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Washington Agog: FCC Rules Against Verizon
Chairman Martin isolated in 4-1 vote to enforce existing rules.
Washington Power Grab May Be Price of Lower Cell Phone Termination Fees
Telecos willing to give up a few dollars for one-stop lobbying in the town they know best.
U.S. Cellular Settles 'Free' Phone Complaint
Oregon challenges company's advertisements.
Cell Phone Industry Losing Its Treasured Arbitration Clauses
Supreme Court refuses to hear T-Mobile's appeal.
Wireless Firms Face Pressure On Termination Fees
AT&T follows Verizon; will prorate its fees by $5 per month.
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Lockheed Martin gets $89 million to converge DoD distribution networks
by Brad Reed
2 Jul 2008 at 7:00pm
The Department of Defense is paying Lockheed Martin $89 million to converge the Defense Logistics Agency's and U.S. Transportation Command's distribution networks to help the military better order and track supply shipments.
You can, but should you purge everything?
by Michael Osterman
30 Jun 2008 at 7:00pm
Some still believe that deleting all e-mail and other messaging content is the least risky strategy for their organization, that it reduces risk by eliminating e-mails that might contain damaging content from senior executives, etc. The number of those who believe in a "purge everything" strategy is diminishing rapidly compared to even just a couple of years ago.
T-Mobile launches landline VoIP service nationwide
by Steve Taylor,Larry Hettick
29 Jun 2008 at 7:00pm
T-Mobile announced a nationwide VoIP-based landline phone service that offers subscribers unlimited domestic calls for $10 a month. The service, called T-Mobile @Home, is the lowest priced unlimited plan in America. The T-Mobile @Home is available exclusively for T-Mobile customers, effective July 2, 2008.
Avaya, Cisco address VoIP vulnerabilities
by Tim Greene
25 Jun 2008 at 7:00pm
Avaya and Cisco have addressed a VoIPshield Laboratories report that their VoIP gear is vulnerable to a variety of attacks. The vulnerabilities also impact certain Nortel gear.
Unified communications and security
by Michael Osterman
25 Jun 2008 at 7:00pm
Unified communications and unified messaging provide a number of advantages for organizations of all sizes: users will be more productive through the consolidation of various communication types; IT departments will become more efficient by integrating management of e-mail, voice, instant messaging and fax into a single system; decision-making will be faster; and companies will save money.
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IMS doubt in fashion, but concept keeps rolling
by Dan O'Shea
3 Jul 2008 at 9:46am
IP Multimedia Subsystem adoption was again a subject of debate at NXTcomm this year, and while carriers and vendors on panels and elsewhere had kind and thoughtful words about IMS, suggesting that the industry has become more realistic about the IMS transition, some industry folk were more critical away from the microphone. At least, one carrier executive and one vendor executive told me they were "tired" of hearing about IMS, that IMS was not necessary for service convergence plays, and that there were too many other pressing market issues for carriers to adopt grand IMS deployment plans.
Another vendor spokesman said he feared carrier customers would stall IMS pilot projects and tests to deal with broadband and IPTV competition and regulatory issues, and that amid confusion about the need for IMS, some carriers would fear they are being sold "an agenda, rather than a network solution." Yet, the IMS train keeps rolling, with hundreds of projects around the world in process, and it was clear from the discussions I had with several people who didn't want their names connected with IMS criticism that the industry is at least gradually benefitting from the intentions and implications of the standard.
For more:
- read this story at Telephony
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Veraz adds MGN architecture to NGN/IMS mix Veraz report
Verizon CTO eyes IMS, FMC. Verizon report
Japan-Russia undersea cable usage begins
by Dan O'Shea
3 Jul 2008 at 9:19am
Japan's NTT Communications and Russian backbone network operator TransTeleComCorporation announced that they have begun commercial operations today on the Hokkaido-Sakhalin Cable System (HSCS), and undersea cable extended between Nevelsk, Sakhalin in Russia and Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan. The cable, which has a capacity of 640 Gbps, has been under construction since early last year, and was finished last December. The route helps NTT Com establish its shortest possible route between Japan and Europe.
For more:
- see this press release at Light Reading
Related articles:
Google joined the Unity cable project linking the U.S. and Japan Google report
Telcos from the U.S. also joined the Europe-India Gateway project Telco report
PacketFront lands $41 million; Fiber broadband growth passes cable
by Dan O'Shea
3 Jul 2008 at 8:50am
> FTTH gear vendor PacketFront will use a $41 million investment to take on Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco. Article
> A new study says subscriber additions to fiber-based broadband networks passed additions to cable networks for the first time. Article
> Rad Data Communications names 13-year veteran Zilberman as president. Article
> Genband CEO Charlie Vogt wins an entrepreneur award. Press release
> Huawei Technologies has short-listed five private equity firms to bid on its handset unit. Article
AT&T takes U-verse to Tennessee
by Dan O'Shea
3 Jul 2008 at 8:34am
While broadband adoption in the U.S. has been slowing, it may be a sign of a maturing market that AT&T has started deploying its U-verse fiber network in Tennessee, the state with more municipal fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) projects than any other. The telco is investing $400 million to bring U-verse to 56 Tennessee towns over the next two years. Was AT&T avoiding the possibility of competing with those projects until now? Not likely. It is much more likely that Tennessee's approval of statewide video franchising earlier this year had much more to do with the timing. Comcast also is strong in the state, so some intriguing competitive battles may soon be developing.
For more:
- check out this coverage at Telephony
Related articles:
AT&T has been aiming to increase its U-verse installation pace AT&T report
AT&T began rolling out U-verse to small businesses this spring AT&T report
