11 November 2009 – The Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) today announced that it has signed a liaison agreement with the Broadband Forum that will lead to close collaboration by both organisations on the development of standards and specifications for broadband networks worldwide.
The comprehensive agreement is designed to enhance the already active cooperation between HGI and [...]

Application Spreading Across Asia and Europe; Acceptance Heavily Driven by Youth Market
Portugal Telecom’s TMN has added the Zlango mobile messaging service for its subscribers. Zlango gives consumers enhanced messaging capabilities on the mobile phone with the incorporation of icons into text messages/SMS. TMN is the largest mobile operator in Portugal with more than 6 [...]

Envivio Mobile Series Encoders Used to Increase Channel Line Up, Expand VOD Offering and Enhance End User Experience
Envivio Inc., the leading technology provider of IP video convergence encoding solutions from mobile to HD, today announced that its Mobile Series™ video encoding platform has been installed by MEO Mobile – the mobile TV service from [...]

Embedded SIM Technology Facilitates Cellular Subscriptions for M2M Devices and Reduces Cost and Logistics Issues
Vivo, Oberthur Technologies and Wavecom (Paris:AVM) (NASDAQ:WVCM) today announced that the Brazilian carrier is testing with the goal of validation the SIM equipped inSIM® (Subscriber Identity Module) technology for its machine-to-machine (M2M) subscription offer. The 3 companies combine their strengths [...]

Portugal’s Largest Telecommunications Provider Leverages Full Suite of Harmonic’s H.264 Digital Video Technologies for MPEG-4 AVC Satellite DTH Service
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Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) today announced that Portugal Telecom (NYSE:PT) has implemented a broad range of Harmonic’s IP-based MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) compression and stream processing solutions for its nationwide launch of satellite direct-to-home (DTH) television. The [...]