Sandvine said it sold broadband network management gear to two North American cable operators, including one with more than a million subscribers. It also signed a new wireless operator in the U.K. as a client and a fiber-based customer in Russia. The terms and the names of the carriers weren’t disclosed.
Russia export controls and sanctions
The use of export controls and sanctions on Russia has surged since the country's invasion of Crimea in 2014, and especially its invasion of Ukraine in in February 2022. Similar export controls and sanctions have been imposed by U.S. allies, including the EU, U.K. and Japan. The following is a listing of recent articles in Export Compliance Daily on export controls and sanctions imposed on Russia:
GENEVA -- Differences over dealing with proposed updates to WiMAX and CMDA technologies may lead to new ways for dealing with changes to the International Mobile Telecommunications standards- 2000 in the ITU-R. An IEEE and WiMAX Forum proposal in June suggested updating the part of the international 3G standard to include frequency-division duplexing and other changes, officials said. The Telecommunications Industry Association also proposed updating the CDMA-Multiple Carrier interface with a time- division duplexing profile.
RCN said it added programming to its linear and VoD international tier. RCN has the capacity to carry the networks, from the Philippines, South Korea, Russia, and Latin America, because it no longer offers analog programming, it said.
Russia is planning a record 39 launches this year, according to the Russian Space Agency. Half will be for commercial and civilian satellites, the agency said. There were 27 launches in 2008 and 26 in 2007.
LG will release in China and Russia its first handset with a dual SIM, allowing users to combine their business and personal phones in a single device. The KS660, which LG is not expected to ship to the U.S. or Western Europe, features an accelerometer, 3-inch stylus touch WQVGA display and a 5- megapixel camera, but no Wi-Fi or 3G connections.
Russia launched three navigation satellites last week, according to press reports. In the 1990’s, Russia began developing the Global Navigation Satellite System to compete with the U.S. GPS system. There are now 17 GLONASS craft in orbit, of 24 planned.
The SEC reached a settlement with Siemens on charges that the manufacturer violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by engaging in a “systematic practice” of bribing foreign officials, the SEC said. Siemens agreed to pay $350 million in disgorgement to settle the SEC’s charges, and a $450 million fine to the U.S. Department of Justice to settle criminal charges. It also will pay a fine of some $569 million to the Office of the Prosecutor General in Munich, to whom the company previously paid a $285 million fine in October 2007. The SEC alleged that Siemens bribed on such “widespread transactions as the design and construction of metro transit lines in Venezuela, power plants in Israel, and refineries in Mexico.” Siemens also used bribes to obtain such business as developing mobile telephone networks in Bangladesh, national identity cards in Argentina, and medical devices in Vietnam, China, and Russia, the SEC said. Siemens also paid kickbacks to Iraqi ministries in connection with sales of power stations and equipment to Iraq under the United Nations Oil for Food Program, the SEC said. Siemens earned over $1.1 billion in profits on those and other transactions, the SEC said.
Russia and Arab nations and some others back a proposal that the ITU launch a “mark” program encouraging telecom gear interoperability and compatibility, but U.S. officials cited potential liability and budgetary issues. Developing nations have the most to gain from efforts at standardization. A compromise at the World Telecom Standardization Assembly may emerge Monday, U.S. Ambassador David Gross told us.
Technology developed for a first demonstration of quantum-key cryptography on a commercial telecom network will be standardized in the European Telecommunication Standards Institute, officials said. A system tested last week in Austria used standard commercial telecom optical fibers and one free space optical link, 6 to 82 kilometers long, said a news release. It was issued by an EU-funded project to develop a global network for security communication based on quantum cryptography.
ProtoStar 1 will be able to provide Ku- and C-band services in Asia from the 98.5 degrees east orbital slot, having signed an agreement with the International Organization of Space Communications of Russia (Intersputnik), ProtoStar said. ProtoStar 1, launched July 7, has completed in-orbit testing. ProtoStar expects to begin offering commercial service using the satellite next month, it said.