Vivendi Bids US$3.2 bil. for Deutsche Telekom's PTC Stake
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French media and energy conglomerate Vivendi Universal has made a 2.5 billion-euro bid for Deutsche Telekom's 49% stake in Poland's leading mobile operator. In addition, Vivendi claims its rights to a 48% stake in PTC, though its investment in 51% of Elektrim's telecoms investment vehicle, Elektrim Telekomunikacja (ET) ...
Nortel to Provide Vidotron with Cable VoIP Solution
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Nortel has won another contract in Canada with the announcement that it is to supply the VoIP solution for Quebec cable TV/multi-service operator (MSO) Vidotron. The multi-year contract includes systems, deployment, and implementation, plus ongoing services including technical support, disaster recovery. and repair ...
RingCube Software Squeezes PC Onto iPod
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Mobile computing just got more portable. Making even the latest pocketbook-sized ultra-mobile personal computers look more like lumbering giants, RingCube Technologies Inc. unveiled software that can virtually squeeze a PC onto an iPod, USB keychain drive, cell phone or any gizmo with digital storage space. RingCube's MojoPac ...
Microsoft Spinoff Wallop Launches Test
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SEATTLE -- Wallop, a startup spun out of Microsoft Corp.'s research lab, is launching the test version of an online social networking site with the premise that people will want to pay extra to look good. The company, which aims to compete with established brands like MySpace and Facebook, plans to sell graphics and other ...
Savvy Marketers Using Text Messaging
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CHICAGO -- Like any normal consumer, Tom Gruss was leery about to his cell phone. Who needs a bombardment of sales pitches in yet another format? But he found one offering a heads-up about changing gasoline prices at Meijer Inc. stores benign enough to sign up, ...
FCC Ponders Market Conditions While Congress Chases Pretexting
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Busy, busy in the nation's Capital this week, with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) holding its monthly open meeting and the House of Representatives set to grill the industry on pretexting. Tomorrow, the FCC will consider items regarding competitive market conditions with respect to commercial mobile services, an ...
Orange Peels Convergence
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European mobile giant Orange SA's entry into the fixed/mobile convergence market is the big news in today's technology round-up, while meshed video, Swedish WiFi sniffing tools, and a WiFi pizza patent duke it out for also-ran glory. Orange Converged: Despite sounding like a Philip K. Dick novel, 'Unik' is actually ...
Motorola Buys Vertasent
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Continuing on its year-long acquisition binge, Motorola Inc. checked off another item on its video shopping list Monday, buying switched digital video specialist Vertasent LLC for an undisclosed amount. The purchase of Vertasent, a tiny, privately owned company based in Colmar, Pa., gives Motorola the rights to the software ...
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