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Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source
Comment Some years ago there was practically no open source in the mobile and telecoms space, today there is. In an exclusive interview, former MySQL boss and silicon.com Agenda Setter, Marten Mickos talks to Tim Ferguson about... [19 Nov 2009]
Contact Centres: Optimum service at optimum cost
White Paper Getting the balance right between meeting the inbound call expectations of busy customers and optimising telecoms costs is the goal for many ICT managers. Technology now enables far more powerful and flexible contact... [18 Nov 2009]
Europe: Brace yourself for a telecoms overhaul
News The European Parliament and Council of Telecoms Ministers have reached a compromise over the rights of internet users continent-wide, setting Europe on course for a major overhaul of telecoms regulations. [05 Nov 2009]
Collaboration to innovation: Leveraging Web 2.0 to Accelerate New Service Ideas
White Paper This white paper is intended to provide service providers with IBM's point of view on the power of collaboration in a Web 2.0 environment and to introduce a new IBM solution that can help telecoms to use collaboration as... [27 Oct 2009]
Telecoms worker? You're in demand. Techie? Not so much
News ICT workers looking for a new job should keep their eye on the telecoms sector. Telecoms vacancies increased by 10 per cent month-on-month in September - the highest growth rate across the industry... [14 Oct 2009]
iPhone coming to Orange as Apple ends its mobile monogamy
News Dave McQueen, principal analyst at Informa Telecoms and Media, said the deal with Orange is good for Apple as it increases the company's addressable market - with the potential for a serious step up if the recently... [28 Sep 2009]
BT fibre broadband pilot: charges for ISPs revealed
News The pilot at Highams Park in London, BT's first FTTH deployment in an existing residential area with an installed copper-based telecoms infrastructure, could involve up to 40,000 households. BT Openreach has released... [23 Sep 2009]
Facebook, Twitter coming to budget mobiles in emerging markets
News Microsoft said Blue Label Telecoms in South Africa will be the first to use OneApp and will use it to offer phones that ship with a dozen mobile applications, including a mobile wallet program as well as the... [25 Aug 2009]
Mahindra Satyam's new CEO on the road ahead for the outsourcing giant
News Subsequently, Indian telecoms integrator Tech Mahindra paid $351m for a 31 per cent majority stake in the company and Mahindra Satyam was born. Having seen Tech Mahindra become the largest telecoms... [10 Aug 2009]
BT superfast fibre broadband destined for London brownfield pilot
News Previously, the IT and telecommunications giant tested a greenfield deployment FTTH at the new Ebbsfleet development in Kent, but the Highams Park pilot will mark BT's first such deployment in an existing residential area with a... [07 Aug 2009]
IT unemployment hits five-year high
News Unemployment in the IT and telecoms industry has hit a five-year high, new research from industry skills body e-skills has found. The economy may be showing its first green shoots but the IT industry doesn't seem to be... [06 Aug 2009]
Ofcom to shake up number-porting times
News Last year, an attempt by the telecoms regulator to shorten this process failed, with operators claiming Ofcom had not properly costed its proposals. Ofcom has published new proposals for speeding up number-porting times... [05 Aug 2009]
Red Hat and the Telecommunications Industry
White Paper To remain technologically viable and seize market opportunities as they arise, telecoms need flexible, high-performing, carrier-grade solutions. That's why Red Hat offers the JBoss Communications Platform, a reliable... [05 Aug 2009]
Businesses set to show fixed mobile convergence some love - finally
News Its chief selling point is the potential for savings on call costs but the tech has also been sold as a way for enterprises to gain additional telecoms functionality such as unified contacts information. [04 Aug 2009]
Move over 2G, Europe agrees to give 3G some space
News The GSM standard has been a success story for Europe, where it was born," the European telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding said in a statement. Europe has approved the use of 3G services over spectrum currently reserved... [29 Jul 2009]
