Siemens has taken its first step in marketing itself as an innovative software-oriented company, not a prosaic PBX supplier. But the company will need to do more than rebrand ...

Open Text acquired Corechange. The acquisition offers benefits for both companies, although it is unlikely that Open Text has enough resources and market presence to turn itself into a major ...

Nokia launched key elements of its Nokia Intelligent Edge solution that helps arm mobile operators with important tools for carving out new service revenue from data users. But, will Nokia's ...

A number of radical - if not entirely groundbreaking - changes to the architecture of Alcatel's OmniPCX communications system demonstrates the company's commitment to the ongoing development of its enterprise ...

Mitel remains fixated on IP handset development, introducing hot desking, resiliency, and subtle ergonomic modifications to its phones. But the company needs to be as aggressive in adding survivability, security, ...

T-Systems Espana Shouts Ole! Ole! Operational! with Madrid and Barcelona Network Nodes ...

Equant is bringing managed ADSL access to its international IP-VPN services. Currently within Europe the availability is limited and is surpassed by coverage from major competitors such as AT&T, BT, ...

Largely a victim of bad timing and an uncooperative market, Tenor Networks, after numerous attempts over the past couple of years to find a niche for its MPLS-based platform, has ...

VitalStream brings in the PR element to help live streaming clients better promote their online events. While it's a clever move to bundle event activity, it's likely to benefit only ...

A year after launching intercarrier messaging, Verizon Wireless adds a new suite of TXT Messaging services, including messaging communities and International Messaging. The carrier intends to make SMS a role ...

Thomson is delivering TV/VoD over ADSL to 500 residences in France and Monaco. While small-scale in terms of customers served, the high-profile nature of these rollouts and Thomson's ties with ...

Broadwing Communications is changing ownership and starting again, debt free. Cincinnati Bell is calling a halt to its four-year run at being a national provider. Broadwing sold for a mere ...

After a five-year hiatus EADS (formerly known as Intecom) is again an IP PBX player in the U.S. However, an immature channel strategy and products that don't jive well with ...

Broadwing sells its Broadwing Communication Services unit to C III Communications, but the parent company retains its professional services and hosting segments as it hopes to focus on more profitable ...

Sun Microsystems launches Project Orion, which aims to synchronize its Sun One software releases, and present simpler pricing options. The time is ripe for synchronization, but the company needs to ...

Now that the Federal Council has vowed to force LLU using every means at its disposal, the challenge for competitors is to negotiate a favourable framework. Product differentiation will be ...

Alcatel's OmniPCX Enterprise platform improves an already-solid system with better IP support and, therefore, turns up the heat on competitors in the wide open European market. ...

NexTone is wisely making a play for the upper end of the session border control market through a partnership with media server maker SnowShore. The partnership will enable NexTone's ...

Lucent's Mod Cell 4.0HD is aimed at a fairly specific target market - Lucent's base of Series II BTS - but provides its legacy customers with all the benefits of ...

ADVIZOR Solutions, which recently spun off as a subsidiary of Visual Insights, has released the latest version of its data visualization product. The new release should continue to position the ...