"Google Earth has been downloaded over 100 Million times since it was release a year ago", said John Hanke, general manager of Google Earth at the Google Geo Developer Day in Mountain View, California. A new version of Google Earth has...

Strategy Analytics' on-going research into 3G subscriber tracking shows that more than 100 million people around the globe are now using WCDMA and CDMA2000 1x EV-DO 3G technology on their mobile phones, according to "Global 3G Subscribers...

Cisco Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire privately held companies Metreos Corp. of Austin, and Audium Corp. of New York, in two separate deals. Both of these companies offer easy to use...

.mobi, an internet address for mobile phones, has kicked off mobile domain registration, aiming for mainstream usage of domain. Operators and service worldwide as well as in Asia...

Nokia has signed a deal to buy handsets from South Korea’s Pantech&Curitel Communications Inc. for USD 129 million. The mobile-phone making arm of the Pantech group said in a filing...

Shanghai Telecom has deployed Motorola Inc. to establish an 800MHz IP-based TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) digital trunking Government Radio Network (GRN) to cover the city of Shanghai...

UBS Securities Inc. analyst Robert Dennison in a research note in April this year had remarked, "We originally expected a Japan launch in 2007 but now believe pilots may start this calendar year...

Nortel has said that it has developed a new technology to be the foundation of service provider metropolitan networks. Now available in its Metro Ethernet Networks portfolio...

Alcatel has announced the commercial availability of the latest version of its Alcatel OmniPCX Office, its IP communication server for to SMEs. The new version 5.0 includes a new PC based...

Communications equipment maker, Nortel Networks Corp. has reported a wider first-quarter loss of USD 167 million, or 4 cents a share, compared with loss of USD 104 million...

Global Crossing has selected Juniper Networks T-Series core routing platforms as part of its next generation worldwide networks backbone. Juniper Networks M-series platforms were also part of an...

Hong Kong operator CSL has chosen the Nokia MSC Server mobile softswitch to expand its network capacity. Nokia will provide installation, commissioning and technical support to CSL...

Qwest Communications International Inc. and Microsoft Corp. has announced a collaboration to create and deliver services to Qwest broadband customers. As part of the agreement, the companies will expand their current relationship for MSN...

Ericsson has announced an end-to-end IPTV offering that will encompass a range of IPTV services, such as broadcast, video on-demand, network personal video recording and electronic programming guides...

Motorola has announced that it plans to invest USD 60 million to expand its global supply chain operations in Singapore over the next two years...

IPTV has been a hot topic in the telecom world for quite some time. But is it simply vendor hype designed to sell more gear, or is there real customer demand for next generation TV service via broadband? Some observers are sceptical about IPTV's prospects in the unique Asian environment...

Wireless technology supplier Qualcomm Inc. has upgraded its uiOne Software Development Kit (SDK), a user user interface development kit, for developers and content provider. The software development kit is provided to mobile developers...

Ericsson One Phone has integrated with Microsoft Office Live Communications Server which enables users to make, control and answer calls on any phone connected to the corporate phone system straight from the PC programs...

NTT DoCoMo and Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong has jointly formed a strategic partnership to bring i-mode services to Hong Kong and Macau exclusively...

Motorola Inc. has agreed to buy Britain’s TTP Communications, a software developer for 3G applications, for 103 million pounds. Under the terms of the offer Motorola, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, will acquire TTPCom for 45 pence per share in cash...