Vodafone Revenue Falls Across Europe, Grows in India and Africa

Vodafone Group's Q2 revenue increased by 9.3% overall thanks to the positive impact of exchange rates (8.6% of the gain) and growth in India, South Africa and Italy, but its organic service revenue declined by 2.1% due to weakness across most of Europe and Central Europe due to economic conditions. The declines were primarily driven by reductions in voice revenue resulting from continued pricing pressure and slower usage growth in the current economic...

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Nokia to Acquire Cellity for Mobile Software Development

Nokia has agreed to acquire cellity, a start-up based in Hamburg, Germany, for an undisclosed sum.cellity currently offers a solution to collect and securely store users' contacts in one place. The service is an easy way to connect people on the mobile and the web.Nokia said it will acquire the cellity team to strengthen its competencies in the area of social networking. cellity's current service will not transfer to Nokia and the service will be discontinued. After closing, cellity's 14 employees will become part of Nokia's Services unit.http://www.nokia.com...

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Social Security Administration Chooses Verizon, AT&T

The U.S. Social Security Administration selected Verizon Business to serve as primary IP and data services provider, under a new Networx Universal task order. Under the agreement, valued at $140 million through 2017 if all options are exercised, Verizon Business will continue to advance and manage the SSA's wide-area network, known as the Enterprise-Wide Network Infrastructure (SSANet). In addition, Verizon Business will transition to an MPLS platform for the portion of the SSANet used for connecting to external business partners. Verizon Business...

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Aircell's Chairman and CEO Swap Positions

Aircell announced the transition of Ron LeMay from Chairman of the Board to President and CEO of the company. Jack Blumenstein, current President and CEO, will assume the position of Chairman of the Board.Aircell said it has experienced dramatic growth over the past few years since winning its exclusive FCC frequency license in 2006. Mr. Blumenstein has overseen the development of the Aircell Network and Gogo Inflight Internet service, as well as Aircell's airline partnerships, which represent the majority of the U.S. commercial aviation market.LeMay...

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Extreme Appoints Vish Nandlall as CTO

Extreme Networks has appointed Vish Nandlall to the position of Chief Technology Officer Nandlall previously served as CTO for Nortel's Carrier Networks division, overseeing the technology vision for the company's successful Wireless and in Carrier VoIP Applications businesses. In addition to his role as CTO for Carrier Networks at Nortel, Nandlall has served in various technical leadership roles, as the chief architect for Nortel's CDMA technologies and lead architect for Metro DWDM. He is also a key figure in networking standards bodies that...

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Verizon Wireless Adds Record 1.1 Million in Q2, Earnings Out Today

Verizon Wireless added 1,1 million net customers in Q2 2009. This gives the company a total base of 87.7 million customers, including 85.2 million retail customers, which are those it directly serves and manages, and who choose the Verizon Wireless brand. Verizon Communications is expected to release further operational data along with its quarterly financial results on July 27. http://www.verizonwireless....

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Verizon Wireless Adds Record 1.1 Million in Q2, Earnings Out Today

Verizon Wireless added 1,1 million net customers in Q2 2009. This gives the company a total base of 87.7 million customers, including 85.2 million retail customers, which are those it directly serves and manages, and who choose the Verizon Wireless brand. Verizon Communications is expected to release further operational data along with its quarterly financial results on July 27. http://www.verizonwireless....

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Nokia Siemens Networks Underscores Wireless in North America

Following the news that Ericsson had prevailed in the auction to acquire Nortel's key wireless assets, Nokia Siemens issued a statement confirming its commitment to the global wireless infrastructure industry and highlighting its recent momentum in the North American market."Our final offer for Nortel's assets represented a fair price, and we did not enter this process with a win-at-any-cost mindset," said Bosco Novak, Chief Markets Operations Officer, Nokia Siemens Networks. "Ours was an opportunistic bid aimed at supporting the great progress...

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US. Senate Confirms Mignon Clyburn and Meredith Attwell Baker as FCC Commissioners

The U.S. Senate confirmed Mignon Clyburn and Meredith Attwell Baker as FCC Commissioners. This brings the FCC back to having a full set of five commissioners.Since 1998, Mignon Clyburn has been a member of South Carolina's Public Service Commission, which regulates the state's investor owned public utilities, including providers of telecommunications services. The South Carolina General Assembly elected Clyburn as a Commissioner representing the...

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