Archive for December, 2009
Eurotunnel selects Alca-Lu to modernise communications infrastructure
Eurotunnel has selected Alcatel-Lucent to modernise the communications infrastructure in the Channel Tunnel.
Alcatel-Lucent will deploy its GSM-R solution across the entire Eurotunnel network, in a bid to improve voice and data communications for operations staff and enable better service for customers. The company will also provide a set of professional services including end-to-end integration, deployment, [...]
Microsoft, Temenos join forces for core banking solutions
Temenos, a provider of integrated core banking systems, and software solutions provider Microsoft have announced an alliance for delivering core banking solutions with TEMENOS T24 and Microsoft SQL Server to increase operational efficiencies of large-scale banks worldwide.
Earlier, the two companies worked with North Shore Credit Union (NSCU), a financial institution in Canada, to deliver a [...]
Sonera wins 4G frequencies in Finnish auction
In a Finnish 4G frequency auction, Sonera was awarded frequencies with which it can build a next generation ’super-fast mobile broadband network’ in Finland.
Teliasonera has informed that the company will start building the network immediately, and aims to open the network for the first pilot customer during the first quarter of 2010.
The company also informed [...]
Kodak board elects Susan Tousi as VP
Eastman Kodak Company has informed that its board of directors has elected Susan Tousi as a Vice President of the company, effective immediately.
Tousi, 40, is General Manager of Consumer Inkjet Systems, a position she has held since 2007, when Kodak launched its line of inkjet printers.
Tousi previously served as R&D manager for Kodak’s consumer inkjet [...]
Ericsson to supply convergent charging, billing solution to Al-Madar
Ericsson has informed that it will provide Al-Madar Al-Jadid, a mobile operator in Libya, with a convergent charging and billing solution that will enable its mobile subscribers to enjoy benefits such as flexible tariffs and full control of costs, bonuses and rewards. Ericsson will also supply related systems integration services.
Through this convergent charging and billing [...]
Vocaltec acquires Outsmart assets
Vocaltec Communications, a provider of multimedia and voice-over-IP solutions for communication service providers, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Outsmart, a provider of telecommunications convergence solutions.
The Outsmart assets acquired by Vocaltec includes Outsmart’s technology and intellectual property, as well as its primary customer and partner contracts.
Vocaltec plans to engage certain Outsmart personnel in [...]
NTT Docomo launches movie creation service
NTT Docomo has launched a new service for movie creation, ‘Keitaide Dougawo Tsukurou’, which allows its users to compose and edit their own media content with the ability to create themes, tell stories and share with their friends by Ubitus Cloud Computing platform.
Ubitus media effects solution is an on-the-fly media cloud processing and delivery platform [...]
Bouygues Telecom selects Alca-Lu’s LTE solution
Alcatel-Lucent has announced that Bouygues Telecom has selected its end-to-end Long Term Evolution (LTE) solution for a trial of mobile broadband services. The trial is intended to evaluate the performance of LTE services in the 1800 MHz spectrum band.
Alca-Lu will serve as the sole supplier and network integrator for Bouygues Telecom’s field trials program, which [...]
