NEC maintains a tangible foothold within the IP DSLAM market segment, with Hong Kong's PCCW being its keystone customer account, but NEC is not a strong competitive threat in the ...

RIM continues to lead the pack in enterprise devices and mobile email licenses; while facing more competition from Microsoft and its OEM partners, the BlackBerry vendor continues to innovate and ...

COLT continues to deliver on many fronts, launching innovative new products and posting consecutive quarterly profits, but the company still faces the challenge of ramping up sales, raising brand awareness ...

Following AT&T's lead, T-Mobile launches the Nokia 2610 entry-level bar phone. The device should attract customers looking for a basic bar phone, but those looking for better features will ...

Alltel offers benefits to SMBs within its large, mostly rural footprint. For regional businesses, it is a reputable source of basic mobile business connectivity, applications, and devices, if not ...

Motorola is deeply flawed globally, with declining sales, market share, and margins, but the U.S. continues to be a relative bright spot. The RAZR2 and Q9 should give Motorola ...

As of Q3 2007, NSN's eBSC is ready to take its place in the legacy Siemens GSM portfolio. Best-in-class efficiency claims, however, remain to be tested by the reality ...

Although acquired by private equity, it's business as usual as for the well run company. However, rivals may be encroaching on its growth hopes with rural carrier buyouts. Meanwhile, ...

The U.S. leads the world in mobile e-mail use thanks to RIM's BlackBerry. Collectively, Microsoft-powered devices are a threat and Apple inhibits RIM's consumer ambitions, but RIM is strong ...

Dell, as the second largest PC manufacturer worldwide and largest in the U.S., offers consumers digital home electronic devices from digital televisions to entertainment-focused PCs through its direct business model, ...

Palm is a victim of self-inflicted wounds; with no real innovation since the original Treo 600 and a mobile OS hole out of which it is only now climbing, Palm ...

Versatel Germany has emerged as a promising national carrier, with 20 acquisitions completed to date. Its IPO this year has given the company the means to continue down this path. ...

T-Systems has an early lead in the European hosted services market in the area of on-demand services. The carrier has a strong hosting capability and data centre footprint, but needs ...

Impressive radio performance and space efficiency were hallmarks of Siemens' GSM portfolio. They continue with NSN - as does a gap in low-capacity options. More worrying: the Nokia-based Flexi platform ...

Verizon Business offers a range of managed hosting solutions via data centres situated on top of its global network, but the solutions are only provided from three European facilities, compromising ...

AT&T offers a competitive and flexible managed hosting service, supported by strong SLAs and the industry-leading iGEMS platform, though competitors will undermine its offer by pointing to its relatively limited ...

COLT offers a flexible and scalable range of network-based hosting solutions within its extensive 13-country European footprint, but it may miss out on major contracts due to its reliance on ...

IBM Information Technology Services offers a robust range of managed hosting solutions supported by extensive partnerships, but reliance on third-parties for network services will be highlighted by competitors with wholly ...

BT?s managed hosting services are threatening in Europe because the service provider has 26 managed hosting data centres spread throughout Europe (11 of which are UK-based). Few rivals can match ...

Business Objects continues to strengthen its best-of-breed BI, CPM, DQ, and DI solution portfolio via innovative product development, strategic partnering, and fill-in acquisitions, but it still lacks data mining and ...