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MWC: TI says forget about touch screens; try just smiling
Latest generation of app processors focus on the space outside of the device...
ALU, Ericsson continue LTE momentum with AT&T win
Incumbency status and software upgradable 3G networks play role in AT&T decision...
Mobile Billing Blows Up
The explosion in mobile data has operators leveraging network intelligence for more dynamic mobile charging...
Google’s Cerf calls for spectrum sharing
Google’s Vint Cerf says spectrum is inefficiently utilized today due to the single operator-single license system....
Average broadband use: 11 gigs a month
New Cisco VNI Usage study shows visual network apps are on the increase and 1% of users are very greedy...
Comcast: AT&T now bigger threat than Verizon
Despite a shaky economy, Comcast, the largest cable company in the United States, reported positive third-quarter earnings today, including net income growth of 38% and broadband subscriber growth surpassing that of AT&T and Verizon Communications combined...
Metaswitch touts 22% growth
London-based Data Connection Ltd. said today that its Metaswitch division, maker of softswitch and application platforms, reported record fiscal-year 2008 revenue of $92 million or 22% growth over the same period last year....
Qwest doubles down on FTTN
Qwest Communications today announced plans to reduce its workforce by 3% -- or 1200 people – in the fourth quarter to adjust for softening markets...
Moto’s momentum checked in Q3
Cracks in Motorola’s armor appeared this week, as the handset and infrastructure vendor continued its upward sales trajectory and reclaimed more global phone share but fell short of its revenue guidance and saw its profits fall 45%....
BellSouth partners on community portal
BellSouth Community Technologies, a unit that deals with planned communities and multi-dwelling units, has partnered with Resident Interactive to jointly market a community portal that developers can offer to their residents. ...
Microsoft, Orange converge PC and mobile messaging
Microsoft and Orange (France Telecom) launched a new messaging service today that incorporated Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger and combines the functionality of both PC-based and mobile messaging....
Juniper unveils high-density Ethernet router
Juniper Networks today introduced its most Ethernet-centric product to date. ...
Notebaert: Qwest poised for profitable ‘06
Qwest Communications has cleaned up its balance sheet and is poised to be profitable in 2006, Chairman and CEO Richard Notebaert told the Citigroup Entertainment Media & Telecommunications conference. (Photo: David Scull/Bloomberg News/Landov)...
Robbins retires at Cox
Cox Communications yesterday announced a sweeping changing of its executive guard, triggered by the retirement of long-time CEO James Robbins. ...
New Edge, MCI find IP boom
Two very different service providers are ringing in the New Year by touting significant growth in IP-based networks. New Edge Networks today said it is...
