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RSS alcatel in newsCisco pays $450m for wireless start-up
News It has sold its gear mostly through partnerships with resellers, including Alcatel, IBM, NEC and Nortel Networks. Cisco will buy wireless switch start-up Airespace in a stock deal worth about $450m, the companies said on... [13 Jan 2005]
IP telephony proves good news for resellers
News Among the leading equipment vendors, Avaya is doing well, as too are Alcatel and Ericsson. IP telephony is receiving a major boost from resellers, especially at small and medium-sized enterprises, new research reveals. [07 Sep 2004]
Telstra buys Damovo down under
News Damovo is a provider of customer premises equipment (CPE), covering brands such as Alcatel, Cisco, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Mitel, NEC, Nortel and Siemens. Australian telco Telstra announced today its acquisition of business... [06 Sep 2004]
Orange to launch UK's first teen and business walkie-talkie service
News Orange's portfolio will include phones from Alcatel, LG, Nokia, PalmOne and Sagem. Orange has launched the first commercial version of walkie-talkie mobile technology, push-to-talk over cellular (PoC), in the UK. [02 Sep 2004]
VoIP equipment revenues up 10 per cent - quarterly
News The quarterly figures come from studying telecoms around the world and telecoms equipment vendors including well-known names such as Alcatel, Cisco, Ericsson, Lucent, Marconi, Nortel and Siemens as well as lesser-known... [24 Aug 2004]
Enterprise telephony sales on the up in Q1
News It is joined in the global top four by, in order, Siemens, Avaya and Alcatel, though together these companies account for less than half of the market, according to the latest figures from Canalys. The enterprise... [18 Jun 2004]
AT&T picks up $8m VPN deal, promises global VoIP
News AT&T has worked with Alcatel, Avaya, Cisco, Nortel and Siemens to ensure interoperability of equipment. AT&T has won a three-year, $8m contract from Finnish conglomerate Metso. The carrier has also released details of an... [08 Jun 2004]
Orange offers 'world's smallest smart phone'
News Orange also said it will this year add signature handsets from Samsung and Siemens in its existing line up, which spans Alcatel, HTC, LG, Motorola, Sagem and Sony Ericsson models. Orange has announced the release of what... [08 Jun 2004]
BT and Vodafone converge together
News A consortium of seven vendors, led by Alcatel and including Ericsson and Motorola, will work towards a single handset with a single number for end users for voice and data access. BT has teamed up with Vodafone for... [18 May 2004]
Alcatel lands €25m voice and multimedia network deal
News Deutsche Telekom-parented Slovak Telecom today announced it has signed up Alcatel to supply equipment for a €25m VoIP and multimedia network. The network will be built on Alcatel's IP-based Next... [21 Apr 2004]
Intel and Alcatel get the WiMaximum from alliance
News Intel and network gear maker Alcatel announced on Thursday an alliance to deliver WiMax equipment by the second half of 2005. WiMax, a wide-area wireless broadband technology, is viewed as a cheaper alternative to DSL... [26 Mar 2004]
3GSM: Social responsibility - mobile's next big challenge
News Vendors Alcatel, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic, Sagem, Siemens and Sony Ericsson have agreed to make more secure each handset's IMEI tag, which stands for International Mobile Equipment Identity. One of the main... [25 Feb 2004]
Nestlé chooses Alcatel in global telecoms upgrade
News Nestlé has decided to standardise its voice communications worldwide on telecoms equipment from Alcatel based on the Internet Protocol (IP) standard. The five-year agreement will see Alcatel's OmniPCX... [21 Jan 2004]
EU software patent vote delayed again
News In November, the chief executives of Alcatel, Ericsson, Nokia, Philips and Siemens signed a letter to the European Commission demanding that the amendments be removed, arguing they removed "effective patent protection... [01 Dec 2003]
Alcatel given €472m nod by Austrian ONE
News Austrian mobile operator ONE has signed a seven-year €472m contract with Alcatel for the management, operation and maintenance of its network. The deal will kick in at the start of next year and, according to... [13 Nov 2003]
