Supercomm makes a comeback; AT&T launches service to optimize Web apps

Opinion
Jun 8, 20071 min

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Telecom groups put aside differences, launch new event, 06/07/07:  Supercomm, the top telecom show in the United States during the industry’s boom in the 1990s and early 2000s, is being reborn later this month as NXTcomm.

Ex-Alcatel exec pleads guilty to bribery, 06/08/07:  A former Alcatel executive has pleaded guilty to paying more than $2.5 million in bribes to secure a telephone contract with Costa Rica’s state telecommunications agency, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.

AT&T launches service to optimize Web apps, 06/06/07:  AT&T this week announced a fully managed Application Acceleration service designed to give Web-based applications a performance and responsiveness boost.

Verizon gets into supply chain management, 06/05/07:  Verizon Business this week entered the supply chain management market through a resale arrangement with GXS, a provider of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce systems.

Service Provider News Report Newsletter: Televate looks to leverage D.C. public safety net, 06/06/07:  Televate, a McLean, Va. consulting firm, hopes to leverage its experience designing and managing the procurement of a leading-edge broadband wireless network being built in Washington, D.C., to other cities nationwide.