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Broadcom Powers Huawei’s Small Cell Rollout

 By: Dana Brzozkiewicz Posted: Oct. 30, 2012

Small cells are big business for telecom service providers looking to better serve their data-hungry customers.

Yet as data use skyrockets, so does demand on the networks. Information and communication technology companies are challenged to find ways to deliver faster and more efficient cellular connectivity with their existing 3G networks.

The answer may lie in small cells, a relatively new market for Broadcom that helps operators get the most out of their networks and delivers seamless connectivity to heavy data …

Broadcom Opens 4G World with Best of 4G Award

 By: Tamara Snowden Posted: Oct. 30, 2012

It’s our first year at the 4G World conference and we’re happy to report that we’ll be bringing home an award.

At a ceremony during the Chicago conference last night, Broadcom received a Best of 4G award in the Mobile Backhaul and Core Network Innovation category. The Best of 4G Awards recognize companies driving the adoption of 4G mobile broadband. All submissions were reviewed by an independent panel of judges.

Broadcom won for its BCM56240 small cell switch solution that …

Return to Sender – IPv6 Saves the Day

 By: Tamara Snowden Posted: Jun. 13, 2012

Imagine if the world ran out of home addresses. New homes would be built without addresses, making it difficult for packages to be delivered or friends to stop by for a visit. This is the sort of problem that the Internet is facing today. Like homes, devices such as PCs, smartphones and tablets each hold individual IP addresses that are used to route data.

The World Wide Web currently operates on Internet Protocol Version 4, or IPv4, using a system …

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World’s Fastest Converged Network Adapters – Again!

 By: Isa Loundon Posted: May. 01, 2012

Guest blog by Dennis Martin, President of Demartek

A number of new infrastructure technologies are influencing the way next-generation datacenters are operating and performing. Consider how storage networks are being impacted by a number of technologies, such as server virtualization, cloud-based computing, media-rich applications and even the higher-performance storage offerings, such as solid-state drives.

Now, more than ever, performance matters.

I just spent a few days in the labs at Broadcom running independent tests of the company’s latest generation 10 …

Tomorrow’s Mobile Network Delivered Today

 By: Tamara Snowden Posted: Apr. 05, 2012

At Broadcom, we’re committed to enabling the mobile lifestyle with content and connectivity when and where people want it. In 2012, the number of connected devices is set to exceed the world’s population — with an estimated 7 billion devices.

Service providers around the globe are racing to transform their mobile networks to fulfill consumer appetite for more and more bandwidth. Broadcom’s end-to-end solutions are delivering the mobile network of the future today, redefining the mobile experience with enhanced connectivity …

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