By Pamela Perez, CommsDay
UK/Malaysian firm Stratospheric Airship Technologies says it will invest US$500 million to build solar-powered commercial airships in Subic Bay Freeport, Philippines, that will carry broadband and telecommunications equipment, reported the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
By Pamela Perez, CommsDay
The Asia-Pacific videoconferencing endpoints market has made a dramatic comeback, with revenues up 17.6 percent to US$297 million in 2007 and estimated to reach US$647.7 million by end-2014, according to a new analysis from global growth consulting company, Frost & Sullivan.
China was the largest market accounting for 56 percent
A new water-cooled supercomputer from IBM aims to address heat inside data centres at the source – the computer processors that run hot inside servers.
Nicknamed Hydro-Cluster, the new IBM Power 575 supercomputer uses a new, water-based cooling system that pipes cold water in tiny tubes “almost all the way to the computer chip.” The water [...]
Power systems specialists Eltek Valere tells Green Telecom all about its new Flatpack 2 high efficiency Rectifier that promises to reduce energy wastage by telecommunications networks by more than 50%.
Eltek Valere, the energy system arm of Norwegian-listed Eltek, has launched a new high efficient rectifier that aims to dramatically reduce the energy wasted during the [...]
By Pamela Perez, CommsDay
IT market research firm Springboard Research reported that the virtualization software and services market in Asia Pacific will grow at an estimated CAGR of 42% to reach US$1.35 billion by 2010 with CIO interest in the technology increasing steadily.
A survey of CIOs from large and mid-sized enterprises in Australia, China, India and [...]
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) says that operators installing cell sites in remote locations will select renewable energy as their first choice by as early as 2011.
Pointing to the requirements of operators in fast growing emerging markets where electricity grids are not always available, NSN says that renewable energy such as wind and solar is now [...]
The International Telecommunications Union is looking to take a more active role in the establishment of standards that bridge the telecommunications and automotive industries. Early in March, the ITU held its Fully Networked Car event during the Geneva Motor Show to promote idea of taking advantage of information and communications technology to reduce the impact [...]
German nuclear power utility, Yello Strom, and Microsoft Germany have developed the Yello Sparzahler, an online meter that lets users know exactly how they are using energy in their homes. The meter provides second-to-second usage data from appliances such as the refrigerator, stove, stereo system, and the water heater. The information is available to users [...]
Researchers at Oxford University aims to develop software that will optimise PC power consumption by making it easier for end-users and IT administrators to turn machines off when not in use.
According to Oxford University, up to 50% of PCs in UK businesses and institutions are permanently turned on, while typical workplace computers are only used [...]
Competition in the market for high-definition videoconferencing, often referred to as telepresence, heated up this week with all the major systems vendors announcing initiatives to drive sales of both systems and services. All the main systems vendors, including Cisco, Tandberg, Polycom, and HP made major pitches with partnership announcements, new product enhancements or customer successes.
The [...]
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Nokia Siemens Networks is looking to revolutionise the mobile network with is Liquid Radio architecture, which not only promises to re-architect today’s base station infrastructure, but also to ultimately bridge the gap between highly specialise (and expensive) telecoms equipment and commoditise (cost competitive) computer components. Green Telecom Live talks to Mike Murphy, head of Technology [...]
Interview with Telenor Connexion: Inside the world of M2M
Telenor Connexion, the unit of the Telenor Group focused on the machine-to-machine market, has been developing and deploying M2M applications for customers for the past decade. Green Telecom Live speaks with Gwenn Larsson, head of marketing at Telenor Connexion, about what makes M2M different from the rest of the mobile industry and the kinds of [...]
Verne Global outlines Iceland data centre plans
Two years after we first published the Icelandic government’s plans to promote the building of data centres on its shores, a venture capital-backed start tup, Verne Global, is looking to make it a reality.
Verne Global, backed by General Catalysts from Boston, Novator in London and the Wellcome Trust, is now constructing a wholesale data centre [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 2: Cisco’s Unified Computing
Cisco this month unveiled what some company executives dubbed one of the biggest announcements for the network equipment maker – ever. With the announcement of its Unified Computing, Cisco officially enters the computing space, although not quite as previous speculation in the industry had outlined. Instead of just producing its own blade server, Cisco unveiled [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 1: Juniper’s single switching fabric
In the past couple of weeks, cloud computing has really taken off, with both service providers, server makers, and switching vendors all making big announcements on service deployments and new gear designed for cloud operating environments.
Specifically, both Juniper and Cisco made significant announcements in their vision of a next generation data centre environment that can [...]