After years of threatening to invade the hosted application server space, IP PBXs are becoming legitimate alternatives to carrier-specific solutions from BroadSoft, Netcentrex, Sylantro, and others. ...

CTC Communications keeps making headway, as the CLEC prepares to merge with its peer, Choice One Communications. If the merger goes through, the northeastern U.S. will at last get one ...

Level 3's strategic purchase of up to 600 Gbps of capacity from Apollo Submarine Cable Systems is a bold move to meet demand for international IP transit services and complements ...

The Lucent Metropolis ADM offers a good package of NG-SDH features, but its optical and Ethernet port density, switching capacities, VLAN support, and ring termination capabilities are less competitive. ...

Inter-Tel's Axxess PBX is buoyed by a competitive advanced applications set and newer, smaller Inter-Tel PBXs that expand Axxess deployment options. Despite Axxess' scalability, establishing it within the large enterprise ...

E-Plus has changed direction in Germany and it is now focusing on subscriber acquisition via multi-channel branding and the wholesale market. This winning strategy is making E-Plus a stronger ...

After appearing indecisive with its mobile Internet strategy, T-Mobile has grasped the bull by the horns with its open Internet strategy that breaks out of the traditional walled garden. German ...

Orange increases its focus on the user experience by deploying the Orange Finder search engine. Search is the key way in which mobile operators will help users find content ...

ECI's newest SAN extension kit meets the industry standard in terms of high-capacity data muxing, and it integrates easily with ECI's XDM transport platform. Still, it is unclear how the ...

RIM announced a software workaround to use in case it loses its legal battle; while this should help reassure customers, some worries remain about the seamlessness of the workaround, especially ...

Integra Telecom has inked a deal to purchase its neighbor Electric Lightwave from Citizens Communications. If the deal goes through, the pairing of the two Pacific Northwest-based carriers will ...

The three major Mediterranean incumbents have restructured upper management functions in a bid to better address changing market dynamics and manage global assets. How effective are such changes for achieving ...

FMC is an undeniably hot topic, and Continuity suggests instant credibility by leveraging UTStarcom's mSwitch. Yet as the company retrenches on a few core markets, the logic of a new ...

Business Objects announces a definitive agreement to acquire Firstlogic. Given recent events, it is not surprising that Firstlogic was acquired, and Business Objects is making a smart move overall to ...

SonicWALL acquires secure messaging provider MailFrontier to enhance its secure content management position and help insure e-mail compliance. ...

Verizon Business has enhanced its VoIP suite with a number of incremental improvements and one important new service, IP Flexible T-1, which features dynamically allocated bandwidth. This move could stymie ...

Symbian is on sale! Reacting to criticism that its pricing benefits Nokia and under pressure from Linux, Symbian is putting in place either a sliding scale based on the device ...

US LEC has upgraded its PowerVIEW customer portal to automate voice-centric functions around conferencing, calling cards, calling features and toll-free numbers. It's basic automation that should appeal to the broadest ...

A new, highly aggressive mobile data strategy is driving T-Mobile NL's recovery. The imminent launch of HSDPA will enhance this. This report contains in-depth analysis of the company, including ...

Informatica announced that it had acquired Similarity Systems in January. Overall, Similarity Systems provides a broad range of data quality capabilities, including support for both name-and-address and non-name-and-address data. ...