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M-net strengthens position in voice services

Nokia Siemens | July 22, 2011 | Press Release Nokia Siemens Networks’ IP Multimedia Subsystem platform to offer new services M-net Telekommunikations GmbH, a leading operator in Bavaria, Germany, is swapping its existing softswitch with a solution from Nokia Siemens Networks. The operator has selected Nokia...

BSNL launches voice and video telephony over IP

The Hindu | JULY 18, 2011 State-run BSNL along with Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) provider Sai Infosystem has launched voice and video telephony over Internet Protocol to its customers. ..... Read full article via The Hindu

FCC to sunset network-based accuracy rules for 911 service: CORRECTED

Wireless operators will have to transition to handset-based enhanced 911 accuracy requirements after 2019, as the Federal Communications Commission sunsets accuracy requirements for network-based E911 technology. Handset-based E911 delivers better location information, the agency said as it adopted a report and order on the...

Cable cutters plague Vietnamese owned Haitian telco

When the Vietnamese state owned telco Viettel officially became the majority owner of Haitian national telecommunication company TELECO, it likely had no idea what kind of trouble it was in for.

Skype teams up with Comcast, bringing VoIP to a TV near you

Skype Ltd. has teamed up with Comcast Corp. in a move aimed to bring high-definition video calling to the television.A press release today said Comcast customers would soon be able “to experience widescreen HD video calling that is immersive and natural,” from their TV...

Reality Check: Finding a voice for 4G wireless

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Fourth-generation wireless mobile broadband technologies such as Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) and Long Term Evolution...

Mexican operator Cablemas develops IP Telephony with Cirpack 2011

Technicolor | May 26, 2011 | Press Release Paris (France), 26 May 2011 - Technicolor (Euronext Paris: TCH) has won a contract to supply a Cirpack softswitch to Cablemás, one of the leading providers of cable television in Mexico for almost 40 years, and now...

Mavenir makes a push for convergence, voice over LTE deployments

Dallas-based Mavenir Systems sees its future in LTE and is poised to make a product offering that it says is unique to its competitors in Voice over LTE (VoLTE) by partnering with top companies. “We build our solutions by packaging our software on industry-standard...

Analyst Angle: Microsoft and Skype – how to make this marriage work

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.If you watched last Thursday’s “American Idol” (James Durban should have won), you probably noticed...

BLOG: Microsoft acquires Skype for $8.5 billion in cold, hard cash

Early this morning Microsoft went official with news that has been rumoured for the last 24 hours - they have saved up their pocket money and are using it to buy Skype, the ubiquitous VoIP service, for a cool $8.5 billion. Other suitors such as Facebook and Google has also been in the mix, but it would seem Microsoft have reached deepest in order to secure the deal.

SPONSORED: Redefining Value Creation For Mobile Broadband: Featured interview with Andy Ory, Acme Packet founder, president and CEO

Q: Acme Packet has played a role in the TDM to IP communication transition for over 10 years. What's your view on the status of this for mobile operators?A: It's an exciting time in which the communications landscape is being radically redefined....

Reader Forum: The revenue conundrum with 3G/4G mobile services

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Partnership: Telefónica Movistar launches Myriad; F4W and U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs; and more

Myriad Group AG, a global leader in mobile technology having shipped over 3.8 billion software applications on more than 2.2 billion phones, announced Telef

T-Mobile USA to offer free calls over VoIP application

Looking to expand its reach beyond traditional wireless voice calls, T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) unveiled its Bobsled service that will allow users to make free calls using a Voice over Internet Protocol application.The service is initially being launched as a Facebook application, which will...

Vonage disrupts industry with new unlimited global calling plan

In a move which could prove rather disruptive to landline providers, VoIP firm Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG) has announced this it’s launching a new calling plan which includes unlimited calls from 60 countries to 80, including unlimited calling to mobile phones in 42...

@ LTE LatAm: Enforcing rules and more 'a la carte' service may liberate broadband providers

RIO DE JANEIRO – Future profitability of LTE may be decided by service providers that enforce their usage policies more strictly and tailor new packages to a wider variety of customers, according to a major vendor at Informa's LTE Latin America conference in Rio...

Acme Packet's Kevin Mitchell discusses voice over LTE (VoLTE)

Kevin Mitchell, Director of Solutions Marketing, Acme Packet

Acme Packet’s Kevin Mitchell discusses voice over LTE (VoLTE)

Kevin Mitchell, Director of Solutions Marketing, Acme Packet

Spotlight on: CounterPath

The migration of voice services to data networks is not a new phenomenon in the world of telecommunications, but for the mobile space the move has started to gain steam as carriers continue the roll out of high-speed data networks.According to research from Juniper,...

Volubill, Sandvine build joint solution for traffic management

Real-time policy management and charging solutions provider Volubill announced that the company has completed interoperability testing with Sandvine, a provider of network policy control solutions for fixed and mobile wireless operators, to create a solution that gives network operators an understanding of network...

Reader Forum: From pipes to clouds: Strategic operator directions for 2011 and beyond

Having originally built and marketed “high-speed” broadband pipes as the access to the Internet, network operators have been disconcerted as these pipes have quickly contributed to a major loss of the operators’ value to Internet sites and over-the-top (OTT) players. Subscribers are certainly...

RCR Feature Report: Carriers prepare for life in a SIP-based world

Mobile networks are evolving on almost every level – devices, bandwidth, services and underlying technology. As service providers leverage the mobile broadband opportunity, the strengths and weaknesses of their legacy network infrastructure are coming under the spotlight. Depending on each carrier's upgrade path and...

Reality Check: Dawn of a new era for mobile voice

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.With 18 LTE networks now in commercial service around the world, LTE handsets will surely be unveiled...

Sprint, F4W ink partnership for secure VoIP

F4W Inc. said it signed a strategic partnership with Sprint Solutions Inc. in order to expand its market for secure VoIP encryption technology beyond government into the enterprise sector. F4W products offer secure communications for event response and management in the event that traditional...