Microsoft Relaunches IP TV Service, Motorola Launches Open Linux Set-Top Platform
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With the blame for delays to AT&T's U-Verse service deployments laid partially at the door of the Microsoft IP TV platform hopefully now in the past, Microsoft has announced the relaunch of its IP TV software platform-now re-branded as 'Mediaroom'. The new name reflects the platform's capabilities for multimedia ...
PCCW's U.K. Unit Eyes WiMAX Mobile Service
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The U.K. telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has called for proposals on whether to allow WiMAX licence holders to offer mobile services using WiMAX technology. UK Broadband Ltd, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based PCCW Ltd, and one of the two WiMAX licence holders in the United Kingdom, has asked Ofcom to enable it to join the ranks of U.K. mobile ...
GENBAND Intros New Gateways
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GENBAND Inc.'s product portfolio just keeps growing. The company this month takes the wraps off two new wireline/wireless media gateways, the G2 Compact Media Gateway and G9 Converged Media Gateway, which work with any softswitch or CSCF. According to Jody Bennett, vice president of marketing, GENBAND now offers 'the ...
Telecom Equipment Maker Ericsson Gets Orders in China, India
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- LM Ericsson AB, the world's largest wireless network maker, on Tuesday unveiled a string of deals, including a mobile network contract in China and a mobile services order in India. The Stockholm-based company also announced a series of deals it had received through its networking equipment maker, ...
Orange Doubles FMC Customers
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Orange France has left other European operators in the dust when it comes to fixed/mobile convergence (FMC). Since the end of March this year, Orange has more than doubled the number of unlicensed mobile access (UMA)-based handsets it has sold for its dual/mode GSM/WiFi service, called Unik. But Orange will have to change its game ...
Expanding the Universal Network
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The in-building wireless technology company MobileAccess has expanded its Universal Wireless Network product for 802.11 a/b/g WLAN coverage, added multi-mode fiber support and introduced new management capabilities. These enhancements to our Universal Wireless Network enable enterprises to 'springboard' from their ...
Enhanced MyCall Traverses Fixed, Mobile Networks
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Comverse, a subsidiary of Comverse Technology Inc., is touting a new release of MyCall Converged Communications, an integrated fixed and mobile communications solution for the delivery of seamless consumer services over fixed broadband and mobile networks. MyCall Converged Communications enables all types of service providers to ...
NextWave Buys Into More Euro WiMax
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NextWave Wireless Inc.'s majority-owned European investment subsidiary, Inquam Broadband GmbH , has agreed to acquire a 65 percent controlling stake in European regional WiMax operator WiMax Telecom AG , for an undisclosed sum, continuing on a European broadband wireless spectrum spending spree. The deal expands ...
Utility Computing Popular Among Large US Firms
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Utility computing is popular among US enterprise firms' decision-makers, and there is reason to believe its popularity will continue to grow, reports In-Stat. In-Stat survey results show that 27% (78 out of 288) of enterprise firms (with 1,000 or more employees) have currently adopted a utility computing ...
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