Stories about: Telenor

IT has gotten a bad rap when it comes to energy consumption. Walk into any datacenter, and you can almost feel the carbon emissions leaking into the atmosphere. However, research shows that the datacenter actually accounts for a very small percentage of a company's overall energy usage. And businesses are missing the other significant opportunities where they could cut energy usages -- and costs. Ironically, the same IT department that is reducing energy usage in the datacenter could lead the energy-savings initiatives across the enterprise.

The European Commision has opened the door for mobile phones on planes, introducing measures to harmonize the technical and licensing requirements for mobiles services in the sky.

Omnifone wants to put a new face on mobile phone music downloads with its MusicStation service.

As one group abandons its in-flight Wi-Fi Internet access, another hopes to be more successful with an on-board mobile phone service for air passengers.

Despite expectations by industry and legal analysts that Research in Motion (RIM) would settle its ongoing patent dispute with NTP, the BlackBerry maker came out swinging Monday, bolstered by recent decisions by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) that call NTP's claims into question.

The forum that was formed earlier this month from the dissolution of Juniper's Infranet Initiative Council now has a name and leadership.

The possibility of cell phone calls on airliners, for better or worse, took a few steps closer to reality this week with the announcement of two on-board cellular systems.

The PBX-to-mobile market is heating up with a Nokia-backed announcement of a "generic" integrator that allows desk phones on leading switchboards to converge with mobiles on any network in any country.

Juniper's Infranet Initiative has been dissolved, replaced by another council staffed and funded by its members, including Cisco and Alcatel, that seeks to develop a business-friendly IP service infrastructure.

Political savvy is a critical skill for IT executives, who must compete against other business unit leaders when they lobby for project prioritization and budget allocations.

IBM is selling its outsourcing business for local governments and small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) in Norway, calling it part of an overall strategy to focus on larger outsourcing customers and consolidate its operations in Europe.