Italtel Appoints Umberto de Julio as its new CEO

The Italtel Group, which specializes in next generation multiservice integrated network systems, has appointed Umberto de Julio as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. de Julio is a veteran of the telecom industry. Since June 2000, he has been partner of Pino Partecipazioni, a venture capital company. From July 1999 to April 2000, he was Head of Strategies in Telecom Italia Spa and from 1998 to 1999 he covered the role of Chief Executive Officer...

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Cisco TelePresence Adds Support for NTT's User Network Interface

Cisco has added support for NTT's user network interface (UNI) to Cisco IOS Software , enabling Cisco routers and switches to connect directly to NTT's UNI. The Cisco TelePresence system can now be added to commercial NGN services offered by NTT East and NTT West. The companies said business communications can more easily take place between companies using the same NTT service, while Cisco TelePresence use can be tracked via metered billing.Cisco TelePresence can be used as a guaranteed bandwidth application service called "Hikari Telephone Office...

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Microsoft Joins Working Group for Open Standards Messaging Software

Microsoft is joining the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) Working Group, an organization focused on the development of the AMQP specification. Microsoft said it is joining the group in order to support the development of an open industry standard for ubiquitous messaging.AMQP is a specification for platform-neutral, open standards-based business messaging. The primary goal of AMQP is to enable the communications necessary for business processes. AMQP Working Group members are collaborating on specifications for messaging infrastructure...

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Sprint appoints Former Ericsson Exec to its Board

Sprint announced the appointment of Sven-Christer Nilsson to its Board of Directors. Prior to his current advisory business, Nilsson, 64, worked with Ericsson from 1982 through 1999, including serving as president, Ericsson Radio Systems (Sweden), as vice president, Mobile Switching Systems, as executive vice president and general manager, Cellular Systems-American Standards, and as president and chief executive officer. Nilsson also serves as a director of ASSA Abloy AB, Tilgin AB, and CEVA Inc. In addition, Nilsson is Chairman of the Boards...

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Verizon Urges FCC Action on Intercarrier Compensation

Verizon Communications is calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt intercarrier compensation and universal-service reform this year. Verizon said the current "arcane system," which pays carriers for the exchange of traffic, is "an obstacle to the development and use of broadband and IP services." said in a speech prepared for delivery Saturday (Oct. 25). "While this transition from the policies of the circuit-switched world is tough, we will all be better off when it is finished," Tauke said in his prepared remarks. "The...

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