IMS

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Marking its first commitment to Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem technology, Verizon Wireless, joined by a handful of network infrastructure heavy-hitters, unveiled Advances to IMS, or A-IMS, a concept document along …

Nortel Networks Ltd. is making organizational changes in its GSM and UMTS access businesses, which could lead to a selling of the company’s UMTS access business, according to UBS Investment …

As news of Motorola Inc.’s joint venture with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. sinks in, analysts offered insights as to what the partnership means to the two companies as well as …

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.—Verizon Wireless and a group of industry network suppliers have set out what they see as a path to advance mobile network architecture and transition networks to IMS, …

NEW YORK—The Yankee Group once again pulled together a quality list of speakers for its Wireless Leadership Summit, including executives from Sprint Nextel Corp., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless, …

NEW YORK—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is not completely opposed to its customers running Voice over Internet Protocol services over its high-speed UMTS/HSDPA wireless data network. However, the carrier would like to …

CHICAGO-L.M. Ericsson launched a new end-to-end Internet Protocol TV offering, saying the solution is the first step in the company’s long-term plans for TV services. During a press conference at …

CHICAGO-Lucent Technologies Inc. kicked off the Globalcomm trade show with an early morning press conference to introduce its new next-generation network architecture called “Acuity.” Speaking to a group of analysts …

At last week’s Globalcomm show in Chicago, telecom vendors paraded their technological wares, giving us a peek at their network roadmaps. The future, as the vendors see it, will be …

CHICAGO—L.M. Ericsson launched a new end-to-end Internet Protocol TV offering, saying the solution is the first step in the company’s long-term plans for TV services. During a press conference at …

CHICAGO—Lucent Technologies Inc. kicked off the Globalcomm trade show with an early morning press conference to introduce its new next-generation network architecture called “Acuity.” Speaking to a group of analysts …

Post-CTIA Wireless 2006, the pundits and ponderers have plenty to chew on. With the conference showcasing the leading edge, the bleeding edge and the receding edges of the wireless industry …

LAS VEGAS-When asked during an interview with RCR Wireless News what drew him to take the top job at Nortel Networks, CEO Mike Zafirovski said, “I love business, and this …

LAS VEGAS—When asked during an interview with RCR Wireless News what drew him to take the top job at Nortel Networks, CEO Mike Zafirovski said, “I love business, and this …

Last week’s TelecomNext event in Las Vegas was painful at times. Not because the event was poorly run or because of the beating I took at the tables. No, the …

Merger talks between Alcatel Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. could put the entire infrastructure industry in play as consolidation among telecom carriers trickles down to their suppliers. Indeed, Merrill Lynch …

PARIS—Alcatel Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. confirmed they are in talks to create a “merger of equals,” a transaction that would result in a single telecom equipment company with a …

What does $67 billion buy these days? Convergence nirvana, for one thing. If AT&T Inc.’s offer for BellSouth Corp. gets approved, as it’s expected, big-time convergence could finally start happening …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Cantata Technology, the newly formed company created by the combination of Excel Switching Corp. and Brooktrout Technology, introduced an updated version of its SnowShore IP Media Server, which …

Nokia Corp. announced that its HSDPA network equipment has been launched by T-Mobile International Inc. in Hanover, Germany, during the CeBIT 2006 conference. Later in the year, the service is …

Lucent Technologies Inc. is swimming in new contracts, announcing seven deals valued at more than $300 million at the CeBIT 2006 trade show. “Our customers’ competitive landscape continues to undergo …

AT&T Inc.’s planned acquisition of BellSouth Corp. could be great for consumers, but the news isn’t so great for telecom equipment vendors, already suffering from declining profits. “In our view, …

HANOVER, Germany—Lucent Technologies Inc. is swimming in new contracts, announcing seven deals worth more than $300 million at the CeBIT 2006 trade show. “Our customers’ competitive landscape continues to undergo …