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NewsCharter Communications narrows Q1 loss, adds subscribers
Charter Communications posted a first quarter loss of $358 million, or 97 cents a share, compared to $381 million, or $1.04 a share a year ago and said its revenue rose 10 percent to $1.6 billion Read more...
Cisco posts higher revenue, carrier sector decline
Cisco Systems reported a revenue increase of 10 percent to $9.8 billion for its fiscal third quarter, a figure which spelled relief for many telecom industry types who know that Wall Street moves the Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Verizon's Petri retires; BigBand cuts 25 jobs; and much more...
> Daniel Petri, group president-International, at Verizon will retire Aug. 1 after 37 years with the telco. Report > Video Read more...
Alca-Lu beats Microsoft in$367 million ruling
Microsoft must pay Alcatel-Lucent $367 million, according to the latest ruling in an ongoing series of patent infringement cases between the two companies. But, don't feel sorry for the software Read more...
Telepresence fray lures Tandberg, Polycom
Telepresence is one of the newest technology toys in telecom, and early promoters like Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks and Microsoft are now being joined by other vendors, some of them already big Read more...
Telcos still mulling service mashup trend
What: Application mashups Why you should care: Application mashups have been seen as one of the ways in which the vitality and flexibility of Web services development could influence the traditional Read more...
Microsoft preps Mediaroom enhancements
Microsoft reportedly is readying the next-generation version of its Mediaroom IPTV system, currently code-named Milwaukee (the city what made famous by that beer), for availability this summer. The Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Microsoft out at Telecom Italia?; NeoNova targets rurals; and much more...
> After years of working together, Telecom Italia reportedly may not use Microsoft's Mediaroom IPTV software. Read more...
France Telecom unit to buy Orca Interactive
France Telecom content security subsidiary Viaccess is acquiring IPTV middleware vendor Orca Interactive, based in Israel, for $21.4 million in cash. The move comes amid consolidation in the Read more...
More job cuts ahead for France Telecom?
France Telecom may be set to embark on a three-year round of job cuts beginning next year that would eventually see between 12,000 and 15,000 positions eliminated from the telco. The company has made Read more...
| Press ReleasesZune Expands Beyond Music to Deliver Integrated All-in-One Entertainment ExperienceREDMOND, Wash. — May 5, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Zune, the company’s all-in-one digital entertainment brand, is adding new software features and content to the Zune online Read more... Tellme Makes On-the-Go Information a Word Away: Say It and Get It, Right on Your Phone Today
Tellme(R), a Microsoft(R) subsidiary and pioneer of voice services for
people and businesses, announced the addition of local 'on-the-go'
information to its voice portal for mobile phones. Now Read more... Providers Rally to Offer VoIP for Microsoft Response Point REDMOND, Wash. — April 18, 2008 — Industry-leading voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) providers are rallying around the Microsoft Response Point phone system to offer an easy-to-use, complete Read more... Yahoo!'s Board of Directors Responds to Latest Microsoft LetterThe Board of Directors of Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading
global Internet company, today sent the following letter to Steve
Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation. Dear Steve: Read more... Microsoft and Aspect Form Global Strategic Alliance ORLANDO, Fla. — March 18, 2008 — Today at the VoiceCon Orlando 2008 conference, Microsoft Corp. and Aspect Software Inc., a leading contact center company, announced a multiyear strategic Read more... |