Ending months of speculation, T-Mobile USA announced it is buying Cingular's California and Nevada wireless network along with select spectrum to guarantee coverage in these markets after the Cingular/AT&T Wireless ...

AT&T and Accenture introduce Enterprise Messaging Service, a collaborative effort to provide a managed messaging solution on a global scale. While these giants will have the ear of larger enterprises, ...

BEA rolls out a new process product and reveals plans for QuickSilver, an ESB (enterprise service bus) offering with some SOA management features. The company is breaking new ground, but ...

Motorola sends a message that its PoC solution can link up disparate technologies: CDMA, GSM, and WiFi. Interoperability will be key for service adoption, but with PoC solutions for multiple ...

The latest Business Communication Manager software rev gives the platform a more prominent role in Nortel's portfolio of branch office solutions. However, Nortel's IP phone line remains weak despite BCM's ...

F5 Networks announced FirePass Version 5, which drives F5's highly differentiated iControl SDK down to this SSL VPN platform. Combined with an expanded client security feature set and multi-OS ...

Sybase underlines its partner support at its annual North American Partner Summit. Sybase also outlined some new efforts to expand its indirect sales, which the company needed to enhance its ...

Lucent is pulling the proper levers with the proposed acquisition of next-generation voice player Telica and its high-density media gateway. Like most of Lucent's acquisitions, however, much success hinges on ...

Siemens, with modified reseller programme incentives and rewards, correctly hopes that a more educated channel will lead to more satisfied IP communications clients. The initiative is overdue but will help ...

This phone is intended for users who want an inexpensive phone with youth-oriented features. The 6010 offers an adequate 4,096 color STN display (96 x 65 pixels), and a basic ...

Tellabs will acquire AFC for $1.9 billion in stock and cash. Mutually beneficial, AFC will bring new growth in access and PON to Tellabs, and Tellabs may be able to ...

XS4ALL raises the speeds of several of its ADSL offers while retaining its current pricing plan, and while it remains one of the pricier Dutch broadband access providers, XS4ALL is ...

TIM and Vodafone Italy have announced their 3G services and 3 will be feeling the heat, especially after claims from TIM that it has 453,000 pre-ordered handsets. But many of ...

After spending many quarters developing marketing planning and budgeting applications, SAP has finally turned the spotlight onto the technology. With Siebel also fully in the game, Oracle and PeopleSoft will ...

Telefonica Moviles Espana and Vodafone Spain launched consumer 3G services within days of each other. An apples-for-apples comparison reveals evenly flawed offerings. ...

Nortel Business Communication Manager (BCM) 3.6 is a fairly minor upgrade to the ICP; however, the system can now be configured to act as a full-featured gateway to Succession systems, ...

Internap raises the stakes for competitors with SLAs that cover the public Internet, not just one carrier's network. It's news that clients may embrace for its multi-carrier aspect and offers ...

Cometa Networks will end operations as it can no longer find backers willing to forgo immediate return on their investment. With initial heavyweight backing and after plans to build a ...

Part of BT's new fixed-mobile convergence strategy is to launch its Bluephone service before the end of the year. Offering enterprise mobile services at fixed-line call rates looks attractive, but ...

Sygate Technologies has announced enhanced versions of its Secure Enterprise and On-Demand products as well as a new network device discovery product. These releases will enable Sygate to remain a ...