07/03/2009
Nortel Insurer Might Not Cover Ex-CEO Dunn’s Legal Fees
07/02/2009
RCS Issues Fraud Warning to Cellular Phone Open Market Traders
TEL AVIV, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- RCS Limited (http:// www.rcs.com), the world's largest international trader of cellular phones, today announced a fraud warning to operators, distributors and wholesalers of cellular phones. Over the last quarter, RCS' network of cellular phone traders, spanning 128 countries, has reported an increase in fraudulent trading on the open market. Among the more common cases of fraud reported to RCS are a fictitious sales representative posing as an employee of an established company.
Telefonica Now Eyeing T-Mobile UK Purchase – Reports
In Missouri, White Pages Fading to Black
Jul. 2--The White Pages phone book, which helped connect the country for more than a century, is facing up to the fact that it no longer matters in most households. The latest sign of its shrunken role is a tentative deal in Missouri that would let AT&T stop automatic delivery to homes and businesses on the Missouri side of the Kansas City and St. Louis areas. Delivery of AT&T's Yellow Pages would not be affected, and there is no plan yet to stop automatic delivery in Kansas.
Inmarsat Completes Investment in SkyWave Mobile Communications - Advances Position in Satellite Low Data Rate Services Market
LONDON, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has completed its previously announced strategic investment, long term global distribution agreement and new product development agreement with SkyWave Mobile Communications Inc. of Ottawa, Canada. Concurrent with this investment, SkyWave has acquired assets relating to the GlobalWave satellite low data rate (SLDR) products and services business from TransCore and entered into a sales distribution relationship with TransCore focusing on the North American trucking and rail segments of the SLDR market, designed to leverage TransCore's substantial presence in those segments. Inmarsat has acquired 19% in the privately held SkyWave.
EchoStar Gets Stay in TiVo Battle
Free Outdoor Wireless Offered in Hollywood
Jul. 2--Hollywood residents and visitors can now surf the web for free -- as long as they don't mind doing it outdoors. The city unveiled the free outdoor wireless internet network at a "wire cutting ceremony" Wednesday morning at the ArtsPark at Young Circle in downtown Hollywood. After commissioners cut the gray network cable at Wednesday's event, computers became able to detect the city's wireless network and users can connect after agreeing to the city's user agreement.
Nortel LTE Patent Value Disputed
GigOptix Announces First Sales of Polymer Based Optical Modulators
GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) announced today that it has made the first sales of its ground-breaking Electro-Optic (EO) polymer based Mach-Zehnder Modulators (MZM). "We are delighted to see our fundamental materials research turning into real products with this release of our electro-optic polymer modulators to customers," said Dr. Raluca Dinu, Vice President and General Manager of GigOptix-Bothell business unit. On-chip optical interconnects are seen by many in industry as the only means of routing signals across next generation CMOS devices.
Kyrgyztelecom Deploys Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router
Kyrgyzstan-based telecom operator Kyrgyztelecom has deployed the Cisco ASR 1000 Series aggregation services router as the network platform to enable a more flexible and cost-effective delivery of broadband-based voice and data services to its subscribers. The project was implemented by Cisco's business partner in Kyrgyzstan Terratech. According to Cisco, the implementation is a key element of Kyrgyztelecom's plans to build a next-generation metro ethernet fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) aggregation network, initially in the capital of Bishkek and then across other cities.
Schools May Crack Down on Cell Phones
Jul. 2--The Aiken County Board of Education has passed first reading on an updated policy intended to crack down on cell phone misuse in middle and high schools. Previously, students could keep cell phones turned off in their bookbags during the school day. Students at Ridge Spring-Monetta High School will be exempted from the new procedure, because the school has no lockers.
Church Streams Worship to iPhone, iPod Touch
07/01/2009
TerreStar Launches World’s Largest Comms Satellite
Eastex Telephone Upgrades Network With Carrier VoIP Services From Nortel
Eastex Telephone, a rural carrier in the US, is upgrading its network with carrier VoIP services from Nortel. The carrier VoIP infrastructure is expected to enable Eastex to provide carrier-grade voice and multimedia services to its more than 34,000 residential and business subscribers across rural east Texas. According to Nortel, Eastex plans to upgrade its legacy DMS switches with its Communication Server (CS) 1500 softswitch, which will allow them to offer new communication services such as VoIP, Centrex IP business services and next-generation multimedia communications.
Open Mobile Selects Movius's Clientless Visual Voicemail Application
Puerto Rico-based mobile operator Open Mobile has selected Movius Interactive Corporation's clientless visual voicemail application. According to Movius, the MessageMe Plus enables voicemail information to be pushed to the user's mobile device and provides message details, including the name of the sender, the sender's number, the time the message was left and the length of the message. Open Mobile subscribers can review all their messages in one unified inbox, their SMS inbox, and select the message they want to listen to.
Uniserve Communications Appoints New Director
Canada-based voice and data services provider Uniserve Communications Corporation has appointed Aziz Pirani as a new director of the company. Mr Pirani has over 30 years of experience in the IT services and telecommunications industry. William Spratt, CEO of Uniserve Communications, said: "We are very fortunate to have someone with Mr Pirani's background join our board.
xchange Poll: What Should Julius Genachowski’s First Priority Be as New FCC Chairman?
Cellular South to Offer Netbook With Built-In 3G High-Speed Data ; Lightweight Dell Mini-Notebook Featuring 10.1 Inch Screen, Edge-to- Edge Keyboard Will Debut Soon
RIDGELAND, Miss., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellular South, a leader in wireless solutions and innovation and the nation's largest privately-owned wireless communications provider, today announced plans to offer the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook this summer with built-in 3G high-speed mobile broadband data. "This device promises to provide the ultimate in mobile connectivity and freedom through anytime, anywhere access to the Internet," said Kevin Hankins, chief operating officer for Cellular South. "With superior coverage and 3G high-speed data in more places than any other wireless carrier, our customers can go beyond the confines of wi-fi to achieve truly mobile on-the-go access to the Internet for news, educational studies, information, video content, social networking, shopping and entertainment."
Inmarsat FB150 Goes Live
Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, today confirmed that its new FleetBroadband 150 (FB150) service is now live and passing commercial voice and data traffic on the network. "FB150 is the no-risk option for small vessels considering satellite communications," said Piers Cunningham, Director of Maritime Business for Inmarsat. With 3,000 FleetBroadband terminals now commissioned, it is our fastest-growing maritime service.
Western Capital Announces Opening of Five Additional Cricket Stores, Posts Record 1st Quarter, Momentum Builds
OMAHA, Neb., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Western Capital Resources, Inc. ("Western Capital" or "WCRS") today announced the opening of an additional five prepaid wireless Cricket (Leap Wireless, Inc.; Nasdaq: LEAP) stores. Western Capital also reported strong financial performance resulting in a record first quarter. During the first quarter of 2009, ended March 31, Western Capital added 19 storefronts, bringing total storefronts to 85.
The State of Utah Adds Bandwidth With Qwest Ethernet
The State of Utah (www.utah.gov) has chosen Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) (www.qwest.com/business) to deliver a cost-saving, converged voice and data network. With Qwest's Ethernet solution, state and local government and businesses in Utah have access to additional bandwidth speeds to help satisfy increasing public demand for online services. Qwest began connecting 300 locations in Salt Lake City and along Utah's Wasatch Front using Qwest's Metro Optical Ethernet (QMOE) data networking platform.
CenturyTel, Embarq Officially Close $11.6B Merger
xchange and Yankee Group to Present Best of 4G Awards
Blueslice Adds WiMAX to Subs Management Portfolio
TechWeb Announces VoiceCon(R) San Francisco 2009
Enterprise 2.0 to Collocate with Leading Conference and Expo in Enterprise Communications SAN FRANCISCO, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- TechWeb today announced VoiceCon San Francisco 2009, the leading enterprise communications event, taking place November 2-5, 2009 in the Moscone North Convention Center. Reflecting the growing complementary relationship between communications and business applications, TechWeb's Enterprise 2.0 San Francisco will be collocated with VoiceCon.
06/30/2009
Trans-Atlantic Capacity Faces Exhaust by 2014
TechColumbus and Platform Lab Deliver Improved Value to Tenants and Clients With Ethernet Internet Services From Tw Telecom
Multi-year contract for Ethernet Internet services enables Platform Lab to perform critical high bandwidth testing for national and international clients As part of these services, TechColumbus runs an IT test facility, Platform Lab. The primary service Platform Lab provides is the ability for commercial enterprises to validate performance of web-based applications with high bandwidth and load test software tools.
Cablevision’s Remote Access DVR Gets Court Go-Ahead
SK Telecom and RIM Launch BlackBerry Internet Service in South Korea
SK Telecom and Research In Motion have launched BlackBerry Internet Service and the BlackBerry Bold smartphone, targeting business customers and professionals in South Korea. The smartphone and service will be available through select SK Telecom retail shops, as well as SK Telecom's online store and authorized business partners. According to Research In Motion (RIM), the BlackBerry Internet Service utilizes its RIM's push technology to allow users to wirelessly access up to 10 supported POP3/IMAP e-mail accounts.
AT&T Negotiating With IBEW, Contract Expired Saturday
100G Framework Released by OIF
Texas is the First to Pass Anti-Botnet Bill
On June 19, Governor Rick Perry of Texas signed SB 28 into law, amending Texas' Consumer Protection Against Spyware Act to include violations against the creation or use of computer "zombies" and "botnets". "As more and more states refine their information security legislation, we're seeing an increased demand for the appropriate tools to identify these criminal acts, remediate the affected computers and forensically gather evidence to prosecute," said Tim Leehealey, CEO of AccessData Corporation. Recognized throughout the world as an industry leader, AccessData delivers state-of-the-art computer forensic, password cracking and decryption solutions.
RCN Tries to Edge Zayo Out of FiberNet Purchase
EDITORIAL: Tax Hikers Shift Focus to Internet
Jun. 30--Thousands of revenue-hungry, budget-poor taxing agencies are turning their appetites to the Internet, where new business models generate big bucks, much of it currently beyond the reach of tax collectors. Proposals in Congress and state legislatures to tax and regulate the Internet threaten to unleash unintended, unpleasant consequences. "Reckless and misguided laws, often originating at the state level, threaten to undermine the foundation of the free and open Internet," says the NetChoice Coalition, a group of online businesses fighting the efforts.
Nortel Unit Won’t Sell Uncontested to Nokia Siemens
FCC Puts Smack Down on Forbearance ‘Gamesmanship’
06/29/2009
Hatteras Repeaters Extend Ethernet over Copper
Altura Acquires NetVersant's Avaya Business Unit
Altura Communication Solutions, a provider of converged voice and data communication solutions and services, has acquired the Avaya Business Unit of NetVersant Solutions, a provider of provides sales, support, and consulting services for converged technology solutions. The acquisition is complementary to Altura Communication's go-to-market strategy allowing Altura to expand its service and support footprint in reaching more Avaya customers. Bob Blazek, president and CEO for Altura Communication, said: "As one of Avaya's largest resellers, Altura welcomes their customers into our growing family of satisfied Avaya clients.
Comcast to Launch WiMAX, 3G
HTC Hero Set For Release
“Buy American” Rules Eased for Broadband Stimulus
Phoenix Center Calls for Better Analysis of High Capacity Services
Arguments Used to Support Further Price Regulation of Special Access Services are "Surprisingly Weak and Incomplete" WASHINGTON, June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new Phoenix Center Policy Paper released today explores many of the arguments made to demonstrate market power in, and the concurrent need for regulation of, high capacity special access services and finds them wanting. In part, the Paper examines a recent report by the National Regulatory Research Institute, which focuses upon market concentration, rates of return using FCC-collected ARMIS data, and pricing trends for high capacity special access services, and reveals why these arguments are incomplete or altogether invalid.
Nortel Sale to Nokia Siemens Faces Unhappy Creditors
Tata, BT Sign International Voice Deal
Apparent Networks Research Shows Network Managers Delaying Application Deployments Due to Third-Party Network Concerns
Apparent Networks today released survey data showing that a significant number of network managers are delaying the deployment of next-generation applications because of network concerns outside of the managers' control. Apparent Networks is analyzing the results from the survey, which targeted hundreds of network managers and was conducted from the end of May until early June, to provide the best advice so that these managers can become "network heroes." According to the survey results, more than 36 percent of network managers have delayed application deployments because of network performance concerns.
Vodafone Reportedly Out to Buy T-Mobile UK
Juniper Integrates SBC, Security, Monitoring into Routers
06/26/2009
Telx Launches First Video Conferencing Exchange
IPtimize Acquires National Telecom & Broadband Services, LLC "Teliphonex" Assets Throughout the Southeast
IPtimize, Inc. (Pink Sheets: IPZI) ("IPtimize"), a broadband voice and data service provider, announced today that it has acquired the assets and operating network of National Telecom & Broadband Services, LLC a Florida corporation including Teliphonex, their business-class VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) hosted PBX solution. The acquisition adds approximately 1,000 customer lines served by IPtimize and adds both expanded geographic reach and an established commercial customer base to the growing VoIP business at IPtimize. IPtimize offers a complete suite of advanced commercial voice services, including its SIP Trunking and Hosted VoIP Services to client companies and their customers.
FairPoint Struggles to Reduce Debt
Jun. 26--Problems with keeping customers, and with sending out and collecting bills, have cut into FairPoint's income so much that the company says it must delay interest payments on the massive debt that it acquired when buying Verizon's phone lines. On Thursday, FairPoint asked bond-holders that have more than $500 million worth of notes due in 2018 to accept delayed payments. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company warns that if the offer does not go through, it might not be able to make its interest payments due Oct. 1.
