Deutsche Telekom Outlines Seven-Point Strategy

Deutsche Telekom's Supervisory Board has given the go-ahead for changes in DT's management structure, in line with a new, 7-point program called "Telekom 2010." T-Systems CEO Lothar Pauly will head the areas Networks, IT and Purchasing worldwide, while T-Mobile CEO Rene Obermann will be responsible for over-the-counter sales in Germany. Kai-Uwe Ricke will assume responsibility for advertising budgets, media planning and media coordination along with...

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Huawei to Supply UMTS for Uruguay's ANTEL

Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones ("ANTEL"), the leading telecom operator in Uruguay has selected Huawei Technologies for its UMTS network. Huawei is supplying the HSDPA-based end-to-end UMTS solution for ANTEL. Financial terms were not disclosed.Huawei's UMTS solution encompasses its HSDPA-based series NodeB, compatible mobile Softswitch core network for GSM/GPRS/3GPP R99/3GPP R4, open intelligent network and mobile data platform, uniform...

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Amino Announces Internet-TV Set-top Box

Amino has entered the Internet TV market with a new set-top box designed for Web-based video services. The AmiNET125i is a multi-codec unit, designed to deliver Windows Media 9 and MPEG-4 video streams to a TV. The product features a low-cost digital signal processor (DSP) supporting a range of decoders which are widespread in the world of Internet-based content. There is also a host processor to ensure the user experience is on a par with that of...

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BT Anticipates First Live Customer Upgrades to 21CN in November

BT announced details of the first steps it will take to transition customers in the UK to its 21st century network (21CN). Starting in late November this year, BT, working closely with other communications providers, will begin the planned upgrade of customers and their voice and broadband services, in Cardiff and the surrounding area. The first stage of the new network will be delivered in three phases, increasing in scale with each phase. Phase one, to run from November this year until March 2007, will see the upgrade of voice services to some...

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Working Prototype of Prototype of Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Receiver Developed

STMicroelectronics, in cooperation with Kenwood and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (Fraunhofer IIS), presented a fully working prototype of a "Digital Radio Mondiale" (DRM) receiver at last week's IFA Consumer Electronics trade fair in Berlin. The prototype could pave the way to the development of a low-power Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) for DRM applications such as fixed and portable radios, car receivers, software receivers, and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). Standardized by the International Electrotechnical...

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Broadcom's Antitrust Complaint Against QUALCOMM Dismissed

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey has dismissed Broadcom's antitrust complaint against QUALCOMM in its entirety. Originally filed in July of 2005 and later amended, the complaint alleged a variety of purported antitrust violations by QUALCOMM, each of which was rejected by the District Court. "QUALCOMM is pleased by the Court's thoughtful and comprehensive ruling dismissing all of Broadcom's claims," said Steve Altman, president, QUALCOMM. "Our business model is built upon making our innovations available to the entire...

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RadiSys Completes Convedia Acquisition

RadiSys Corporation completed its previously-announced acquisition of Convedia, a leading supplier of IP media processing technologies and IP media server products.RadiSys paid $105 million in cash at closing. RadiSys could pay up to an additional $10 million in cash determined by a contingent formula tied to achieving certain profitability goals during the twelve-month period beginning October 1, 2006.http://www.radisys.comhttp://www.convedia.comConvedia's family of media servers enable fixed, mobile and cable service providers to deliver processed...

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Global Crossing to Provide VoIP for UK's Inuk Networks

Global Crossing was awarded a three-year contract to offer VoIP as part of a triple-play offering being launched by Inuk Networks later this year aimed initially at the UK university student population, which totals over three million. The service will include broadband Internet access, IPTV and VoIP. Inuk's "Freewire" promises broadcast-quality television over IP networks that have a multi-casting capability. The Freewire bundle includes VoIP and...

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Alcatel to acquire Nortel's UMTS Radio Access Business

Alcatel agreed to acquire Nortel's UMTS radio access business (UTRAN) and related assets for US$320 million -- making Alcatel one of the world's largest suppliers of UMTS radio access solutions.The proposed sale includes Nortel's UMTS access product portfolio made up of the Radio Network Controller and Node B products and OAM solutions, related services and associated assets. It is anticipated that the significant majority of employees of Nortel's...

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