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Internet2 lights up the first segment of next-gen net, 12/05/06
Internet2 announced Tuesday at its Fall Member Meeting in Chicago that the first segment of its next generation network is live.
BT uses Microsoft platform for UK IPTV service, 12/04/06
BT Group launched an IPTV service for customers of its broadband Internet access service on Monday, allowing them to view and record TV shows or order music videos, TV programs and movies on demand over their telephone line.
Q&A: ITU study group chair talks about its Next Generation Network initiative, 12/04/06
The International Telecommunication Union, a leading standards body, is sponsoring its biggest event in Hong Kong this week. Held every three years, ITU Telecom World is expected to attract 35,000 attendees from 160 countries to discuss the latest …
Nortel solidifies sale of UMTS to Alcatel-Lucent, 12/04/06
Nortel reached a definitive agreement to sell its UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) business to Alcatel-Lucent on Monday, locking down a nonbinding agreement announced in September.
FCC chief pushes AT&T-BellSouth vote, 12/04/06
Kevin Martin, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is trying to get the ball rolling toward a decision on AT&T’s proposed acquisition of BellSouth.
Opinion: Structuring your telecom sales strategy, 12/01/06
Techies usually hate dealing with sales folk, because we seem to come from different worlds. Engineering is about honesty: Either that bridge will hold or it won’t. Sales is about deceit (or so we geeks assume): Lie to the customer and cash the …
