Onyx drops its bid for Pivotal and announces a Pivotal migration program. Pivotal's customers should think twice before taking Onyx up on its offer, considering the valid concerns that ...

ICG expands the coverage of its VoicePipe service, an IP telephony solution it is launching in five new metro markets, building on its previous experience in 23 markets. The ...

Sprint improves its Wi-Fi coverage in high-traffic airport terminals via Concourse Communications, improving the company's growing Wi-Fi service. Sprint's Wi-Fi service is weighted with greater importance as AT&T and Verizon ...

Inking a deal with EDS puts 3Com at the starting block in terms of leveraging IT consultancies as channels for convergence systems. However, Cisco has been running laps on this ...

NTT/Verio follows quickly on the heels of its ISO 9001:2000 certification with an announcement that its hosting solutions have achieved SAS70 Type II certification. While not unique in the ...

Ericsson's 3G "alignment" is just a continuation of the strategy to re-use infrastructure solutions for both CDMA2000 and WCDMA. Beyond scale, the value is to highlight Ericsson's CDMA longevity ...

While the latest release of the Centrus product suite adds new functionality and performance enhancements, it serves to demonstrate that Group 1 is successfully assimilating the assets it acquired from ...

Ascential Software joined OASIS. The move lends credibility to the company's Web services initiatives, and it helps differentiate Ascential from its data quality competitors, none of which are members of ...

TeliaSonera pilots the iJack service to distribute rich content to Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones from a number of in-store locations. A novel solution for third-party content distribution, but the iJack could ...

Orange awarded PacketVideo Network Solutions a global contract to deliver video streaming software for mobile video and audio services across the Orange footprint. With video a key driver for new ...

Telecom Italia signs a Wi-Fi joint development agreement with Samsung. The pact gives the PTT access to leading electronics expertise, which is bound to strengthen the PTT's converged broadband ...

Arguments over the minutia of PBX architecture are in the process of becoming pass??. IP telephony vendors will need to develop rich, integrated sets of communications applications to remain competitive ...

Esat BT adapts BT's UK Wi-Fi strategy to the Irish market with the launch of "Openzone in a Box' plug-and-play hotspot device targeted at small business owners. The operator ...

XS4ALL will increase the speeds of its ADSL connections, and in the ongoing contest of one-upmanship that characterises the furious competition in the Dutch broadband market, the operator gains a ...

Though EV-DO is just now taking off, CDMA vendors have begun to hype early EV-DV demonstrations with Nokia and Ericsson taking an early lead. Vendors are driven by customer demands, ...

I.NET's board of directors has agreed to an acquisition proposal for Siosistemi S.p.A. The event proves I.NET's dedication to becoming a market consolidator and, if successful, will bolster the company's ...

While GSM/UMTS vendors have developed new, cheap gear to address developing markets, CDMA vendors have seized upon the opportunity of CDMA 450. As it creeps into Western Europe, other vendors ...

Kite Communications's business model is built around its MyPhone service, offering small businesses in the UK Mitel phones and voice over DSL for a per user fee. Expect to ...

SBC is continuing to build out its portfolio to become a national provider by adding a hosted VoIP service, and a network-based VPN service scheduled for early 2004. But the ...

Christmas has come early for Vodafone D2 customers. A new Happy Hour Winter Promotion offers 50% savings on international and national calls for an hour in the evening - a ...