telecom

Level 3 announces plans to aquire Global Crossing in an all-stock deal.

In recent days, two telecommunications companies have announced cloud offerings for meter data management (MDM), and eventually meter to cash services. The concept sounds appealing, but are utilities ready for this type of cloud offering?

Consumers may hate the tiered pricing models that AT&T rolled out last month, but they're also likely the future of mobile data consumption according to analysis by IBM.

First it was COMDEX. Then shows like VON, ComNet, and others went lights-out. Now SUPERCOMM. Is landline equipment dying? Whatever happened to 'carrier class'?

The ITU Telecom World exhibition has returned to Geneva after a visit to Hong Kong in 2006 -- and has brought many Asian exhibitors back with it. There are also signs that the way some companies are using the show is shifting.

Nearly two years after acquiring Grand Central, Google is accepting some new users to its Google Voice service.

In light of the overall economy and Nortel's particular situation, the former telecom giant had little choice but to liquidate its assets as it attempts to restructure under Chapter 11, analysts say.

An Italian magistrate has issued an international arrest warrant for a Filipino hacker suspected of causing millions of dollars of losses to telecommunications multinationals, and Italian police have arrested five Pakistani nationals accused of exploiting the hacker's work to defraud the telecom companies, officials in the northern city of Brescia said Friday.

The sale of location information from mobile operators to service providers could result in privacy issues, and needs to be investigated, two Swedish regulators said on Tuesday.

Most IT professionals hate doing telecom RFPs. No surprise -- much of the effort is process and paperwork, two things that many find tedious and boring. But there are compensations. One is the sheer entertainment factor of the "dog and pony show."

AT&T has agreed to pay $2.35 billion for network assets in 18 U.S. states that Verizon Wireless has to divest as part of its acquisition of Alltel last year.