Bits and Bytes: Shaw Wireless, Huawei, IntelliNet

Canadian carrier Shaw Communications Inc. outlined its official plans for next-generation wireless services. The company said it will spend $100 million during its fiscal 2010 year to begin deploying a quadruple-play offering that it expects to launch next year.
IntelliNet Technologies, which provides data offload solutions, and picoChip, a femtocell silicon device provider, said they have completed interoperability testing between IntelliNet’s FemtoCell Gateway and femtocell access points based on picoChip’s picoXcell platform. The testing validates products against the newly adopted 3GPP standardized Iu-h interface.
Huawei opened a research and development facility in Ottawa, signaling the company’s growing presence in North America. The facility is located in the Kanata high-tech center.