and what’s not
UK: Tim Renowden, analyst at Ovum, comments:
GPS and WiFi are hot
Ovum’s data (collated from DeviceMine and Ovum research) identified 77 smartphone models released by key manufacturers in the sample period. Of these, 59 handsets had GPS capability and 49 had WiFi, indicating that these technologies are now key features across nearly all smartphones, not just high-end models.
Some operators still have a reluctance to admit WiFi-equipped handsets onto their networks, but Ovum believes consumers now expect WiFi to be present in smartphones.
The widespread availability of GPS (across all of the major smartphone platforms) is great news for developers wishing to deploy location-based applications and services, but so far few developers have taken advantage of this beyond basic navigation products.
Ovum’s smartphone capability tracker showed much lower penetration for TV-out capability, although this was of little surprise as it is only recently that most platforms have really possessed the multimedia abilities required to justify its inclusion.
Only the iPhone, Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms produced devices with TV-out, with Samsung in particular being proactive in supporting the feature. Ovum expects TV-out to grow in popularity among media-centric smartphones, along with increasing processing power and screen resolutions.
On the processor front, most smartphones are currently based on ARM11 architecture, but Ovum expects some ARM Cortex A8-based chipsets to appear in devices within the next update, and platforms like Qualcomm’s Snapdragon or Nvidia’s Tegra to emerge later in 2009 as manufacturers seek to add greater multimedia functionality to devices.
Devices based on the ARM Cortex A9 multi-core architecture are expected in 2010.
RIAs and widget frameworks are not
Widgets are another buzzword in the industry, but the tracker shows that only around 10 percent of smartphones support Internet widget frameworks. This is another area where we expect rapid growth in adoption through 2009/10.
Ovum has previously discussed the potential for rich Internet application (RIA) frameworks as application platforms in mobile handsets, but the tracker shows how little impact RIAs have so far made on smartphones.
Adobe’s Flash and Flash Lite have achieved the best penetration, with 41 smartphone models supporting Flash. Symbian dominates this figure: 25 are Symbian-based (all except one of the Symbian handsets released support Flash).
Windows Mobile has patchy support for Flash (manufacturers even support it inconsistently across their Windows Mobile portfolios), and iPhone OS and Android currently do not support it at all.
Of the other RIA frameworks tracked (Adobe AIR and Microsoft Silverlight), penetration is zero, indicating that usefulness of these platforms for application developers is still some way off.
App stores are cooking unevenly
One of the biggest talking points in the industry in the last 12 months has been the rise of on-device application stores. Despite the limitless hype, for the sample period very few devices were released with pre-installed app store clients. Apple’s iPhone, HTC’s Android devices and several Nokia handsets (featuring Nokia’s Download! client, not the newer Ovi Store) were the only devices with app stores pre-installed.
We expect a big change in this area in the next version of the smartphone tracker, as platform owners and manufacturers have now begun to respond in earnest to the app store buzz. On-device app stores have launched on BlackBerry and Palm’s WebOS, Nokia now has Ovi Store, Windows Mobile 6.5 will feature an app store, and a greater proportion of new handsets will feature these clients in the next version of the tracker.
GPS and WiFi are hot
Ovum’s data (collated from DeviceMine and Ovum research) identified 77 smartphone models released by key manufacturers in the sample period. Of these, 59 handsets had GPS capability and 49 had WiFi, indicating that these technologies are now key features across nearly all smartphones, not just high-end models.
Some operators still have a reluctance to admit WiFi-equipped handsets onto their networks, but Ovum believes consumers now expect WiFi to be present in smartphones.
The widespread availability of GPS (across all of the major smartphone platforms) is great news for developers wishing to deploy location-based applications and services, but so far few developers have taken advantage of this beyond basic navigation products.
Ovum’s smartphone capability tracker showed much lower penetration for TV-out capability, although this was of little surprise as it is only recently that most platforms have really possessed the multimedia abilities required to justify its inclusion.
Only the iPhone, Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms produced devices with TV-out, with Samsung in particular being proactive in supporting the feature. Ovum expects TV-out to grow in popularity among media-centric smartphones, along with increasing processing power and screen resolutions.
On the processor front, most smartphones are currently based on ARM11 architecture, but Ovum expects some ARM Cortex A8-based chipsets to appear in devices within the next update, and platforms like Qualcomm’s Snapdragon or Nvidia’s Tegra to emerge later in 2009 as manufacturers seek to add greater multimedia functionality to devices.
Devices based on the ARM Cortex A9 multi-core architecture are expected in 2010.
RIAs and widget frameworks are not
Widgets are another buzzword in the industry, but the tracker shows that only around 10 percent of smartphones support Internet widget frameworks. This is another area where we expect rapid growth in adoption through 2009/10.
Ovum has previously discussed the potential for rich Internet application (RIA) frameworks as application platforms in mobile handsets, but the tracker shows how little impact RIAs have so far made on smartphones.
Adobe’s Flash and Flash Lite have achieved the best penetration, with 41 smartphone models supporting Flash. Symbian dominates this figure: 25 are Symbian-based (all except one of the Symbian handsets released support Flash).
Windows Mobile has patchy support for Flash (manufacturers even support it inconsistently across their Windows Mobile portfolios), and iPhone OS and Android currently do not support it at all.
Of the other RIA frameworks tracked (Adobe AIR and Microsoft Silverlight), penetration is zero, indicating that usefulness of these platforms for application developers is still some way off.
App stores are cooking unevenly
One of the biggest talking points in the industry in the last 12 months has been the rise of on-device application stores. Despite the limitless hype, for the sample period very few devices were released with pre-installed app store clients. Apple’s iPhone, HTC’s Android devices and several Nokia handsets (featuring Nokia’s Download! client, not the newer Ovi Store) were the only devices with app stores pre-installed.
We expect a big change in this area in the next version of the smartphone tracker, as platform owners and manufacturers have now begun to respond in earnest to the app store buzz. On-device app stores have launched on BlackBerry and Palm’s WebOS, Nokia now has Ovi Store, Windows Mobile 6.5 will feature an app store, and a greater proportion of new handsets will feature these clients in the next version of the tracker.
FiberLight raises $13mn from CoBank to fuel smart growth
ATLANTA, USA: FiberLight, LLC, a leading optical transport solutions provider, announced it has raised $13 million from CoBank in the company’s first ever debt offering in the capital markets. The debt is comprised of a $10 million note and a $3 million revolving line of credit.
“FiberLight has demonstrated a financial discipline in the market over the past 4 years that has allowed them to get to this point,” said Jim Lynch, FiberLight Chairman and Managing Partner of Thermo Capital Companies, the primary investor of FiberLight.
“Raising this capital demonstrates the sound fundamentals of FiberLight’s current financial operations and the belief by Thermo and FiberLight’s Board of Directors that the future opportunity to leverage the 500,000 miles of fiber optic network that FiberLight owns is as strong as ever.”
FiberLight’s strength lies in its massive fiber assets throughout the southern half of the United States from Baltimore, Maryland to Miami and west as far as San Francisco.
Large metro networks, typically two to three times the size of traditional competitive telecom operators, have allowed FiberLight to differentiate its product offering with a full portfolio of optical connectivity including dark fiber, Managed Wavelengths, Metro Ethernet from 10MB to 10Gig, and traditional SONET connectivity, as well as leverage this on ramp to the Internet to provide clients faster, more secure and less expensive IP access.
"We want to continue to grow in a responsible way that not only shows the top line compounding 20 percent annually but has a similar growth in our EBITDA. The only way our company can do that is by owning our own fiber assets, delivering a great customer experience to our enterprise, carrier and government clients and to continue to create an opportunity to enhance productivity.
"The money raised will be used for those three things and will be allocated only through a rigorous capital allocation process in which projects must demonstrate the strict payback model that has allowed FiberLight to exceed industry averages in growth and profitability throughout its history,” FiberLight President Kevin B. Coyne said.
"FiberLight has not strayed from our laser focus on the optical transport services market, and it is our mission to continue to lead our markets in this segment. This capital will help us continue to do that."
CoBank is a leading capital provider to the Communications Sector. The Communications Group, led by Senior Vice President Robert West, Eastern Regional Manager John Cole, and Relationship Manager Kevin Oliver, structured the deal.
“We are excited about being able to be a meaningful provider of capital to a growing and leading optical transport solutions provider like FiberLight,” said Kevin Oliver. “FiberLight supports CoBank’s mission of providing capital to support enhanced communication services throughout our great nation, and we are thrilled to be a part of the company’s continuing success story.”
FiberLight’s LightSource Products will allow customers to transport data from one location to another in ultrafast, secure and efficient ways. Not encumbered by traditional voice oriented networking restrictions, FiberLight’s dense fiber access allows organizations to lower the cost of transport and improve overall reliability of operations.
“FiberLight has demonstrated a financial discipline in the market over the past 4 years that has allowed them to get to this point,” said Jim Lynch, FiberLight Chairman and Managing Partner of Thermo Capital Companies, the primary investor of FiberLight.
“Raising this capital demonstrates the sound fundamentals of FiberLight’s current financial operations and the belief by Thermo and FiberLight’s Board of Directors that the future opportunity to leverage the 500,000 miles of fiber optic network that FiberLight owns is as strong as ever.”
FiberLight’s strength lies in its massive fiber assets throughout the southern half of the United States from Baltimore, Maryland to Miami and west as far as San Francisco.
Large metro networks, typically two to three times the size of traditional competitive telecom operators, have allowed FiberLight to differentiate its product offering with a full portfolio of optical connectivity including dark fiber, Managed Wavelengths, Metro Ethernet from 10MB to 10Gig, and traditional SONET connectivity, as well as leverage this on ramp to the Internet to provide clients faster, more secure and less expensive IP access.
"We want to continue to grow in a responsible way that not only shows the top line compounding 20 percent annually but has a similar growth in our EBITDA. The only way our company can do that is by owning our own fiber assets, delivering a great customer experience to our enterprise, carrier and government clients and to continue to create an opportunity to enhance productivity.
"The money raised will be used for those three things and will be allocated only through a rigorous capital allocation process in which projects must demonstrate the strict payback model that has allowed FiberLight to exceed industry averages in growth and profitability throughout its history,” FiberLight President Kevin B. Coyne said.
"FiberLight has not strayed from our laser focus on the optical transport services market, and it is our mission to continue to lead our markets in this segment. This capital will help us continue to do that."
CoBank is a leading capital provider to the Communications Sector. The Communications Group, led by Senior Vice President Robert West, Eastern Regional Manager John Cole, and Relationship Manager Kevin Oliver, structured the deal.
“We are excited about being able to be a meaningful provider of capital to a growing and leading optical transport solutions provider like FiberLight,” said Kevin Oliver. “FiberLight supports CoBank’s mission of providing capital to support enhanced communication services throughout our great nation, and we are thrilled to be a part of the company’s continuing success story.”
FiberLight’s LightSource Products will allow customers to transport data from one location to another in ultrafast, secure and efficient ways. Not encumbered by traditional voice oriented networking restrictions, FiberLight’s dense fiber access allows organizations to lower the cost of transport and improve overall reliability of operations.
ARC and SiTel to enhance DECT phone call clarity with Sonic Focus audio software
SAN JOSE, USA & ‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH, THE NETHERLANDS: ARC International and SiTel Semiconductor announced a collaboration effort to provide superior voice clarity for phones implementing SiTel’s high performance chips and ARC’s new Vocal Clarity post-processing software. The improvements in voice clarity and audio fidelity represent a quantum step forward in voice communication.
Voice clarity and audio improvement have been anxiously anticipated by major phone Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) striving to enhance their phone’s performance to deliver a superior end-user experience. The jointly integrated audio solution will result in much clearer voice recognition, without the need to increase the peak amplitude of the incoming voice stream.
Such perceived volume increases with ARC’s unique pseudo wideband extensions will dramatically ease listener fatigue and improve comprehension in noisy environments, even if the incoming voice is distorted or received with relatively low signal strength. The ARC Vocal Clarity software for cordless phones will run on SiTel’s “Gen2DSP” processor. This Gen2DSP co-processor is included in all SiTel SC14480 and SC14450 series cordless phone chips as a standard.
ARC’s unique Vocal Clarity Software is a subset of a broad range of technologies included in ARC’s Sonic Focus Audio post- processing software enrichment technology. Sonic Focus Audio IP has been successfully deployed in over 25 million products by major Personal Computer (PC) OEMs delivering superior sound quality to the consumer.
The Sonic Focus technology enables superior audio and voice quality for all classes of consumer products, including mobile and portable devices, while also lowering overall power consumption with the potential to reduce build-of-material (BoM) costs. The ARC Sound-to-Silicon solution integrates the ARC Sound multi-standard audio processor with industry standard codecs and ARC’s Sonic Focus Sound enhancement technology, and is the only single-source vertically integrated solution that provides IC and system designers with a low cost solution for superior sound quality and voice clarity.
“We identified the potential of ARC’s Sonics Focus Audio Enrichment technology to help improve SiTel’s DECT solutions’ voice clarity. When watching an action movie with lots of background noise, with actors having meaningful conversations, the overall sound quality and voice intelligibility dramatically improved when Sonic Focus was turned on. Suddenly, the actors’ conversation became clearer and a lot easier to understand,” said Asmund Tielens, SiTel’s CEO.
“Our goal by working with ARC is to bring this voice clarity feature into every phone conversation. I am confident that any DECT phone using SiTel’s enhanced vocal clarity DECT IC will produce clearer voices which are better to understand than in any other phone in the market today.”
“We are delighted that SiTel Semiconductor has chosen to partner with ARC for the implementation of our Sonic Focus Vocal Clarity technology in support of their industry leading OEM solutions. Having one of the world’s leading SoC companies in voice telephony endorse our audio solution confirms the unique value of our IP in this huge market space,” said Sean Redmond, VP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, ARC International.
“Working with Sitel has proven to be a mutually valuable partnership that will successfully deliver superior voice experience to OEM companies and their consumers.”
Voice clarity and audio improvement have been anxiously anticipated by major phone Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) striving to enhance their phone’s performance to deliver a superior end-user experience. The jointly integrated audio solution will result in much clearer voice recognition, without the need to increase the peak amplitude of the incoming voice stream.
Such perceived volume increases with ARC’s unique pseudo wideband extensions will dramatically ease listener fatigue and improve comprehension in noisy environments, even if the incoming voice is distorted or received with relatively low signal strength. The ARC Vocal Clarity software for cordless phones will run on SiTel’s “Gen2DSP” processor. This Gen2DSP co-processor is included in all SiTel SC14480 and SC14450 series cordless phone chips as a standard.
ARC’s unique Vocal Clarity Software is a subset of a broad range of technologies included in ARC’s Sonic Focus Audio post- processing software enrichment technology. Sonic Focus Audio IP has been successfully deployed in over 25 million products by major Personal Computer (PC) OEMs delivering superior sound quality to the consumer.
The Sonic Focus technology enables superior audio and voice quality for all classes of consumer products, including mobile and portable devices, while also lowering overall power consumption with the potential to reduce build-of-material (BoM) costs. The ARC Sound-to-Silicon solution integrates the ARC Sound multi-standard audio processor with industry standard codecs and ARC’s Sonic Focus Sound enhancement technology, and is the only single-source vertically integrated solution that provides IC and system designers with a low cost solution for superior sound quality and voice clarity.
“We identified the potential of ARC’s Sonics Focus Audio Enrichment technology to help improve SiTel’s DECT solutions’ voice clarity. When watching an action movie with lots of background noise, with actors having meaningful conversations, the overall sound quality and voice intelligibility dramatically improved when Sonic Focus was turned on. Suddenly, the actors’ conversation became clearer and a lot easier to understand,” said Asmund Tielens, SiTel’s CEO.
“Our goal by working with ARC is to bring this voice clarity feature into every phone conversation. I am confident that any DECT phone using SiTel’s enhanced vocal clarity DECT IC will produce clearer voices which are better to understand than in any other phone in the market today.”
“We are delighted that SiTel Semiconductor has chosen to partner with ARC for the implementation of our Sonic Focus Vocal Clarity technology in support of their industry leading OEM solutions. Having one of the world’s leading SoC companies in voice telephony endorse our audio solution confirms the unique value of our IP in this huge market space,” said Sean Redmond, VP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, ARC International.
“Working with Sitel has proven to be a mutually valuable partnership that will successfully deliver superior voice experience to OEM companies and their consumers.”
Ethernet switch market to begin rebounding in 2010
REDWOOD CITY, USA: According to a recent report by Dell’Oro Group, the total Ethernet Switch market is forecast to decline almost 20 percent in 2009, the sharpest decline since 2001, before it begins to rebound in 2010. The report indicates that 10 GE and data center will be catalysts for growth during the next few years.
“Given the severity of the decline during the first quarter of 2009, it will be difficult for the market to rebound quickly to the revenue and port levels we saw in 2008,” said Alan Weckel, Director of Ethernet Switch Market Research at Dell’Oro Group.
“We believe that the data center will be one of the largest drivers for growth beyond 2009, as the market is expected to begin expanding again in 2010. However, it will be difficult for the market to return to the robust growth rates it enjoyed over the past five years,” stated Weckel.
The report indicates that Cisco’s move into the server market, HP’s expansion of its data center portfolio as well as IBM’s entrance into the Ethernet Switch market, are examples that some vendors will approach a more holistic product offering for the data center going forward.
“Given the severity of the decline during the first quarter of 2009, it will be difficult for the market to rebound quickly to the revenue and port levels we saw in 2008,” said Alan Weckel, Director of Ethernet Switch Market Research at Dell’Oro Group.
“We believe that the data center will be one of the largest drivers for growth beyond 2009, as the market is expected to begin expanding again in 2010. However, it will be difficult for the market to return to the robust growth rates it enjoyed over the past five years,” stated Weckel.
The report indicates that Cisco’s move into the server market, HP’s expansion of its data center portfolio as well as IBM’s entrance into the Ethernet Switch market, are examples that some vendors will approach a more holistic product offering for the data center going forward.
Monthly mobile data traffic to exceed 2008 total in 2014
NEW YORK, USA: In 2014, the volume of mobile data sent and received every month by users around the world will exceed by a significant amount the total data traffic for all of 2008, according to a new study from ABI Research.
“When people think of mobile data they think of BlackBerry and iPhone handsets,” says senior analyst Jeff Orr. “But the bulk of today’s traffic is generated by laptops with PC Card and USB modems.” While add-on cellular modems represented two-thirds of traffic in 2008, computers with embedded 3G/4G modems will lead in 2014 with more than 50% of the world’s mobile data traffic.
Other key findings from the study include:
* Global mobile data traffic surpassed 1.3 Exabytes transferred during 2008. By 2014, an average of 1.6 Exabytes will be sent and received monthly.
* Nearly 74 percent of the world’s mobile data traffic will be from Web and Internet access by 2014. By the same time, 26 percent will come from audio and video streaming. Peer-to-peer file sharing and VoIP contribution to overall mobile data traffic will be less than 1 percent.
* Video streaming will experience the fastest growth of any IP traffic type at a CAGR of 62 percent between 2008 and 2014.
* Western Europe accounted for nearly 31 percent of mobile data traffic in 2008, but the region will yield to Asia-Pacific, which will account for over 28 percent, by 2014.
“The launch of 4G services promises even more data capability -– full multimedia on a greater number of devices,” notes Orr.
“But it’s a more pragmatic approach than 3G’s: data-centric devices will be adopted first, rather than a large number of phones. As network coverage and service plans satisfy market expectations, a variety of specialized consumer electronics devices with the ability to connect anywhere will emerge.”
“When people think of mobile data they think of BlackBerry and iPhone handsets,” says senior analyst Jeff Orr. “But the bulk of today’s traffic is generated by laptops with PC Card and USB modems.” While add-on cellular modems represented two-thirds of traffic in 2008, computers with embedded 3G/4G modems will lead in 2014 with more than 50% of the world’s mobile data traffic.
Other key findings from the study include:
* Global mobile data traffic surpassed 1.3 Exabytes transferred during 2008. By 2014, an average of 1.6 Exabytes will be sent and received monthly.
* Nearly 74 percent of the world’s mobile data traffic will be from Web and Internet access by 2014. By the same time, 26 percent will come from audio and video streaming. Peer-to-peer file sharing and VoIP contribution to overall mobile data traffic will be less than 1 percent.
* Video streaming will experience the fastest growth of any IP traffic type at a CAGR of 62 percent between 2008 and 2014.
* Western Europe accounted for nearly 31 percent of mobile data traffic in 2008, but the region will yield to Asia-Pacific, which will account for over 28 percent, by 2014.
“The launch of 4G services promises even more data capability -– full multimedia on a greater number of devices,” notes Orr.
“But it’s a more pragmatic approach than 3G’s: data-centric devices will be adopted first, rather than a large number of phones. As network coverage and service plans satisfy market expectations, a variety of specialized consumer electronics devices with the ability to connect anywhere will emerge.”
Carlson intros 700MHz/900MHz solar powerable non line of sight radios
ARCATA, USA: Carlson Wireless Technologies, a leader in wireless backhaul solutions for voice and data communications, announced that it will introduce the LH-900 and LH-700 point to point radios at APCO 2009 in Las Vegas, August 16-20.
Operating in the unlicensed 900 MHz and the licensed 700 MHz frequency bands, these radios are designed to deliver wireless connectivity to remote and non line of sight (NLOS) environments. Like all Carlson radio products, the LH-900 and LH-700 require minimal power to operate and are easily integrated with Carlson’s latest line of solar power kits.
The LH-900 and LH-700 radios are completely transparent and compatible with all legacy TDM and future IP protocols. Multiple OFDM modulation rates and channel sizes allow for spectrum flexibility, improving non line of sight operation and maximizing the operating distance to beyond 100 km.
Designed to meet the speed and precision requirements of critical broadband, telecom and utilities networks, the LH-900 and LH-700 provide an ultra-low, fixed latency of less than 3 milliseconds. This improves performance for telecom, VoIP, WISP, public safety and utilities networks and meets Smart Grid and IEC 61850 standards for substation isolation, fault protection and distributed generation applications.
“The timing of this addition to our product line couldn’t be better,” said Jim Carlson, CEO of Carlson Wireless. “Significant portions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are directed at rural high-speed internet access and implement Smart Grid projects. Non line of sight capability combined with our solar power solution make these products important tools when reaching our most rural and remote customers.”
The LH-900 and LH-700 augment Carlson’s LongHaul product line that also includes the license-free 2.4 GHz, 5.x GHz as well as the licensed 3.65 GHz and 4.9 GHz frequency bands. All of these products are available with optional multiple T1/E1 modules.
Operating in the unlicensed 900 MHz and the licensed 700 MHz frequency bands, these radios are designed to deliver wireless connectivity to remote and non line of sight (NLOS) environments. Like all Carlson radio products, the LH-900 and LH-700 require minimal power to operate and are easily integrated with Carlson’s latest line of solar power kits.
The LH-900 and LH-700 radios are completely transparent and compatible with all legacy TDM and future IP protocols. Multiple OFDM modulation rates and channel sizes allow for spectrum flexibility, improving non line of sight operation and maximizing the operating distance to beyond 100 km.
Designed to meet the speed and precision requirements of critical broadband, telecom and utilities networks, the LH-900 and LH-700 provide an ultra-low, fixed latency of less than 3 milliseconds. This improves performance for telecom, VoIP, WISP, public safety and utilities networks and meets Smart Grid and IEC 61850 standards for substation isolation, fault protection and distributed generation applications.
“The timing of this addition to our product line couldn’t be better,” said Jim Carlson, CEO of Carlson Wireless. “Significant portions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are directed at rural high-speed internet access and implement Smart Grid projects. Non line of sight capability combined with our solar power solution make these products important tools when reaching our most rural and remote customers.”
The LH-900 and LH-700 augment Carlson’s LongHaul product line that also includes the license-free 2.4 GHz, 5.x GHz as well as the licensed 3.65 GHz and 4.9 GHz frequency bands. All of these products are available with optional multiple T1/E1 modules.
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