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14 December 2010 USA: Fujitsu, SafeNet Combination Delivers High Security, High Throughput for Government Networks
Richardson, TX, December 14, 2010 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology and communications solutions, announced today the successful completion of interoperability testing with SafeNet, a global leader in information security.
10 December 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Introduces docomo Smartphone REGZA Phone T-01C
Tokyo, December 10, 2010 – Fujitsu today announced that its new docomo smartphone REGZA Phone T-01C will be available in Japan from NTT DOCOMO, Inc. beginning December 17, 2010.
7 December 2010 Japan: Fujitsu to Strengthen Network Business Structure
Tokyo, December 7, 2010 – Fujitsu Limited today announced that it will transfer the manufacturing and quality assurance operations for mobile systems products from its Nasu Plant to its wholly owned subsidiary, Fujitsu Telecom Networks Limited, which is responsible for developing and manufacturing photonics products for the Japanese market. As a result, the manufacturing and quality assurance functions for both mobile systems products and photonics products in Japan will be consolidated and integrated at the Oyama Plant operated by Fujitsu Telecom Networks, thereby unifying the manufacturing infrastructure for the network product lines.
9 November 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Develops Optical Switch that Cuts Power Consumption by Half
Kawasaki, Japan, November 9, 2010 – Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced that it has been able to halve the power consumption of an optical waveguide switch based on silicon photonics through the world's first use of fine-patterned silicon germanium (SiGe) for this application, rather than conventional silicon (Si). This achievement will allow for high-speed optical switches capable of operating across a wide range of wavelengths, while featuring the world's lowest power requirements.In accordance with the constant rise of data volume being transmitted over networks, likewise, the power consumption of networking equipment shows a continuous growth trend, leading to concerns for a potentially serious energy problem in the future. Fujitsu's newly-developed technology will help contain power consumption while supporting large-volume network traffic, thus enabling high-end services linking multiple cloud networks and ultra-high-definition videoconferencing, among other applications.
1 November 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Becomes First Mobile Phone Manufacturer in Japan to Join Wholesale Applications Community
Tokyo, November 1, 2010 – Fujitsu today announced that it has become the first mobile phone handset manufacturer in Japan to participate as a sponsor in the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC), a non-profit alliance of many of the world's major corporations and organizations from the mobile phone industry that promotes the development and distribution of mobile phone applications.
28 October 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Hosts the FUJITSU Design Award 2011: A LIFE with Future Computing
Tokyo, October 28, 2010 – Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Design Limited today announced that they are hosting the FUJITSU Design Award 2011, a full-scale international design competition open to designers around the world aimed at the development of PC-related designs that bring innovation to people's daily lives.
27 October 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Introduces au T005 Mobile Phone
Tokyo, October 27, 2010 – Fujitsu today announced that its new T005 mobile phone will be available from KDDI Corporation and Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company in Japan beginning October 29, 2010.
15 October 2010 China: Fujitsu Seals Server, Storage Deal with China Mobile
Shanghai, October 15, 2010 – Fujitsu announced today that China Mobile Communications Corporation, the country's largest mobile phone carrier with 550 million subscribers, has purchased over 500 units of Fujitsu SPARC Enterprise UNIX servers and ETERNUS disk storage systems, worth up to US$50 million. This is the largest-ever platform products-related contract for Fujitsu in China.
5 October 2010 USA: Fujitsu FLASHWAVE® 7500 Multiservice ROADM Certified by U.S. Government
Richardson, TX, October 5, 2010 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology, and communications solutions, announced today that the FLASHWAVE® 7500 Multiservice Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) has been certified by the U.S. government for performance, security and interoperability requirements, and made available to all agencies through the Unified Capabilities (UC) Approved Products List (APL).
4 October 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Develops Gallium-Nitride HEMT Power Amplifier Featuring World's Highest Output in Millimeter-Wave W-Band
Tokyo and Kawasaki, Japan, October 4, 2010 – Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of a power amplifier using gallium nitride (GaN) High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMT) that has achieved the world's highest output performance of 1.3W for wireless communications in the millimeter-wave W-band, for which widespread usage is expected in the future. The new amplifier will offer transmission output equivalent to approximately 16 times that of existing amplifiers that use gallium-arsenide (GaAs), thereby enabling W-band transmission ranges to be extended by approximately six times.
1 October 2010 Japan: Fujitsu and Toshiba Complete Merger of Mobile Phone Businesses
Tokyo, October 1, 2010 – Fujitsu Limited and Toshiba Corporation today announced that they have completed the merger of their mobile phone businesses.
28 September 2010 USA: Fujitsu FLASHWAVE® 9500 Packet Optical Networking Platform Demonstrates Low Energy Use, OPEX Savings
Richardson, TX, September 28, 2010 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology, and communications solutions, announced today that the company’s award-winning FLASHWAVE® 9500 Packet Optical Networking Platform (Packet ONP) has met the aggressive energy efficiency standards defined in the Telecommunications Energy Efficiency Ratio (TEER) metric, part of a group of power saving standards developed by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS).
21 September 2010 Japan and China: Fujitsu Shrinks by 70% Distortion-Compensation Circuit for Fiber-Optic Transmissions over 100 Gbps
Tokyo and Kawasaki, Japan, and Beijing, China, September 21, 2010 – Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Laboratories Limited, and Fujitsu Research and Development Center Co., Ltd. of China today jointly announced that they have developed a digital signal processing algorithm that compensates for waveform distortion in signals sent over hundreds of kilometers of fiber-optic lines, as part of a long-haul transmission system, and that they have also reduced the size of the required circuitry by approximately 70%.
15 September 2010 USA: Fujitsu Celebrates 75 Years of Innovation: 1935-2010
Richardson, TX, September 15, 2010 – Fujitsu (http://us.fujitsu.com) celebrates its 75th anniversary this year – a milestone few other global Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies have reached. Fujitsu, the world’s third-largest IT services provider (1) and the market-leading provider of optical networking solutions in North America (2), has been a fundamental part of some of the IT and telecommunication industry’s most notable breakthroughs and innovations – from the early days of telephone switching in the 1930s, the mainframe and parallel computing generation of the 1970s, the development and deployment of SONET networking in the 1980s, to more recent inventions such as palm vein (biometric) authentication, packet optical networking, and the world’s first 3D Desktop PC.
10 September 2010 Japan: University of Tokyo, Fujitsu and NEC Succeed in Quantum Cryptographic Key Distribution from Single-Photon Emitter at World-Record Distance of 50 km
Tokyo and Kawasaki, September 10, 2010 – Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics, The University of Tokyo (Director: Yasuhiko Arakawa), Fujitsu Laboratories Limited, and NEC Corporation today announced that they have achieved quantum cryptographic key distribution at a world-record distance of 50 km using transmission from a single-photon emitter. This result was the product of the three-way collaboration between the University of Tokyo, Fujitsu, and NEC, and represents a milestone in quantum key distribution because it combines a single-photon emitter, which is ideal for optical transmission bands, with a prototype of a practical quantum cryptography system. Experimental success at a practical level with a single-photon emitter brings one step closer the practical use of quantum cryptography in the 1.5 µm band, which is most desirable for long-distance data transmissions.
7 September 2010 USA: Fujitsu Director Re-Elected to Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Board of Directors
Richardson, TX, September 7, 2010 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology, and communications solutions, announced today that Ralph Santitoro, director of Carrier Ethernet market development at Fujitsu Network Communications, was re-elected to the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Board of Directors.
19 August 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Develops Mobile Phone-based Support Service for Seniors
Tokyo, August 19, 2010 – Fujitsu and the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido Prefecture, today announced that they have jointly built a regional contact center system that provides mobile phone-based support services for seniors. This system, which uses the Fujitsu Raku-Raku mobile phone, will begin operation August 23, 2010.
21 July 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Releases One-Touch Internet Access "Raku-Raku" Mobile Phone
Tokyo, July 21, 2010 – Fujitsu today announced that its new Raku-Raku Phone 7 will be available in Japan beginning July 23, 2010, through sales partner NTT DOCOMO, INC.
20 July 2010 USA: Fujitsu Packet Optical Networking Platform Certified by U.S. Government; Supports Global Information Grid
Richardson, TX, July 20, 2010 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology, and communications solutions, announced today that its FLASHWAVE® 9500 Packet Optical Networking Platform (Packet ONP), having demonstrated exceptional interoperability and information assurance performance capabilities, has become the latest of the company’s optical networking solutions on the Unified Capabilities (UC) Approved Products List (APL).
8 July 2010 USA: Syringa Networks Joins FujitsuStrategic Authorized Reseller (STAR) Program
Richardson, TX, July 8, 2010 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology and communications solutions, announced today that Syringa Networks, Idaho’s leading fiber optic network provider, has joined the Fujitsu Strategic Authorized Reseller (STAR) program.
30 June 2010 USA: Fujitsu Sets Standard for Energy Efficiency in Optical Networks with FLASHWAVE® 4500 Platform
Richardson, TX, June 30, 2010 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology, and communications solutions, announced today that their market-leading FLASHWAVE® 4500 Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP) has met energy efficiency standards under the Telecommunications Energy Efficiency Ratio (TEER) metric, a new standard released by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS).
23 June 2010 USA: Graybar Joins Fujitsu Strategic Authorized Reseller (STAR) Program
Richardson, TX, June 23, 2010 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology, and communications solutions, announced today that Graybar Electric Company, Inc., a leading distributor of electrical, communications and networking products, has joined the Fujitsu Strategic Authorized Reseller (STAR) program.
21 June 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Strengthens Global Sales Support for Optical Components Products
Kawasaki , June 21, 2010 – Fujitsu Optical Components Limited (FOC) today announced that it will open an Asia business support center for its optical components products based in Shenzhen, China in addition to the existing facilities located in Sunnyvale, CA., USA and Milan, Italy. This new Asia business support center will begin operation on June 21. This strengthening of the global sales support network is expected to significantly expand its sales of optical components products worldwide.
15 June 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Introduces docomo STYLE series™ F-08B
Tokyo, June 15, 2010 – Fujitsu today announced that its new STYLE series F-08B mobile phone will be available from NTT DOCOMO, Inc. in Japan beginning June 18, 2010. This stylish mobile phone features a simple design, which is characterized by the "ekubo" (meaning "dimple") indentation on its front panel. As a water-resistant phone, the F-08B is suitable for users looking to select a mobile phone to their liking which they can use for a long period of time.
9 June 2010 USA: Fujitsu Named Top US Patent Recipient in Optical Communications for Fifth Consecutive Year
Richardson, TX, June 9, 2010 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology, and communications solutions, announced today recognition by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as the leader in Optical Communications patents for 2009, the most recent reporting year.
3 June 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Develops World's Highest-Performance Ultra-Low-Noise Transistor for Millimeter-Band Receivers
Tokyo and Kawasaki, Japan, June 3, 2010 – Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of an indium phosphide-based high electron mobility transistor (InP HEMT) using their proprietary "space cavity" structure that, operating at the millimeter-band frequency level of 94 GHz, reduces the noise level generated by the transistor by approximately 30% compared to previous technologies, to 0.7 decibels, resulting in the world's lowest noise levels. The novel noise-lowering technology will enable sensitivity enhancements in millimeter-band receivers, which in turn would enable the time required for image capture by image sensors - being deployed for anti-terrorist initiatives in major airports - to be reduced by nearly half. In addition, as the new technology can enable range extension by 20% of high-capacity wireless transmission distance on par with optical transmissions, wireless networks can be used in place of trunk lines in locations where it is difficult to install fiber-optic cabling, thereby helping to close the digital divide.
1 June 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Introduces docomo PRIME series™ F-06B
Tokyo, June 1, 2010 – Fujitsu today announced that its new docomo PRIME series F-06B mobile phone will be available in Japan from NTT DOCOMO, Inc. beginning June 9, 2010.
28 May 2010 Japan: Fujitsu and NSW Complete Indonesian Submarine Optic-fiber Network
Tokyo, May 28, 2010 – Fujitsu Limited announced today that, in collaboration with Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) of Germany, it has successfully completed a US$100 million submarine optic-fiber cable network for PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk. (Telkom Indonesia) covering the Indonesian islands Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Java, Bali and Lombok and giving the residents of these islands their first direct access to high-bandwidth Internet, e-commerce, video, data, and voice services.
27 May 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Develops Gallium-Nitride HEMT Amplifier Featuring World's Highest Output in the C-Ku Band
Kawasaki, Japan, May 27, 2010 – Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of an amplifier based on gallium-nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) technology, which features an output of 12.9W - more than twice the output of previous amplifiers and presently featuring the world's highest amplification output - when operating in the wide band range of the C-band, X-band, and Ku-band radio frequency spectrums between 6GHz-18GHz. By employing this amplifier, it will be possible to operate systems such as aviation radar - which conventionally utilize separate communications equipment for different frequency ranges - with a single amplifier, thereby enabling the development of smaller, lighter radar equipment and wireless communications systems that are capable of covering wide areas.
20 May 2010 Japan: Fujitsu and University of Tokyo Achieve World's First 25Gbps Data Communication Using Quantum Dot Laser
Tokyo and Kawasaki, Japan, May 20, 2010 – Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., and the University of Tokyo today announced the world's first quantum dot laser -based 25 Gbps high-speed data transmission. Quantum dot lasers are a type of laser being anticipated as a next-generation semiconductor laser capable of handling high-speed data transmissions while consuming minimal power. As increasing the number of quantum dots is known to improve a quantum dot laser's operation speed, layers of quantum dots with a higher density than conventionally employed were stacked, thereby doubling the laser's operation speed and enabling a significant improvement over previous technologies. This new technology is expected to be employed for optical sources for next-generation high-speed data communications that aim to achieve data transmission speeds of 100 Gbps, ten times faster than current data transmission speeds.
18 May 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Introduces docomo STYLE series™ F-07B
Tokyo, May 18, 2010 – Fujitsu today announced that its new docomo STYLE series F-07B mobile phone will be available from NTT DOCOMO, Inc. in Japan beginning May 21, 2010. Slimmer than previous models, the F-07B is a 14.8mm-thin, horizontally rotating mobile phone with a one-touch open button.
4 April 2010 USA: Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) Appoints Fujitsu Executive to Advisory Board
Tucson, AZ, April 4, 2010 – Fujitsu, a leading supplier of business, information technology, and communications solutions, announced today that CIAN has appointed Rod Naphan, vice president of product and strategic planning at Fujitsu Network Communications to its Industrial Affiliates Board (IAB).
30 March 2010 USA: Cutting-Edge Communications Researchers Rely on Fujitsu for Next-Generation Optical Networking
Tucson, AZ, March 30, 2010 – Fujitsu, a leading supplier of business, information technology, and communications solutions, announced today that the Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) has selected the Fujitsu FLASHWAVE® 9500 Packet Optical Networking Platform (Packet ONP) for its state-of-the-art optical communications testing facility.
19 March 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Begins Shipping LTE Base Stations to NTT DOCOMO
Tokyo, March 19, 2010 – Fujitsu today announced that it has begun shipping next-generation mobile base station systems to NTT DOCOMO, INC., which plans to launch mobile communication services in Japan based on the next-generation Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard in December 2010.
18 March 2010 USA: Fujitsu Introduces Advanced 40 Gbps Coherent Optics
Richardson, TX, March 18, 2010 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology, and communications solutions, announced today the addition of third generation 40 Gbps optical interfaces to its industry leading FLASHWAVE® 7500 Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) platform.
12 March 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Introduces Compact Integrated DP-QPSK Receiver for 100Gbps Digital Coherent Receiving Systems
Kawasaki , March 12, 2010 – Fujitsu Optical Components Limited today announced that it will be releasing on May 1, 2010 a compact integrated DP-QPSK receiver that supports 100Gbps digital coherent receiving systems. This product incorporates PLC and micro-assembly technologies to allow the integration of 90° Hybrids, Balanced Receivers, and Polarizing Beam Splitters all into a single package. The Fujitsu 100Gbps DP-QPSK receiver is a sophisticated integrated receiver that is both compact and inexpensive. This product will help facilitate the production of compact, low-cost, high-performance 100Gbps optical network systems.
10 February 2010 Canada and Japan: Fujitsu and University of Toronto Develop World's First Digitally-Processed Gigabit-Class High-Speed Transceiver Chip
Kawasaki, Japan and Toronto, Canada, February 10, 2010 – Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and the University of Toronto today announced their joint development of a new processing method for transceiver chips used in gigabit-class high-speed data transmission over wirelines. The new technology employs digital circuitry to replace previously-required structures that used analog circuits. While analog processing require circuits that are adapted to the specifications of a signal being transmitted, such as transmission distance and amplitude, this new digital approach can perform these optimizations automatically, so that a single circuit could be used to accommodate a wide range of various wireline communications. Compared to conventional processing methods, this new digital-processing method makes it possible to shorten development periods by approximately half. It is anticipated that this new technology in the future could be applied to a variety of wireline communication applications, including 10 Gbps high-speed Ethernet in datacenters.
3 February 2010 USA: Fujitsu / University of Texas at Dallas Collaboration Wins “Best Paper Award” at International Optical Networking Conference
Richardson, TX, February 3, 2010 – Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology, and communications solutions, announced today that researchers from Fujitsu and The University of Texas at Dallas have been presented with the “Best Paper Award” at the 14th International Conference on Optical Networking Design and Modeling (ONDM 2010) for their joint paper on “Traffic Grooming and Regenerator Placement in Impairment-Aware Optical WDM Networks”.
1 February 2010 Japan: Fujitsu and Cisco Create Unified Communications Environment for JGC
Tokyo, February 1, 2010 – Fujitsu and Cisco today announced that they have created a large-scale unified communications environment for JGC Corporation. Designed to provide a more robust communications platform for JGC, the new environment will utilize 5,400 Cisco IP telephones.
7 January 2010 Japan: Fujitsu Introduces World's Most Compact Integrated DQPSK Receiver for 40Gbps Optical Networks
Kawasaki , January 7, 2010 – Fujitsu Optical Components Limited today announced the development of the world's most compact (L:45mm x W:27mm x H:8mm) Integrated DQPSK Receiver which employs a balanced receiver and a delay line interferometer using PLC technology. The product is designed for use in 40Gbps transponders for 40Gbps optical networks, which are being widely adopted by telecommunications carriers worldwide. Sales of the receiver will begin February 1st, 2010.

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