CommunicationsDirect News Daily Update - December 18, 2007

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Our new poll: Are you satisfied with the upload speed provided by your high-speed internet provider? Visit our web site to vote.More Consolidation in Russian Mobile Market as MTS Acquires Volga-Based Operator

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Russia's leading mobile operator by subscriber numbers, Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), has announced the purchase of a 100% stake in Bashcell, a Volga-based GSM 1800 operator. MTS has paid US$38 million, including the assumption of US$32 million in debt, to Bashneft and a number of private local...

3 to Launch Skype Phone in More European Countries
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Hutchison Whampoa's 3 unit is set to launch the Skypephone in Austria, Denmark and Sweden, in a move that will expand the reach of its flagship VoIP service. The launch follows an earlier roll-out of the handsets in the United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland and Italy and boosts the availability of the service to eight...

XO Snags Tech Data To Resell Its Converged Services

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Distribution giant Tech Data Corporation has taken on board XO Communications' converged IP voice and data services - built on a Cisco platform and targeted at the small- to medium-sized (SMB) market - in a deal that gives an immediate quantum boost to XO's indirect sales channel. Under the terms of the agreement, Tech...

Cell Phone Spending Surpasses Land Lines

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WASHINGTON -- With Americans cutting the cord to their land lines, 2007 is likely to be the first calendar year in which U.S. households spend more on cell phone services, industry and government officials say. The most recent government data show that households spent $524, on average, on cell phone bills in 2006, compared with...

Motorola Launches First Large-Scale WiMAX Network

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Motorola's first commercial WiMAX network went live today in 22 cities in Pakistan, making it the first of its three high-profile nationwide network contracts to launch. In a message to employees and customers posted on the company's Website, Wateen Telecom Chief Executive Officer Tariq Malik revealed the official...

NTT Joins PBT Roll Call

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Japanese giant NTT Group is set to put carrier Ethernet technology PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) to the test in early 2008, according to industry sources, so joining a host of Tier-1 operators intrigued by the technology's proposition. While NTT has not responded to questions regarding PBT -- a controversial...

Turin to Buy Carrier Access

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The "Who's Going to Buy Carrier Access?" saga is over: Turin Networks Inc. is buying the converged access and wireless backhaul equipment vendor for $92.7 million in cash. Turin has agreed to pay $2.60 for each Carrier Access Corp. share, slightly more than Friday's closing price of $2.50. That's way...

A Holiday Storage Survival Guide

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With the holidays upon us, storage managers and other IT pros are no doubt planning to take some well-earned rest and recuperation. But without proper planning, the holidays can quickly escalate from downtime to "down" time. We've collected some tips from industry savants for keeping your data center up and running...

Despite Progress, Uncertainty Remains for WiMAX

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- WiMAX continues to make gains, with network trials becoming commercial deployments, and well known vendors adding the technology to their product portfolios, reports In-Stat. Despite many positive events over the last 12 months, however, WiMAX still faces much uncertainty, the high-tech market research firm says....

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