UMC Plans FMC Launch in Q2
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Ukraine's second-largest mobile operator by subscriber numbers, Ukrainian Mobile Communications (UMC), has announced plans to launch a fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) service in the first half of 2007, reports Ukrainian News. The package will be targeted at corporate clients, and will enable both fixed-line and mobile services on a ...
Vodafone Signs First MVNO Deal in the Netherlands
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Vodafone's Netherlands unit yesterday signed its first MVNO deal with the country's largest electronics retailer, Dexcom. The five-year agreement between Vodafone and Dexcom Telecom Services empowers Dexcom to launch an MVNO under its brand using Vodafone's network. Dexcom is expected to launch services in the second quarter ...
Understanding Customer Experience
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Anyone who has signed up for cell phone service, attempted to claim a rebate, or navigated a call center has probably suffered from a company's apparent indifference to what should be its first concern: the customer experiences that culminate in either satisfaction or disappointment and defection. Customer experience is the ...
Allworx, Bandwidth.com Team to Provide SMBs VoIP
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Allworx and Bandwidth.com have teamed to provide a VoIP platform to resellers that service SMBs. Bandwidth.com offers business-class VoIP services that include SIP trunk connectivity across IP PBX/Key systems, T1 or T3 data circuits, network monitoring, management and security. Allworx's IP PBX/Key systems are designed for ...
Report: VOIM Sounds Better than PSTN
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Voice over Instant Messaging (VOIM) is a growing challenge to traditional TDM-based voice, a new Heavy Reading report finds. And one reason is that VOIM just sounds better. VOIM clients such as Skype Ltd. mix IP voice with messaging, file transfer, and even video. VOIM services also detect 'presence', or the availability of ...
IEEE to Speed Up WiMAX
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Looking beyond current 802.16e Mobile WiMAX technology, the IEEE hopes to boost speeds of 802.16m to 1Gbps by 2009 and possibly merge it with 4G. Calling it gigabit WiMAX, the standards-setting organization is mapping an aggressive timeline to develop the new technology standard by the end of 2007 and have it finalized by Motorola on Rocky Road
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Motorola Inc. says it will continue to have some tough times in the first half of this year, and isn't expecting operating margins to improve until the last six months of the 2007. Speaking at a Bank of America Conference on Wednesday, Dave Devonshire, the CFO of the Schaumburg, Ill.-based company, said the first two ...
The Portable World Driving Strong Growth in Portable Electronics
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- As more digital content becomes available, consumers demand new and improved ways to access this content via wired and wireless technologies, reports In-Stat. And, in an increasingly portable world, consumers are demanding ways in which to take their digital content with them wherever they go. As a result, ...
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