Qwest aims integrated VOIP services at midsize businesses
Qwest unveiled its managed communication service for midsize businesses that integrates both voice and data into a single network.
Stories by Brad Reed
Vonage settles Verizon patent dispute
There are worse things in life than getting bopped in the head with a heavy orange box. Paying US$120 million to settle a patent dispute is likely one of them.
Verizon, Thrane & Thrane team to provide portable broadband access
Verizon Business unveiled a portable satellite enterprise service this week that it says can provide voice and data services to employees in remote locations "virtually anywhere in the United States and around the world."
Co-working: the ultimate in teleworking flexibility
Jon Pierce's teleworking office can't get much more casual.
Akamai to provide content delivery for Stabucks iTunes store
Akamai is now helping Starbucks customers get some music to go with their double lattes.
Use of IP VPNs, carrier Ethernet to rise, survey says
While many enterprises are still using legacy technologies, such as ATM and frame relay, most plan on modernizing at least some of their locations within the next two years, according to a Current Analysis survey.
Femtocell opportunities growing, panelists say
With femtocells gaining more attention as a potential money-saving technology, several companies are racing to claim space in the emerging femtocell market, said members of a recent panel hosted by MassNetComms.
Internet2 finishes its US nationwide network infrastructure
Internet2 has gone nationwide across the US.
BitTorrent hopes to speed commercial content streaming
BitTorrent wants to shake up the way content is streamed online by taking its method for downloading large files and applying it to multimedia streaming.
Akamai unveils IP application accelerator
Akamai announced this week that it is expanding its Web application acceleration services to include any IP-based application, including VoIP.
Study: Big strides for WiMAX by 2009
Though LTE has more long-term potential, WiMAX will benefit from having a two-year head start in the market for fourth-generation network, says a new study by ABI Research.
Wireless carrier group warns against WiMAX hype
Mobile services lobby group the GSM Association says businesses and investors dazzled by the recent WiMAX World convention shouldn't buy into the hype just yet.
AT&T signs network management deal with IBM
AT&T announced yesterday that it signed an agreement with IBM to serve as the company's provider of outsourced telecommunications and network management services -- an assignment previously handled by IBM's own services division.
Software lets Skype customers record conversations
A new program developed by a Russian software company allows Skype users to record their phone conversations and save them on their computer as digital multimedia files.
iPhone is only tip of mobile Internet device onslaught
A study by ABI Research says that the iPhone may be only a precursor to what mobile Internet devices will be capable of in the near future.