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Oi Halts Offer for Brasil Telecom on Lawsuit Losses
Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA, Brazil’s biggest phone company, suspended a plan to buy Brasil Telecom SA shares from minority investors as part of a 5.86 billion real takeover after auditors found that losses from unresolved legal disputes may surpass initial estimates. To read this Bloomberg report in full, see: www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=ayR4YOs3igFk www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-15/oi-halts-purchase-of-brasil-telecom-shares-on-lawsuit-losses.html Related Topics: business, ISP, laws, LEC,... »
Here Comes Dynamic Caller ID
Flat Planet Phone Co., an Israeli VoIP startup, has developed a new VoIP technology called Dynamic Caller ID that essentially allows you to have multiple caller IDs built on the fly. These caller IDs depend on the local number being dialed. For instance, if you call someone in Orange County, Calif., from New York,... »
Qwest Announces QBPP 2009 Award Winners
Qwest Communications International Inc. honored its 2009 top performers Thursday at the company’s Q.Marketplace 2010 QBPP kickoff meeting this week in Denver.The winners included:Highest Annual Sales for Business Partner: XILEC LLCHighest Annual Sales for a Premier Master Partner: Agent AllianceBest Sales Performance Year Over Year: XILEC LLCBest Sales Performance Year …(120 words) ... »
Qwest Shares QBPP 2009 Results, 2010 Plans
Despite the recession, revenue from the Qwest Business Partner Program grew in 2009, according to executives from Qwest Communications International Inc. who spoke Thursday at the company’s Q.Marketplace 2010 QBPP kickoff meeting this week in Denver. In his first public address since being named vice president of sales for QBPP …(451 words) ... »
Qwest Restructures QBPP Advisory Board
In response to feedback from its indirect sales partners, Qwest Communications International Inc., is restructuring its partner advisory council to solicit more feedback on the Qwest Business Partner Program.“We are going to create a dialogue between the business leaders and the advisory council so we can start really instituting …(240 words) ... »
Skype for Business brings on new talent
As Skype gets more serious about its business VoIP offerings, it is bringing on new talent. David Gurle will be taking over for Stefan Oberg as the new General Manager and Vice President of the Skype for Business unit. Gurle came to Skype from Thomson Reuters where he served as Global Head of Collaboration Services... »
Packet8 back online after outage
8×8 says the failure of its VoIP system Packet8 yesterday was caused, according to the company, by “an Internet element beyond our control.” The service returned by 4:30 PM pacific time and the company is still looking into the causes of the disruption. A major issue during the disruption was 8×8’s own internal systems (including their website) went down... »
Windstream launches new VoIP/SIP service
Windstream is launching a new VoIP and SIP Trunking solution called Dynamic Office-SIP. The tier 2 telco’s business services solution will combine voice, data, high-speed Internet with IP communications using SIP to provide cost-savings over legacy phone systems. The new IP communications offering provides customers with access to Windstream’s private IP network allowing customers to... »
Zillow Wants a Home on Wall Street
Zillow, a real estate listing service that’s nearing profitability, is also dreaming of going public, though it’s pragmatic enough not to set its sights on doing so for another year. Zillow COO Spencer Rascoff today told Bloomberg that the company was courting Wall Street investors. The question is, why is he talking about it now? If you... »
ILD Moves From Inc. to Corp.
ILD Telecommunications Inc. announced that the company’s shareholders and board of directors approved a name change to ILD Corp. to better reflect its new vision and focus. “The new corporate name more accurately reflects ILD’s evolution and long-term business model, which provides the strategic tools and resources needed to take …(163 words) ... »
Mitel Launches Traveling Solution Showcase
Mitel has announced the launch of its “Simply Communicating” Tour, a four-month venture that will bring Mitel’s advanced business communications solutions to its customers and partners across the United States.Through the road show, Mitel will visit more than 600 new and existing customers and provide on-premise access to Mitel’s latest …(155 words) ... »
8 x 8 Has an Outage
I received an email late yesterday afternoon from a reader about 8 x 8 suffering an outage. Unlike Tom Keating, who posted, I didn’t post, and was relieved that their PR folks had been quickly in touch with their customers over night, explaining the situation. In an era where no company (other than maybe the... »
Telecom Sector Showing Positive Trend – PTA Annual Report 2008-09
Out of the top four cellular players Ufone has been the biggest impetus behind the Cellular industry’s 17% growth as declared by PTA in its annual report for the year 2008-2009. Ufone’s is at the top with an astounding revenue growth of 46% during past year. The report states that cellular telecom sector in Pakistan... »
Verizon Business and Motorola Join Forces to Help Safeguard Retailers’ Wireless Networks From Hackers
NEW YORK – Retailers are increasingly using in-store local area wireless networks for a variety of key functions, including staying in close touch with sales personnel who are serving customers. But all too often, these networks are vulnerable to a variety of security threats such as attacks by hackers and the use of... »
Views of the public sought on Australian wireless spectrum
A crucial piece of wireless spectrum needed to advance the nation’s mobile broadband services could soon be added to the government’s “digital dividend” auction block after the communications watchdog put out a public call for how the spectrum band should be best used. After the government’s announcement last week that it would auction off a... »
Australia goes wild for wireless internet
Use of wireless broadband services mushroomed during the past year to reach more than two million subscribers, driven by the popularity of wireless modems and mobile devices such as the iPhone. The Australian Communications and Media Authority’s communications report, released yesterday, revealed the use of wireless broadband services jumped 162 per cent in 2008-09, while... »
Aspect Announces Acquisition of Quilogy
Aspect has announced it has acquired Quilogy Inc., an IT services firm headquartered in Saint Charles, Mo. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition adds collaboration capabilities to Aspect’s unified communications services portfolio to help organizations improve business processes with the combined capabilities of these technologies. Bringing …(341 words) ... »
Skype To Focus on Business and Collaboration
Skype has made a strategic hire to head the unit called Skype for Business. What makes the hire strategic is the person’s background with Reuters, Microsoft and VocalTec. Given the experience David Gurle has, and the moves Skype is making, I would say that SIP, video and the business markets are their core objectives for... »
PocketMac Rescues Smartphones from the Toilet
Admit it, you’ve come close to doing the unthinkable – you text on your phone and surf the web while in the bathroom and when you get up to flush, your beloved phone slips out of your hand, your shirt pocket, or pants pocket and heads toward the toilet. You see your... »
Forrester Declares Tech Recession ‘Unofficially Over’
Global IT spending will climb 8.1 percent in 2010 as the tech sector recovers from economic recession, according to a report released on Tuesday by Forrester Research Inc.The figure represents a significant turnaround – IT purchasing around the world dropped 8.9 percent in 2009. This year, businesses and governments will …(385 words) ... »
Forrester Declares Tech Recession ‘Unofficially Over’
Global IT spending will climb 8.1 percent in 2010 as the tech sector recovers from economic recession, according to a report released on Tuesday by Forrester Research Inc.The figure represents a significant turnaround – IT purchasing around the world dropped 8.9 percent in 2009. This year, businesses and governments will …(385 words) Related Topics: business,... »
Update on GoGO
Joe Sharkey has an update on the state of in flight WiFi in today’s New York Times. As a road warrior I choose my flights and hotels based on the broadband options available. Over the past month my trips to Northern California were 90 percent on Virgin America and only ten percent on Southwest. As... »
Pandora: Now Playing Everywhere
Now that Pandora, a next-generation online music streaming service, has turned its first quarterly profit, the Oakland, Calif.-based company is looking at life beyond the web. And by doing so, Pandora is moving to embody what’s being called the device-agnostic Internet. “We became profitable for the fourth quarter of 2009, and now we’re shooting for profits... »
British Council Focussing on Digital Technology in Pakistan
The head of British Government agency that promotes the use of information and communications technology has appreciated the computer usage in Pakistan and said the country has a good level of computer literacy. Stephen Crowne, Chief Executive, BECTA, was speaking to the members of the international media at the opening of the three-day “The... »
Siemens, Shared Technology team to bring OpenScape to enterprises
Siemens and distribution partner Shared Technology are joining forces and targeting enterprises looking to migrate from legacy to IP/UC on an incremental basis. The offering will allow companies to expand their IP systems on a seat-by-seat license basis with incremental pricing. Buying OpenScape by the seat will mean initial cost savings for cash strapped businesses... »
Palm CEO Stunner: ‘I’ve Never Used’ an iPhone
People are wondering today whether Palm (PALM) CEO Jon Rubinstein is a “liar or a fool,” to snatch a phrase from The Business Insider. That’s because Rubinstein said last Friday he’s never, ever used an iPhone.“I’ve never used one … it’s the truth,” Rubinstein told All Things Digital’s Kara Swisher during …(211 words) ... »
Palm CEO Stunner: ‘I’ve Never Used’ an iPhone
People are wondering today whether Palm (PALM) CEO Jon Rubinstein is a “liar or a fool,” to snatch a phrase from The Business Insider. That’s because Rubinstein said last Friday he’s never, ever used an iPhone.“I’ve never used one … it’s the truth,” Rubinstein told All Things Digital’s Kara Swisher during …(211 words) Related Topics: business,... »
CA Fortifies Business, Cloud Position With Oblicore Buy
CA Inc. has acquired Oblicore, a provider of Service Level Management (SLM) software for enterprises and service providers. CA says Oblicore supports and strengthens its ability to set, measure and optimize service levels to meet business expectations across enterprise and cloud environments. Oblicore’s solutions also extend CA’s capabilities in cloud-vendor …(321 words) ... »
CA Fortifies Business, Cloud Position With Oblicore Buy
CA Inc. has acquired Oblicore, a provider of Service Level Management (SLM) software for enterprises and service providers. CA says Oblicore supports and strengthens its ability to set, measure and optimize service levels to meet business expectations across enterprise and cloud environments. Oblicore’s solutions also extend CA’s capabilities in cloud-vendor …(321 words) Related Topics: business,... »
PNG Restructures for All-Business Focus
PowerNet Global (PNG), a service provider based in Cincinnati, announced Monday it has begun to restructure its organization and workforce to focus on business, rather than residential opportunities going forward. The change will have no impact on the company’s current residential customers nor its indirect sales agents selling into the …(277 words) ... »