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8×8: Service outage caused by unaffiliated ISP interference
8×8’s VoIP service outage on January 12 lasted about four hours and resulted in some frustration for both customers and the company itself. 8×8 was gracious enough to provide us with some more details about what exactly happend. According to Joan Citelli, director of Corporate Communications for 8×8, the outage occured when an unaffiliated Tier-1... »
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,... »
Droid Does, BlackBerry Doesn’t…And Vice-Versa
Yesterday I received a Motorola Milestone (the EU version of the Droid) for testing purposes kindly offered by a local store. Faithful readers should be aware I’ve been using a BlackBerry Bold lately and definitely loved it. At the same time, I’m a geek and early adopter so I’m very curious to test this... »
Samsung Wins 23 ICES Innovation Awards
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., an established leader and innovator in consumer electronics, I.T. and Telecom, has won International CES 2010 Innovations Awards for 23 different products, including three best of innovation awards. Samsung has won more than 100 CES Innovation Awards in three years, for multiple product categories like; TVs, home theater, digital audio,... »
8×8 Outage Wasn’t Their Fault
As I wrote yesterday, the outage at 8×8 wasn’t likely their fault so i was quite pleased when their PR person, Joan Citelli, sent me this note today: Andy – I wanted to provide you with an update/explanation of what caused 8×8’s service outage this past Tuesday. In order to provide services to our customers from our... »
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... »
FBI: ISP Tried to Scam $15M Out of AT&T, XO, Others
The FBI has arrested and charged the owner of Core IP Networks, a Dallas-based ISP, with conspiracy to commit fraud.The feds say Matthew Simpson, 25, of Red Oak, Texas, was part of a 19-person ring that planned to scam ATT Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., XO Communications and other carriers out …(255 words) Related Topics: AT&T,... »
Jazz SMS Khazana
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FBI: ISP Tried to Scam $15M Out of AT&T, XO, Others
The FBI has arrested and charged the owner of Core IP Networks, a Dallas-based ISP, with conspiracy to commit fraud.The feds say Matthew Simpson, 25, of Red Oak, Texas, was part of a 19-person ring that planned to scam ATT Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., XO Communications and other carriers out …(255 words) ... »
Google’s Nexus One won’t shake Apple’s iPhone to the core… yet
Last Tuesday, Google finally confirmed it was entering the hardware market by launching its own mobile phone handset. The Nexus One is made to Google’s specifications by HTC, a Taiwanese firm, and runs the latest version of Google’s Android software, an open source operating system already running on a number of handsets, including ones... »
Nokia tries to reinvent itself: Can the world’s largest handset-maker regain the initiative?
Ask Finns about their national character and chances are the word sisu will come up. It is an amalgam of steadfastness and diligence, but also courage, recklessness and fierce tenacity. “It takes sisu to stand at the door when the bear is on the other side,” a folk saying goes. There are plenty of bears... »
So What Should Motorola Do Now?
Earlier this week, when Google announced its Nexus One phone, it appeared that the new Android-driven connected device ecosystem is going to be a three-headed monster: Qualcomm as provider of the chips, Google as maker of the operating system and HTC as the preferred device manufacturer. (In the PC-centric WinTel world, the infamous troika... »
ng Connect Displays LTE Connected Car
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — Attendees are getting their first, up-close look at the ng Connect LTE Connected Car, a concept vehicle that shows off 4G/LTE technology and its future inside our cars.The car offers a wide range of navigation, personal security, entertainment and infotainment services to both drivers and …(372 words) Related Topics: 4G,... »
Tweefind Chrome Extension Now Available
We just published a Google Chrome extension which puts our realtime twitter search engine Tweefind at your fingertip. You can quickly search Twitter through Tweefind and results, ordered by users’ rank, are displayed and updated in realtime. More features are coming soon, this is just the first attempt to make Tweefind searches through Chrome more... »
OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009
At a time when world economy is in the midst of the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression, the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009 provides the statistical information necessary to define a response to these global challenges. This edition of the Scoreboard illustrates and analyses a wide set of indicators of... »
Internet-enabled TVs to feature ‘app stores’
“App stores” are coming to the television as developers and content providers move their software and services to the big screens of internet-connected TVs. Many TV sets on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week have an added Ethernet connection as the internet, along with 3D, becomes an integrated part of... »
Google Nexus One Review
The Nexus One. In the modern climate of hyped (and over-hyped) smartphone launches, Google’s official entry into the phone-sales game has excelled in a department where many find difficulty: generating legitimate excitement. Of course, long before the name Nexus One or the recent bounty of pictures and details existed, the very concept of a... »
Sprint, Samsung to Trial DTV
Sprint-Nextel Corp. will begin trials of mobile digital television in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore markets during the first quarter of 2010. The service will be available on the Android-powered Samsung Moment.The handset, which boasts a 3.2-inch AMOLED display screen for crisp colors, bright pictures outdoors, and wide viewing angles, …(273 words) Related Topics: handset,... »
Kindle DX Goes Global
Amazon today announced that it will start selling a global wireless version of Kindle DX (the 9.7 inch display version) in more than 100 countries for about $489 a pop on January 19. Just like the Kindle global edition, Amazon is using GSM technologies – GPRS, EDGE & 3G – to power its global... »
Mobile Ad Rivalry Heats Up As Apple Buys Quattro
Game on. Apple Inc. (AAPL) is ready to pit itself directly against Google Inc. (GOOG) in the mobile display advertising wars with the reported $275 million purchase of Quattro Wireless.Since Quattro is privately held, Apple is not divulging the financial details of the transaction. The purported amount comes from an affiliate of …(195 words) Related Topics: aapl,... »
Google unveils Nexus One phone
Google has unveiled an own-brand smartphone called the Nexus One. The wraps were taken off the handset at an invitation-only event held at Google’s Mountain View HQ. The Nexus One is a slim, touchscreen phone built in partnership with Taiwanese manufacturer HTC and runs Google’s Android operating system. To read this BBC News report in full, see: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8442205.stm Also... »
Mobile Ad Rivalry Heats Up As Apple Buys Quattro
Game on. Apple Inc. (AAPL) is ready to pit itself directly against Google Inc. (GOOG) in the mobile display advertising wars with the reported $275 million purchase of Quattro Wireless.Since Quattro is privately held, Apple is not divulging the financial details of the transaction. The purported amount comes from an affiliate of …(195 words) ... »
Mobile-phone culture: The Apparatgeist calls – how you use your mobile phone has long reflected where you live. But the spirit of the machines may be wiping away cultural differences
Technologies tend to be global, both by nature and by name. Say “television”, “computer” or “internet” anywhere and chances are you will be understood. But hand-held phones? For this ubiquitous technology, mankind suffers from a Tower of Babel syndrome. Under millions of Christmas trees North and South Americans have been unwrapping cell phones or... »
Hutchison considers telecoms buy-out plan
Hutchison Whampoa, the Hong Kong ports-to-retail conglomerate controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing, is considering making a possible buy-out offer to take its loss-making telecoms subsidiary private. Hutchison Telecommunications International (HTIL), an emerging markets-focused telecoms group that was spun off from Hutchison six years ago, has made a string of disposals in recent years. To read this... »
User Experience Matters: What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From “Objectified”
Braun's Rams influenced Apple's Ive. Photo courtesy of Gizmodo A few months ago, my friend Christian Lindholm, partner at Fjord, a convergence design agency, and father of the Series 60 interface (at Nokia) stopped by for one of our quarterly idea sessions. Our conversation eventually veered towards a topic that’s near and dear to both... »
AT&T Latino Launches to Bring the Latest in Entertainment and Communications to Social Media-Savvy Hispanics
AT&T announced today the launch of three AT&T Latino channels on Facebook, MySpace and Youtube, as part of its commitment to give Spanish-speaking customers access to the content and services they want, whenever and wherever they want it. The new AT&T Latino social media platforms were designed to keep consumers up-to-speed on AT&T’s entertainment... »
Mobile VoIP: 2010 Will Be An “Exit” Year
A few days ago I posted an article about VoIP as the “industry of the decade“, meaning that VoIP has been the industry with the highest growth in terms of cumulative revenues. 2008-2009 has also been an important period in terms of market consolidation. Ribbit has been acquired by British Telecom after a very... »
My WiMax Experience
I was in Las Vegas a few days ago and got to experience Mobile WiMax for the first time via the Sprint/Clearwire network that's been installed there. My reaction. Think the best of WiFi and a MiFi all rolled into one. Speeds were solid and I was able to make VoIP and Skype calls, including video,... »
The Wish List: 7 Things We Hope Will Come True in 2010
With 2009 coming to an end, it is not surprising that everyone is making predictions about what 2010 has in store. So instead, four of us — Liz, Stacey, Sebastian and I — have put together a wish list of seven things we hope come true in 2010. Facebook Goes Public – What Silicon Valley... »
PTCL Win Special International Recognition Award
On the occasion of 27th International Telecom Management Information Platform (TEMIP) User Group Conference held at Hamburg, Germany PTCL Network Operations Centre (NOC) team has been honored with ‘Special International Recognition Award’ on displaying exemplary expertise acquisition for extensive utilization/ customization of product features in an exceptionally short time span. Muhammad Nasrullah, CTO, PTCL receiving... »