BROWSING: IP

Microsoft looking to extract license fees from Chrome OS manufacturers

For a little over a year Microsoft has been extracting license fees from HTC for their use of Google's Android operating system, on the basis that Android infringes several of Microsoft's patents. While their claims have yet to be tested in court, Microsoft has been dangling the threat of lawsuits in front of other Android manufacturers, including Motorola and Barnes & Noble.

TelePacific Communications to acquire Tel West

TelePacific Communications, an IP, voice, data and Internet services company , announced today that it will acquire Tel West, an Austin-based voice, data and Internet service provider. Specific financials of the deal were not disclosed. Tel West provides services to around 3,400 small and medium-sized...

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...

Motorola and Huawei settle lawsuits

Two lawsuits between United States-based Motorola Solutions Inc. and Chinese telecom provider Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. appeared to have been resolved. Motorola and Huawei issued a joint release today announcing plans to withdraw and dismiss claims against each other if ...

Huawei open letter

Huawei | February 25, 2011 | Press Release Author: Ken Hu, Deputy Chairman of Huawei Technologies, Chairman of Huawei USA We would like to provide the basic facts behind the recent 3Leaf matter that has been the subject of much attention and discussion about Huawei. These facts...

Huawei issues statement on intellectual property matter

Business Wire | February 23, 2011 | Press Release PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a preliminary injunction in favor of Huawei that prevents Motorola from transferring Huawei’s confidential information to Nokia Siemens Networks. The order also requires Motorola...

IBM, Samsung to license each others' patent portfolios

Wall Street Journal | February 8, 2011 | Matt Jarzemsky International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930.SE, SSNHY) have agreed to license their respective patent portfolios to each other. The companies said the sharing of their intellectual property "reinforces their ability to provide...

IBM, Samsung to license each others’ patent portfolios

Wall Street Journal | February 8, 2011 | Matt Jarzemsky International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930.SE, SSNHY) have agreed to license their respective patent portfolios to each other. The companies said the sharing of their intellectual property "reinforces their ability to provide...

Global Crossing Genesis Solutions expands broadcast and media services across its Latin American network

Global Crossing | February 8, 2011 | Press Release FLORHAM PARK, N.J., /PRNewswire/ --Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC), a leading IP solutions provider with the world's first integrated global IP-based network, today announced that the broadcast and media services offered by its Global Crossing Genesis Solutions...

Sodexo calls on Global Crossing to optimize its IT platform

Global Crossing | February 2, 2011 | Press Release Santiago, Chile -- Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC), a leading global IP and Ethernet solutions provider, today announced the completion of a major consolidation and upgrade to the information technology (IT) platform of the Chilean affiliate of...

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise to focus on unified communications in 2011

By Patrick Nixon | Business News Americas Unified communications will be a key focus for the recently merged Enterprise unit of French telecoms equipment supplier Alcatel-Lucent(NYSE: ALU) and call center specialist Genesys in Latin America, Sergio Valencia, Alcatel-Lucent's Enterprise director for Mexico, Central America and the...

Cisco ships 30 millionth IP Phone

San Jose based Cisco Systems sometimes jokingly gets referred to as the “plumber of the internet” but with the firm having recently shipped its 30 millionth IP Phone and its new line of video phones and tablets set to take the world by storm, Cisco is proving that no matter how dumb the pipe, there’s nothing dumb about this plumber.

India DoT continuing dot dot dot…but no dot com after 2012?

Fearing India might run out of web addresses in couple of years’ time, the Indian department of telecommunications (DoT) is likely to lay down an action plan to upgrade Internet protocol (IP)