Telefonica's directors approve a management reorganisation designed to achieve more effective coordination of expanded global operations. The move establishes a platform for identifying and developing more compelling global business solutions. ...

IBM buys Micromuse to add real-time monitoring to its Tivoli network management platform and to gain access to the WAN monitoring market. IBM becomes a challenger to HP and Computer ...

Carphone Warehouse's purchase of OneTel adds bulk and brings its customer base over 2.4 million; however, these customers are mainly interested in cheap voice minutes - a market that is ...

BT makes strong progress in Italy, acquiring Atlanet from Fiat. An additional bonus is that BT is winning a nice fat Fiat global communications contract, which gives immediate revenue ...

Reliance Infocomm initiates price war in the ILD segment by aggressively reducing its IPLC prices. However, its strategy may not be sustainable in the long-term as it raises concerns on ...

BT has trained 80 convergence specialists to support channel partners, even making them available at final presentation stages. This should help close more IP voice and data deals, which ...

Bundle now, converge later: Mobistar's slowly-slowly approach to fixed-to-mobile convergence is a case study in business service pragmatism. ...

"Mes Servicos Perso' charts France Telecom's slow but steady progress towards service convergence. Building IP bridges between Orange and Wanadoo customers is just part of the job - communicating its ...

Munich operator, M''net, is the latest to launch ADSL+ commercially at 16 Mbps, but its first mover advantage will be short-lived, as national launches are imminent. Deutsche Telekom's plans to ...

Avaya is keeping momentum in support of enterprise mobility applications by working with Symbol to deliver a unique, WLAN-based solution for vertical industries. The solution is not likely to ...

TDC is the target of the biggest European leveraged buy-out by an equity investor group. Past history of such investments in the telecom sector point to sell-offs and increased debt ...

BSkyB is buying Easynet as part of a strategy to offer Sky satellite TV customers voice, broadband access and IP TV services. Making a decision on the future of Easynet's ...

COLT has launched a new suite of modularised voice, data and Internet products to the mid-market business segment (i.e., companies with as few as 10 employees). While generally positive, the ...

ntl acquires Telewest, finally. Cable is healthy competition for DSL, especially with TV, video on demand and voice over broadband services. On the business front, the operators will ...

France Telecom's enhanced IP telephony offerings address the needs of all customer types, with either hosted or CPE-based solutions. The company is now positioned as a strong partner for suppliers, ...

France Telecom announced second-generation IP communications services. The products are very competitive in the corporate VoIP market, but there will be on-going reluctance from clients to scrap cheap existing ...

Avaya's acquisition of start-up Nimcat is yet another example of the company taking risks in the interest of growth. The Nimcat peer-to-peer technology is immature for business voice applications, ...

In the most anticipated launch of the year, Motorola, Apple, and Cingular unveiled the ROKR. The phone is flawed and it's an iTunes-phone, not an iPodphone, but it is ...

Interoute has become the latest operator to throw a rescue line to the beleaguered VIA.NET.WORKS and PSINet Europe. If this move gets shareholder approval, the operator gains 12,000 new ...

Fleet Management Easy is part of a wider European trend giving SoHos state-of-the-art online usage surveillance and cost optimization tools. Competitor Mobistar is planning to launch its competitive response ...