18.03.2008
ECI launches new carrier Ethernet platform
ECI Telecom announced an IP MPLS carrier Ethernet platform featuring core and customer premises gear. The 9700 platform also features wavelength division multiplexing optics integrated into the core router, an approach similar to the IP-over-DWDM architecture touted previously by Cisco Systems,... |
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18.09.2009
Economic recovery? Not so fast, say telecom leaders
Economic whiz kid Ben Bernanke be signaling that we have seen the worst of the current economic recession, but the two largest U.S. telcos (AT&T and Verizon) think otherwise. Speaking at yesterday`s Goldman Sachs Communicopia Conference in New York, Verizon`s CEO Ivan Seidenberg and... |
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17.06.2010
eircom schedules FTTH trial in Sandyford, Wexford town
Ireland`s broadband eyes will be smiling even more next year when the country`s former telecom monopoly eircom lights up its FTTH (fiber to the home) trial next year. Promising to deliver 150 Mbps of bandwidth, the trial will serve about 10,000 residential and business customers in... |
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07.04.2010
Embarq Payphone completes Texas Criminal Justice phone system installation
CenturyLink`s subsidiary Embarq Payphone Services Inc. (EPSI) will be giving Texas inmates a new voice with the completion of a phone system project for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). Embarq Payphone wasn`t alone in completing the multi-site project, however. The company worked... |
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24.11.2008
Embarq puts live people (gasp!) back answering customer calls
First, the U.S. average price of gas goes below $2.00 a gallon. Now, the fourth-largest phone company is running a trial to put live human beings in the loop to answer customer calls. What will they think of next?Embarq announced the move to try out live customer service reps on Monday, with 15... |
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15.05.2008
Embarq to end wireless partnership with Sprint
Independent telco and Sprint Nextel spin-off Embarq confirmed that it will end its wireless resale partnership with its former parent company next year. It is a sad situation, being jilted by one`s offspring after they move out on their own--you can no longer tell them to go to their room. With... |
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02.04.2009
Emerson launches new ATCA bladed server platform
Emerson Network Power has launched the Katana 2000, a new bladed server platform based on AdvancedTCA (ATCA). Target applications for the new server include high-volume data applications with media and content provisioning, as well as a host of suggestions for non-telecom applications.The... |
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12.04.2010
Ethernet guru Craig Easley joins Sunrise Telecom
As Sunrise Telecom continues to increase its focus on the Ethernet market, the vendor has turned to Ethernet pioneer Craig Easley to lead the company`s worldwide marketing efforts. Easley is probably best known for his work as a member of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) where he served as the... |
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01.12.2008
Etisalat partners with France Telecom, buys stake in SoftAtHome
United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Etisalat and France Telecom have partnered up on the delivery of digital home services. Etisalat is also buying a 16.6 percent stake in SoftAtHome, a joint venture launched by Thomson, Sagem and France Telecom to develop software solutions for triple play... |
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23.09.2008
Etisalat takes big stake in Swan Telecom
Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) announced Tuesday that it will buy a 45 percent stake in India`s Swan Telecom for $900 million.The UAE-based Etisalat will now have an entry way to a gigantic emerging market, which is the world`s second largest in terms of subscribers. Broadband... |
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