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Fresh off its May 28 official acquisition of Nortel Network Ltd.'s VoIP business, Plano, Texas-based Genband has been busy integrating new employees and product lines, as well as adding to its existing product portfolio with a new partnership.With the $182 million acquisition of Nortel's...
Innovation in 160 characters: How SMS continues to evolveBy Alan Pascoe, Senior Manager of Product Marketing, TekelecABI Research noted in its Q4 2009 “Mobile Messaging Services” executive summary that mobile network operators “are increasingly turning to add new functions and applications to extend SMS...
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 contract is included when available.Cellular--Azerbaijan: Nokia Siemens Networks won a contract to expand Bakcell's...
Genband Inc. announced it has entered a definitive agreement to purchase Tekelec Inc.'s Switching Solutions Group division in a transaction that is expected to close in April."The combination of the two companies creates an enviable gateway and applications production portfolio and enables Genband to...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless ratings from past weeks from RCR Wireless News.CarrierRBC Capital Markets raised its rating on Dobson Communications to outperform from sector...
MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Tekelec named former Nortel executive Frank Plastina president, chief executive officer and board member.Plastina replaces Fred Lax, who announced his resignation in October, saying for personal reasons he did not intend to move with the company when it relocated corporate headquarters from California...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. signed a three-year extension to an OEM deal with Tekelec that will allow the infrastructure provider to continue deploying its 8000 Media Gateway as part of its Mobile Next Generation Network solution. The pair explained that the Tekelec 8000 is a converged...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. signed a three-year extension to an OEM agreement with Tekelec that will allow the infrastructure provider to continue deploying its 8000 Media Gateway as part of its Mobile Next Generation Network solution. The pair explained that the Tekelec 8000 is a converged...
MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Israeli-based iDEN network operator MiRS Communications Ltd., selected Tekelec's core convergence switching solution as part of its transition to Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem architecture. Tekelec said the solution provides next-generation capabilities, including fixed-mobile convergence and hosted Session Initiation Protocol services.MiRS also purchased the...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.CarriersRBC Capital Markets tweaked its 2006 forecasts for Sprint Nextel to account for its planned acquisition of Alamosa Holdings. The firm now estimates revenues of...
MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Israeli-based iDEN network operator MiRS Communications Ltd., selected Tekelec's core convergence switching solution as part of its transition to Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem architecture.Tekelec said the solution provides next-generation capabilities, including fixed-mobile convergence and hosted Session Initiation Protocol services.MiRS also purchased the Tekelec...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.CarriersStandard & Poor's Rating Services placed its ratings on UbiquiTel Inc. on CreditWatch with positive implications. The move is based on steady improvements in the...
MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Tekelec announced the completion of its acquisition of a minority interest in Santera Systems, for which Tekelec paid $75.6 million in cash in early August.Tekelec said its fourth-quarter income statement will reflect 100-percent ownership of Santera."The purchase represents a significant milestone in the...
MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Israeli-based Convergin, which provides wireless convergence servers, has won a contract with Tekelec, a developer of next-generation fixed and mobile packet networks, to accelerate Internet Multimedia Subsystem deployments with fixed-mobile convergence solutions.In the deal, Convergin's Accolade platform will be resold as Tekelec's Real...
MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Tekelec has exercised its option to purchase a minority interest in Santera Systems for $75.6 million in cash, said the company. The purchase effectively terminates Santera's minority stockholders' indemnification obligations to Tekelec, it said.Tekelec said it amended terms of its stockholders' agreement among...
In the juggling act between GSM and W-CDMA, dilemma is beautiful.But it is a terrible kind of beauty because both vendors and carriers must decide how much of their resources to devote to GSM without jeopardizing the promise of W-CDMA.Today, GSM provides the main...
CALABASAS, Calif.-Tekelec Inc said it has agreed to acquire Steleus Group Inc. to advance its network and service performance management capability for global reach.Tekelec will purchase 100 percent of Steleus' outstanding stock of about $56 million, said Tekelec."With robust real-time monitoring and management capabilities...
CALABASAS, Calif.-Tekelec Inc said it has agreed to acquire Steleus Group Inc. to advance its network and service performance management capability for global reach.Tekelec will purchase 100 percent of Steleus' outstanding stock of about $56 million, said Tekelec."With robust real-time monitoring and management capabilities...
MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Tekelec said that Cingular Wireless L.LC. has deployed its Eagle 5 Signaling Application System and G-Flex home location register in its new signaling architecture.The new architecture is deployed in five U.S. regions, and it is expected to allow Cingular to reduce costs and...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Somera Communications Inc. said it had a net loss of $4.1 million, or 8 cents per share, compared with the prior quarter when it had a net loss of $29.2 million, or 59 cents per share.Its revenues also fell to $28.4 million...
CALABASAS, Calif.-Tekelec, developer of telecommunications signaling and switching solutions, packet-telephony infrastructure, network monitoring technology, and value-added applications, will purchase Taqua Inc., a privately held provider of next-generation Class 5 packet switching systems. In making Taqua part of its switching business, Tekelec will purchase all...
MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Tekelec said it was awarded a contract by France's Cegetel Group for its fraud protection and equipment.Cegetel's mobile subsidiary, SFR, will deploy Tekelec's Equipment Identity Register and its flexible numbering solution, the G-Flex home location register manager, in its GSM network. The EIR...
CALABASAS, Calif.-Tekelec and Santera Systems Inc. announced they will merge their next-generation switching businesses.The new company will be a majority owned subsidiary of Tekelec and will be called Santera, a Tekelec company. It will be located in Plano, Texas, at Santera's current headquarters and...
