Our new poll: Do you think telcos are taking climate change issues seriously enough? Visit our site to vote.Telecom Italia Names New Management
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Telecom Italia has moved closer to settling its management impasse, with Franco Bernabe and Gabriele Galateri designated as the new chief executive and chairman, respectively. Dow Jones reports that the decision follows a meeting of Mediobanca's nomination committee, one of the Italian shareholders that make up Telecom...
Laptop Security 24/7
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With the proliferation of 3G networks in the United States and globally, more enterprises have started using these wide-area wireless networks to give mobile employees remote access to their intranets using a laptop. That access is a double-edged sword, since it provides return on investment advantages but also security risks. ...
Why Google's 'Android' Is More About Ads And Less About Business
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According to an exclusive special report now available from TelecomWeb, Google's recently announced "Android" is "just another mobile Linux," rather than any real technical innovation: i.e., no more than a convenient way for the company to pursue its real goal -- to create an advertising delivery system it can...
RIM Planning Touchscreen Device?
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According to media reports, Research In Motion is preparing a new touch-based handset and operating system, described as the "9000-series." Reports have called the rumored series "a complete breakaway" from the company's traditional corporate focus. The new touch-based series is rumored to be more...
Moto Expands 'CablePON' Strategy
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While some vendors are already helping cable operators pull fiber all the way to the premises in so-called greenfield areas, heavyweight supplier Motorola Inc. is still fleshing out its "CablePON" strategy and nearing the field trial stage. Motorola unveiled a CablePON initiative in May at The Cable Show but has...
Carrier Scorecard: Orange
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France Telecom SA's mobile business, Orange, showed in its third-quarter results that there is still room to boost average revenue per user (ARPU) in mature European markets where growth is hard to come by for some mobile operators. Since Unstrung started grading the performance of European mobile operators, Orange has...
Storage Shows Its SaaS
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Despite some skepticism from users, more storage vendors are throwing their weight behind software as a service (SaaS), planning managed services around archiving, security, email, and online backup. EMC is the latest vendor to pin its colors to the SaaS mast, revealing its plan to offer SaaS-based archiving services during its...
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