AT&T to Invest US$750 mil. in Global IP Services
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U.S.-based carrier AT&T has announced that it is to invest some US$750 million in 2007 on accelerating and expanding delivery of global IP services and solutions to enterprises in key worldwide markets. AT&T will add to internet data centre (IDC) capacity by expanding several existing sites in California, Virginia, Arizona, and...
Altimo Keeps Pressure on Telenor with Further Increase of VimpelCom Stake
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Altimo, the telecoms arm of Russia's Alfa group, has once again upped its stake in mobile operator VimpelCom. At the start of the month Altimo held a 36.3% stake in the operator, but last week made several purchases of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) from Deutsche Bank through its fully owned subsidiary Eco Telecom, ...
Mapping Out the Intelligent Network
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Is there an expression in the English language less satisfying than 'let's agree to disagree'? For me, that's just a fancy way to declare a tie, a completely pointless outcome that has been compared famously to kissing one's sibling. Deadlocks, or draws, if you prefer, are simply un-American -- and to be ...
Deutsche Telekom Cancels FMC Service
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Deutsche Telekom AG confirmed today that it canceled its fixed/mobile convergence (FMC) service, called T-One, missing an FMC opportunity on its home turf. The German operator officially says the reason for cancelling the SIP-WiFi/GSM service was because it wants to focus on broadband and mobile Internet services. The T-One FMC ...
Investors Trash Clearwire; Wall Street Asks 'WhyMAX'
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Wall Street's romance with Intel's super-hyped but still-mythical mobile WiMAX has turned out to be painfully brief. WiMAX poster child Clearwire's shares are off 20 percent from their superheated IPO level in barely two days of trading. More than a billion dollars in equity looks to have evaporated almost overnight. ...
Alcatel-Lucent Shows Unified 3G, Broadcast TV
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In Germany, Alcatel-Lucent is demonstrating seamless access on a single device to a selection of mobile TV channels delivered via either 3G or broadcast networks. The demonstration will include German language channels RTL Mobile TV, National Geographic Channel and Eurosport. Based on the new DVB-SH mobile broadcast standard using the ...
Insider: The Backhaul Question
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The rise of wireless data services is causing a dramatic change in the way mobile operators backhaul traffic off a cellular network, according to the latest edition of the Unstrung Insider. The report -- Mobile Backhaul & Cell Site Aggregation: State of the Art -- reveals how legacy backhaul systems are increasingly becoming a ...
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