Telecom News

Alcatel-Lucent remote patient monitoring cleared by FDA

Telecom News — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:40:29 +0000

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced that the Alcatel-Lucent TeleHealth Manager, a secure and reliable remote patient monitoring solution, has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for marketing in the United States. The Alcatel-Lucent TeleHealth Manager supports remote patient monitoring with an easily deployable solution for standard mobile phones from [...]

The Rise of the Mobile Prosumer

Telecom News — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:35:28 +0000

World leaders meet at the NGT Asia Summit to discuss the move to 4G The average handset has evolved from the humble voice-box, to the total media centre. As a result thousands of start-up companies are profiting out of the Telecom sector’s advances, supplying the various add-ons which inevitably accompany any new wave of technology. Such [...]

Windstream aquiring Nuvox

Telecom News — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:18:11 +0000

Windstream Corporation (NYSE: WIN) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire NuVox, Inc., a privately held competitive local exchange carrier based in Greenville, S.C., in a transaction valued at approximately $643 million. Windstream expects to issue approximately 18.7 million fixed shares of stock valued at $183 million, based on Windstream’s closing stock price on Nov. [...]

FTC Wants Better Information Disclosure in Telecom Industry

Telecom News — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:12:05 +0000

In response to a request by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for comment, the Federal Trade Commission has urged adoption of policies to protect and empower consumers as they buy and use communications services, including telephone, cable, and Internet access services. The FTC’s comment suggests that the FCC: adopt a policy requiring advertised prices of competing [...]

Level 3 Miami Expansion

Telecom News — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:02:06 +0000

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) is expanding its operations and customer support in the Miami area. Through this initiative, Level 3 is augmenting the resources it dedicates to delivering an exceptional experience for mid-market enterprise customers in south Florida. “As with every market, Miami is unique and requires the first-hand knowledge my team and I [...]

Cisco intends to Acquire ScanSafe

Telecom News — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:01:09 +0000

Cisco announced its intent to acquire privately held ScanSafe, Inc. Based in London and San Francisco, ScanSafe is a market leader of software-as- a-service (SaaS) Web security solutions for organizations ranging from global enterprises to small businesses. “With the acquisition of ScanSafe, Cisco is executing on our vision to build a borderless network security [...]

Alcatel-Lucent introduces 7750 SR-c12 and 7750 SR-c4

Telecom News — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:41:05 +0000

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the introduction of two new IP routers designed to give service providers an economically viable alternative for offering smaller communities the same advanced mobile, residential and business services currently delivered in larger metropolitan areas. The new products, which will expand the addressable market of Alcatel-Lucent’s industry-leading Service [...]

Verizon’s CaaS Among Light Reading Magazine’s 2009 Top Picks

Telecom News — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:30:35 +0000

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Verizon’s Computing as a Service (CaaS) has been selected by Light Reading magazine as one of its 2009 Top Picks in the business services category (fixed or wireless). Light Reading editors chose award winners from around the world after weeks of discussion with readers, analysts and industry sources regarding which communications technologies, [...]

Level 3 Q3 2009 Results

Telecom News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:40:03 +0000

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) reported consolidated revenue of $916 million for the third quarter 2009, compared to consolidated revenue of $1.07 billion for the third quarter 2008 and $942 million for the second quarter 2009. The net loss for the third quarter 2009 was $170 million, or ($0.10) per share, compared to a net [...]

Wireless Tower Access Service Launched by Level3

Telecom News — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:30:55 +0000

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) today announced the launch of Level 3 Tower Access – a new service that offers direct wireless tower connectivity to the Level 3 network. Tower Access provides wireless carriers with more efficient and cost-effective options for wireless backhaul in metropolitan and rural locations. The first phase of this initiative [...]