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Verizon launches global satellite service 

Verizon Business today announced a new portable satellite service aimed at letting multinational businesses carry their communications with them...

TiVo no longer stand(s)alone 

The DVR company makes its move in cable...

Google, Microsoft join free 411 party 

Service provider revenues are under attack from all quarters, and 411 directory assistance can be added to the list...

Landmarks add depth to maps 

For the directionally challenged, finding a destination with street names and cardinal directions can be a frustrating experience ...

Covad teams with McAfee on security 

Covad Communications is partnering with security technology company McAfee to offer its small to mid-sized business customers a managed security service to protect against hackers, spam, spyware and other threats...

Google, Microsoft join free 411 party 

This week both Google and Microsoft rolled out free 411 services, or at least free until they eventually add locally targeted voice-based advertising to the mix...

Comptel: Qwest offers 10G wholesale service 

DALLAS--Qwest Communications today announced new dedicated Internet access wholesale offerings at speeds from 2 Gb/s to 10 Gb/s, with the promise of 40 Gb/s on the horizon...

Verizon expands wholesale portal 

Verizon Business today announced enhancements to the Web portal it offers its wholesale customers that the company said should speed up service delivery as well as cut Verizon’s costs...

XO attacks enterprise market 

XO Communications is taking on the big boys, going right after AT&T and Verizon in courting enterprise and larger business customers...

Funding the exaflood 

Data-rich services may push up the price of broadband access...

Clean up on aisle Internet 

Before launching the Customer Internet Protection Program it announced this week, Qwest Communications conducted a year of pilot trials, discovering in the process that consumers were happy to get information about viruses or other malware on their computers, so long as it came with detailed instructions on how to clean up the mess...

Microsoft strikes back at ‘Office killers’ 

Seemingly beset on all sides by rivals attacking its multibillion-dollar Office business, Microsoft this week struck back with an online office services of its own—albeit ones that require users to have the desktop version of Office as well...

SMBs feel the love 

Service providers cater to lucrative market-space...

At Your Service: Verizon WebMail 

Verizon needed a next-generation Web e-mail client to keep its broadband customers using its portal applications and content...

BT makes it easier to be green 

BT Global Services is making a commercial product out of parent company BT’s internal commitment to the environment, offering a service in the U.K. and the U.S. that assesses the amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced by corporate IT departments...

Speakeasy shops Best Buy success 

A week after Speakeasy announced higher-bandwidth services based on ADSL 2 links it purchases from Covad Communications, the Best Buy subsidiary is announcing more flexible pricing for its voice-over-IP service to accommodate small businesses and more VoIP phone choices as well...

Yahoo jumps on social networking bandwagon 

Yahoo today opened up a private beta-test version of its social networking application, dubbed Mash, hoping it’s broad portal reach can allow it to play catch-up with leaders MySpace and Facebook...

Carriers, mobile absent from top social networks list 

Nielsen/NetRatings this week delivered its regular monthly list of top social-media sites, with Facebook and LinkedIn tabbed as the strongest gainers of users...

Verizon Business targets retail, branch offices 

Verizon Business is going after retail outlets, branch offices and other smaller remote locations of large corporations with new managed service offerings that extend the reach of services already used at headquarters and larger offices...

Google targets enterprise with Apps 

Making office-style apps available over the Web is one thing. Getting large enterprises to bet their business on them is quite another. Recognizing this reality, Google said it will work with IT consulting firm CapGemini to deliver Google Apps to enterprise desktops...

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