Oracle reserving the suite
By: By Tim McElligott
The database giant fills in the blanks in its software play...
HP scours treasure trove of customer data
By: By Tim McElligott
Like the volumes of books in the aisles of the Library of Congress that go unread, service providers have volumes upon volumes of data about their customers that go unmined...
At Your Service: Verizon WebMail
By: By Rich Karpinski
Verizon needed a next-generation Web e-mail client to keep its broadband customers using its portal applications and content...
R.I.P. VoIP? Not hardly
By: By Carol Wilson
The demise of SunRocket and the ongoing woes of Vonage haven't stopped the voice-over-IP industry from continuing to push out new solutions...
SK Telecom props up Helio
By: By Kevin Fitchard
SK Telecom will plow up to $270 million into Helio to keep the company operating, according to EarthLink, SK’s partner in the MVNO joint venture...
Dolby has message for IPTV players
By: By Carol Wilson
Dolby Laboratories doesn’t sell anything directly to telecom service providers, but the well-known creator of high-quality audio technology is trying to get a message across to those who would offer IPTV...
AlcaLu acquires IPTV applications specialist
By: By Sarah Reedy
Alcatel-Lucent today announced it has acquired British software and applications provider Tamblin to enable users to access content, brands and entertainment over its IPTV platform...
iPhone turns Orange in France
By: By Sarah Reedy
Stop number three on Apple CEO Steve Job’s tour of Europe brought news that France Telecom’s wireless division, Orange, will be the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in France. Didier Lombard, CEO of France Telecom, announced the partnership during a conference in Hanoi, saying the phone would be available in November...
Wi-Fi phones gain traction, but at whose expense?
By: By Kevin Fitchard
The European press went into a tizzy this morning over Nokia’s newest handset the 6301 dual-mode with unlicensed mobile access technology. Media outlets like The Times of London portrayed Nokia’s slick new Wi-Fi cellular handset as a major step in the move of voice from the cellular networks controlled by the operators to the far cheaper public Internet...
AT&T aims for 10,000 IPTV installs per week
By: By Ed Gubbins
AT&T has reduced the average installation time for its U-verse IPTV service by 13% in the past month, according to Ralph de la Vega, the carrier’s group president of regional telecommunications and entertainment...
BT makes it easier to be green
By: By Carol Wilson
BT Global Services is making a commercial product out of parent company BT’s internal commitment to the environment, offering a service in the U.K. and the U.S. that assesses the amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced by corporate IT departments...
CLECs fight for forbearance reform
By: By Sarah Reedy
A trio of CLECs warned federal regulators today against freeing incumbent carriers from obligations to lease network elements to competitors...
BSG clearing the roaming hurdle
By: By Tim McElligott
With one year to go before the quasi-mandate from the GSM Association kicks in and requires wireless GSM operators to comply with its recommendation that they contract with a provider for near real-time roaming data exchange (NRTRDE), BSG Clearing Solutions announced the launch of its NRTRDE service...
MetroPCS goes live in L.A.
By: By Kevin Fitchard
MetroPCS turned up wireless service in Los Angeles today, marking its entrance in the country’s second-largest market and a key stepping stone in its plans to expand to the Northeast...
iPhone global expansion continues in Germany
By: By Sarah Reedy
Apple’s global wireless strategy plunged full speed ahead with today’s announcement that T-Mobile International will be the exclusive operator partner for the iPhone in Germany, set to launch on Nov. 9...
Verizon CEO disputes DSL seasonality
By: By Ed Gubbins
Despite anticipation among many in the telecom industry of a seasonal uptic in third-quarter DSL penetration, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg today aimed to dispel the notion of seasonal trends in broadband sales...
F5 pitches new approach to scaling IMS
By: By Rich Karpinski
Supporting a new service in a test environment of a handful of users is one thing. But what's a carrier to do when it suddenly needs to scale that service across its customer base -- literally millions of users -- overnight?...
Speakeasy shops Best Buy success
By: By Carol Wilson
A week after Speakeasy announced higher-bandwidth services based on ADSL 2 links it purchases from Covad Communications, the Best Buy subsidiary is announcing more flexible pricing for its voice-over-IP service to accommodate small businesses and more VoIP phone choices as well...
Apple’s iPhone launches in Europe
By: By Sarah Reedy
Apple revealed one more glimpse of its global wireless strategy today, announcing it will launch the iPhone in the U.K. with European mobile phone network provider O2 as the exclusive carrier partner. The official launch date is set for Nov. 9. ...
Clearwire goes nomadic
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Clearwire has begun selling laptop PC cards to its broadband access customers in Seattle, allowing them to take their once-fixed Internet connections out into the wider world...
NetCracker CEO on IT/telecom convergence
By: By Tim McElligott
Andrew Feinberg, president and CEO of OSS provider NetCraker Technology, uses the company’s recently expanded U.S. Army and Army National Guard contracts to highlight the industry trend toward IT and telecom network convergence and his company’s ability to facilitate it...
Nokia Siemens partners with Airvana for femtocells
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Nokia Siemens Networks is partnering with an unlikely companion for its femtocell platform: CDMA technologist Airvana...
Sprint, Microsoft deliver location-based mobile search
By: By Rich Karpinski
Sprint and Microsoft are rolling out new mobile search services including the ability to tie search to location using GPS as well as launch voice-commanded Web searches, the companies said today...
Zimbra deal, Thunderbird plans put focus on open-source messaging
By: By Rich Karpinski
E-mail may not seem the hottest of areas, but two developments this week show there may yet be some room for innovation in the messaging market...
Windstream CEO: RLEC M&A on hold ‘til ‘08
By: By Ed Gubbins
Though further consolidation is needed in the rural telecom carrier space, it will probably have to wait until next year, when the credit environment improves, according to Jeff Gardner, CEO of Windstream, a large, rural telco...
Can Jack make VoIP Magic?
By: By Carol Wilson
With a snazzy name like Magic Jack and a price as low as $19.95 a year for unlimited service, a new voice-over-IP device is aimed at redefining what has been a troubled market...
T-Mobile acquires SunCom Wireless
By: By Kevin Fitchard
T-Mobile today joined the acquisition fray, announcing it has agreed to acquire regional GSM provider SunCom Wireless for $2.4 billion...
Nokia acquires mobile advertising company Enpocket
By: By Sarah Reedy
Nokia today announced it has acquired Enpocket, the Boston-based mobile advertising company, for an undisclosed sum, marking its entrance into the still-nascent mobile ad space...
Yahoo jumps on social networking bandwagon
By: By Rich Karpinski
Yahoo today opened up a private beta-test version of its social networking application, dubbed Mash, hoping it’s broad portal reach can allow it to play catch-up with leaders MySpace and Facebook...
Sprint strikes back at T-Mobile with femtocells
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Sprint unveiled its much-anticipated femtocell service today, rolling out the fixed/mobile convergence technology in two markets: Indianapolis and Denver...
