VSNL to Build Undersea Cable from India to Europe
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VSNL, a former state-run operator that is now controlled by India's Tata Group, has said the cable would be built in partnership with U.S.-based private equity venture SEACOM and Telecom Egypt by 2009. The cable will link Mumbai to Paris, London, and Madrid via Egypt, and will give VSNL 1.28 terabit of new capacity. The new...
TeliaSonera to Build Finnish-Russia Fibre Link
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Scandinavian telco TeliaSonera has announced that it has begun construction of an optical fibre link between the Finnish municipality of Kuhmo and the north-western Russian town of Kostomuksha. Construction of infrastructure links is almost complete in Russia and the entire project is scheduled for completion by mid-2008. The link...
Myxer Aims to Bridge the Mobile Content Gap
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With the mobile phone now pulling duty as a communications, information and entertainment delivery device, Myxer wants to help medium- and small-sized business, as well as individual users, to distribute audio and video content directly to mobile users easily and quickly. Myxer's platform allows any Web site to deliver...
NetCracker Takes NExT Step at France Telecom
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France Telecom launched its New Experience in Telecom services (NExT) transformation initiative in the summer of 2005. That fall, NetCracker Technologies won the bid to provide resource management and other software solutions. However, that doesn't mean they won the business. Only recently did NetCracker become certified as the...
Sprint Gets New CEO; But Wherefore WiMAX?
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Sprint Nextel has lured industry veteran Daniel Hesse away from his post as chairman, president and CEO of Embarq, the erstwhile Sprint landline division, to take over the post of President and CEO left vacant when Gary Forsee was ousted in October, as Sprint reported net subscriber losses in the midst of a wireless market boom where...
Palm in a BlackBerry-Apple Jam
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Ailing smartphone maker Palm Inc. has reported its second consecutive quarterly loss, suffering from increased competition from the BlackBerry and Apple Inc.'s iPhone. The firm warned earlier this month that it would miss its second quarter forecast after failing to get a new phone certified for sale by the end of...
FCC Caps Cable
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As expected, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted today in favor of an ownership cap that will have little near-term impact on cable operators other than the nation's largest, Comcast Corp. In a 3-2 vote, the agency imposed a rule preventing U.S. cable MSOs from owning 30 percent or more of the pay-TV...
The World's Biggest SANs: Part Two
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We at Byte and Switch are still on a quest to unearth the world's largest SAN. With users across the globe wrestling with phenomenal rates of data growth, it makes sense to see how some of the world's largest storage deployments are meeting demand. Clearly, for the organizations on this list, size matters. From the...
North American PC Users Increase Usage, Want More Mobility
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Consumers' usages of PCs and purchasing patterns continue to evolve, according a survey of North American PC users, reports In-Stat. Key findings in the In-Stat survey include a rise in the number of hours consumers use PCs and a desire for increased mobility, the high-tech market research firm...
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