BT Signs $3 Billion Contract with Reuters

Swisscom Tops 800,000 DSL Customers

March 9, 2005

Swisscom reported strong growth in ADSL. Year-on-year, the number of ADSL access lines increased by 64.7% to 802,000, of which ...

Paradyne and Cirpack Announce Joint Voice Over IP Solution

March 9, 2005

Paradyne and Cirpack completed interoperability testing between Cirpack's softswitch and Paradyne's POTS-enabled 8000 series BLC for providing joint VoIP solutions. ...

Qwest to Provide Connectivity for Dept. of Energy

March 9, 2005

Qwest Communications was awarded a new contract to significantly expand network connectivity for several U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sites ...

Cisco Advances in Defense Dept. VoIP Tests

March 9, 2005

Cisco Systems has passed additional U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) VoIP tests, confirming that the Cisco IP Communications system conforms ...

Covad Advances its Antitrust Suits against Verizon and BellSouth

March 9, 2005

Covad Communications prevailed in two recent court decisions that allow antitrust suits against Verizon and BellSouth to proceed. In both ...

Freescale Lauds FCC's Ultra-Wideband Waiver Decision

March 9, 2005

Freescale Semiconductor applauded the FCC's decision on ultra-wideband (UWB), saying the historic decision would protect incumbent spectrum stakeholders and benefit ...

FCC Extends Truth-in-Billing Rules to Wireless Phones

March 9, 2005

The FCC expanded the federal consumer protection rules that apply to consumers' wireless phone bills. Specifically, the Commission: Removed the ...

Microsoft to Acquire Groove Networks for Collaboration Tools

March 9, 2005

Microsoft will acquire Groove Networks, a supplier of collaboration software for geographically distributed workgroups. Financial terms were not disclosed. Groove's ...