BT Launches Free Location-based Wi-Fi in London

BT has launched a personal, location-based Wi-Fi-enabled information service called BT MyPlace that is available from any wireless device using the BT Openzone outdoor Wi-Fi network in central London and the West End. After registering preferences such as favourite food, shops or activities, users are sent nearby recommendations based on these favourites and their location. The service is funded through on-site advertising at no cost to the 256,000...

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Telegent Ships 20 million Mobile TV Receivers for Handsets

Telegent Systems has shipped more than 20 million mobile TV receivers since its products became available on the market in mid-2007. Telegent's single-chip CMOS solution enables free-to-air and subscription mobile TV in mobile handsets. The company said its TV receivers have experienced extremely rapid uptake because operators around the world, including market leaders in China, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, and Turkey have added Telegent-enabled...

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Telefonica Movistar Offers ZTE i766 TV Handset

Telefonica Moviles Peru has begun promoting the ZTE i766, a handset with a live TV feature enabled by Telegent's receiver silicon. Telegent's TV feature allows consumers to receive the same free over-the-air analog programming that they receive on their television sets at home. The handset, branded with Telefonica's Movistar logo, is available in all Telefonica retail outlets for 499 soles in prepaid mode.Telefonica Peru is one of several operators...

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Wind River Adds Multicore Asymmetrical Multiprocessing

Wind River released its VxWorks version 6.7 featuring significant enhancements that enable device manufacturers to address critical business issues by exploiting the capabilities of the latest multicore processors. Wind River's cited support from leading multicore partners such as Intel, Freescale, Cavium, and Raza Microelectronics.Specifically, VxWorks 6.7 allows system designers to select the optimal multicore design configuration, asymmetric multiprocessing (AMP) or symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), to deliver next-generation devices with higher...

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Time Warner Cable Takes $14.8 billion Impairment Charge, Sees Some Declines

Time Warner Cable's revenue in Q4 2008 rose 8% ($313 million) over the prior year to $4.4 billion, however, the company reported a net loss of $8.2 billion, or $8.36 per basic and diluted common share compared to net income for the fourth quarter of 2007 of $327 million, or $0.33 per basic and diluted common share. Certain pretax items in the current year affected comparability, including a $14.8 billion noncash impairment of cable franchise rights,...

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Google Latitude Offers Location-Awareness for Mobile Users

Google launched a new feature in Google Maps for mobile and iGoogle that lets the user share location data with your friends and family online. Instead of GPS, the service uses wireless location beacons in the Google Maps database to determine an approximate location. Google users can opt into the feature, and then invite friends and family to join Google Latitude. Once they accept, you will see their profile picture appear on a map through a mobile...

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Dell'Oro: Mobile Infrastructure Market Prepares for Rough Times

The mobile infrastructure market is forecasted to experience three successive years of revenue decline, according to a new report from the Dell'Oro Group.. According to the report, between 2009 and 2011, the total market revenue is expected to contract 7 percent. The report also shows that combined GSM and CDMA markets represented over 70 percent of the total infrastructure market revenue in 2008. By 2013, these technologies will represent less...

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Occam Adds Three Customers for its MSAP

Occam Networks announced three new telecommunications service provider customers for its BLC 6000 platform: Brooke Telecom (Inwood, Ontario), Hill Country Telephone Cooperative (Ingram, Texas) and Warwick Valley Telephone (Warwick, New York). Some details on these deployments:Brooke Telecom currently maintains a mixed copper/fiber network and plans to transition to all-fiber-only over the next 5-7 years. Brooke recently introduced IPTV to its service mix, which also includes local and long distance voice services, high speed Internet, wireless...

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Dell'Oro: Fixed-line Carrier IP Telephony Market Forecast to Rebound in 2010

Worldwide carrier IP telephony equipment revenues are forecasted to rebound in 2010, after expected declines in 2008 and 2009, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. The market is projected to grow in single-digits from 2010 through 2013.According to the Dell'Oro Group report, voice services continue to transition away from fixed connections to mobile or wireless connections, reducing the market for associated fixed-line equipment. The number...

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Google, Microsoft, Motorola, Others Launch the White Spaces Database Group

Seven leading technology companies are collaborating to facilitate the timely creation and operation of a white spaces database to govern use of the vacant television broadband spectrum, commonly known as TV white spaces. The Group intends to establish data formats and protocols that are open and non-proprietary and will advocate that database administration be open and non-exclusive.Founding members of the White Spaces Database Group include Comsearch, Dell, Google, HP, Microsoft, Motorola, and NeuStar.http://www.google.com http://www.comsearch.comIn...

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Sprint Claims Higher Customer Satisfaction Numbers

Sprint reported progress on its efforts to improve the customer experience with its services. Specifically, c customer satisfaction study issued by J.D. Power & Associates (JDPA) showed significant improvement by Sprint. The JDPA 2009 Vol. 1 survey on Wireless Customer Care Performance, which surveys wireless users about their experiences with customer service representatives, retail, online and interactive voice response systems, shows Sprint's...

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Verizon Business Integrates its Conferencing App with IM Services

Verizon Business has integrated its Web conferencing application with leading IM services, including IBM Lotus Sametime Unified Communications and Collaboration, Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and the Cisco Jabber XCP. This enables its businesses and government agency customers to initiate virtual meetings on the spot. The new tools are available immediately for U.S.-based organizations and are scheduled to be rolled out internationally...

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Alcatel-Lucent Posts Revenue of EUR 4.9 Billion, Impairment Charge

Citing the drastic deterioration in the global economic outlook, Alcatel-Lucent reported a financial goodwill impairment charge of EUR 3.910 billion, resulting in a net loss of EUR 3.892 billion, or EUR (1.72) per diluted share, for Q4 2008. Revenues for the quarter totaled EUR 4.954 billion, within the company's expectations.In summary, revenue for fixed and mobile access were down, while strong performance was noted in IP routing, submarine and...

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Cisco Beats Estimates but Sees Impact from Downturn

Cisco reported quarterly revenue of $9.1 billion, down 7.5% compared to a year ago but ahead of market expectations. Net income (GAAP) fell 27% compared to a year ago to $1.5 billion or $0.26 per share. The company said economic conditions now affect all geographies and industry sectors. Total product orders decreased by 14% year-over-year while product revenue decreased by 11%. "Cisco showcased solid financial strength during a period of significant...

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U.S. House Approves DTV Delay -- New Cut-off date is June 12

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 264-158 to delay the mandatory switchover to digital TV until June 12. A similar bill already passed in the Senate. The legislation now goes to President Obama for approval. http://www.house....

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