• Motorola wraps BitBand buy
By Brian Santo

Motorola has completed its acquisition of BitBand, a company that specializes in content management and delivery systems, particularly IPTV-based video-on-demand.

BitBand will be merged into Motorola’s Home & Networks Mobility unit – a manufacturer of STBs and other equipment – beefing up Motorola’s on-demand product line, which includes the Adaptive Media Management framework for content management and high-performance streaming servers for centralized and edge-based on-demand networks.

BitBand products are tailored for IP video; it also has solutions for content delivery networks (CDNs) and over-the-top video services. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

• Craig Wireless, Moto deploy WiMAX in Vancouver
By Andrew Berg, Wireless Week

Not only did Vancouver land this year's Winter Olympics, the city also got a WiMAX network. Craig Wireless, in cooperation with Motorola, today announced deployment of a new 802.16e WiMAX network in Vancouver, British Columbia. The system marks the first commercial deployment of Motorola's mobile WiMAX technology in Canada.

The project was announced in September of 2009. Under the agreement, Motorola provided its end-to-end WiMAX solution, including base stations, wireless access controllers, and an operation and maintenance center (OMC). Motorola also provided supporting services for network design, planning, installation and optimization for end-to-end integration of the network, which will operate in the 2.5 GHz spectrum band.

"The Motorola solution will enable us to hit the ground running in our Vancouver market and seize immediate opportunities to serve our customers with new mobile services and applications," said Rod Vandenbos, president of Craig Wireless Systems. "Our customers in Vancouver will be able to enjoy fast, reliable connections to the Internet anywhere they live, work or play."

Motorola's WiMAX solution is designed to enable rapid implementation of VoIP and broadband services such as high-speed Internet, video streaming and VPN access in fixed, nomadic and mobile environments.