The Finnish Defense Forces have selected Siemens and Juniper Networks to deploy a backbone network that will integrate the data transmission and communication systems for reconnaissance, surveillance and military command. Siemens...

As users continue to embrace high-bandwidth and real-time applications such as video to the desktop, multimedia enterprise applications and voice-over-IP over LANs and wireless LANs, enterprises are becoming more dependent on fast network response...

Rumors of a T-Mobile Sidekick III have been out in the wild for at least 6 months, and the wraps were officially lifted today when the Sidekick III was announced. It will be available for existing T-Mobile customers starting June 28 and new...

QUALCOMM and Longcheer Technology, a Chinese mobile handset designer, have entered into a commercial WCDMA modem card license agreement. Under the terms of the royalty-bearing agreement, QUALCOMM has granted Longcheer a worldwide license...

VeriSign, an intelligent infrastructure services provider for the Internet and telecommunications networks, has expanded its communications network into Asia to meet customer demand for improved international roaming services...

Juniper Networks' Service Deployment System (SDX-300) now supports CableLabs new PacketCable Multimedia Web Services Interface (WSI) specification. The WSI provides an open interface between application servers and PacketCable...

With equipment providers embracing Unified Messaging (UM) technology, UM and UM-capable seats will continue to grow while traditional voice mail systems will disappear from the market by the end of 2009. UM/UM-capable shipments will rise from...

Syniverse Technologies has acquired the telecommunications business of Interactive Technology Holdings Limited (ITHL) for up to USD 45 million in cash, including potential earn-out payments of up to USD 7 million if certain financial goals are achieved...

Aruba mobility controllers will now be pre-tested for interoperability with Juniper's firewall/VPN devices and AAA/802.1X solutions in a bid to save enterprises the operational costs of integrating multiple systems. The two companies have...

Nokia and SingTel have launched the Nokia and SingTel Multiplayer Game Quest 2006. With Forum Nokia as its exclusive partner, SingTel is inviting all Forum Nokia PRO members to take up the challenge to create high quality cross-platform or...

Airwide Solutions, a mobile messaging infrastructure and applications software provider for wireless operators, is further expanding into Asia with the availability of its next generation messaging architecture and new Linux-based router...

Nokia has unveiled five new mobile handsets, including a 3G camera phone and two CDMA phones. The 3G phone, the 6151, comes with a 1.3 megapixel camera, while the CDMA camera phones are the 6275 and 2875 models. The entry-level phone is the...

HTC, a provider of Windows Mobile devices, has launched what it calls the world's first tri-band 3G Windows Mobile Pocket PC [TyTN] and 3G smartphone [MTeoR] under the new HTC brand identity. HTC will provide its new branded products to its existing...

European telecom makers Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG have agreed to combine their telephone equipment units in a deal valued at roughly 25 billion euros (USD 31.6 billion), according to a newspaper report. Nokia would control a majority of board...

British are more inclined to use social networking applications than are American or German mobile phone users, with 10.1 percent of Britons, 7.2 percent of Germans, 6.5 percent of French and 6.7 percent of Americans reporting they uploaded...

Zi Corporation, a provider of intelligent interface solutions, has launched its most advanced predictive text solution for China - with complete phrase-level input for phonetic and stroke modes, new levels of error toleration and with cangjie input...

Datacraft has been awarded a multi-year contract by a leading international telecom service provider. This contract covers the provision of customer premises equipment (CPE) and Datacraft Uptime maintenance service to support a global IP...

ip.access ltd, a developer of in-building wireless picocell solutions, has signed a distribution agreement with Himachal Exicom Communications Ltd (HECL), a provider of telecom solutions throughout India, to further increase the worldwide footprint..

EBay is planning to add a "Skype Me" button to certain categories of listings, allowing prospective buyers to contact sellers directly through the peer-to-peer phone service. Ebay had bought Luxembourg-based VOIP service provider Skype...

China’s University of Petroleum (UPC), a major engineering university, is enhancing the network connecting its three separate campuses with a Nortel solution to improve communications and ensure easy online access to advanced learning...