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Breaking News
Alcatel-Lucent initiates Thales sale
Alcatel-Lucent is following through on its previously reported intention to sell a stake in Thales, its defense technology unit, to fellow French company Dassault Group for $1.9 billion. That will... Read more >>
Latest News
Business connectivity still paying off
The economic news may not be all bad for telecom--well, maybe most of it is, but at least one sector continues to see strong demand. "Enterprise customer demand remains strong for lower cost, higher... Read more >>
Verizon's CDN push takes different path
After AT&T and telecom network operators like Level 3 Communications began pushing into the content delivery network market, you might have wondered what was up with Verizon Communications. It... Read more >>
Ericsson joins T-MPLS packet-optical crowd
Packet-optical transport has been one of the hottest and most actively debated telecom technology segments of the last 18 months. The initial fascination with provider backbone transport (PBT, also... Read more >>
Rockfeller set to rock telecom?
The telecom industry has been trying to figure out what the regulatory effect of the Obama Administration will be, and with the promise of a national CTO and movement on Net neutrality and other... Read more >>
A FierceVoIP Triple Play – Top companies, failed efforts, and M&A
We've been especially busy in the month of November and we've put out three special reports focusing on VoIP businesses. Not the business of VoIP proper, mind you, but on companies that make a living... Read more >>
More Headlines
- Broadband subs hit 400 million, 'Net bending under the weight
- Study: POTS reliability still king
- Level 3, Internet2, others team on 100G testbed
- JDSU to boost test holdings with Circadiant
- Alcatel-Lucent initiates Thales sale
- Saksena moves to Tellabs CTO job
- ENUM gets carrier workout and GSMA blessing
- Evslin: No more landlines under Obama
Also Noted
> The TV set-top box market could face decline under pressure from many factors.
> BT survey says companies taking phased approach to unified communications and collaboration adoption.
> Content delivery network pioneer Akamai will cut 110 jobs.
Commentary
Voice could hop to Ribbit's rhythm
Last week, we talked about one possible future direction for telcos' voice endeavors. But, outsourcing voice or wireline operations doesn't necessarily mean that telcos should completely remove... Read more >>
Hardware Corner
ATCA vendors pass thermal muster
The Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA), which as we noted in last week's Hardware Corner is one of the major industry trade groups addressing ATCA's market development... Read more>>
Latest Commentary
- Dan O'Shea: Voice could hop to Ribbit's rhythm
- Doug Mohney: An increasingly cloudy outlook
- Dan O'Shea: The next step for AT&T, Verizon
- Doug Mohney: Recovery Friday and the VoIP Fierce 15
- Dan O'Shea: Time to be budget-wise, consumer-friendly
- Doug Mohney: The strategic power of fiber
- Dan O'Shea: Dissecting the CenturyTel-Embarq deal
Latest Comments
Press Releases
- AT&T Aligns Advertising Assets to Better Connect Advertisers and Consumers
- As Wireless Consumers Feel the Economic Pinch, the Value of Sprints Family Pricing Plans Trump Verizon and AT&T
- Alltel Wireless launches interactive content delivery service – Alltel Perks
- Nokia Extends IBM Lotus Email Access to 80 Million Mobile Phones
- T-Mobile Introduces web2go and Simplified Data Pricing
- Is the mobile Web replacing the wired Web in Southeast Asia?
