Telecommunications crackdown
The government is preparing to crack down on the self-regulated telecommunications sector.

IBM To Link Acquired Telelogic Tools To Rational
Telelogic has played a large role in embedded software for the automotive, aerospace, defense, and telecommunications markets.

Etisalat named best wholesale provider, Middle East at the Global Wholesale Telecommunications Awards
Etisalat has been named the best provider of carrier and wholesale services in the Middle East at the annual Global Wholesale Telecommunications Awards, hosted by Capacity Magazine.

Telcos to be named and shamed for poor service
Poor performing telecommunications providers will be named and shamed in monthly reports, in a bid to improve customer service.

Beshear pal got $20,000 raise
Gov. Steve Beshear ordered a 25 percent pay raise for a friend and campaign donor who got a state job at the Office of Homeland Security. Ralph Coldiron started this month as the $100,000-a-year executive director of the Commercial Mobile Radio Service Emergency Telecommunications Board, called the CMRS Board for short. The board collects user fees from wireless phone carriers to pay for ...

Jury Awards $17 Million Against AT&T
A federal jury has ordered AT&T to pay almost $17 million for overcharging customers in California when passing along a federally mandated phone fee. But in the verdict reached late Wednesday, the Kansas City, Kan., jurors determined there wasn't enough evidence showing the telecommunications giant conspired with Sprint Nextel or then-competitor MCI to overcharge customers nationwide for the ...

CDE claims misled about fiber optic project's status
To borrow a phrase from Washington, D.C., to describe the Clarksville Department of Electricity's incomplete telecommunications project ... mistakes were made.

Far East Telecom boosts broadband subscriptions
RBC, 21.11.2008, Vladivostok 13:45:19. Far East Telecom increased its broadband internet subscriber numbers by 60 percent to 250,000 people from January to November, the Russian regional telecommunications provider's press office reported.

No move to cap number of players: Raja
The government today ruled out limiting the number of operators in a circle and said that any such decision would need to be reverted back to telecom regulator Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).

THE NEW TELKOM
By DUNCAN McLEOD It's worth pausing to reflect on the enormous changes that have swept through SA's telecommunications industry in the past 36 months. Three years ago, SA had one fixed-line operator, three mobile operators (one of them struggling to keep its he...

Freedom to compete. Those three words appeared in large letters on Telkom CEO Reuben September's slides at the ...
to reflect on the enormous changes that have swept through SA's telecommunications industry in the past 36 months.

Telecom units ride demand surge
Telecommunications companies (telcos) in eastern India are witnessing strong demand despite the overall slowdown of the economy. In fact, many plan to introduce more value-added services, go in for retail escalation and for network and capacity building.

Nigeria: Nitel Restores SAT-3 Cable
Management of Nigeria Telecommunications (NITEL) has said it had fixed and restored the services of South Atlantic Terminal 111 (SAT-3) Cable, damaged on October 15, 2008.

Telecommunications: Calling-card firm settles complaints
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has reached a settlement with a South Florida pre-paid calling-card company over consumer complaints stemming from alleged deceptive advertising, officials said Wednesday.

Rule change will allow telecom mergers in Brazil
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a change to Brazil's telecommunications law, allowing fixed-line telecoms to operate in more than one region of the country. Communications Minister Helio Costa says the president signed the decree authorizing...

Bell's argument rings true with CRTC
OTTAWA -- The CRTC has sided with Bell Canada in the controversial Internet "throttling" case, ruling the telecommunications giant is within its right to regulate the flow of traffic on its network space.

Telecommunications sector set for major consolidation
19 November 2008 The telecommunications sector in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) is set for major consolidation, experts told the Telecoms World forum yesterday.

Clearwire shareholders approve Sprint Nextel deal
Shareholders of telecommunications company Clearwire (CLWR) have approved a plan to merge with Sprint Nextel's (S) wireless broadband network.

Wishing Tree to help children already on display
CC Communications ITPA (Independent Telecommunications Pioneer Association) will be at the entrance to Wal-mart with the Wishing Tree startingSaturday at approximately 10 a.m. The Wishing Tree will also be on display at Great Basin Bank, 498 West Williams Ave. and Fallon Auto Mall, 1351 W. Williams Ave.

Phone ombudsman launches new complaint procedures
Complaints lodged with the telecommunications ombudsman will be logged daily, and telcos will be issued with public report cards, in a crackdown on poor customer service by the industry. The Telecomm