France Telecom has issued nearly $1.39 billion in new securities. The funds will be used to pay off other debt that is coming due next year. http://www.francetelecom....
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Neutral Tandem to Acquire Tinet SpA
Neutral Tandem, which provides tandem interconnection services to wireless, wireline, cable and broadband telephony companies across the U.S., has agreed to acquire Tinet SpA, an Italian based global carrier exclusively committed to the IP Transit and Ethernet wholesale market. Neutral Tandem will pay approximately EUR 74.5 million (approximately $94.9 million), which includes the assumption of approximately EUR 5.2 million in cash (approximately...
Orange Business Services Outlines 5-Year Conquest Plan
In line with the "conquest 2015" plan presented by France Telecom-Orange earlier this summer, Orange Business Services outlined key elements of its five year plan to become "the global leader for the integration of communication solutions." At the heart of its strategy will be prioritized focus on growth in cloud computing, video, the Internet-of-Things and service in emerging countries. Specifically, strategic objectives in these four growth areas...
China Telecom Tests 100 GE with Alcatel-Lucent
China Telecom's Beijing Research Institute has tested Alcatel-Lucent's 100G solution, including its 7750 Service Router equipped with 100 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces."This success with China Telecom further highlights Alcatel-Lucent's leading position in the 100 GE arena and confirms that we can help our customers in China and around the world efficiently scale their enterprise, mobile and residential activities," said Romano Valussi, president of...
Spain's Abertis Telecom Deploys Cisco ASR 9000
Abertis Telecom, a provider of video and Carrier Ethernet transport to broadcasters and the broader telecom market in Spain, is deploying an IP/MPLS system based on Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers and Cisco 7600 Series Routers. The network is being upgraded to handle more bandwidth and new capabilities, such as video contribution, video production, Carrier Ethernet transport, and primary distribution and content distribution services...
AT&T Opens Complaint Torrent on Facebook
AT&T sent an email to its customer base thanking them for their patronage and highlighting the company's ongoing investments and upgrades in its network. The letter ends by inviting customers to share their thoughts about their AT&T wireless experience on the company's Facebook page. A torrent of responses follows. http://www.facebook.com/...
Verizon Wireless Switches CFO
Verizon Wireless named Andrew Davies as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective November 15. He replaces John Townsend, who has been named Regional Chief Financial Officer - Europe for Vodafone Group, effective November 15. Townsend has been CFO of Verizon Wireless since January 2005. Davies joined Vodafone in September 2003. For the past three years, he has served as CFO of Vodafone Essar, the Indian subsidiary of Vodafone Group with operations across India serving more than 111 million customers. http://www.verizonwireless....
MobileIron Opens its Mobile Device Management with Partner APIs
MobileIron, which supplies a smartphone management system for enterprises, announced the release of its Virtual Smartphone Platform 3.0 focused on partner enablement. This includes a Mobility API that enables channel partners to integrate MobileIron data and actions with other enterprise systems and build their own applications for mobile device management, security and analytics. The Mobility API was also designed to ensure that partners can add...
New Zealand Shortlists FTTH Players; Telecom Responds
Crown Fibre Holdings Limited (CFH), which was chartered by the Government of New Zealand to manage a nationwide rollout of FTTH Ultra-Fast Broadband, published a short list of 14 parties for regional construction.Crown Fibre Holdings aims to bring Ultra-Fast Broadband to 75 percent of New Zealanders over ten years, concentrating in the first six years on priority broadband users such as businesses, schools and health services, plus green field developments...
