CommunicationsDirect News Daily Update - November 12, 2007



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Our new poll: Is Google going to significantly change the mobile phone industry? Visit our website to vote.Telefonica's Profits Leap in Q3
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Spanish giant Telefonica SA reported a near 39 percent hike in
third quarter net income Monday morning driven by growth from all
of its three main service regions, Spain, the rest of Europe, and
Latin America. In the three months to September 30, Telefonica
generated revenues of EU14.2 billion (US$20.7...

Uncertainty Trails WiMAX as Sprint and Clearwire Terminate Partnership
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/27625?11228

The long-term future of WiMAX technology came under the spotlight
on Friday (9 November) as the leading U.S. proponents, Sprint
Nextel and Clearwire, terminated their agreement to collaborate
on the roll-out of a nationwide WiMAX network. In an
announcement, the two companies said they were scrapping their
agreement to build out a...

Telus Selects RAD Equipment to Manage New Ethernet Service
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/27620?11228

Canadian telecoms carrier Telus has selected Ethernet equipment
from RAD Data Communications to enable its new business Ethernet
offering throughout Canada, Business Wire reports. Telus is
rolling out its new Customer Managed Layer 3 (CML3) Ethernet
service using RAD ETX-102 and ETX-202 Ethernet demarcation
devices as a...

Giving Mobile Content a Push
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/27617?11228

Global Mobile Technologies says it can simplify the way people
get and view data on their mobile phones. By automatically
pushing rich Internet content directly to the device screen, the
company's Push-It Alert offering eliminates the complex delivery
steps used by other technologies. Push-It Alert is an open
system that...

CIOs Say Carriers Need To Help More With Mobile Device Management
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/27615?11228

A recent survey says CIOs now are looking to their wireless
carrier partners to provide tools and services to help them
control, secure and manage mobile devices in the same way they
manage other IT assets. N.J.-based Mformation Technologies
Inc. sponsored research by Coleman Parkes that polled 200 CIOs
and telecom directors of...

Analyst: iPhone Goes to Europe
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/27610?11228

The iPhone debuted in Europe last week, positioning T-Mobile
Germany and O2 U.K. to bask in the same subscriber boom AT&T
enjoyed in the U.S. five months ago. But both operators can also
expect to face the same challenges as AT&T's iPhone launch, and
some new ones as well. According to Ovum, significantly low
EDGE...

Sonus Fills BT's IMS Hole
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/27608?11228

By bringing Sonus Networks Inc. on board as a preferred supplier
for its GBP10 billion 21CN project, BT Group plc is solving one
of its more thorny next-generation network problems -- continuity
of service as it migrates towards its new network and switches
off its PSTN. It also gives Sonus a role it was expecting to
be...

IP Phone Sales to Grow Rapidly Over Next Few Years
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/27604?11228

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The adoption of Voice over IP (VoIP) is
taking off in both the consumer and business markets, spurring
increased sales of IP phones, reports In-Stat. To date, with
customers able to use VoIP with conventional phones, the market
for IP phones has lagged overall VoIP service use. In the
business world, many ...


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