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Ethernet Gets More Power.
April 3, 2008... After better than three years of effort, the IEEE task force charged with crafting a standard that increases the amount of power that can be delivered over Ethernet has come up with a draft that finally could become a full standard some time next year. The proposed standard - IEEE...

2Wire Asks Users What They Think About Femtocells.
April 3, 2008... To hear some in the broadband industry tell it, the hottest new technology coming down the track is femtocells - the use of broadband in homes and businesses to serve as a type of backhaul for standard cellular voice and data service. The technology holds out the promise of an end to poor...

Wi-Fi Mesh Poster Child Gambles On WiMAX.
April 3, 2008... One time municipal Wi-Fi mesh startup poster child Azulstar has ditched IEEE 802.11-based technology as its primary offering, and it's now going to gamble its survival on wireless broadband that uses IEEE 802.16 (best known as WiMAX). The wireless broadband house, which fewer than two...

Ceragon Marries TDM, Ethernet In New Wireless Backhaul Offering.
April 3, 2008... Ceragon, the Israeli outfit that's been turning Carrier Ethernet into a microwaveable artform, has come to market with its latest creation: a wireless backhaul platform supporting both Ethernet and TDM that's designed to fit any migration scenario involving any combination of pseudowire,...

Optical Broadband Component Houses Merge.
April 3, 2008... In the latest in a string of moves melding smaller optical broadband players into what's emerging as a single larger company, publicly traded photonic communications component house Lumera Corporation has agreed to merge with privately held GigOptix LLC, which makes physical media...