EU Wants Mobile Data Fees Cut by Mid-2008
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The European Union (EU) has stepped up efforts to force down mobile data roaming fees across the region by the middle of 2008. Speaking at a conference in Barcelona (Spain), EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding said that unless the fees were cut, she was prepared to go to the European Parliament later in 2008. "I...
US Businesses Moving Towards Communications Convergence and QoS
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Convergence and QoS are shaping today's WAN deployments, as users move closer to a unified communications platform, reports In-Stat. The integration of voice, video, and data services on common network facilities is gaining wide acceptance among US businesses. Over 70% of respondents to an In-Stat survey...
Alcatel-Lucent and LG Complete Test LTE Call
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Alcatel-Lucent and LG Electronics say they have completed Long Term Evolution (LTE) test calls using Alcatel-Lucent's LTE solution and mobile device prototypes from LG. In a joint statement, the two claim that this test "is one of the industry's first multi-vendor, over-the-air LTE interoperability testing...
EC Unveils Streamlined Telecom Reforms For All Member States
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Yesterday, the European Commission adopted proposals to reform European Union telecom rules to better enable people, wherever they live and wherever they travel in the EU, to benefit from more and cheaper communication services, whether they use mobile phones, fast broadband Internet connections or cable TV. To achieve this,...
FT Adds to African Assets
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A consortium led by France Telecom SA has won the race to take control of African incumbent operator Telkom Kenya , paying $390 million to the Kenyan government to buy a 51 percent stake in the operator. The French giant beat out rival bids from India's Reliance Communications Ltd. , South Africa's Telkom SA Ltd., and...
Storage Managers Ponder New Interconnects
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A quick scan of recent headlines shows a growing list of networking schemes aimed at linking equipment in enterprise data centers. But storage managers may be able to sit out the current kerfuffles over InfiniBand versus 10-Gbit/s Ethernet, RDMA, iWARP, OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution, and the like. This week's...
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