UCILIA®: Cloud Telephony Blog

DiData launches OpSource cloud services

blog.admin@ucilia.com (Andy Cowen) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:54:35 +0000

Dimension Data, the big systems integrator, bought OpSource for its cloud services in June, and is now unveiling the updated clouds offering under its brand.

The services include a public compute-as-a-service cloud, a private version of same, as well as managed hosting and managed services — all using the same technology base.

T-Mobile to launch 4G LTE in US next year

blog.admin@ucilia.com (Rick Volter) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:57:54 +0000

The carrier will use money and spectrum space obtained from the failed AT&T deal to forge ahead with LTE in the U.S. in 2013 as its current sales and customer numbers continue to sink.

T-Mobile will launch its own LTE network in the U.S. in 2013 in an effort to stem the tide of lower sales and fleeing customers. The company announced yesterday that it plans to spend $4 billion toward its upcoming 4G network by installing new hardware at 37,000 cellular sites.

NSN’s new network fabric has it all: LTE, Wi-Fi, and cloud

blog.admin@ucilia.com (Louisa) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:59:01 +0000

At Mobile World Congress next week, Nokia Siemens Networks plans to reveal its most ambitious mobile network design to date: a complex system of 100 small LTE, HSPA and Wi-Fi cells that behaves, from the network’s point of view, as a single cell site.

NSN is using a concept from cloud computing called a ‘fabric’ and retooling it for the purposes of mobile broadband.

Hi-tech cars: Driver distraction warning in US

blog.admin@ucilia.com (Mila Reyez) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:41:25 +0000

US transport safety officials have proposed guidelines to limit driver distraction from gadgets built into cars.

The planned voluntary rules would cover "integrated electronic devices, including mobile phones". Officials want distracting functions to be disabled when driving.

In 2010, US figures suggested that "distraction by a device or control integral to the vehicle was reported in 26,000 crashes".

Sign documents digitally in the cloud

blog.admin@ucilia.com (Barrister) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:41:11 +0000

Cloud storage service provider SurDoc is giving out a digital pen to help user execute contracts in the cloud without having to print them out and rescan them.

How do you compete with hugely successful cloud storage service companies like Dropbox or Box.net? You add a feature to your service that plays to one of the biggest challenges keeping offices from becoming more paperless: how to collect the signatures needed for legally binding documents.

UCILIA new office opening: Brazil

blog.admin@ucilia.com (Andy Cowen) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:54:08 +0000

UCILIA® expands its global network by opening a new office in Manaus, Brazil!

We have chosen Brazil because of the high speed in which the country and the broadband internet are developing.

Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Amazonas. It lies on the placid banks of the River Negro in the heart of the Amazon rain forest.

FCC requires VoIP providers to report service outages

blog.admin@ucilia.com (Melchior) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:56:09 +0000

Emergency calls to 911 expected to become more reliable with the FCC's decision to treat VoIP service providers the same as landline and cell phone providers.

The Federal Communications Commission has decided to require all interconnected VoIP service providers to report network outages in much the way landline and cell phone service providers must follow.

Cisco to challenge Microsoft Skype deal at EU court

blog.admin@ucilia.com (Andy Cowen) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:20:20 +0000

Cisco has said it will challenge Microsoft's $8.5bn (£5.4bn) takeover of Skype at the EU's top court.

The networking giant said conditions needed to be set to ensure Microsoft would not block other video services.

iPhone 5 tester SMS text scam hits cellphone users

blog.admin@ucilia.com (Louisa) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:19:10 +0000

Scammers don't just lure you into visiting their websites via email, Facebook and Twitter - you can be targeted on your mobile phone too.

For instance, there have been numerous people on the internet who have reported receiving messages like the following

BlackBerry faces new challenge from U.S. agency

blog.admin@ucilia.com (Barrister) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:43:27 +0000

In another blow for beleaguered BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, the U.S. federal government's main procurement agency is issuing iPhones and Android-based devices to some of its 17,000 workers.

While the General Services Administration does not impose its purchasing decisions on other parts of the government, the terms and conditions it negotiates can be used as a blueprint for other agencies.