KPN Mobile boosts its Business Select portfolio with an international module allowing specified employees within a firm international roaming discounts. Although not new in itself, this latest module further strengthens ...

LURHQ bundles its solution along with its threat management service into its security suite, offering clients several pieces together, but the company does little to raise the bar to distinguish ...

Wind's launch of i-mode services scores an A+ for timing. The canny operator has launched a set of strong "free' content services just as competitors were hoping to start weaning ...

Lucent has finally filled in all the chapters in its circuit-to-packet migration story. Long in danger of squandering its large embedded telephony base, Accelerate is Lucent's best chance to ...

Vitria announces BusinessWare 4.2, which includes its new rules capability as well as scalability and development features. The release shows that Vitria still wants to play in the general integration ...

Alcatel's unified communications suite fills a gaping hole in the company's enterprise portfolio and serves notice that Alcatel is sincere about using applications to drive systems business. ...

Salesnet introduces an OEM program for its hosted CRM service. As a continuation of Salesnet's efforts to differentiate itself on the basis of its distribution strategy, Salesnet might forego some ...

AT&T is adding DSL to its bundles in three SBC states which will allow for better head-to-head competition against the RBOC's Connections bundle, but AT&T's DSL service isn't priced as ...

sunrise has initiated the commercial rollout of PWLAN services and plans to cover 70 hotspots by the end of the year via its Monzoon partnership. The challenge will be ...

In a deal unlikely to surprise anyone, Sun announced plans to acquire provisioning vendor Waveset. It is a strong and timely move for Sun. ...

O2 launches O2 Music, an over the air music download service complete with its own digital music player. With promotional pricing until the end of the year this service ...

AT&T of all carriers continues the push toward the intelligent optical network, and Siemens bags strong (and now more official) endorsement for the 7500. AT&T gives the optical market ...

Pivotal rejects its second unsolicited acquisition bid in less than a week. Shareholders will cast their vote later this week, but if nothing else, the past week has increased Pivotal's ...

Infravio releases an SOA management suite that includes contract-based software and infrastructure elements traditionally provided by integration players. The company's small size will be an impeding factor. ...

Southern LINC now offers prepaid service for businesses that includes PTT service; this gives the company an edge in targeting customers who may require tighter control of their spending due ...

Wanting to attract small business users deterred by runaway monthly fees of post-paid plans ALLTEL added business pricing to its Simple Freedom prepaid offer. However, limited distribution and lack ...

MCI's IP VPN Broadband blends features of premises-based VPNs and remote access VPNs, and is designed for use with cheaper DSL and cable modem service. There's no ground-breaking technology at ...

Shoreline's new hardware and software products are aimed at mobility and portable office solutions. They improve Shoreline's product offerings, but mostly provide functionality already offered by competing IP PBX ...

MCI acquires the remaining shares of Digex, helping the player to bring Digex's managed hosting services in-house and capitalize on greater synergies to compete against AT&T, but there is still ...

Qwest has cut an agreement with 360Networks and TouchAmerica to buy out a combination of in-region long-haul fiber routes and network assets. Though specifics are still forthcoming, the deal ...