Pace to make headway in IP

Pace is to bring its international IP, gateway and networks businesses under a new business division, writes Broadband TV News.

Pace Enterprise will be headed by Dr Mark Loughran, the current MD of Nokia UK and Ireland, who will also join Pace's executive leadership team. The development is part of a group strategy designed to enable converged digital services for operators.

Pace recently secured financing for the EUR351 million purchase of US gateway company 2Wire following the March purchase of Paris-based IP and cable gateways specialist Bewan Systems SA.

Wang Jian-zhou, chairperson of China Mobile Communications, has invited Taiwan-based enterprises in the WiMax supply chain to attend conferences and forums scheduled for October in China, aiming at cooperation for developing 4G technologies, according to industry sources in Taiwan, states Digit Times Systems.

The International Telecommunication Union will decide on 4G standards in 2011, and China Mobile is developing time division-long term evolution (TD-LTE), a version of LTE, the sources indicated.

In view of Taiwan-based WiMax hardware makers' technological capabilities and the similarity of WiMAX to TD-LTE, China Mobile wants to learn from Taiwan's WiMAX development and cooperate with Taiwan-based players to facilitate its R&D and deployment of TD-LTE, the sources say.

Technology firm Datatec has acquired niche software security company Biodata IT SA, for an undisclosed amount, according to the Business Day.

The acquisition forms part of the group's strategy to grow its South African networking, convergence and security distribution business. Biodata will be merged with Datatec subsidiary Westcon SA's security division to bolster its services.

“Security is one of the key growth areas in the global IT market. Biodata has specialised skills along with a strong vendor portfolio and this acquisition will allow Westcon SA to bolster its distribution of security solutions,” says Datatec CEO Jens Montanana.