Telefonica announces its program to raise ADSL speeds up to 8 Mbps without altering prices. Three million end users will benefit from this initiative, strengthening and confirming the PTT's ...

KPN Mobile is the first European operator to experiment with differentiated levels of service for UMTS, with mixed results. Suppressing UMTS speeds to GPRS levels plays havoc with performance ...

Bouygues Telecom's EDGE launch makes up for its lack of UMTS competitiveness, but only up to a point. This announcement comprises plenty of new tariffs, but few, if any unique ...

KPN detailed its planned VoIP and ADSL access offer for consumers, reaffirming its position as the Dutch broadband leader, but widening the gap competitors can exploit to accrue customers before ...

Alcatel announced that it will be working with Intel to develop ATCA-based components for mobile telecom equipment. While this should bolster Alcatel's own supply chain, its effect on making ...

Perimeter Internetworking rolls out version 4.0 of its "Security-in-the-Cloud" solution, offering a cost-effective means for enterprises to protect business critical operations; however, the company still needs better branding for an ...

Genesys falls into line with the growing industry trend - support for SIP. It attempts to differentiate itself by pledging support for what it calls "open IP' by not ...

Oracle becomes the latest middleware vendor to debut a PIM, matching SAP and IBM. The PIM Data Hub has origins with another Oracle catalog product, so it is chock full ...

Nokia does not fear to tread where countless others have failed, launching the 770 Internet Tablet. The 770 is a focused device that understands its purpose; unfortunately, devices dedicated to ...

Verizon's new FiOS Internet Service for Business is a bold declaration of intent to pursue the SMB sector as well as consumers with its FTTP initiative. It's a vast ...

Alcatel forged a bond with Polycom to introduce video conferencing capabilities to its enterprise telephony and unified communications platforms. The move, however, trails rivals that have long been busy working ...

New software for Toshiba's digital PBX offerings in the SMB market offers resellers a more comprehensive IP migration path than previously available to them. Additions to the CIX line, however, ...

Cingular has re-launched GoPhone to promote its range of prepaid offerings to a wider range of customers who do not fit the traditional credit challenged mold and to respond to ...

Acme Packet and Operax will earn the regards of several potential customers with the introduction of their joint SBC/Bandwidth Manager solution. Carriers will be pleased that the two vendors ...

Fionda's choice of CommPartners gains it a network partner that will help its FonVantage service, but the move lacks a recognized branded player that could reassure business clients to risk ...

Global Crossing has gate-crashed the European market for carrier VoIP services. Not content with launching one service, the company has tossed two into the market - Carrier VoIP Outbound ...

Bull Evidian has released the latest version of its AccessMaster identity management suite. Although the company is not a major player in the North American market, it is looking to ...

TIM's Sette su Sette service is an attempt to crack the highly competitive Italian SME market. The free weekend calls are great (expect rivals to react quickly), and so ...

Although the big news was supposed to be the next iteration of its customization toolkit, salesforce.com's mega-win at Merrill Lynch and its pact with Accenture do a much better job ...

It certainly took Verizon long enough, but the carrier is finally offering the popular Treo 650 smartphone from palmOne. The Treo 650 offers the most balanced compromise between voice, ...