(Charlotte, N.C.) T-Mobile USA, Inc. has announced that the company is doubling the theoretical peak download speed of its 4G network in Charlotte and Raleigh, as well as surrounding areas. In addition to these cities, T-Mobile announced its faster HSPA+ 42 network is now available in 54 additional markets to reach more than 170 million people in 152 markets. (more…)

(Hickory, N.C.) CommScope, Inc., a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communications networks, will supply the Bishop Hill Wind Farm in Henry County, Illinois with its GroundSmart™ Copper Clad Steel solution, an alternative to solid and stranded copper that is increasingly in demand by utilities for its cost-efficiency and anti-theft characteristics. (more…)

(Research Triangl Park, N.C. and Goodwood, England) Bloodhound SSC, a project aiming to break the land speed record with a supersonic car powered by a jet engine and a rocket, today announces that Cisco, has joined the project as Networking and Video Partner. The engineering collaboration, detailed today at the World renowned motoring event, the Goodwood Festival of Speed, sees Cisco provide video-based collaboration and networking technology to the engineering and education elements of the project. The first fruits of the new partnership can be seen next week, with the launch of Bloodhound’s new web TV channel, Cisco BHTV. (more…)

(Greensboro, N.C.) TE Connectivity today announced that it will exhibit its newly launched Quareo Connection Point Identification Technology and a powerful array of network cabling technologies at Cisco Live! 2011. Held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas July 10 through 14, the event is expected to attract more than 10,000 IT professionals. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Overture Networks, the industry’s trusted Carrier Ethernet solutions provider, today offered its congratulations to all of the individuals named to FierceTelecom’s first annual “15 Most Powerful People in Wireline” list. According to the publication, the list highlights individual leaders behind innovations and service initiatives that are now transforming the wireline market from regulated standard voice services into IP and broadband. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) MCNC announced today that the video services infrastructure on the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is scheduled to be upgraded on July 1. MCNC has entered the final testing phases of Cisco TelePresence interoperability with H.323 point-to-point (standard on most desktops) and multipoint video services, and TelePresence Management System (TMS) scheduling. Also, a select pilot group is testing centrally-managed soft client licenses for additional devices including laptop and desktop computers and tablets. New services are scheduled to be widely available to NCREN users during the fall semester of the 2011-2012 school year. (more…)

(Hickory, N.C. and Singapore) CommScope, Inc., a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communications networks, was awarded the Customer Care Award from Computerworld Singapore in the category of Physical Infrastructure—Networks. The award was given to CommScope during an event held on June 10, 2011 in Singapore, marking the second consecutive year CommScope has received this accolade. The winners of this honor are considered to be the nation’s best providers of pre- and post-implementation consulting, support and maintenance work in the area of information and communication technology (ICT) as chosen by their customers. (more…)

(Hickory, N.C.) CommScope has signed an agreement to acquire Argus Technologies, a leading producer of innovative antenna solutions for wireless applications. The terms of the agreement are not being disclosed. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter of 2011. Argus Technologies, headquartered in Bella Vista, New South Wales, Australia, provides a wide array of high performance, high technology antennas for base stations, stadiums and venues, and other wireless applications. The company has become a well-respected global competitor in the wireless network antenna market since its founding in 1994 by Dr. Bevan Jones, John Bonello and Danny Schwotzer. (more…)

(Hickory, N.C.) Two innovative wireless solutions offered by CommScope, a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communication networks, have won awards from industry groups in China recently. The China Center for Information Industry Development—along with Chinese wireless operators China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom—named CommScope’s DualPol® base station antenna as a top 10 commercially promising technology during the 2011 Fifth Annual China Communications Technology Meeting held in Beijing. (more…)

(Hickory, N.C.) CommScope, Inc., a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communications networks, has acquired Montreal, Canada-based LiquidxStream Systems Inc., a leader in dense universal edge QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) systems. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. (more…)

(Hickory, N.C.) CommScope, Inc., a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communications networks, will be showcasing and demonstrating its various innovative solutions—plus its new brand identity—to the cable and broadband industry during the ANGA Cable Show, May 3 to 5, 2011 in Cologne, Germany. CommScope will exhibit on Level 10.1/Booth U18, featuring the company’s new logo and colors in a modernistic exhibition stand that uses interactive touchscreens to showcase all the company has to offer across the broadband, wireless and enterprise markets. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) MCNC and its northwestern North Carolina project sub-recipient ERC Broadband (ERC), announced today that three companies have been selected to construct 1,200 miles of new fiber optics as part of the second phase expansion of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). The construction award shared by these vendors is estimated at $40 million. The entire expansion of NCREN, called the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI), has an estimated project cost of approximately $146 million. (more…)