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Atlanta AT&T Customers Get Boost in Coverage with Second Layer of Capacity
Surfing the Internet, keeping up with social networking apps, streaming video — these are just a few of the things you can do on an AT&T wireless device today. It’s also the reason AT&T has substantially increased capacity on nearly 90 cell sites across the metro Atlanta area. The project involved the addition of... »
Carrier 2010 capex spending to focus on IP backhaul and edge networking
Telecom spending is set to grow in 2010 according to Avian Securities but that growth might not be in the move to IP communications equipment as carriers do not need much equipment. According to Avian Securities analyst Catharine Trebnick, spending will grow 1.5% to $57.7 billion in 2010. Spending will focus mainly on IP backhaul... »
Ford Announces Major In-Car Tech Upgrade
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — And you thought Herbie the Love Bug was cool.Ford announced upgrades to its SYNC in-car technology system in a keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today. It’s called MyFord Touch. The technology promises to bring Web browsing, social networking and more to …(168 words) ... »
Skype Positioned to Exploit Potential in TV Video Calling
Mark McQueen (Wellington Financial) submits: I’ve had the pleasure of using Cisco’s (CSCO) videocalling system, and the technology would appeal to anyone who could afford a permanent setup. Thanks to Skype and two television manufactures (Panasonic (PC) and LG (LGERF.PK)), consumers will soon begin to enjoy the benefits of their very own basic video... »
MTNL Brings Unlimited GPRS at Rs.14
To attract youngsters to encash their interest in social networking sites like Face Book Orkut etc, Mumbai’s leading GSM mobile service provider Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd today announced… ] Related Topics: Info, LEC, Mobile, mobile... »
PTA Quality of Service (QoS) Parameters for Improving Fixed Broadband and Cellular Data Services
Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has formulated two sets of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to improve and monitor the Quality of Service (QoS) of “Fixed Broadband” and “GPRS/EDGE” networks. The objective of introducing these KPIs is to create transparency and set monitor-able standards in fixed broadband and GPRS/EDGE services hence ensuring consumers’ satisfaction. Extensive consultations with... »
Top Stories of 2009: Acquisitions – VoIP on Sale
Despite the economy, the VoIP and UC market had a few big buys. Some were fraught with negotiation, litigation or last minute actors swooping in from nowhere. Here are a few notable deals worth noting in 2009: Avaya buys Nortel ES – In June, Nortel began selling off its various units and it was only a... »
NAVTEC To Launch Technical Courses From 11th January, 2010
National Vocational and Technical Education Commission (NAVTEC) has planned to launch new technical courses in 23 useful disciplines from next month. The courses would be organized in collaboration with three leading institutes Construction Technology Training Institute,National Institute of Electronics Ministry of Science & Technology and Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital to train youth. The courses to... »
Orange Business Plans Cloud Services Expansion
Orange Business Services, says it will launch a dozen new cloud computing services in the coming 24 months, covering six main areas including real-time applications, collaboration, security, infrastructure, cloud-ready networking and vertical solutions for specific industries. Orange says its cloud computing solutions include a full range of services, from infrastructure …(262 words) … >>> Rest... »
With Starent, Cisco Tackles Internet Mobility
Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), the world’s largest manufacturer of networking gear, said on Friday it has completed the $2.9 billion acquisition of Starent Networks. The deal gives Cisco a way to help operators scale and manage their networks as IP-enabled smartphones, netbooks, Machine2Machine (M2M) products and other connected devices grow in …(157 words) ... »
How Facebook Squeezes Maximum Performance
Facebook has more than 350 million active users. Digest that for a second. Can you imagine how many servers would be required working in a distributed fashion with redundancy to handle 350 million users? Well to answer my own question, Facebook has more than 30,000 servers and adds about 10,000 new servers every 18... »
VeriFone Punches Square, Launches iPhone-based Card Reader
Ever since I wrote about Square, the new electronic payments startup co-founded by Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey, I’ve been getting calls from folks expressing a wide range of opinions as to the likely success (or failure) of the young company. In my post I singled out VeriFone and Symbol Technologies as two companies that... »
AT&T Adds Silver Spring to List of Smart Meter Backhaul Partners
Greentech Media submits: By Jeff St. John AT&T (T) has partnered with smart grid networking upstart Silver Spring Networks, the latest in a line of partnerships for the telecom giant as it seeks to provide communications for smart meter networks and other smart grid systems. Complete Story » Related Topics: AT&T, LEC, networking, telecom »
All Hail the iPod touch
As the competition for smartphone domination starts to heat up, it is becoming increasingly clear that the iPod touch is Apple’s ace up its sleeve, and according to a report by Flurry, a San Francisco-based mobile analytics company, 24 million iPod touches represent about 40 percent of the total 58 million iPhone OS devices. From... »
Internet TV the next challenge for Australian viewers
Online video viewing and social networking are set to dominate internet use over the coming year, according to two studies into new media and technology. But whether — and how much — Australians will pay for the privilege remains a vexed question. Four out of five Australians now watch video online, compared with just 25 per... »
Cisco to finalize Tandberg purchase by Christmas?
With all of these extensions to the deal deadline, Cisco might be looking under the Christmas tree to see whether they are the new owner of Tandberg or not. The deadline to close the deal was extended to today after it should have ended yesterday because Cisco only has 84 percent shareholder backing when... »
Social Networking Set to Go Wireless
Compete submits: Those of us that spend hours, minutes, or even seconds a day online are almost certainly familiar with at least one social networking site and the volume of word-of-mouth marketing that occurs on them. Social Networking sites are bucking the label of “just a fad” by continuing to grow at high rates. ... »
Nimbuzz for Blackberry Launches
Nimbuzz today launched their social networking, IM, and VoIP app for the Blackberry. Although it doesn’t support VoIP. It works on multiple IM networks including Skype IM as well as online chat support for MSN, GoogleTalk, Yahoo!, Facebook & MySpace. Running as a native application it allows Nimbuzz to run constantly in the... »
Bolo, Another VoIP Player, Enters Unlimited Global Calling Arena
Bolo from bolostore.com contacted me about their VoIP offering. Bolo explained, “We offer unlimited global calling for $38/month. That is unlimited calling to landlines and cellphones around the world. That is $38.00. We do not add fees and taxes.” Bolo added, “We have set up a store on Amazon (www.BoloStore.com) and we are signing... »
TANDBERG Soon to Belong to Cisco
Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) stocks closed up on Friday on word it has snared the necessary TANDBERG shareholder commitments to buy the Norway-based company.Cisco, the world’s largest networking gear manufacturer, has been pursuing TANDBERG, the No. 1 maker of videoconferencing equipment, for months. But investors balked at Cisco’s offers and were …(129 words) ... »
The Mobile Difference: those connected more active in many facets of digital life
Overview: Some 39% of Americans have positive and improving attitudes about their mobile communication devices, which in turn draws them further into engagement with digital resources – on both wireless and wireline platforms. Mobile connectivity is now a powerful differentiator among technology users. Those who plug into the information and communications world while on-the-go are... »
Like Facebook, Data Robotics Dreams of an IPO
IMPORTANT POINTS Data Robotics has sold 85,000 Drobos Will do sales of $60 million in its third year of sales. Wants to go public after crossing $100 million in revenues. It’s easy to confuse the technology industry with the shiny, attention-grabbing consumer web that’s comprised of services such as Twitter and Facebook, but there’s a whole slew of... »
Sponsored WiFi Access, Sending Party Pays and The Future Of Media
We continue to see more of what I am calling the sponsored model of public WiFi. After all the municipal models failed, with city and county governments in many places buying into a very flawed model that was heavily overplayed by Earthlink and a group of advisors to cities, plus an over dependence on... »
Why I Love Foursquare
IMPORTANT POINTS Foursquare recently launched in 50 new cities & is growing at a rate of more than 50% per month. Foursquare wants to be the Netflix of places. Structured datasets are the future of cost-per-action advertising & e-commerce. If you follow me on Twitter, then you’re already aware of my obsession with Foursquare, a New York-based service... »
IT Expo Taking Shape
Rich Tehrani has a nice summary post about the 2010 IT Expo that will take place in Miami Beach in January. I took advantage last week of a one day sale from Virgin America to buy my flights from the west coast and back, and had already booked my hotel some weeks ago. As usual... »
MindTouch Cloud Launches into Cloud Collaboration
MindTouch just launched their popular open source Sharepoint-like software into the collaboration cloud. Called MindTouch Cloud, this hosted SAAS offering will put them in direct competition of the likes of Google Apps, Google Wave, Zoho, and others. MindTouch will deliver their open source collaboration applications in the cloud for a monthly fee that starts... »
Amid Consolidation, Ixia Opens Its Wallet
The 451 Group: Inorganic Growth submits: By Thomas Rasmussen Historically, networking test and measurement vendor Ixia (XXIA) has never been much of a shopper. However, that has started to change this year as the Calabasas, California-based company reached for Catapult Communications in June for $105m as well as wrapped up its $44m acquisition of rival... »
My Video Interview With Joe Hewitt, Facebook’s iPhone App Guru
Much of Facebook’s success on the iPhone has come courtesy of Joe Hewitt, an ace programmer who joined the world’s largest social networking site when it acquired Parakey, a company he co-founded with Firefox kid Blake Ross. Hewitt has now decided to shift his focus away from the iPhone. In a tweet sent out... »
Dell Inspiron Zino HD – Coolest HTPC Ever
Dell just launched the Inspiron Zino HD, a small 8″ by 8″ x 3.5″ cubed-shaped trendy-looking HTPC that aims to sit in your living room and become your centralized home media center. Comparisons of the trendy-looking Zino HD vs. the Mac Mini will undoubtedly be made. Colors for the Zino HD include... »
Facebook Provides Alibi to Man Charged with Robbery
Who knew that a Facebook status update simply stating “Where’s my pancakes” would provide an alibi for a man charged in a robbery. Rodney Bradford, a 19-year-old resident of the Farragut Houses, was arrested on robbery charges, but was let go when the district attorney subpoenaed Facebook and verified that the status update had... »