New Product Recap: August 2012

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This report, as you've come to expect, is a recap of the month's biggest product announcements in communications, organized into the following broad categories for your convenience:

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.

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)	Comment
ADTRAN	Compact Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (mini-ROADM)	Addition to Optical Networking Edge (ONE) portfolio with new capabilities that enable all-optical multiring and mesh topologies for metro and middle-mile networks
Agilent Technologies	E6607B EXT wireless communications test set and companion E6617A multiport adapter	Optimized for nonsignaling testing, the EXT/MPA combination increases test throughput and reduces the cost of test in the manufacturing of current- and next-generation smartphones and tablets that contain multiformat and multiband technologies
Anritsu	MT8820C Radio Communication Analyzer software options	Allow the one-box tester to perform testing of LTE FDD Band 22 and LTE TDD Band 42/43 LTE smartphones and mobile terminals
ARM	Second-generation Mali T600 Series graphics processing units (GPUs)	Provide improved user experience for tablets, smartphones and smart TVs, according to the company
Broadcom	Full-Band Capture Remote Diagnostic Tools for Cable Operators	Continuously monitors the entire 1GHz cable connection to all data and video channels
Calix	Consumer Connect	Cloud-based, software-as-a-service (SaaS) application that virtually extends the access network beyond the traditional demarcation point and all the way to consumer devices
Empirix	Empirix Testing as a Service (ETaaS)	Expanded for voice biometrics to provide pre-deployment assessment of authentication and enrollment solutions for contact centers and mobile app developers
EXFO	FTB/IQS-85100G Packet Blazer 100G/40G Ethernet Test Modules enhancement	Addition of OTU3 overclocked optical rates testing capabilities
Fujitsu	Interstage Application Server V11	Updated version of application server that provides support for smart device development frameworks
Great Lakes Data Systems (GLDS)	WinCAP	Presented as first integrated, real-time content authorization service for TV Everywhere
Huawei Technologies	Apps Insider solution	Series of digital tools that automatically analyze mobile applications to ensure user experience and reassign network resources
IPITEK	MSP-300	HD video and Ethernet multiplexer
JDSU	OneCheck application for SmartClass Triple-Play Services (TPS)	Presented as halving test times for xDSL and triple-play services
JiWire	Location Graph	Mobile audience targeting system based on analysis of large-scale consumer location and behavior data
Kotura	Ultra Variable Optical Attenuator Module in a pluggable Small Form Package (SFP-VOA)	A silicon photonics VOA that includes an optical power monitor
Lanode	Optical Monitoring range	Comprising OM1 Optical Power Meter, OM2 Optical Spectrum Analyzer, FM100 Fibre Monitor, and LP1 Line Protection device
LeCroy	10GBASE-R and 40/100GBASE-R Electrical and Optical Full Test Tool Lineup	A suite of tools and software for debugging and analyzing single-channel Ethernet
M/A-COM Technology Solutions	MAAM-010144	GaAs MESFET MMIC push-pull amplifier for CATV, FTTX, DBS, and HDTV applications where low noise figure and low distortion are required
M/A-COM Technology Solutions	XX1010-QT	GaAs MMIC doubler for VSAT applications
Marvell Technology Group	PXA988 and PXA986	SoCs for single unified dual-core 3G platform
NEC	ProgrammableFlow 3.0	Enhancements to software defined networking product family
Nexus Telecom	NexusNETVIEW Release 7.1	Focuses on upgrading the core network protocol libraries with Diameter and improving SIP
Nielsen	Online Audience Segments - TV Viewing	Links online and offline consumer behaviors by providing marketers the ability to connect with TV audiences online
Qualcomm Life	2net App Software Development Kit (SDK)	Provides a consolidated data stream via 2net Connect Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) from the 2net Ecosystem
Research In Motion	4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook	Tablet device
Riverbed Technology	Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS)	Enhancement by new inbound quality of service (QoS) feature to WAN optimization solution
Samsung Electronics	Galaxy Note 10.1	Tablet device with multiscreen feature, which allows users to operate two different apps side-by-side, simultaneously, on the same screen
TeliSwitch Solutions	PON Automated Optical Distribution Frame (PON-AODF)	Supports dynamic changes to PON splitting ratios
Thomson Video Networks	Flextream 2.0	Upgrade presented as the industry's first to achieve greater efficiency by integrating ancillary services within the multiplexing pool
Thomson Video Networks	NetProcessor 9030/40 upgrade	Adds a DVB-T2 MI reverse gateway -- the industry's first to be integrated into a remultiplexer/scrambler, according to the company
Thomson Video Networks	ViBE EM4000 MPEG broadcast encoder enhancement	Quad-channel multistandard version for HD, SD, MPEG-4 AVC, and MPEG-2 encoding
Thomson Video Networks	ViBE VS7000 multiscreen video platform enhancement	Upgraded capabilities for both live and file-based IP video
T-VIPS	CP524 TS Adapter	Supports multi-stream (any input to any output), remultiplexing and flexible format conversion for video service distribution
T-VIPS	TNS460 HD/SD-SDI Monitor	Device for continuous monitoring of HD and SD-SDI signals
Vitesse Semiconductor	SynchroPHY portfolio of 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GE), 10GE and 10GE OTN PHYs	Presented as delivering the industry's highest accuracy IEEE1588v2 timing for IP edge networks
Vitesse Semiconductor	VSC7227	Signal conditioner
VSS Monitoring	vBroker	Suite of network packet broker appliances and software capabilities presented as giving the industry's only fabric-system approach for enhancing global visibility and operational performance for network monitoring and security systems
ZTE	MF820S2 and MF91S	Presented as the first multistandard USB modem and uFi which support LTE FDD/LTE TDD/TD-SCDMA / EDGE
Source: Light Reading, 2012

Table 2: Contents of product categories in this Recap

Category	Vendor	Product(s)
Broadband/Cable Access & Applications	IPITEK	MSP-300
	TeliSwitch Solutions	PON Automated Optical Distribution Frame (PON-AODF)
	Thomson Video Networks	ViBE VS7000 multiscreen video platform enhancement
	Thomson Video Networks	ViBE EM4000 MPEG broadcast encoder enhancement
	Thomson Video Networks	NetProcessor 9030/40 upgrade
	Thomson Video Networks	Flextream 2.0
	T-VIPS	TNS460 HD/SD-SDI Monitor
	T-VIPS	CP524 TS Adapter
Carrier Transport & Optical Networking	ADTRAN	Compact Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (mini-ROADM)
Components & Devices	Kotura	Ultra Variable Optical Attenuator Module in a pluggable Small Form Package (SFP-VOA)
	M/A-COM Technology Solutions	XX1010-QT
	M/A-COM Technology Solutions	MAAM-010144
	Vitesse Semiconductor	VSC7227
	Vitesse Semiconductor	SynchroPHY portfolio of 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GE), 10GE and 10GE OTN PHYs
Mobile Devices & Software	ARM	Second-generation Mali T600 Series graphics processing units (GPUs)
	Fujitsu	Interstage Application Server V11
	Huawei Technologies	Apps Insider solution
	Marvell Technology Group	PXA988 and PXA986
	Qualcomm Life	2net App Software Development Kit (SDK)
	Research In Motion	4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook
	Samsung Electronics	Galaxy Note 10.1
	ZTE	MF820S2 and MF91S
Switching, Routing & Network Platforms	Riverbed Technology	Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS)
	VSS Monitoring	vBroker
Telecom Software & Service Provider IT	Calix	Consumer Connect
	Great Lakes Data Systems (GLDS)	WinCAP
	JiWire	Location Graph
	NEC	ProgrammableFlow 3.0
	Nexus Telecom	NexusNETVIEW Release 7.1
	Nielsen	Online Audience Segments - TV Viewing
Test & Measurement	Agilent Technologies	E6607B EXT wireless communications test set and companion E6617A multiport adapter
	Anritsu	MT8820C Radio Communication Analyzer software options
	Broadcom	Full-Band Capture Remote Diagnostic Tools for Cable Operators
	Empirix	Empirix Testing as a Service (ETaaS)
	EXFO	FTB/IQS-85100G Packet Blazer 100G/40G Ethernet Test Modules enhancement
	JDSU	OneCheck application for SmartClass Triple-Play Services (TPS)
	Lanode	Optical Monitoring range
	LeCroy	10GBASE-R and 40/100GBASE-R Electrical and Optical Full Test Tool Lineup
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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