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For April 02, 2007
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Asset-Swap Talks Between Altimo and TeliaSonera End in Failure
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/23572?11228
Talks regarding a possible asset swap between Altimo, the
telecoms arm of Russian holding Alfa, and Swedish-Finnish group
TeliaSonera, have ended in failure, according to press
reports. There are reported to have been a number of stumbling
blocks in negotiations. These include a dispute over the size of
the stake in TeliaSonera to be ...
University of the Air
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/23568?11228
Long distance truck driving can be a lonely, boring life. By
providing online degree courses via wireless, InCab University
wants to help truckers put at least some of their idle time to
productive use. A distance learning co-venture with Beckley,
W.Va.-based Mountain State University, InCab University gives
drivers the ability to ...
Recognize the Risks: VoWiMAX is Vulnerable to Loss, Cannibalization
and Fraud http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/23567?11228
VoWiMAX and VoIP services offer companies new ways to maintain their
customer base, but introduce new and different challenges. There is a
fundamental difference between revenue management in other
environments and with VoWiMAX. In most environments, operators can
perform revenue management with the information they have in
their ...
Nokia Siemens Opens on a Downer
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/23565?11228
What a start! On its second day of operation, the telecom
sector's third largest supplier, Nokia Siemens Networks , lowered
its market growth expectations for 2007, showing the first
clear-cut signs of merger strain. Nokia Siemens Networks says it
expects 'very slight' growth in fixed and mobile infrastructure
in ...
Vodafone Data Up, Shares Down
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/23563?11228
Mobile data revenues are set to surge across Europe on the back of
unprecedented corporate and consumer demand, said Vodafone Group
plc executives today at an investor event focused on the
performance of its flagship U.K. and German divisions. Investors,
meanwhile, are more concerned about threats to profit margins in
the ...
AT&T, Qwest, MCI/Verizon: In. Sprint Nextel: Out.
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/130/23561?11228
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) selected AT&T,
Qwest and Verizon yesterday for the largest-ever federal
telecommunications contract, valued at $20 billion over 10 years,
with some estimates putting the figure around $48 billion. The
contract, called Networx Universal, will overhaul the
government's ...
Can VoIP Inc. Save Vonage?
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/23558?11228
Vonage has, in a semi-secret move that looks like it could be a
workaround to the Verizon patents its been convicted of
violating, signed a contract to use the network of rival carrier
VoIP Inc.'s subsidiary Voice One Inc. Vonage doesn't have a
network of its own. That's seen to be at least part of the issue
...
Digital Addressable Advertising Will Become Key Cable Growth Driver
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/23555?11228
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- During 2007, Digital Addressable Advertising
will emerge in cable TV, and in the years to come will be a key,
long-term growth driver for hardware, software, and service
vendors, reports In-Stat. The worldwide annual value of Digital
Addressable Advertising equipment, software, systems, and
services is likely to ...
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