NETXUSA is extending its long-standing partnership with BroadSoft by offering BroadSoft PacketSmart solutions to its customer base of service providers and value added resellers (VARs).”NETXUSA is excited to add BroadSoft PacketSmart to its portfolio of solutions,” said Rick Boone, president of NETXUSA. “The BroadSoft PacketSmart solution is complementary to the …(227 words) No topics for... »
AT&T: We’ve Reached a New, Tentative Deal With CWA
ATT Inc. (T) and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union have reached a long-awaited, tentative deal in their negotiations over a new wireline contract in the Southeast.The two parties had come to an understanding in December, but labor members in the Southeast then voted against the terms. On Monday, ATT …(222 words) No topics for... »
Sprint Q4 Earnings Preview
Third Party Feed: Media Tech Analyst submits: Sprint is scheduled to report 4Q09 results on Wednesday Feb. 10th prior to the market open. The conference call is at 8:00 am. Consensus is calling for revenues of $8 billion, Adj. EBITDA of $1.41bn, 17.6% margin, and GAAP EPS of $0.19. For the shares to... »
Samsung Intros Galaxy Spica the Android 3G Smartphone at Rs.15k
Samsung the leading mobile handsets giant today launches Android powered Galaxy Spica 3G mobile phone in the Indian market. The Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700 is an upgraded version of its earlier set,… ] No topics for... »
IDEA Cellular to Sponsor Deccan Chargers Starting IPL
With the heightening Cricket fervor in the country, this season, Pan India GSM mobile service operator IDEA Cellular has stepped up the tempo by announcing a multi-year sponsorship agreement with the… ] No topics for... »
MTS India Offers Lowest Local & STD Tariff in Mumbai
MTS India, the youngest CDMA mobile service operator today announced the launch of lowest local and STD tariff for its mobile service users in Mumbai telecom circle. The operator offers all Local… ] No topics... »
Payment Dispute With Etisalat To Be Resolved Soon
The government on Monday said Pakistan would resolve its issues with UAE telecom giant Etisalat soon and hoped that by March it would receive $800 million in arrears from the firm. At a press conference here, the Minister for Privatisation, Waqar Ahmed Khan, said through value-addition the government would enhance the efficiency and competitiveness of... »
VoIP helps Haiti relief effort
With much of the telecom infrastructure destroyed in the areas effected by the Haitian earthquake a few weeks ago, communication for relief workers has been very limited. According to a profile in ComputerWorld, CARE, a U.S.-based aid group had to initially rely on text messages to keep up communications with their home offices and each... »
Study: Wireless VoIP deployments for patient care
Wireless VoIP and unified communications could do a lot for caring for patients at home and in hospitals, but the deployments of these technologies aren’t going well because of piecemeal upgrades and a lack of commitment to the technology claims a new study. Read the NetworkWorld article about the study. No topics for this post. »
ADC Telecommunications Inc. F1Q10 (Qtr End 01/01/10) Earnings Call Transcript
ADC Telecommunications Inc. (ADCT) F1Q10 (Qtr End 01/01/10) Earnings Call February 09, 2010 5:00 pm ET Complete Story » No topics for this post. »
CDT: More Thoughts from State of the Net 2010
One of the most highly anticipated panels at last week’s State of the Net Conference was the Judith Krug Memorial Intellectual Freedom Panel, entitled “Global Free Expression: Will the Internet Reign or Get Reined In?”. Held less than one week after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s widely-lauded speech on global Internet freedom and less... »
Australian home internet access quadruples in the last decade
ICT has become increasingly more affordable over the past decade with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recording marked increases in access to PCs and the Internet in Australian households. In its Household Use of Information Technology report the ABS found that access to the Internet at home between 1998 to 2008-09 had more than... »
Australian iiNet ruling casts cloud over legal online content
The Federal Court’s decision last week not to hold Perth-based internet service provider iiNet liable for peer-to-peer online copyright infringement has created uncertainty for providers of legal internet movie and TV services. On receiving the favourable ruling last week, iiNet chief Michael Malone extended an olive branch to copyright holders by encouraging them to co-operate... »
Internet protocol TV braces for Australian push
In the US it’s often referred to as “over-the-top TV”, but in Australia, it lurches along with the humble handle of internet protocol TV. Whatever you call it, there is little doubt that new services delivering high-quality video to the living room via an internet-connected TV, set-top box, Blu-ray player or gaming console are set... »
Google’s phone faces cut-price challenger
Google’s plans to take on the iPhone are running into problems in Europe as several mobile phone companies plan to sell a cheaper version within weeks of the internet company’s Nexus One device going on sale. Even Vodafone, which Google has signed up to provide network access for the Nexus One, is expected to sell... »
Facebook dominates UK mobile use
Facebook dominates the lives of mobile internet users in the UK, according to figures from a mobile industry body. The social network accounts for nearly half of all the time people in the UK spend going online using their phones. The data, from the GSM Association (GSMA), showed that people in the UK spent around 2.2bn... »
Google to Release Enterprise Voice
Probing the business market for its popular Web-based VoIP application, Google Inc.(GOOG) said it will release a premium version of Google Voice for enterprises in 2010. Google Enterprise President Dave Girouard made the comment in an interview with eWeek over the weekend. Since its release last year, Google Voice, which …(317 words) No topics for... »
Fear & Loathing Over iPad Pricing
The Wall Street Journal in a blog post today points to a research note by Credit Suisse analyst Bill Shope that he wrote in the wake of meeting with Apple executives. It reads: Apple wants the iPad to be the best device for a few key use cases. For instance, the company believes it could... »
AT&T and Verizon: Are They Really the Best Dividend Stocks in the Dow?
eChristian Investing submits: When researching potential dividend stocks, looking at solid blue-chip stocks is always a good bet. Many investors tend to focus only on stocks included in the Dow Jones Industrial average. This is not necessarily a bad strategy since the Dow includes some of the finest companies in America and 29 of the... »
Nortel Makes $57M Deal With Pensioners
Former Nortel Networks workers who feared they’d lose their company-covered benefits by March 31 will continue to get coverage through the end of the year, in a deal announced on Monday. Bankrupt Nortel negotiated the $57 million deal with groups representing the ex-employees. The agreement impacts tens of thousands of …(243 words) No topics for... »