OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. and Avaya Inc. announced a joint agreement calling for the companies to develop and deliver hosted Voice over Internet Protocol wireline and wireless services in North America.According to the pact, the companies jointly will develop, market and support new...
Bayly Communications Inc. named Fernando Anaya as its sales representative for Latin America. Most recently, Anaya was sales manager for Motorola Inc. in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. CraniteWireless local area network security company Cranite Systems Inc. made two appointments to its executive...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Canadian messaging software developer Voice Mobility International Inc. raised $1.6 million in private placement.Mobility offered 2.5 million units consisting of one common share and one-half of one share purchase warrant at about 52 cents per unit. Each whole share purchase warrant entitles...
Both the mobile infrastructure space and wireless local area network arena are heading toward sunnier times, according to reports by the Dell'Oro Group.WLAN is enjoying a big boost with a 75-percent increase in enterprise-class equipment sales. The study also expects that segment to grow...
The launch of converged mobile devices, capable of communicating over both Wi-Fi and cellular technologies, suggests Wi-Fi, long hailed by start-up companies and tech-savvy consumers, may be gaining credibility among the big names in wireless.The launch of such integrated devices could also put investor...
ROSEMENT, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said its field tests and research have proved that its Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing technology can provide future all-Internet Protocol mobile networks with user experience "previously thought to be unattainable" with peak downlink speeds of up to 300 megabits per second.The...
Enterprise users can now seamlessly switch between outside GSM networks and enterprise 802.11-based wireless local area networks for both voice and data using Motorola Inc.'s Enterprise Seamless Mobility solution, launched today in collaboration with Avaya and Proxim.The solution features Motorola's new CN620 mobile office...
The Intelligent Transportation Society of America's board of directors adopted a proposal to restructure the company's board, committees and councils. The restructure calls for a two-year transition from a board of 42 voting members to a board of 18 voting members; the creation of...
The economy has begun to rebound, but recovery in the job market remains elusive, and information technology industries in particular continue to report cuts. "Given the non-cyclical factors that have influenced the IT labor market, it is unclear how soon unemployment rates for workers...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Avaya Inc. said it has entered into an agreement with Vista Information Technologies Inc. to acquire its software tools and service business units."These acquisitions will enhance Avaya Global Services delivery of end-to-end design, implementation and management services for converged, multi-vendor networks," said...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has agreed to pay $315 million in common stock and cash to settle 54 separate shareholder lawsuits, without admitting any wrongdoing in connection with charges it violated federal and state securities laws.After the settlement proceeds are distributed, Lucent also...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse and Avaya Inc. said they have teamed to provide a new managed service offering of solutions and services for telecommunications providers, in response to carrier efforts to reduce capital and operational expenses.Avaya Global Services will provide managed services to support Comverse solutions,...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Based on a new survey of the online customer care offerings of 500 companies, including 22 telecom service and equipment providers, The Customer Respect Group found one-third don't respond to inquiries sent to their Web sites, while half respond within 48 hours.The research...
MUNICH, Germany—Germany company Varetis said it expanded its three-year-old relationship with U.S.-based Avaya by signing up to the Avaya DeveloperConnection Program.The deal makes Varetis one of the first European members of the program, which will allow Varetis' directory assistance products to be integrated into...
ORLANDO—Boingo announced it will enable the Orange County Convention Center with 802.11b broadband Internet access for CTIA Wireless 2002.In addition, CTIA has partnered with Boingo and Avaya to offer show attendees the following deal: attendees who sign up for Boingo Pro, which is $24.95...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—In preparation for next week's GlobalXChange 2001 show, the Personal Communications Industry Association is announcing keynote speakers and discussion leaders.Author and consultant Don Tapscott is slated to give a keynote address at the tradeshow. Tapscott has authored or co-authored seven books on applying...
Each time the death knell sounds, Lucent Technologies Inc. seems to rebound.Last week was a metaphor of what might be the roller coaster ride the Murray Hill-based telecom equipment company has experienced in the past three quarters.Moody's Investors Service downgraded the company to junk...
Lucent Technologies Inc. posted a loss, while both Qualcomm Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. recorded profits in their quarterly reports last week.In spite of Lucent's loss, the company rebounded in modest market confidence as its liquidity problems were replaced by a sense that the...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Business communications solutions and services provider Avaya announced it will create a Solutions Department Program to help third-party vendors design hardware and software applications for Avaya's communications products."It gives us the opportunity to improve customer satisfaction by offering a wide variety of...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Avaya Communications Inc., the former Enterprise Networks Group at Lucent Technologies Inc., celebrated its just-completed $8 billion spin-off by introducing a half-dozen additions to its Enterprise Class IP Solutions product line.The spin-off, completed on Sept. 30, involved Lucent shareholders of record on...
