Alltel is spinning off its local exchange operations in order to become a pure-play wireless carrier. By merging its landline business with tiny VALOR, Alltel missed an opportunity to ...

Symantec faces stiff competition with the release of a host-IPS solution, based on its Platform Logic acquisition, that provides customers with proactive protection for mission-critical servers in heterogeneous environments. ...

AT&T rolled out a 6 Mbps DSL tier in its local territory, but more important it is melding its local and long-haul DSL with enhancements, promotions, and discount offers, sending ...

neuf cegetel has launched a beta version of neuf Giga, a relatively massive (9 Gigabyte) personal Web space product for consumers, SOHOs and SMEs. A lack of pricing data ...

Tenable has released a new version of the Nessus vulnerability scanner. The big news isn't new features, but rather that Tenable has pulled the code out of open source ...

EarthLink makes a surprising announcement before the New Year to acquire New Edge Networks for $144 million. EarthLink, with its core services tied to the consumer, will try and build ...

Sprint continues to build up its mobile entertainment portfolio by adding a new full-length movie service from MSpot. But will a continued emphasis on being "first to" eventually erode ...

Juniper's T-series gets 40 Gbps interfaces to satisfy escalating subscriber requirements for applications such as IPTV. The solution, trialed by MCI, supports clear channel OC-768 and concatenated OC-192 for ...

Nortel finally provides an update on its IMS strategy. Though the news - that Verizon is testing its technology - is good, it would have been stronger if Nortel announced ...

BEA reveals its roadmap for its two portal lines and it involves componentization and eventually a unified product. The company needs to fill in details on the future of its ...

Nortel announces its Comcast win, showing strong traction for its next-generation optical solutions and gaining solid Tier 1 customer affirmation it can leverage elsewhere. ...

8x8 has picked up BellSouth as a customer, signing on to help the RBOC offer BellSouth Digital Voice Service, a move that jumpstarts the carrier's entry into the residential VoIP ...

Cisco's CRS-1 gains traction at the core of Comcast's next gen network to deliver broadband, communications, video entertainment, and future services. The CRS-1 is Cisco's IP core router solution and ...

Samsung's t809 is the slim, black, angled slider Motorola should have built after the RAZR. The T-Mobile exclusive has a MP camera and plays MP3s, and the design is so ...

Though deeply committed to WiMAX, Alcatel's been relatively quiet on its product plans. Making its WiMAX commitment - and product credibility - clear, a partnership with KT could give it ...

Renesys launches Web-based services that give service providers and government agencies operational and competitive intelligence as it relates to the global Internet with unique views of Internet routes in real-time ...

RCN Business Solutions picks up ConEd Communications for $32 million, bolstering its network assets in the New York metro and bringing in large enterprise customers. It's a savvy move, but ...

Sprint launches an Enterprise Mobility subsidiary; is the market for business use of wireless finally poised to explode or is Sprint jumping the gun? ...

TeliaSonera's managed LAN service, with wireless security and virtual LAN on top, aims at the SME market. It is an excellent jump-off point for the provisioning of additional IP ...

Verizon is offering e-mail encryption with Verizon Secure Mail, targeting smaller businesses. It's charting untested waters for ISPs, but businesses can buy encryption software that fits their needs at a ...