This report, as you've come to expect, is a recap of the some of the month's biggest product announcements in communications, organized into the following broad categories for your convenience:
- Broadband/Cable Access & Applications
- Carrier Transport & Optical Networking
- Components & Devices
- Mobile Devices & Software
- Switching, Routing & Network Platforms
- Telecom Software & Service Provider IT
- Test & Measurement
- Wireless Infrastructure
For a quick view of what we have included from your favorite vendors, glance at Table 1; and if you want to see quickly what we have included under each product category, look at Table 2.
As a further slight enhancement, this month we have indicated some of the industry shows that vendors have been using to give the first public views of their new products.
Enjoy! And don't forget that you can click here to see our list of previous long-form features and New Product Recaps.
Table 1: Vendors and products included in this Recap
| Vendor | Product(s) | Shown at | Comment |
| A10 Networks | aCloud ecosystem | VMworld 2012 | Based on AX Series Application Delivery Controller (ADC) platform |
| A10 Networks | New trial version of SoftAX virtual machine (VM) | VMworld 2012 | SoftAX is a software-based AX Series Application Delivery Controller (ADC) with a full range of Layer 4-7 load balancing, application acceleration and security features |
| ADTRAN | Bluesocket virtual Wireless LAN (vWLAN) enhancement | Provision of multiple customer-premise equipment (CPE) deployment options including resale, managed and cloud-hosted services | |
| AEPONyX | MxC-80 | ECOC 2012 | 40-channel single fiber WDM transponder platform based on WDM-PON SFPs and targeted at metro Ethernet service providers |
| Agilent Technologies | M9381A | Presented as the world's fastest vector signal generator in a PXI form factor | |
| Agilent Technologies | N4960A | ECOC 2012 | 32Gbit/s bit-error-ratio tester |
| Akamai Technologies | Sola Media Solutions portfolio | IBC 2012 | Cloud-based services to unify the delivery, workflow and monetization of online video |
| Alticast | Home Gateway Solution | IBC 2012 | Presented as enabling operators to deliver home entertainment securely to any screen in the home |
| Anritsu | MD8430A-085 LTE Advanced Carrier Aggregation Software for MD8430A LTE Signaling Tester | Presented as first call-based test capability providing platform for early conformance and carrier acceptance testing | |
| Anritsu | MT8870A Universal Wireless Test Set | Designed for high-volume manufacturing test of all common cellular and short-range wireless technologies | |
| Anritsu | MT9083 ACCESS Master OTDRs | Single instrument for optical connection evaluation | |
| Apple | iPhone 5 | Most hyped LTE 4G smartphone in history | |
| Arista Networks | 7150 Series | Presented as a software-defined switching platform for demanding applications, such as big data, cloud, Web 2.0 and financial-trading | |
| Bridge Technologies | VB330 enhancement | IBC 2012 | New heavy-duty OTT monitoring engine for the high-performance VB330 core network probe |
| Brightcove | Zencoder Instant Play and Zencoder Live Cloud Transcoding | IBC 2012 | Video-encoding workflow services |
| Broadcom | 5G WiFi Docsis 3.0 Cable Gateway Platform | IBC 2012 | Presented as industry platform first, created by combining existing BCM3383 Docsis 3.0 cable gateway platform and the BCM4360 5G Wi-Fi solution |
| Broadcom | BCM54210E | Presented as the world's smallest-footprint, lowest-power single Gigabit PHY, with up to 70 per cent savings in operating power | |
| Broadcom | BCM5553x | Presented as the industry's family of highest-density dual-, quad- and octal-port single-chip 10G-EPON optical line terminals (OLTs) | |
| Broadcom | BCM84328 | Presented as industry's lowest-power octal-10GbE/dual-40GbE PHY | |
| Broadcom | StrataXGS Trident II Switch Series | High-density, feature-rich 10/40GbE switch with VXLAN support | |
| Brocade Communications Systems | 24-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) module for MLXe Series routers | Presented as forming the industry's highest 10 GbE-core-router density | |
| Brocade Communications Systems | VDX 8770 Switch and VCS Fabric technology enhancements | Modular switch providing scale, performance and automation for private and public cloud networks | |
| Calix | 726GE-I | FTTH Conference and Expo, Dallas, 2012 | Indoor optical-network terminal (ONT) |
| Centec Networks | V330 | OpenFlow switch reference system | |
| Cisco Systems | Nexus 3548 with Algorithm Boost | Presented as giving up to 60 per cent network-access performance improvement over competing full-featured 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches | |
| Cisco Systems | Security Solutionsfor Cloud-Based Data Centers | Include a new intrusion-prevention system and updates to the core ASA firewall platform | |
| Cisco Systems | Videoscape Distribution Suite (VDS) | IBC 2012 | Open platform that delivers video content across multiple screens, multiple protocols, multiple applications and multiple networks |
| Digitalsmiths | Seamless Discovery platform enhancements | IBC 2012 | Seamless Discovery Business Rules Engine gives customers new functionality for enhancing and monetizing video discovery with personalized promotions targeted to different subsets of consumers |
| Emerson Network Power | ATCA-8320 | Presented as an AdvancedTCA (ATCA) media-processing blade with the highest density of digital signal processing (DSP) cores of any commercially available blade | |
| Envivio | 4Caster G4 | IBC 2012 | Encoding appliance for the company's Muse software-based encoder family |
| EXFO | FG-750 Node iOLM | Specialized OTDR designed for in-service FTTH fiber testing, monitoring and troubleshooting | |
| EZchip Semiconductor | NPS Network Processor for Smart Networks | New-architecture NPU for high-performance carrier and data-center equipment | |
| Finisar | 100GE CFP2 Module | ECOC 2012 | 10km 100GE CFP2 module based on the CFP2 MSA form factor |
| Finisar | 2-Slot ROADM Linecard | ECOC 2012 | Presented as first densely packaged 2x1xN 2-slot ROADM linecard with Flexgrid capabilities |
| Fluke Networks | AirMapperApp | App for Android presented as providing the first heat map of actual Wi-Fi network throughput on a smart device | |
| Fluke Networks | SmartEdge Sensor Series 4 for AirMagnet Enterprise | Dedicated sensor for Wi-Fi network monitoring | |
| Fujitsu | Stylistic M532/EA4 | Presented as a 10.1in. Android 4.0 tablet for business but in a package tough enough to meet US military standards | |
| Harmonic | Spectrum MediaDeck 7000 SSD | IBC 2012 | Integrated four-channel media server |
| Hillcrest Labs | Freespace MotionEngine Lite | IBC 2012 | Presented as first 8-bit MCU-compatible MotionEngine software for Texas Instruments ZigBee RF4CE and Bluetooth low-energy solutions for smart TVs |
| HTC | Windows Phone 8X and 8S | First smartphones from the company to use Windows Phone 8 | |
| Huawei Technologies | New Generation Multi-Mode and Dual-Core MxU Platform | High-performance MxU platform supporting PON/10G-PON multimode uplink and vectoring downlink | |
| Huawei Technologies | SmartAX MA5608T | Ultra-compact and high-performance square-shaped 2U optical line terminal (OLT) | |
| Huawei Technologies | Software Defined Network (SDN) Enabled routers | Virtual routing platform with a centralized control plane and software-defined forwarding plane | |
| Incognito Software | New version of Service Activation Center | Updated service activation and management solution for high-speed data, telephony, IPTV, and video services | |
| Inphi | IN112510 and IN012510 | ECOC 2012 | Presented as the world�s first production-ready 100G CMOS PHY/SerDes Gearbox (GB) ICs for next-generation data center, enterprise and service provider linecards |
| JDSU | SmartClass Fiber Family | ECOC 2012 | Optical handheld tools that integrate automatic PASS/FAIL certification for inspecting fiber and measuring optical power with one portable device |
| Juniper Networks | vGW Virtual Gateway solution enhancements | VMworld 2012 | Cover security, scale and automation capabilities |
| Keymile | MileGate enhancements | New boards for multi-service access platform to offer more bandwidth, provide enhanced SDH and Ethernet functions and support migration from SDH to Ethernet networks | |
| M/A-COM Technology Solutions | MAOM-002108 and MAOM-002204 | ECOC 2012 | Modulator drivers for 100G Ethernet applications |
| M/A-COM Technology Solutions | MATA-002902 and MATA-038032A | ECOC 2012 | Transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) for 100GbE ROSA and 100G DP-QPSK applications |
| M/A-COM Technology Solutions | XX1010-QT | MMIC doubler for VSAT and millimeter-wave point-to-point radio applications | |
| Mariner | Mariner xVu enhancement | IBC 2012 | Extends IPTV service monitoring platform to use new functionality in Microsoft Mediaroom Client 2.2, enabling telecommunications providers to monitor the IPTV user experience more efficiently, according to the company |
| Mindspeed Technologies | M02036 and M02035 | China International Optoelectronic Expo (CIOE) 201 | Burst-mode TIAs for GPON OLT and XG-PON1 OLT applications, respectively |
| Mindspeed Technologies | M21544 | IBC 2012 | Presented as high-performance 3G-SDI cable equalizer with industry�s longest reach and lowest output jitter for serial digital interface (SDI) applications |
| Motorola Mobility | IP and cable set-top boxes for EMEA market | IBC 2012 | Ten models designed to give service providers in EMEA smarter more energy-efficient options for delivering new entertainment experiences, according to the company |
| MRV Communications | OptiSwitch 906G and OptiSwitch 9244-1210G | Ethernet demarcation and aggregation CE2.0 Solution | |
| MultiPhy | 100G Direct Detect MUX/DEMUX Chipset | ECOC 2012 | Includes the MP1101Q 100G MUX Transmitter device, a 100G CMOS multiplexer semiconductor device to be used with the MP1100Q MLSE DMUX Receiver |
| NAGRA | OpenTV 5 | IBC 2012 | Next-generation client-device solution and media-convergence platform |
| NEC | iPASOLINK 100E | Provides high-capacity packet microwave transmission with carrier Ethernet capabilities and ultracompact hardware design | |
| NeoPhotonics | Mode Coupling Receiver GPON OLT transceiver (MCR GPON OLT) | ECOC 2012 | For gigabit passive optical networks (GPON) in an SFP form factor and for use in fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks |
| Net Insight | Nimbra 640 | IBC 2012 | Presented as a cost-efficient and scalable media access gateway for media transport over IP networks |
| Net Optics | Flex Tap | Presented as the highest-density tap and the first to accommodate 100Gbit/s | |
| Nokia | Lumia 920 and 820 | First of company's smartphones to use Windows Phone 8 | |
| Oclaro | Optical Channel Monitor (OCM) | ECOC 2012 | Presented as the industry's first 8-port flexible grid OCM |
| Oclaro | Second-generation 100G CFP and first-generation CFP2 100G transceivers | ECOC 2012 | For 10km transmission over standard single-mode fiber, and presented as the industry's first interoperable CFP (Centum Gbit/s form-factor pluggable) and CFP2 solutions available on the market |
| Phoenix Photonics | Firebird microprocessor-driven fibre polarization controllers | ECOC 2012 | Comprising a programmable polarization control instrument and an associated polarization controller microprocessor interface |
| PMC-Sierra | PM5442 META 120G | Presented as the industry�s first tri-speed (10/40/100G) converged carrier Ethernet/OTN framer | |
| Qualcomm | MSM8225Q and MSM8625Q | New Snapdragon S4 mobile processors with quad-core CPUs and reference-design counterpart for high-volume smartphones | |
| Radisys | Single 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) controller solution | For the Intel Data Plane Development Kit (Intel DPDK) and presented as the first to take the DPDK beyond current 10 GbE capability | |
| RGB Networks | TransAct Encoder/Transcoder | IBC 2012 | Adding integrated encoding to company's existing TransAct Transcoder product |
| Santec | OTF-970 | ECOC 2012 | Programmable wavelength and bandwidth tunable filter |
| Santec | TSL-710 | ECOC 2012 | High-performance tunable laser |
| Santec | WSS-100 | ECOC 2012 | LCOS (liquid crystal on silicon) -based 1�2 and 1�4 wavelength selective switches (WSS) for single-slot linecard integration |
| SeaWell Networks | Spectrum enhancement | IBC 2012 | Presented as first MPEG DASH-based live and ondemand video ad-insertion solution for video-over-IP networks |
| Semtech | SMI10022 | 100Gbit/s DP-QPSK multiplexer for ultra-long-haul telecom transponders | |
| Shenick Network Systems | TeraVM | VMworld 2012 | Presented as the first virtualized test system to scale to multiple terabit/s of traffic with granular, application-level issue tracking |
| Sigma Designs | HiDTV Pro-UXL | IFA 2012 | SoC platform designed for the next generation of smart TVs |
| Sigma Designs | SMP8680 and SMP8682 | IFA 2012 | Media processors providing integrated HPNA connectivity for IPTV and hybrid set-top boxes (STBs) |
| SpiderCloud Wireless | Enterprise Radio Access Network (E-RAN) system | Scalable self-organizing enterprise 3G small cells | |
| STMicroelectronics | Docsis 3.0-based High-Speed Cable Modem SoC | IBC 2012 | Intended for full-HD multimedia and Internet-TV services |
| Tekelec | Mobile Policy Gateway, Application Manager, and Policy Analytics Platform | LTE Asia Summit 2012 | Products that extend the reach of policy management to devices, over-the-top (OTT) applications, and business intelligence |
| Tektronix | BSA286C BERTScope | ECOC 2012 | Presented as first to offer complete support for standards-compliant testing up to 28.6Gbit/s, including error detection, pattern generation and clock recovery for IEEE802.3ba and 32G Fibre Channel |
| Tektronix | Sentry Edge II | IBC 2012 | Video quality monitor that detects RF modulation and transport stream errors generated by equipment errors or failures |
| Tektronix | SPG8000 Master Sync and Master Clock Reference Generator | IBC 2012 | Presented as an entirely new type of reference generator for video/broadcast applications |
| Telco Systems | LIC-8020 and LIC-8062 | High-density line interface card (LIC) ATCA blades to complement the company's 10GE and 40GE T-ATCA switching blades | |
| Teledyne LeCroy | 45GHz Optical Modulation Analyzer | ECOC 2012 | Consists of a Southern Photonics IQScope-RT coherent optical receiver and a Teledyne LeCroy LabMaster 10 Zi oscilloscope |
| Teledyne LeCroy | Mercury T2 | Pocket-sized form-factor USB 2.0 protocol analyzer | |
| Tellabs | 100 Series Mini Optical Network Terminals | Presented as the world's smallest optical network terminal with Power-over-Ethernet and advancing optical LAN technology for enterprises | |
| thePlatform | Next-Generation Video Commerce System | Enhancements to mpx video commerce system provides a robust ecommerce engine to power next-generation digital video storefronts across computers, tablets, and mobile phones, according to the company | |
| ThinkAnalytics | ThinkMovies and ThinkTV | IBC 2012 | Two enhanced metadata libraries that integrate with the company's Recommendations Engine to further aid intelligent navigation and personalized discovery of content |
| TiVo | TiVo Stream | Presented as the first device to enable simultaneous streaming or downloading of recorded shows to up to four mobile devices without interrupting what is currently playing on the TV | |
| TriQuint Semiconductor | Ka-band (28 - 31 GHz) GaAs MMIC RF chipset for very small aperture terminals (VSATs) | Presented as combining packaged-assembly convenience with a highly linear performance and cost-effective innovation | |
| TriQuint Semiconductor | TGA4947-SL | ECOC 2012 | Dual-channel SMT optical-modulator driver for 40 and 100Gbit/s optical networks |
| TriQuint Semiconductor | TQP7M9105 and TQP7M9106 | Packaged GaAs RF driver amplifiers presented as having the highest linearity in their class and optimized for GSM/CDMA/WCDMA and LTE base transceiver stations | |
| TriQuint Semiconductor | TRIUMF MMPA TQM7M9053 | Multiband multimode power amplifier (MMPA) for next-generation smartphones | |
| United Technologists Europe | Fast-Light | ECOC 2012 | Solution for automating the PON fiber-repair process and carrying out the protection switching of OLT ports |
| UXP Systems | Multiscreen Interaction Platform (MINT) version 2.5 | SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2012 | New release of application services platform for aggregating, unifying and personalizing multiscreen services for cable and telecom operators |
| Verimatrix | VCAS for DASH | IBC 2012 | Presented as the world�s first commercial-grade MPEG-DASH secure delivery solution |
| VI Systems | 4 x 28Gbit/s 850nm VCSEL-based transmitter evaluation board | Chinese International Optoelectronic (CIOE) 2012 | Multimode fiber-coupled transmitter evaluation boards for data rates of up to 4 x 25 Gbit/s |
| VMware | vCloud Suite 5.1 | VMworld 2012 | Presented as integrating the company's virtualization, cloud infrastructure and management portfolio into a single SKU, simplifying the adoption of cloud-era technologies |
| WildPackets | OmniPeek Network Analyzer 7.0 | New release performs deep packet inspection, network forensics, troubleshooting, and packet and protocol analysis of wired and wireless networks | |
| Yenista Optics | XTM-50/W and XTA-50/W | ECOC 2012 | Wideband tunable filters |
| Yenista Optics | TUNICS T100S-HP/CL | ECOC 2012 | High-power tunable laser |
| ZTE | ZTE Grand X IN | The company's first Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone with Intel Inside | |
| ZyXEL Communications | LTE512x series | Home LTE gateway | |
| Source: Light Reading, 2012 | |||
Table 2: Contents of product categories in this Recap
| Category | Vendor | Product(s) |
| Broadband/Cable Access & Applications | ADTRAN | Bluesocket virtual Wireless LAN (vWLAN) enhancement |
| Akamai Technologies | Sola Media Solutions portfolio | |
| Alticast | Home Gateway Solution | |
| Brightcove | Zencoder Instant Play and Zencoder Live Cloud Transcoding | |
| Broadcom | 5G WiFi Docsis 3.0 Cable Gateway Platform | |
| Broadcom | BCM5553x | |
| Calix | 726GE-I | |
| Cisco Systems | Videoscape Distribution Suite (VDS) | |
| Envivio | 4Caster G4 | |
| Harmonic | Spectrum MediaDeck 7000 SSD | |
| Hillcrest Labs | Freespace MotionEngine Lite | |
| Huawei Technologies | New Generation Multi-Mode and Dual-Core MxU Platform | |
| Huawei Technologies | SmartAX MA5608T | |
| Mariner | Mariner xVu enhancement | |
| Motorola Mobility | IP and cable set-top boxes for EMEA market | |
| NAGRA | OpenTV 5 | |
| NeoPhotonics | Mode Coupling Receiver GPON OLT transceiver (MCR GPON OLT) | |
| RGB Networks | TransAct Encoder/Transcoder | |
| SeaWell Networks | Spectrum enhancement | |
| Sigma Designs | HiDTV Pro-UXL | |
| Sigma Designs | SMP8680 and SMP8682 | |
| STMicroelectronics | Docsis 3.0-based High-Speed Cable Modem SoC | |
| Tellabs | 100 Series Mini Optical Network Terminals | |
| thePlatform | Next-Generation Video Commerce System | |
| ThinkAnalytics | ThinkMovies and ThinkTV | |
| Verimatrix | VCAS for DASH | |
| Carrier Transport & Optical Networking | AEPONyX | MxC-80 |
| Finisar | 100GE CFP2 Module | |
| Finisar | 2-Slot ROADM Linecard | |
| MultiPhy | 100G Direct Detect MUX/DEMUX Chipset | |
| Oclaro | Second-generation 100G CFP and first-generation CFP2 100G transceivers | |
| PMC-Sierra | PM5442 META 120G | |
| Components & Devices | Broadcom | BCM54210E |
| Broadcom | BCM84328 | |
| Emerson Network Power | ATCA-8320 | |
| Inphi | IN112510 and IN012510 | |
| M/A-COM Technology Solutions | MAOM-002108 and MAOM-002204 | |
| M/A-COM Technology Solutions | MATA-002902 and MATA-038032A | |
| M/A-COM Technology Solutions | XX1010-QT | |
| Mindspeed Technologies | M02036 and M02035 | |
| Mindspeed Technologies | M21544 | |
| Oclaro | Optical Channel Monitor (OCM) | |
| Santec | OTF-970 | |
| Santec | TSL-710 | |
| Santec | WSS-100 | |
| Semtech | SMI10022 | |
| TriQuint Semiconductor | TGA4947-SL | |
| TriQuint Semiconductor | TQP7M9105 and TQP7M9106 | |
| TriQuint Semiconductor | TRIUMF MMPA TQM7M9053 | |
| VI Systems | 4 x 28Gbit/s 850nm VCSEL-based transmitter evaluation board | |
| Yenista Optics | XTM-50/W and XTA-50/W | |
| Yenista Optics | TUNICS T100S-HP/CL | |
| Mobile Devices & Software | Apple | iPhone 5 |
| Fluke Networks | AirMapperApp | |
| Fujitsu | Stylistic M532/EA4 | |
| HTC | Windows Phone 8X and 8S | |
| Nokia | Lumia 920 and 820 | |
| Qualcomm | MSM8225Q and MSM8625Q | |
| TiVo | TiVo Stream | |
| ZTE | ZTE Grand X IN | |
| Switching, Routing & Network Platforms | A10 Networks | aCloud ecosystem |
| A10 Networks | New trial version of SoftAX virtual machine (VM) | |
| Arista Networks | 7150 Series | |
| Broadcom | StrataXGS Trident II Switch Series | |
| Brocade Communications Systems | 24-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) module for MLXe Series routers | |
| Brocade Communications Systems | VDX 8770 Switch and VCS Fabric technology enhancements | |
| Centec Networks | V330 | |
| Cisco Systems | Nexus 3548 with Algorithm Boost | |
| Cisco Systems | Security Solutionsfor Cloud-Based Data Centers | |
| EZchip Semiconductor | NPS Network Processor for Smart Networks | |
| Huawei Technologies | Software Defined Network (SDN) Enabled routers | |
| Juniper Networks | vGW Virtual Gateway solution enhancements | |
| Keymile | MileGate enhancements | |
| MRV Communications | OptiSwitch 906G and OptiSwitch 9244-1210G | |
| Net Insight | Nimbra 640 | |
| Radisys | Single 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) controller solution | |
| Telco Systems | LIC-8020 and LIC-8062 | |
| Telecom Software & Service Provider IT | Digitalsmiths | Seamless Discovery platform enhancements |
| Incognito Software | New Version of Service Activation Center | |
| Tekelec | Mobile Policy Gateway, Application Manager, and Policy Analytics Platform. | |
| UXP Systems | Multiscreen Interaction Platform (MINT) version 2.5 | |
| VMware | vCloud Suite 5.1 | |
| Test & Measurement | Agilent Technologies | M9381A |
| Agilent Technologies | N4960A | |
| Anritsu | MD8430A-085 LTE Advanced Carrier Aggregation Software for MD8430A LTE Signaling Tester | |
| Anritsu | MT8870A Universal Wireless Test Set | |
| Anritsu | MT9083 ACCESS Master OTDRs | |
| Bridge Technologies | VB330 enhancement | |
| EXFO | FG-750 Node iOLM | |
| Fluke Networks | SmartEdge Sensor Series 4 for AirMagnet Enterprise | |
| JDSU | SmartClass Fiber Family | |
| Net Optics | Flex Tap | |
| Phoenix Photonics | Firebird microprocessor-driven fibre polarization controllers | |
| Shenick Network Systems | TeraVM | |
| Tektronix | BSA286C BERTScope | |
| Tektronix | Sentry Edge II | |
| Tektronix | SPG8000 Master Sync and Master Clock Reference Generator | |
| Teledyne LeCroy | 45GHz Optical Modulation Analyzer | |
| Teledyne LeCroy | Mercury T2 | |
| United Technologists Europe | Fast-Light | |
| WildPackets | OmniPeek Network Analyzer 7.0 | |
| Wireless Infrastructure | NEC | iPASOLINK 100E |
| SpiderCloud Wireless | Enterprise Radio Access Network (E-RAN) system | |
| TriQuint Semiconductor | Ka-band (28 - 31 GHz) GaAs MMIC RF chipset for very small aperture terminals (VSATs) | |
| ZyXEL Communications | LTE512x series | |
| ZyXEL Communications | NWA1121-NI | |
| Source: Light Reading, 2012 | ||
— Tim Hills is a freelance telecommunications writer and journalist. He's a regular author of Light Reading reports.
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