Archive for November, 2009
Quova helps F5 improve its IP geolocation capability
F5 Networks, a player in Application Delivery Networking (ADN) and Quova, a provider of IP geolocation data and services, have announced a partnership and OEM agreement. The partnership is expected to improve F5′s ability to provide intelligent context-aware application delivery solutions to IT organisations worldwide. The Quova technology maps IP addresses and related data to [...]
TeliaSonera, Altimo combine ownership interests in MegaFon, Turkcell
TeliaSonera and Altimo have agreed to combine their ownership interests by contributing their respective direct and indirect interests in Turkcell and Megafon, into a new company. The new company will be established in a western jurisdiction and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Together the companies hope to create an international operator, with over [...]
Sybase 365, TNZI to launch joint IPX voice service
Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, a player in mobile messaging and mobile commerce services, and Telecom New Zealand International (TNZI), a division of Telecom New Zealand, a full-service telecommunications provider, have announced a new partnership for the availability of a joint IPX voice service offering. The companies are working together to offer a voice [...]
Ericsson completes Nortel acquisition in North America
Ericsson has completed its acquisition of substantially all of Nortel’s CDMA business and LTE assets in North America. The acquisition includes the transfer of important CDMA contracts with North American operators including Verizon, Sprint, US Cellular, Bell Canada, Telus and Leap, as well as LTE assets, certain patents and patent licences relating to CDMA and [...]
STC selects Motive technology
Motive, a provider of digital life management solutions for fixed and mobile broadband services and an Alcatel-Lucent company, has been selected by STC (Saudi Telecom Company), a telecommunications carrier in Saudi Arabia, to deliver its High Speed Internet ServiceView solution. The solution offers a unified customer care environment aimed at providing end-to-end visibility and control [...]
Qualcomm samples new smartphone chipset family
Qualcomm, a developer of wireless technologies, products and services, is sampling a new smartphone chipset family. The MSM7x30 family lays emphasis on multimedia performance, supporting high-definition video recording and playback, improved graphics with dedicated 2D and 3D cores, and an overall chip design optimised for a responsive Web experience. The company claims that its MSM7x30 [...]
Intrinsyc selects Inrix traffic information for Destinator 9 GPS Navigation
Inrix, a provider of traffic services, has announced an agreement with Intrinsyc Software International, a provider of software solutions for mobile and embedded devices to provide real-time traffic flow and incident information for the company’s upcoming iPhone Destinator 9 GPS Navigation app. Through crowdsourced real-time traffic network and its data fusion engine, Inrix helps Destinator [...]
China Mobile selects Azalea for Wi-fi access
China Mobile has selected Azalea Networks, a provider of wireless network equipment and technology, to install a wireless LAN (local area network) in major metropolitan areas throughout China. Azalea’s access points will be part of a network to provide broadband Wi-fi services. Azalea informed that its technology will provide a large part of the networks [...]
Zayo Bandwidth expands fibre-to-tower service offerings
Zayo Bandwidth, a provider of bandwidth infrastructure solutions for carrier, enterprise and government customers, will deploy TDM and Ethernet services to an additional 300 wireless tower sites in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas of Pennsylvania in support of the current mobile platform and the upcoming transition to 4th generation technologies. The deployment is aimed [...]
Motorola to acquire Bitband
Motorola has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Bitband, a provider of content management and delivery systems, specialising in video-on-demand for IPTV. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in Q4 2009. Bitband will be integrated into Motorola’s Home & Networks Mobility [...]
