* Also: Verizon Business supports IBM AIX and HP-UX; Next Generation Mobile Networking makes it official
Lucent announced plans to acquire privately-held Mobilitec, a provider of content management software for wireless service providers, in a cash transaction.
Lucent announced plans to acquire privately-held Mobilitec, a provider of content management software for wireless service providers, in a cash transaction.
Terms of the deal, which is expected to close Dec. 31, were not disclosed.
Lucent intends to integrate the Mobilitec’s mPower product with its IP Multimedia Systems and 3G application products to enable personalized, “context-aware” content delivery and targeted advertising. This will make it possible for service providers to offer special promotions on their Web storefronts that are personalized based on content, profiles, preferences, location and availability, Lucent says.
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Verizon Business announced support for IBM’s AIX and HP’s HP-UX operating systems in its managed hosting services. The addition allows Verizon Business to now support five of the most widely deployed computer operating systems, according to the carrier. Verizon Business already hosts Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Sun Solaris operating systems.
Under an IP application hosting contract, Verizon Business performs services such as hardware break/fix, software administration, patching, monitoring and backups. Verizon Business also hosts Web and application servers and database software.
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I thought this was old news already, but I guess last week was the first official time the Next Generation Mobile Networking (NGMN) initiative introduced itself. The NGMN, which includes Sprint Nextel, Vodafone, China Mobile Communications, Orange, NTT DoCoMo, KPN and T-Mobile, won’t push a particular type of network but rather a set of guidelines that future technologies should follow, reports IDG News Service’s Steve Lawson. The group, which is already consulting with equipment vendors but will only include carriers as members, may be pitting itself against Qualcomm, which developed much of the current 3G technology but has been criticized in some quarters for its royalty and licensing practices.
