Exar Demonstrates MXP2 OTN Muxponder Solution at Ethernet Expo Americas 2011

Industry’s First Any Service, Any Port, Single-Chip Solution to Offer Latest OTN Features

Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) will demonstrate MXP2′s any service, any port, single-chip OTN muxponder solution at the Ethernet Expo Americas Conference in New York City, booth #315. MXP2 provides a more efficient means of transporting a variety of traffic, including uncompressed HD video for live event and studio TV applications, and Ethernet and Fibre Channel for data center connectivity. Inclusion of ODU0, ODUflex, and GMP enables transport and switching of these services across next-generation OTN networks while maximizing network interoperability. The demonstration will showcase the MXP2 mapping and multiplexing Gigabit Ethernet, SONET/SDH and Fibre Channel traffic over OTN.

Attendees will have the opportunity to speak with Exar’s OTN experts about the newest updates to OTN, including ODU0, ODUflex and General Mapping Procedure (GMP). Educational whitepapers on the new features are also available for attendees.

For customers unable to attend the Ethernet Expo in New York City, they can join Exar at Light Reading’s Ethernet Expo Digital Summit, which is a virtual event taking place on November 29, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST. An archive of the Digital Summit will also be accessible November 29 – February 29, 2012.

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Light Reading’s Ethernet Expo Americas 2011 is the must-attend Carrier Ethernet networking event of the year in the Americas. Light Reading’s twelfth Ethernet event will assemble dozens of experts from the service provider, supplier, and analyst communities in New York City to explore the hottest trends and paint a roadmap for where Ethernet is likely to take us in the coming decade.

About Exar

Exar Corporation delivers highly differentiated silicon, software and subsystem solutions for industrial, datacom and storage applications. For over 40 years, Exar’s comprehensive knowledge of end-user markets along with the underlying analog, mixed signal and digital technology has enabled innovative solutions that meet the needs of the evolving connected world. Exar’s product portfolio includes power management and interface components, communications products, storage optimization solutions, network security and applied services processors. Exar has locations worldwide providing real-time customer support to drive rapid product development. For more information about Exar, visit: http://www.exar.com.

Teradek Announces Ultra-Compact Cellular Bonding Solution

Teradek launches Bond™, the ultra-compact cellular bonding solution with seamless Cube™ integration

Teradek, the world leader in compact HD H.264 video encoders and decoders, announced today the launch of a cellular bonding solution for mobile content transmission and live reporting from the field. Bond™, which will be showcased at this week’s Streaming Media West (SMW) and Worship Facilities Expo (WFX), enables freelance and professional broadcasters to transmit live content over up to five 3G or 4G cellular modems from a device that is far smaller and more affordable than any existing cellular bonding solutions.

Bond™ is a camera-top cellular bonding solution that fits in the palm of your hand. The device supports up to five 3G or 4G modems simultaneously from multiple carriers worldwide and is designed to seamlessly integrate with Teradek’s award-winning Cube™ video encoder. This combination incorporates cutting edge technologies such as low power hardware H.264 HD video compression, advanced streaming options like RTMP and MPEG-TS, and Teradek’s Adaptive Internet Streaming™ (AI Streaming™) technology, which dynamically adjusts bit rate and buffering in real time to handle volatile network conditions. To manage Bond’s multiple data streams Teradek has developed Sputnik™, a free proprietary de-bonding software solution that runs on any Linux server or is hosted in the cloud to reassemble data into a single RTMP or MPEG-TS stream. This allows users to transmit video to any broadcast decoder, including Teradek’s SDI Cube decoder, or straight to the web via many popular CDNs.

“We designed Bond™ to overcome the bulky hardware and high cost commitments that are common with existing bonding solutions,” said Nicol Verheem, CEO of Teradek. “Bond’s small size, ease of use, and affordability makes it an ideal solution for ENG backhaul, sports broadcasts, and live events coverage. Bond™ allows enterprise content providers to expand the number of field reporters their satellite truck fleet can support and enables independent content producers to enter this market as well. We are very excited to liberate live video production this way.”

Bond™ will be on display in Teradek’s booth 14 & 15 at Streaming Media West and booth 342 for Worship Facilities Expo. Bond™ is available now for evaluation and will ship in quantity December 2011 for $2490 each. Sputnik™ is a free download available from Teradek.

About Teradek

Teradek is a world leader in miniature HD H.264 codecs used in filmmaking, live video production, broadcast contribution and distribution. Teradek’s Cube™ camera-top HD video encoder transmits 1080p HD video over Ethernet, WiFi or cellular networks, has built in support for streaming directly to iPads, CDNs, or IPTV decoders, and offers real time wireless proxy recording. Cube™ is the go-to solution for video assist on movie sets, mobile streaming from live events, or ENG backhaul over the Internet. For more information, visit www.teradek.com.

PHXX Unveils Array of Over-the-Top Video (OTT) Apps for Etisalat at IPTV World MEA

Apps for tablets, smartphones and set-top boxes support Etisalat’s eLife OnWeb

From the iPad, to the Android Smartphone, to LG’s Smart TV there is a good chance that PHXX has developed an Over-the-Top Video application for leading hardware platforms used to provide video and entertainment services anywhere. PHXX’s new apps were built to support the reach of Etisalat’s eLife OnWeb service.

Etisalat’s eLife OnWeb service today has over 24 unique content partners offering 1000’s of hours of content 100% on-demand. Users can access the eLife OnWeb service today through the eLife OnWeb application that is already accessible via the ‘Home’ menu found on any of the 37” – 55” LG 3D/Smart TVs that are sold in the UAE today. Over the coming months our customers will gain access to eLife OnWeb through an array of additional devices allowing users anywhere, anytime, and anyway access to the eLife OnWeb service.

PHXX – a platform development company with expertise in over-the-top video, new media and gaming – displayed examples of more than a dozen applications as part of its Reach OTT Services at the IPTV World MEA conference. PHXX, based in Central Florida, may not be a household name – but the company has worked for more than five years to provide the giants in the industry with well designed, easy-to-use applications to run over-the-top video platforms.

“Our name is not important,” states PHXX President & CEO Shane Robinett. “What is critical is the technical capabilities of our PHXX Reach OTT platform and the quality of the partnerships that we have been able to build with top-tier hardware manufacturers.”

PHXX has application development deals for several widely known consumer devices in the digital entertainment industry. The apps are designed to run on Etisalat’s eLife OnWeb service. In addition, PHXX has partnerships that span the globe and is looking to add more.

On display at the conference were the following applications:

LG Connected Devices

• LG Smart TV
• LG Smart Upgrader
• LG Smart Blu-ray Player

Tablets

• Apple iPad 2
• Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1
• Samsung Galaxy Tablet 8.9
• Huawei MediaPad

Smart Phones

• LG Optimus Black
• LG Optimus 3D

Set Top Boxes

• HUMAX IR2020 Satellite Hybrid
• HUMAX iCORD HD Satellite Hybrid
• KAON SmartCube
• AirTies 7120/7124

The company was found in the Etisalat Entertainment Zone at this year’s IPTV MEA at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai.

PHXX’s applications currently help provide eLife OnWeb for the Etisalat UAE. In addition, PHXX also provides New Media services to regional broadcasters such as Dubai Media and several others that are expected to debut in early 2012. It recently received investment support from Alfalak, a Saudi-based technology integrator.

PHXX expects to expand its Reach OTT platform to Europe and Asia in the coming year. The strength of its growing development team gives the company competitive advantages over other smaller developments efforts.

“We are a development centric company,” Robinett notes. “The capability of our platform and the speed that we can create new products for our partners is what is fueling our growth.”

About PHXX

PHXX is a Central Florida-based platform development firm with a specific focus on advanced media delivery solutions. PHXX has been a successful enterprise since 2004 and has continued to expand and update their role in the media and technology markets. PHXX’s main interests are focused on the successful deployment of video-on-demand (VOD) and over-the-topology (OTT) solutions, media portal production and management, and online gaming portal services. These services, utilized as both a package or as one unique solution, are assisting telecommunication companies, among other industries, around the globe. For more information about PHXX visit http://www.phxx.com, follow us on Twitter at @PHXX and

About Etisalat

An uncompromising commitment to excellence and innovation has seen Etisalat become one of the world’s fastest-growing telecom groups, rapidly expanding across Asia and Africa. Its UAE operations, strategically located at the crossroads of East and West enables Etisalat to be the major hub in the Middle East for Internet, voice, broadcast, roaming and corporate data services. Its stellar performance has won Etisalat recognition as ‘Best Operator’ ten times since 2006 and ‘Best Wholesale Provider’ four times in the last three years. Servicing over 140 million customers in 18 countries Etisalat continues to reach out to new customers and markets. For more information, please visit: www.etisalat.ae.

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CommProve Launches CommProve NetLedge p20K Solution

New generation high-performance probe; provides flexible monitoring as well as powerful processing capabilities

With the growth of mobile broadband and the increased CapEx and OpEx pressures operators are facing globally, there is an increasing need for more powerful and more flexible network monitoring solutions that enable real-time premium services. CommProve is today launching the CommProve NetLedge p20K, the latest generation in the NetLedge portfolio of cost-effective real-time network monitoring solutions.

The NetLedge p20K is able to monitor a wide range of network interfaces including 2, 2.5G, 3G and 4G, as well as wireline and VoIP networks, and it supports traditional and IP transmission beyond 10Gbit/s Ethernet. The Probe is a high-density solution capable of connecting up to 16 bi-directional 10GBit/s links, depending on the configuration of the network, as well as offering active backup redundancy if needed.

“CommProve has now shipped over 6,000 probes and we’re excited to be making today’s announcement as we continue to innovate in network monitoring solutions,” said Dr. Lars Pedersen, CEO of CommProve. “Operators are under increasing pressure to reduce capital expenditures and to maximize return on their network investment, and the CommProve NetLedge p20K provides them with a flexible cost-effective solution that will not only provide improved coverage but which will also enable revenue growth from offering premium services. With the high density and high performance p20K, it is now possible for operators to monitor their networks end-to-end in a cost effective way including the vital radio part of the network.”

The p20K is unique in its processing capabilities which allow operators to not only optimize their networks, improve customer satisfaction and better utilize available capacity, but also to offer premium services based on actual conditions in their network in real-time. The compact 1U rack unit solution is designed to interface with third party solutions if additional processing power is needed. For additional information please contact: info@commprove.com.

About CommProve

CommProve enables mobile network operators (MNOs) to gain real-time visibility into their operations to control financial performance, quality of experience and network performance using a single integrated platform. The CommProve NetLedge platform provides real-time data acquisition and mediation while the CommProve Insight application suite collects and analyzes network usage information and integrates it with business rules and subscriber data to enable operators to maximize both customer satisfaction and profitability.

Headquartered in Ireland, and privately held since it was founded in 1996, CommProve customers include H3G, Telecom Italia, TIM Brazil and Vodacom. For additional information please visit http://www.commprove.com .

ViaSat-1 Satellite Reaches Geosynchronous Orbit

Post-launch operations on schedule with satellite ready to begin in-orbit testing

ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT – News) has announced that ViaSat-1, the highest capacity satellite in the world, is now positioned in geosynchronous orbit where it will begin in-orbit testing. Since launching on October 19, ViaSat-1 has successfully completed all scheduled maneuvers:

• Deployment of solar arrays
• Six apogee motor firings, lifting the spacecraft from transfer orbit to geosynchronous orbit
• Deployment of main reflectors and sub-reflectors
• Deployment of stationary plasma thrusters for satellite positioning

On Wednesday the satellite’s payload was switched on, enabling the first high-capacity satellite over North America to begin a series of in-orbit tests. Those tests will be followed by a move to its operational orbital location. The 140 Gbps capacity satellite is scheduled to enter service in late December. At that time the initial ViaSat-1 service will launch and then services will sequentially expand across the United States over the following months.

ViaSat -1 is the second multi-spotbeam satellite to use ViaSat’s transformational high-capacity satellite system architecture, following the launch of services on Eutelsat KA-SAT in Europe earlier this year. The satellite was built for ViaSat by Space Systems/Loral, and launched by International Launch Services.

ViaSat-1 is designed to transform the economics and quality of service that satellite broadband can provide. The technology is expected to elevate satellite into a much more competitive position in the broadband service marketplace, with the capacity to serve the accelerating growth in bandwidth demand for multimedia Internet access over the next decade. The high-capacity Ka-band spot beam satellite includes coverage over North America and Hawaii, enabling a variety of new, high-speed broadband services for WildBlue in the U.S., Xplornet in Canada, and JetBlue Airways on its domestic U.S. fleet.

About ViaSat

ViaSat delivers fast, secure communications, Internet, and remote network access to fixed sites or on-the-move. The company provides networking products and managed network services for enterprise IP applications; is a key supplier of network-centric military communications and encryption technologies and products to the U.S. and allied governments; is the primary technology partner for gateway and customer-premises equipment for consumer and mobile satellite broadband services; and offers high-speed Ka-band satellite broadband services under the WildBlue brand. ViaSat also offers design capabilities and a number of complementary products including monolithic microwave integrated circuits and modules, DVB-S2 satellite communication components, video data link systems, data acceleration and compression, and mobile satellite antenna systems. Based in Carlsbad, Calif., ViaSat has established a number of worldwide locations for customer service, network operations, and technology development.