Stories about: Telcom

Koala Telecom today declared it has not received one red cent from the government's Broadband Connect program proudly stating that it is business as usual at the Adelaide-based Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Barbara Dalibard, executive vice president at Paris-based France Telecom, is president and CEO of service provider Equant, which France Telecom purchased in August. After a recent technology demonstration in Cambridge, she talked with Computerworld about the need for innovations to stay ahead in the telecommunications field and how the company plans to use its global reach to set itself apart from competitors.

IBM this week announced an expansion of its blade server lineup with a system designed specifically for telecommunications providers that must adhere to rigorous uptime requirements.

Six makers of integrated-access devices have joined an alliance organized by optical-access vendor Quantum Bridge Communications Inc. in an effort to prove that optical networks aren't just for big users.

One of the nation's oldest user groups for network professionals last week suffered a major blow as it was forced to cancel its annual convention.

Fledgling WA comms player Request DSL had been hoping for an injection of funds from Cisco Systems, and while it became clear this week that Cisco would not go the whole hog, a more than satisfying relationship has been established

Mega-Bell company SBC Communications Inc. has come up with a design for its massive new digital subscriber line (DSL) network that is upsetting competitors and won't deliver many of the service options business users desire.

Wireless communications received a boost yesterday with the announcement of a global local area network (LAN) standard based on radio-wave technology called HiperLAN2, and the high-profile consortium, the HiperLAN2 Global Forum (H2GF), established to promote it.