http://telecomweb.com TelecomWeb.com en-us 2008 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 9:55:59 EDT Business broadband service provider XO Communications has increased the distance over which it will deliver Ethernet-over-copper, rolling out an extensive new range of speed options for its fiber-connected enterprise users and laying out plans for future offerings that include an Ethernet Virtual Private LAN... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261265.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT In a new customer win, Overture Networks says IPC Systems Inc. is using Overture's ISG product family as part of its recently introduced managed Ethernet Connection Service (ECS) for financial trading firms. Here's what Overture, a supplier of converged packet-access solutions for Carrier Ethernet, says... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261266.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT At SpeechTEK today, Nuance Communications and Genesys, an Alcatel-Lucent company, touted their ongoing collaboration to offer automated solutions for the voice channel that now includes services and support for the Genesys Voice Platform (GVP) 8. The two have worked together for more than five years to... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261267.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Nortel today unveiled an add-on to its unified communications (UC) platform that lets enterprises add such features as IM, e-mail and click-to-call to self-service and speech applications. The new offering, dubbed the Nortel Interactive Communications Portal (ICP), targets customer care centers and is... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261268.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT VoSky, one of a clutch of companies attempting to morph eBay's Skype into an enterprise VoIP service, released what it says is the first-ever "Skype-certified, enterprise-grade PBX-to-Skype gateway for SIP networks." The company is targeting medium and large-sized enterprises with its new offering, called... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261269.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Grandstream Networks, Bandwidth.com and VoIP Supply are teaming to offer a package of solutions to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that will be available exclusively through VoIP Supply, Grandstream's certified partner. According to Grandstream, its GXE502x All-in-One IP PBX is a... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261270.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Wherify Wireless Inc., developer of the Springboard location-based services (LBS) platform, plans to meld that application with wireless offerings from Lightyear Network Solutions LLC when the two merge. The proposed business combination of Wherify and Lightyear will create a public company in which... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261250.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The 8 Gb/s LightPulse Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) family from Emulex Corporation now is available and qualified for Hitachi Data Systems' enterprise and midrange storage platforms. Featuring advanced LightPulse Virtual HBA technology with support for industry-standard N-Port ID Virtualization... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261251.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Fluke Networks, in its strongest foray into enterprise-class VoIP so far, has purchased the assets and technology of once-hot Israeli IP network performance-assurance and automated-diagnosis provider Viola Networks. The acquisition is the third enterprise-network-performance company bought by Fluke Networks... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261252.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Earlier today, VoIP enterprise phone maker snom Technology AG announced the integration of its SIP-based phone portfolio with that of IP PBX and gateway manufacturer Epygi Technologies Ltd. "After rigorous testing and evaluation, snom's 3xx series VoIP phones and new snom m3 IP DECT mobile phone received... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261253.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Broadband voice and data service provider IPtimize is the new owner of American Fiber Systems' (AFS) broadband access and hosted VoIP telephone services business via a deal that more than doubles the number of IP endpoints it serves. IPtimize, already an AFS partner, says it will be offering a complete suite... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261254.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT   Late yesterday, Qwest reached a tentative agreement with its unions, avoiding what could have been a strike right in the middle of both the Democratic and Republican conventions, for which the ILEC is providing voice and data services. Qwest's settlement comes close on the heels of Verizon's... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261255.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Perhaps due to the influx of more advanced wireless devices that are more complex to operate, it appears "hurry up and wait" when it comes to customer service continues to dog the wireless industry, with a new survey saying hang time has increased 34 percent in five years. According to the J.D. Power and... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261244.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Investors have plowed another $13 million into Xelerated, the fabless network-processor chip developer that's taking on Broadcom and Marvell in the Carrier Ethernet market. Xelerated, which bills itself as "the global leader in field-proven, next-generation ASSP-based (application specific standard... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261245.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT ClearSight Networks says its new software package "simulates real human network experts" to help telecom operators understand problems and error conditions on their networks. The new offering, called ClearSight Apex, does more than just help carriers understand problems, the company continues. It will... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261246.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT A new release of contact-center solution Solidus eCare from Aastra Technologies Limited is an option for the MX-ONE Telephony Server and the earlier MX-ONE Telephony Switch (based on MD110), formerly an Ericsson product but now available from Aastra. The Ericsson Enterprise Communications Business was... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261247.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT A partnership between petroleum-management concern Gilbarco and managed-network-services provider Cybera promises gas-station and convenience-store operators they will need fewer phone lines while enjoying greater security and faster connectivity. The companies have joined forces to streamline voice, video... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261248.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Speech-and-imaging product specialist Nuance Communications has swooped in on financially troubled Canadian mobile-phone software provider Zi Corp. with an unsolicited takeover offer, following Zi's report of yet-another down quarter. Nuance is offering approximately $40.4 million in cash ($0.80 per share)... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261249.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT China Unicom, the country's second-largest wireless carrier, has outlined plans to spend $14.57 billion on a 3G buildout during the next 24 months - about 50 percent more than had been expected - in a move that signals intensified competition in the Chinese market. Unicom disclosed its planned expenditures... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261229.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Israeli VoIP developer VocalTec, still struggling to stay afloat years after being rescued once from the brink of bankruptcy, has asked for a hearing to remain listed on the Nasdaq. The company, warned more than six months ago it wasn't meeting Nasdaq minimum-bid-price rules, says it's appealed to the Nasdaq... http://telecomweb.com/tnd/261230.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT