Stephen Lawson

Articles by Stephen Lawson

Clearwire plans LTE network, seeks US$600M

The U.S. carrier is lining up with the majority of the world's mobile operators that have made Long-Term Evolution a de facto standard for 4G infrastructure

IEEE sets standard for using ‘white space’ spectrum

Green light given for using space between analogue TV channels. It may help meet spectrum demands, but a Canadian analyst isn't sure

Wireless networks are near capacity: Study

An investment bank says North American mobile networks are close to capacity, but a Canadian telecom expert says that's not likely true here -- yet

Cisco to cut 6,500 jobs in cost-cutting blitz

Staff in Canada and the U.S. to be notified in first week of August who will be let go

Broadcom chip to accelerate FCoE

Data centres will need the high performance of the new chip to handle the growing number of virtual servers, the company says

Cisco adds tools to scale wide-area video

Enterprise Content Delivery System aims to minimize the impact of video on an enterprise's network. An industry analyst says Cisco still doesn't have sophisticated video editing capability and an easy-to-use management interface

Alcatel leaps ahead with 400-gigabit routing chip

Equipment maker will use the chip in multi-port line cards for carrier routers to handle the ever-increasing amount of Internet traffic.

VMware’s Maritz sees ‘post-document’ era

Huge streams of data will define hardware and change IT practices in the coming years, he said. Meanwhile, Maritz added, there will be conflicts over who can control that data and make money from that data

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