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Metaswitch Networks names Kevin DeNuccio New CEO
Metaswitch Networks has named Kevin DeNuccio CEO of the company, in a clear bid to take the company to the next level of its growth globally. Historically, Metaswitch Networks made its name as a supplier of IP communications features delivered using a sof...
Text Rules, Even for Older Users
Text Rules, Even for Older Users A survey by Tekelec shows that text messaging, once seen as the main communications tool for teenagers and young adults, has become prevalent among older generations. The 500-person survey shows that 60 percent of users...
New at&t iPhone rate plans
at&t announced a rate drop on their iPhone unlimited voice plans today, dropping the price from $99.99 to $69.99. The move, prompted by Verizon's price cuts (also today). Included data plans, the unlimited voice and data combo drops from $...
Mobile Data Billing Solution?
Unlimited mobile data plans have succeeded in getting the masses to use (and pay for) mobile data. Finally. After years of voice-centric mobile carriers bemoaning the need to wean themselves from voice revenues, those times are here. I s...
How Good is Your 3G Mobile Coverage (Really?)
You've seen the ad wars by now between the big mobile carriers if you live in the US ("my coverage is better than your coverage!"). And you've been living under a rock if you haven't heard the incessant complaints about dropped iPhone cove...
More Fiber For Africa
And the beat goes on... Aquiva in Zimbabwe has begun the process to build a new dark fiber network in the country. Africa is making big, huge moves which will ultimately move the continent up the socio-economic ladder like a shot. Invesment in the region...
Fiber to Cuba? Absolutamente!
It is certainly worth noticing that as many network industry people in the US ignorantly believe that there is no need to build any new fiber routes for any reason in this country (new data centers, diversity, better fiber, lower latency, w...
M5 Networks Offers H1N1 Protection
M5 Networks is offering its clients a range of free or low-cost "out-of-office" communications options intended to protect organizations from flu-related threats by allowing workers to do their jobs at home, instead of coming to the office. Amon...
Get Ready for Telecom 2.0, Tekelec Says
Differentiated end user experience is how telecom service providers will have to compete in the coming world of next-generation services, says John Lenns, Tekelec AVP. That argument might seem most obvious in the case of mobile service providers, but wire...
Tellabs Buys WiChorus for Mobile Packet Core Capabilities
Tellabs expects mobile data traffic to grow 30 percent to 50 percent a year for the foreseeable future. For that reason, Tellabs has acquired WiChorus, a provider of a mobile packet core platform purpose-built for 4G, LTE and WiMax, with support for 3G....
