Archive for February, 2010
NBN Sale Comes With A Never-Never Option
The Australian THE federal government yesterday reaffirmed its commitment to relinquish control of the national broadband network within five years of its completion — but draft laws give it room to delay the sale until 2023 or even later. Topics: Australia, broadband, government, NBN, telecom, telecommunications
GENBAND Wins Bid To Buy Nortel Carrier VoIP Assets
Telecompetitor GENBAND, Inc., a leading developer of next-generation media, session and security gateway solutions, today announced that it will acquire substantially all assets of the Nortel Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions Business (CVAS). The acquisition is subject to… Topics: VoIP, Texas, carrier, telecom, Nortel, Genband
Conroy Lashes Out On Delay of Telstra Bill
Computerworld Australia Communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has hit out at the Opposition’s successful attempt to block debate on the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) 2009 in the Senate. Topics: Australia, broadband, Senate, Stephen Conroy, telecom, Telstra
Nortel’s Name Likely To Disappear
Telephony Unfiltered When Nortel Networks decided to auction itself off in pieces, its name was of the items on block. But now with its last business unit slated to go to Genband, Nortel hasn’t found anyone interested in taking up the moniker despite its long history in the industry. Topics: Nortel, wireless, VoIP, Ericsson, telecom, CDMA, [...]
Joyce To Investigate Telecom 111 Failure
National Business Review – New Zealand An investigation has been launched into the failure of some emergency 111 calls in Auckland this morning by Telecom. “I spoke to Telecom CEO Paul Reynolds this morning and agreed that officials from both the Ministry of Economic Development and the Police will be involved in this investigation,” said [...]
Auction For Indian 3G Spectrum Moved To April 19th
The long delayed auction of 3G spectrum in India has been given a new date – April 9, 2010. According to information released by the Indian government on Thursday, invitations to apply to participate in the auction will be issued on February 25, with the actual auction to take place around six weeks later. Topics: [...]
Vonage Still Alive and Kicking
Telecompetitor VoIP pioneer Vonage is still alive and kicking. In fact, they made a profit in 4Q09, their first profitable quarter for the year. Considering Vonage has been labeled “dead man walking” on more than one occasion, it’s noteworthy to see them march on. Challenges still remain though. They ended 2009 with 2.4 million subscribers, [...]
Joyce Wants New Assurances From Telecom
Scoop NZ – New Zealand Communications Minister Steven Joyce must put Telecom on notice to come clean with its customers around the stability of its XT network, Labour’s Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. Topics: New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, Steven Joyce, telecom, telecommunications, XT, XT network
Satellite Companies Getting $100M Stimulus for Broadband
The vast majority of stimulus funds so far have been awarded to terrestrial wireless and fiber-optic projects. But industry officials say a federal program, set to begin this spring, will set aside at least $100 million to bring satellite-based services to remote communities. Topics: networking, WildBlue, wireless, Google, United States, telecommunications, HSPA, broadband, Hughes, WiMax
Sweedish Carrier Tele2 CEO Walks Out On Company
Harri Koponen, the chief of Swedish carrier Tele2, has walked out citing “irreconcilable differences” with the company. Koponen joined Tele2 in 2008 as president and CEO and oversaw a period of increased focus on profitability, with a refocusing of the company’s footprint in Russia and the CIS. Topics: Sweeden, telecoms, carrier, MVNO, broadband, telecom
MagicJack Loses $50,000 Defamation Lawsuit To Blogger
BoingBoing Gadget maker MagicJack recently lost a defamation lawsuit that it filed against Boing Boing. The judge dismissed its case and ordered it to pay more than $50,000 in legal costs. We had no idea that it would file a baseless lawsuit to try and shut me up, that CEO Dan Borislow would offer to [...]
Cellcom Ordered To Stop Blocking VoIP by Israel Government
TeleGeography srael’s Ministry of Communications (MoC) has ordered mobile network operator Cellcom to halt blocking internet applications including VoIP, Globes Online reports. Cellcom is Israel’s largest mobile operator by subscribers. Topics: Israel, wireless, Cellcom, VoIP
100 Million Using VoIP
Inquirer ACCORDING TO beancounters at UK-based market research firm Point Topic, the number of worldwide subscribers chatting away on VoIP has broken the 100 million mark. Topics: telecom, 3G, broadband, VoIP
Nexus One Going Haywire In the U.K.
Nexus One users in the U.K. are having quite an annoying issue with their devices. After an update that was rolled out in late January, there have been reports that some users have been dialing emergency numbers as soon as they try to access their voicemail, or call a freephone number. To make matters worse, [...]
California Relocation May Be In Store for Motorola
Now that Motorola has made its break-up plans public, it’s clear it won’t be completed without a number of painful decisions. Under consideration is whether Motorola’s handset business should move from its Chicago-area headquarters to California to be closer to a stronger work pool. In addition, long-time Motorola exec Dan Moloney has resigned to head [...]
Major Compo Package Offered by Telecom
New Zealand Herald Telecom CEO Paul Reynolds has offered disgruntled XT customers a major compensation package, as his company battles to fix the problematic network. Topics: New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, Paul Reynolds, telecom, XT
Sprint Suppliers Must Implement “Green” Guidelines
Today Sprint CEO Dan Hesse laid out a new set of green product guidelines for all its manufacturers. Hesse said, “Moving forward, every handset vendor who manufactures handsets to operate on Sprint’s networks must produce handsets that meet or exceed Sprint’s new green design criteria and specifications. Working in partnership with our handset manufacturers, Sprint [...]
Telecom NZ Shares Hit 52-Week Low
National Business Review – New Zealand Telecom shares were down 2.17% to $2.25 in mid afternoon trading, breaking out of their 52-week band ($2.26-$2.88). Yesterday, the companies shares were down one cent for most of the session, but crashed a further five during the telco’s XT briefing, during which $10 million compensation was announced. Topics: [...]
Emergency Calls Finally Affected by XT Outage
New Zealand Herald The Government wants assurances from Telecom that its XT customers will have uninterrupted access to emergency services after a man was unable to call police for help. The latest outage to face the troubled XT network took a disturbing turn yesterday when it was revealed that people trying to call 111 were [...]
Cause of XT Outages In New Zealand Still Remains Unknown Says Alcatel-Lucent
New Zealand Herald The cause of four outages to Telecom’s XT mobile network since Christmas remain unknown as Telecom and its partners try to convince customers to stay with the service. Topics: Alcatel-Lucent, New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, outage, telecom, XT
