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Nortel Insurer Might Not Cover Ex-CEO Dunn’s Legal Fees

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:38:32 PDT

Nortel Networks Corp. (NT) is having a hard time getting its insurer to cover all of former CEO Frank Dunn’s legal costs. The bankrupt telecom equipment maker, amid all the rest of its troubles, is trying to convince a trial judge to order Chubb Corp. to pay 90-100 percent of Dunn’s ...(139 words)

RCS Issues Fraud Warning to Cellular Phone Open Market Traders

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:00:35 PDT

TEL AVIV, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- RCS Limited (http:// www.rcs.com), the world's largest international trader of cellular phones, today announced a fraud warning to operators, distributors and wholesalers of cellular phones. Over the last quarter, RCS' network of cellular phone traders, spanning 128 countries, has reported an increase in fraudulent ...(508 words)

Telefonica Now Eyeing T-Mobile UK Purchase – Reports

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:34:14 PDT

A bidding war for T-Mobile UK could soon ensue. Just a few days after reports surfaced that Vodafone wants to buy the Deutsche Telekom-owned wireless provider, news broke that Telefonica has the same thought. Observers speculate that Spain-based Telefonica probably fears O2, its UK mobile business, falling to second place. (49 words)

In Missouri, White Pages Fading to Black

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:30:05 PDT

By Steve Everly, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Jul. 2--The White Pages phone book, which helped connect the country for more than a century, is facing up to the fact that it no longer matters in most households. The latest sign of its shrunken role is a tentative deal in ...(963 words)

Inmarsat Completes Investment in SkyWave Mobile Communications - Advances Position in Satellite Low Data Rate Services Market

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:33:32 PDT

LONDON, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has completed its previously announced strategic investment, long term global distribution agreement and new product development agreement with SkyWave Mobile Communications Inc. of Ottawa, Canada. Concurrent with this investment, SkyWave has acquired ...(731 words)

EchoStar Gets Stay in TiVo Battle

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:04:33 PDT

Adding another wrinkle to a long-running battle over digital video recorder technology, an appeals court granted EchoStar Corp. (SATS) and its consumer subsidiary Dish Network a stay in its patent dispute with DVR originator TiVo Inc. (TIVO). The stay delays a contempt order, issued last month by a U.S. District Court judge, ...(241 words)

Free Outdoor Wireless Offered in Hollywood

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:00:17 PDT

By Breanne Gilpatrick, The Miami Herald Jul. 2--Hollywood residents and visitors can now surf the web for free -- as long as they don't mind doing it outdoors. The city unveiled the free outdoor wireless internet network at a "wire cutting ceremony" Wednesday morning at the ArtsPark at Young Circle ...(338 words)

Nortel LTE Patent Value Disputed

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:59:01 PDT

There’s some disagreement over the value of Nortel Networks Corp.’s (NT) LTE patents, which Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) hopes to snap up in a $650 million deal. This week, a JP MorganChase analyst said Nortel’s 4G intellectual property is worth as much as $2.9 billion. Yes, billion with a “b.” But ...(165 words)

GigOptix Announces First Sales of Polymer Based Optical Modulators

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:30:10 PDT

GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) announced today that it has made the first sales of its ground-breaking Electro-Optic (EO) polymer based Mach-Zehnder Modulators (MZM). The company has delivered the world's first engineering prototypes of 20G, 40G and 100G polymer MZMs to customers working in the fields of communications, defense and high speed ...(675 words)

Kyrgyztelecom Deploys Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:00:33 PDT

Kyrgyzstan-based telecom operator Kyrgyztelecom has deployed the Cisco ASR 1000 Series aggregation services router as the network platform to enable a more flexible and cost-effective delivery of broadband-based voice and data services to its subscribers. The project was implemented by Cisco's business partner in Kyrgyzstan Terratech. According to Cisco, the ...(185 words)