Microsoft Corp. and Gemalto have paired up to offer Windows Live Messenger services to consumers through a new client application that will come pre-installed on SIM cards.The SIMessenger application from Gemalto is certified by Microsoft.Gemalto said users will have a similar Messenger experience on...
Oracle Communications announced several new contracts this week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.The company said Fox Mobile Distribution, a division of Fox Mobile Group, has implemented its Billing and Revenue Management solution to improve efficiency and increase billing flexibility as it rolls out...
Amdocs announced plans to expand its mobile business with a $60 million acquisition of Ireland's ChangingWorlds.ChangingWorlds targets network operators and off-deck vendors with portal-management technology that supports mobile advertising and includes a content-recommendation engine. The 8-year-old company boasts four dozen carrier customers including Sprint...
MetroPCS Communications Inc. posted limited third-quarter results, displaying strong growth and a year-over-year drop in customer churn. The carrier reported 249,265 net additions during the quarter, nearly double the 114,302 customers the carrier added during the same quarter last year. MetroPCS ended the third...
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...
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...
CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Sonus Networks said Ranger Wireless Solutions will deploy the company's products, including its GSX9000 Open Services Switch, the ASX Call Management Server, the PSX Call Routing Server and the Sonus Insight Management System. Ranger Wireless offers a roaming service that routes roaming wireless...
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...
SAN DIEGO-Ultra-wideband technology player PulseLink has pitched what it calls a common signaling protocol to resolve the snafu between competing wireless groups.The groups, one led by Intel Corp. and the other by Motorola, insist their solutions will work for industry and have scheduled the...
CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Sonus Networks, which provides carrier packet voice infrastructure solutions, said it has established an original equipment manufacturer relationship with Motorola Inc., under which Motorola has integrated Sonus' GSX9000 media gateway with its SoftSwitch switching. "Working with Sonus further strengthens Motorola's wireless packet voice...
Industry has hailed the coming of packet technology, which has turned circuit networks into anachronisms. But the technology still has its challenges, one of which is "islands of IP." It means carriers with packet solutions do not easily connect to each other.Sonus Networks said...
WESTFORD, Mass.-Sonus Networks, whose Open Services Architecture supports 4 billion minutes of wireline network user traffic monthly, has extended its offering to mobile operators with the introduction of its Smarrt Wireless switching system. Key components include the GSX9000 Open Services Switch, the Insignus Softswitch...
CHELMSFORD, Mass.-WaterCove Networks and Ulticom Inc. have aligned to combine Ulticom's signaling capabilities with WaterCove's Mobile Data Services System.According to the companies, the combination will offer carriers a way to protect their current-generation voice switching, services and billing equipment while they migrate to integrated...
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Performance Technologies Inc. introduced its SEGway IP-STP, an SS7 signaling router that allows carriers to perform traditional STP functions over IP networks."Our SEGway IP-STP can concentrate SS7 traffic to offload the demands of existing STPs, or it can bypass the STP entirely to...
CANNES, France—Adax unveiled details of its new Signaling3 strategy at the 3GSM World Congress. Signaling3 provides solutions for the three networks, three signaling protocols and three interfaces necessary to control third-generation (3G) wireless technology. Adax said the product set is available as individual controller...
CANNES, France—Adax and Hughes Software Systems announced they will collaborate to produce an integrated signaling solution for third-generation (3G) networks.For the solution, HSS' RANAP interface integrated value-added software solutions have been combined with Adax's new ATM plus boards, SSCOP/SSCF and SCTP/T software to reduce...
DENVER, United States—Orange U.K. has completed its transition of its GSM network to an Internet Protocol (IP)-based signaling network. Orange U.K. has replaced 90 percent of its Time Division Multiplex (TDM)-based signaling network with next-generation technology.U.S.-based Tekelec, which supplied the equipment, said the upgrade...
MORRISVILLE, N.C.—Orange U.K. has completed its transition of its GSM network to an IP-based signaling network. Orange U.K. has replaced 90 percent of its Time Division Multiplex-based signaling network with next-generation technology.Tekelec, which supplied the equipment, said the upgrade represented the first large-scale deployment...
