Avici Systems simultaneously demonstrates optical interoperability at iPoP in Tokyo, Japan, and gets integrated into a Telecom Italia Labs test bed to be used to evaluate the benefits of an ...

ONO announces "Centinela ONO,' a security range that includes multiple security features, control functions and privacy management. The move addresses the demand for additional security layers on top of ...

Enterprise IT infrastructure investment funds are very closely guarded these days. Prying them loose requires using cautionary tales but not scare tactics, as well as a lot of careful, phased ...

Qwest has fired another salvo over MCI's bow, refusing to give up its bid to buy the company without a fight. But unless Qwest can win a majority of MCI ...

Wireless carriers need to learn from the experiences of the wireline world, not clone them when selling to enterprises; there are important lessons to be learned about what to do ...

Verizon Wireless has launched the INpulse prepaid service in order to differentiate itself from the competition by offering value-added features like unlimited M2M. However, the service may fail with ...

Vodafone NL's new VoiceMail service delivers advanced voice mail functionality, including group voice messaging, but end users will have to get their heads around it first. Too bad these ...

Switch and Data announced a strategic partnership with Last Mile Connections in a move to capitalize on their combined collocation and bandwidth opportunities; this also provides opportunities for the company's ...

Marconi is increasing the attractiveness of its softswitch by fortifying it with additional functionality through partnerships. The latest two deals bring additional hosted telephony capabilities and bandwidth management to ...

Belgacom ICS partners with Swisscom Fixnet to form a global carrier joint venture. While synergies of scale will be realised, the combined company will remain a fairly minor player ...

ProCurve by HP announced new routers targeting Cisco's branch solutions and new switch modules that provide integrated WLAN features on its 5300 switch, expanding HP's footprint in the enterprise market ...

Verizon Wireless has quietly updated its PTT service to make it family friendly. It has reduced pricing, added family plan support, and expanded the handset offering, but whether this ...

ECI Telecom launches its Hi-FOCuS BLC family. Now, it can more directly address carrier efforts to leverage traditional voice assets in overall migration attempts toward VoIP and VoB architectures ...

AT&T strengthens its remote access solutions, adding more global WiFi from GoRemote and additional wired Ethernet sites. The competitive landscape is getting crowded as wireline and wireless carriers and ...

MCI and Cisco are both looking to sink deeper hooks into the small and midsize business markets, but their focus on hosted voice services minimizes this partnership's impact on PBX ...

IPWireless' UMTS 450 solution represents a third high speed data option for 450 MHz operators. The data performance claims of the new offering seem strong, but drawbacks, such as ...

Cisco is flexing its muscle in the storage channel, offering aggressive discounts to partners that meet sales targets, effectively putting cash in resellers' back pockets for every sale of SAN ...

QSC's new residential broadband and VoIP solution is an early mover and offers strong pricing points and new SIP-based features. However, the PTT is not the only challenger, and ...

Residential VoIP will explode in Germany. New interconnections and changes in the law are being met with improved features, new entrants and more customer choice. Yet, operators have ...

Group marketing is heating up in Spain. As ever, Vodafone is taking the price offensive, with new services for couples and communities, as well as better conditions on its Family ...