Foundry continues its strategy of partnering with local training specialists, leveraging relevant cultural and language expertise. It needs to make training more carrier-specific, however, in order to improve its position ...

Foundry has just completed a partnership agreement with Spectrum to provide authorized training and certification for networking professionals in the Middle East and northern Africa in a move that will ...

Huawei has a new ally in Nortel, with whom Huawei has formed a joint venture to develop new broadband access gear leveraging the strengths of both companies. This deal gets ...

Consumers have one more excuse not to stop and ask for directions now that Verizon Wireless is offering VZ Navigator on Motorola's V325. Demand for LBS is strong and the ...

After months of speculation, Verizon brings a true consumer LBS application to market with the GPS-enabled VZ Navigator. Although it leads the way for more robust consumer applications, the application ...

Alltel has launched a new prepaid offering, called U Prepaid, in response to increased competition in the prepaid market. The U Prepaid Pay Per Day offering gives moderate users ...

Systinet (soon to be part of Mercury Interactive) finally ships its Systinet 2 platform, previously known as "Blizzard." The company is offering policies around management while relying on third parties ...

TeliaSonera has acquired the number two Danish WiFi operator Yes I Hotspot, adding 180 access points to its HomeRun service, which now has 1,100 Nordic hotspots and no international competition. ...

MessageLabs is delivering on its promises of a stronger compliance and security offering with the MessageLabs Archiving Service, which meets the demands of a regulated business environment growing ever more ...

Tekelec's fixed mobile convergence strategy is wisely just as focused on service convergence - intermingling applications from different service delivery platforms - as it is mobility management. ...

Qwest has introduced IP Solutions, a slimmed down version of its iQ Networking product for the wholesale market, giving Qwest's carrier customers a simple way to add next generation Layer ...

UT Starcom is providing Verizon Wireless with its third V CAST Music phone, the CDM8945, for $129 after rebate. Unfortunately, the CDM8945 is outclassed by the less expensive Samsung a950, ...

BMC is finally releasing an identity management solution resulting from its acquisition of OpenNetworks last spring. The release promises to open up additional market segments for the company. ...

Detroit-based GVC Networks has acquired Winstar's facilities, licenses, and intellectual property from IDT. It's a framework to create a large carrier, but it will need to build investors, partners, channels, ...

AOL finally has introduced a co-branded service through partnering with leading broadband providers. AOL has made its mistakes, and finally has a price competitive, if patchy, broadband service to market ...

MCI becomes Verizon Business in Asia and elsewhere. However, showing its US roots, the company has concentrated its official launch clearly upon North America, leaving Asia and the other international ...

VSNL and Bharti are partnering with Cisco for the CPN program in order to acquire greater share in the managed services market in India. Still, the carriers may find ...

Arcor has thrown its hat in and is launching ADSL2+ across its national network at an access speed of up to 16 Mbps (downstream). However, its unbundled DSL network, ...

Level 3's acquisition of Progress Telecom is another step in the carrier's strategy to become a national wholesale leader; but it will be nearly a year before Level 3 and ...

Motorola's AXPT promises in-building 3G support. While the announcement is short on details, the concept is a novel network architecture - but competitors will argue they can match its results ...