Investing in the Future
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Virtually everyone now agrees that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not a management fad but rather a key part of doing business in today's marketplace. The CSR agenda presents genuine risks to many areas of corporate performance and to a company's overall reputation. Communications providers need to stay ahead of the ...
Uncertainty as TeliaSonera's CEO Quits
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Nordic telecoms giant TeliaSonera has announced that its chief executive officer (CEO), Anders Igel, will quit the company, following declining profit margins and the failure of the company's leadership to resolve ownership disputes in Turkey and Russia. Igel, who has been chief executive for five years, engineered the merger of ...
EU Rules Out Scrutiny of Telecom Italia, Telefonica Deal
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The European Union (EU) will not rule on a bid by a consortium led by the Spanish telecoms giant, Telefonica, to take a controlling stake in Telecom Italia as the deal does not fit the criteria for EU anti-trust involvement, according to reports from Dow Jones. The report notes that EU competition regulations state that the ...
Microsoft to License Instant Messaging, Digital Media Code to Linspire
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SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. has announced it will license instant messaging and digital media technology to a small desktop Linux distributor, Linspire Inc., adding to a growing number of deals meant to help the Windows operating system work more smoothly with open-source software. San Diego-based Linspire's relationship with ...
Clearwire: Making the Internet Mobile
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Speaking at the Wireless Communications Association (WCA) in the nation's capital yesterday, Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff described his company as "doing for the Internet what cellular did for voice." Wolff went on to say that Clearwire's strategy is to give consumers what they want, that being ...
Zhone Electrifies FTTH
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Zhone earlier this week took the wraps off of what looks to be the world's first Optical Line Terminal/Optical Network Terminal (OLT/ONT) Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Gateway that doesn't need to be powered by the home electric circuit. Theoretically that eliminates the big power outage bugaboo surrounding fiber -- but of course ...
AlcaLu Plays the Patents
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Alcatel-Lucent is pumped about the top-line potential of its patent portfolio, with CEO Pat Russo spending a great deal of her time focused on how to extract the maximum payback from the company's combined intellectual property, according to industry sources. That the vendor regards its patent portfolio as a strength is ...
FastSoft Wades Into the WAN
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Caltech spinoff FastSoft is the latest entrant to the WAN optimization arena, with a TCP technology it claims can significantly speed file delivery over the Internet. The startup, which launched its first products earlier this year, also clinched a $4 million funding round this week, led by Miramar Ventures. ...
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