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HBO, Verizon introduce MAX GO
Verizon and Home Box Office (HBO) have announced that Verizon’s FiOS TV customers will be the first to gain access to MAXGO.com, Cinemax’s online video destination featuring more than 700 hours of Cinemax programming monthly.
Similar to HBO GO, which launched with FiOS in February of this year, MAX GO offers free online access to Cinemax [...]
AppTech completes Jesus App
AppTech has completed company’s first app designed for the Christian community throughout the world. The Jesus app has been submitted to the iPhone App Store in English and is being translated into Spanish and Portuguese.
Approval to commence sales is expected from the App Store in the near future. AppTech will donate twenty percent (20%) of [...]
Telkom selects Alcatel-Lucent solution
Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), a provider in Indonesia, has selected ALcatel Lucent to undertake a transformation of its backbone network.
By converging IP and optical networks, Alcatel-Lucent’s solution is expected to enable Telkom to cope with the increasing data traffic, simplify its network, and reduce costs.
Alcatel-Lucent will supply its next-generation 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) powered with [...]
Onechip Photonics opens regional office in Shenzhen
Onechip Photonics has opened a new regional office in Shenzhen to support the critical operations of local customers.
Featuring an on-site lab, the new facility will enable the company to offer testing, debugging, and demonstrations for addressing the immediate technical needs of regional customers.
Onechip also announced the establishment of its relationships with ACE Broadband Technology Chengdu [...]
Former Hitachi executive to lead RPX’s Asia operations
Former Hitachi executive, Hisao Yamasaki, has joined RPX, a San Francisco-based provider of patent risk solutions. Yamasaki, 46, will serve as president of RPX Asia, responsible for client relations and new client development in the region.
Yamasaki will be based in the company’s new offices in Tokyo. He joins RPX at a time when the company [...]
Bharti Airtel launches Global Data Services in Thailand & Malaysia
Bharti Airtel has launched its services in Thailand and Malaysia. The services include IP, Managed MPLS and Ethernet for customers in the region.
The company has partnered with the Thai company True International Gateway and Telecom Malaysia to launch the services in the two countries.
The company informed that the services will provide three levels of connectivity [...]
Starwood Hotels & Resorts launches app for BlackBerry phones
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has launched the SPG App for BlackBerry smartphones. The app is based on its Starwood Preferred Guest program.
The SPG App enables BlackBerry smartphone users to browse and make reservations at 1,000 Starwood properties across the globe. Members can also use the new application to manage current reservations, view their Starpoints [...]
Alcatel-Lucent acquires Openplug
Alcatel-Lucent has acquired Openplug, a mobile software and applications development tools vendor. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Alcatel-Lucent can now extend Openplug’s functionality to service providers, enterprises and developers so they can create and deploy applications across multiple mobile devices and within service provider app stores.
As a result, applications that had previously only been [...]
First Data launches payment security solution
First Data, a player in electronic commerce and payment processing, has launched its First Data TransArmor solution. The payment security service will be available to merchants of all sizes through the company’s network of resale partners.
The TransArmor solution basically changes the way merchants secure and manage cardholder data. The service protects consumer payment card data [...]
IBM acquires Sterling Commerce
IBM has announced the closing of its acquisition of Sterling Commerce. The company is expected to expand IBM’s ability to help clients improve their interactions with customers, partners and suppliers through business networks using either on-premise or cloud delivery models.
Sterling Commerce provides software for cross-channel commerce and integration of customer, partner and supplier networks across [...]
