B/OSS News

Lowballin’: TracFone Launches $45 Prepaid Unlimited Offer

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:07:15 PDT

Low-cost MVNO TracFone Wireless is now in the market with a $45-per-month unlimited talk-and-text package that includes 30 MB of data. The offer undercuts rivals like MetroPCS and Boost Mobile, which sell their prepaid unlimited packages for $50 per month. The move comes among fears of a wireless price war, ...(82 words)

CA Expands Offerings for Unified Business Service Assurance and Automation for Next-Generation Virtualized Data Centers and Private Clouds

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:33:57 PDT

DATCHETT, England, July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Support for VMware vSphere(TM) 4 and Cisco Nexus(R) 1000V will Help Customers Achieve Lean IT by Providing Simplified, Model- Based Management Using CA's Integrated Infrastructure Availability, Performance and Automation Management Solution CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA) today announced an innovative strategy for optimizing IT ...(1039 words)

EMC Ups Bid for Data Domain

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:15:03 PDT

EMC Corp. says it’s now willing to shell out $2.2 billion in an attempt to take over rival Data Domain. NetApp is also in the running to acquire the data-storage product maker. Both EMC and NetApp are interested in Data Domain for its expertise in eliminating redundant data storage.EMC raised ...(112 words)

Wyless, Telefonica O2 Partner

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:34:07 PDT

Global Network Enabler Wyless will team with Telefónica O2 UK to increase the Wyless footprint and enable the company to provide additional global connectivity to existing and potential customers.O2 has more than 60 percent of its business outside its home market and is a significant player in the Spanish and ...(171 words)

Ellisys Teams With Agilent, Tektronix for Testing

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:20:47 PDT

Ellisys has announced collaborations with leading test measurement providers Agilent Technologies and Tektronix Inc. Ellisys will work with these two companies to extend their respective physical layer test and compliance solutions for SuperSpeed USB, including loopback mode receiver testing. These additional capabilities will be provided by special-purpose configurations of ...(160 words)

AT&T to Provide Advanced Communications Expertise for Al Madina A'Zarqa City Development

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:30:26 PDT

AT&T to provide expertise and know-how to Al Madina A'Zarqa - a major infrastructure project for the Sultanate of Oman MUSCAT, Oman, July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Blue City Company 1 (BCC1), and AT&T*, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to deliver the design for advanced communications services and ...(943 words)

Recession Pressures Internal Communicators to Prove Their Worth More Than Ever Before

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:00:57 PDT

The fallout from the global economic downturn is pressurising and driving internal communicators to reassess their roles and their worth in ways never seen before, a survey of more than 1,300 global IC practitioners has revealed. Almost half (47%) of respondents are experiencing a change in strategy and four out ...(1158 words)

Report: DOJ Mulls Investigating Telcos for Power Abuse

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:36:55 PDT

Sources close to the Department of Justice say the agency is in the initial stages of looking into whether big telcos like ATT and Verizon have been abusing their power in the marketplace.Exclusive handset deals are at the top of the list of concerns. Some argue they are an anticompetitive ...(112 words)

AT&T Reportedly Cuts ‘Domains,’ Vendors Even More

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:25:59 PDT

A few weeks ago, word circulated that ATT Inc. (T) wants to cut down on the number of vendors it uses.Smaller companies and fans of competition decried the apparent move because it would favor large suppliers. Well, now it seems ATT really is ready to pare back and even more than ...(85 words)

BT: Take This 75% Pay Cut … And a Year Off

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:13:10 PDT

BT Group (BT) is asking some workers to accept a 75 percent cut in pay. The advantage to the idea, the U.K. telecom giant said Monday, is those employees wouldn’t work at the company for a year and would still get 25 percent of their salaries.No word on whether the staff ...(90 words)