Rockstar Prince debuts single on V Cast
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Verizon Wireless and music superstar Prince today announced a partnership, which uses Prince’s new single “Guitar” to promote the V Cast Music service in an innovative arrangement that links TV advertising, music downloads and Verizon Wireless’ Song ID service together...
Eyeing convergence, Ciena’s outlook improves
By: By Ed Gubbins
Raising its expectations for the year amid continued revenue growth, Ciena attributed its current success to the burgeoning—though so far not clearly understood—market for converged optical Ethernet networks. ...
Covad lives up to ADSL2+ promise
By: By Carol Wilson
As promised last year, Covad Communications is now offering ADSL2+ to small businesses in 11 metropolitan markets, featuring data service at speeds up to 15 Mb/s downstream...
Palm releases Treo ‘companion’
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Palm founder Jeff Hawkins today unveiled what he billed as a revolutionary new device in mobile computing. It wasn’t new Treo, though. It was a full-screened tablet computer, designed to be a mobile companion to its Treo line...
Broadband subscriber base to double by 2011
By: By Ed Gubbins
The number of broadband subscribers worldwide will nearly double over the next five years to more than half a billion, according to research analysis firm In-Stat...
In the spotlight: Global Crossing’s Gary Breauninger
By: By Carol Wilson
Gary Breauninger became executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Global Crossing in April, when his predecessor, Anthony Christie, moved to London to become managing director of Global Crossing’s United Kingdom and European operations. Breauninger previously oversaw Global Crossing’s financial operations as senior vice president for planning and business finance, with a particular focus on the operations aspect. Breauninger spoke with Editor-at-Large Carol Wilson...
Windstream grows NC presence with CT buy
By: By Tim McElligott
Windstream will acquire CT Communications in the second half of this year for approximately $585 million, the companies said today. In the process, Windstream eliminates a growing competitor in a growing market...
Speculation swirls around Nortel, Avaya
By: By Ed Gubbins
Nortel Networks is among the companies in talks with Avaya about a possible acquisition, according to the Wall Street Journal...
MEF sets code for SMS voting
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Hoping to head off any possible scandals that have plagued U.K. operators, the Mobile Entertainment Forum has introduced guidelines for SMS voting that it hopes will prevent fraud and errors in how votes are counted and charged for in participation television shows like American Idol...
Many businesses still not disaster-ready
By: By Carol Wilson
The annual AT&T Business Continuity Study shows almost one-third of businesses still don’t think planning for business continuity is a priority, and have not planned for how they would recover from a natural or man-made disaster...
Nokia strikes back in Qualcomm patent dispute
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Nokia has fired back at Qualcomm in its ongoing CDMA licensing battle, filing a countersuit to the one Qualcomm filed in a Wisconsin federal court last month, and denying it has infringed on any of Qualcomm’s patents...
Worldnet founder: Copper landlines gone by 2013
By: By Ed Gubbins
The copper “last mile” line to the house won’t exist in six years, according to Tom Evslin...
SureWest win major for Widevine
By: By Carol Wilson
The announcement this week that SureWest Communications has chosen Widevine Technologies for its conditional access and digital rights management is a victory both for Widevine and for software-based security solutions...
NextLink taps Ceragon for broadband wireless
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Ceragon Networks scored a massive win for its wireless point-to-point solution this week, announcing that NextLink, XO Communications’ broadband wireless division, is deploying its FibeAir high-capacity links in 75 U.S. markets...
BT make VPIsystems part of the plan
By: By Tim McElligott
Planning and engineering systems provider VPIsystems said this week that BT is the latest Tier 1 carrier to use its OnePlan network resource planning solution to map its migration to its next generation network: 21CN...
Philly OKs Wi-Fi expansion
By: By Carol Wilson
EarthLink Municipal Networks today got the go-ahead from Philadelphia officials to build out the planned 135-mile Wi-Fi network in that city following approval of its 15-square-mile proof-of-concept trial network...
Asian broadband dominance grows
By: By Ed Gubbins
The influence of Asian markets on the broadband sector loomed ever larger in the first quarter, according to new data from Dittberner Associates. Trends in DSL and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) equipment and subscribers were led by Asian carriers and vendors...
VSNL touts wholesale VoIP
By: By Carol Wilson
After assembling the pieces of a global network, VSNL International is now moving to strengthen its standing as a leading provider of wholesale VoIP services, this week announcing a deal with Skype to provide termination for its Skype Out service...
Fox: Mobile content needs balance of payment models
By: By Kevin Fitchard
LOS ANGELES--Fox Interactive senior vice president and general manager John Smelzer today said that mobile content will require a variety of revenue streams to be successful. Some will be subscription-based, some will come bundled, others will be supported by ads, and much of it will be just plain free...
Analyst: Nortel mulling Juniper partnership
By: By Ed Gubbins
Nortel Networks may be evaluating a potential partnership with Juniper Networks, according to one Wall Street analyst...
CA and Sony put media face on TMW
By: By Tim McElligott
The TeleManagement Forum couldn’t have asked for better representatives to argue for the benefits of the telecom and media industries working together on network management issues than CA and Sony who presented their case study this week to attendees at TeleManagement World in Nice, France...
XO, Jamcracker team on business software service
By: By Carol Wilson
XO Communications and Jamcracker today announced plans to offer popular business software as a service to small to mid-sized businesses, delivering applications such as collaboration, security and mobility...
U-verse comes to Michigan
By: By Carol Wilson
AT&T today said it is introducing its U-verse IPTV service in Detroit and Ann Arbor, Mich., where it is taking on cable provider Comcast...
Long Lines short-lists Embarq Logistics, Wave7
By: By Dan O'Shea
Embarq Logistics, which will be exhibiting at Nxtcomm 2007, and fiber equipment vendor Wave7 are deploying a fiber-to-the-premises network for South Sioux City, Neb., customers of Long Lines, an independent operating company serving more than 100 communities in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota...
Supreme Court backs dismissal of Bell anti-trust suit
By: By Ed Gubbins
The United States Supreme Court this week ruled in favor of Bell companies in upholding a district court’s dismissal of an antitrust suit against the carriers. According to the Court, the plaintiffs lacked enough facts to justify what it pointed out would be a very expensive evidence discovery process...
Moto adds Symbol WLAN technology to portfolio
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Motorola is expanding its MOTOWi4 family of access products to include indoor WLAN technology, incorporating the recently acquired Symbol Technologies enterprise wireless portfolio into the business unit...
VZW links song ID service to music portal
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Verizon Wireless today said it is linking its Song ID service into the V Cast movie store, creating a one-stop venue for customers to identify, search and buy full-track music downloads...
Orange teams with Microsoft
By: By Carol Wilson
Orange Business has teamed with Microsoft to create a unified communications service aimed at the top multi-national corporations. “Business Together with Microsoft” combines Orange services and expertise with Microsoft business software to enable businesses to move more quickly into more cost-effective and productive employee communications...
Alltel to go private in $27.5B deal
By: By Kevin Fitchard
The mass speculation on the possibility of an Alltel buyout came to an end today as the rural provider revealed it has accepted a $27.5 billion offer from two private equity firms to take the publicly owned mobile carrier off the market...
Carrier Access exposes Mangrove’s roots
By: By Ed Gubbins
Equipment vendor Carrier Access revealed new details last week surrounding Mangrove Systems, the company it acquired for $8 million in March. Mangrove had slightly more than $3 million in total assets at the end of last year—less than half their value a year earlier...
