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Vodafone introduces BlackBerry service plans in India
Vodafone Essar, the Indian subsidiary of Vodafone Group, along with Research In Motion (RIM), recently announced the launch of BlackBerry service plans for its pre-paid customers in India.
With the new pre-paid tariffs, Vodafone customers will now be able to choose from daily, three day, weekly and monthly offers.
Vodafone’s BlackBerry smartphone customers on the new pre-paid [...]
Irish Govt, Alca-Lu renew collaboration on technology development
Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan TD, and Dr Jeong Kim, President of Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent, have announced the expansion of Bell Labs in Ireland as part of a visit to the Bell Labs Research Centre in Blanchardstown, Dublin.
The programme is supported by the Irish Government through [...]
Acacia acquires rights to patents for information portal software technology
Acacia Research has announced that a subsidiary has acquired the rights to patents for information portal software technology.
The patented technology generally relates to customisable user interfaces presenting information from a variety of sources and can be used in public, private enterprise, and consumer portals.
Paul Ryan, Acacia Chairman and CEO, said the company will continue to [...]
IBM, Qantas ink project delivery deal
IBM has announced the signing of a seven-year contract with Qantas, an Australian airline, for the provision of project delivery functions as part of the airline’s improved business efficiency goals.
Under the agreement, IBM will bring a combination of project management delivery know-how to Qantas’ project portfolio to ensure timely delivery of business and IT change [...]
Alcatel-Lucent launches IP Transformation Centre in India
Alcatel-Lucent has launched a new IP Transformation Centre (IPTC) in Chennai, India. First centre of its kind in the sub-continent, the IPTC is aimed at developing, integrating and testing end-to-end IP networking solutions for Alcatel-Lucent’s Indian and global customers as they migrate to next generation architectures.
The centre will enable service providers to design, test and [...]
Alca-Lu appoints Subhash Bana as VP R&D for India
Alcatel-Lucent has announced the appointment of Subhash Bana as vice president R&D reporting to Vivek Mohan, managing director of Alcatel-Lucent India.
In his new role, Subhash will be responsible for improving engineering performance across the carrier and applications software activities, including R&D service delivery, quality and innovation enhancing support to the Indian customers.
He will also liaise [...]
KDF equips digital x-ray production facility in NY
KDF Electronic & Vacuum Services has announced its role in the opening of a $165m digital X-Ray mammography production facility in New York state.
The facility is headlined by a health equipment OEM and will manufacture and transfer its technology to healthcare facilities worldwide.
KDF, a New Jersey-based producer of batch-sputtering systems used in the manufacture of [...]
IBM launches analytics centre in Tokyo
IBM has announced the launch of a Tokyo-based IBM Analytics Solution centre, which is part of a global network of analytics focused centres.
Through these centers, IBM hopes to address the demand for advanced analytics capabilities need to help clients build smarter business systems and drive improved decision-making.
The new centre is co-located at IBM’s Marunouchi office [...]
Broadband services still a top spending priority: study
Consumers are unwilling to part with their broadband services at home even in the midst of the economic downturn, preferring to cut spending on things like dining out and leisure travel, according to a series of recent studies sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent.
These findings were uncovered as part of a global study exploring the impact of the [...]
Vdopia launches VDO Labs for video ad research
Vdopia, a Video Ad Network and Video Ad Platform focused on Indians across the globe, has announced the launch of VDO Labs.
The research lab will focus exclusively on taking video advertising experience to the next level by creating innovations around video content. VDO Labs is building ad formats such as Skin Branding, Skin Branding with [...]
