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Ooma Office: This VoIP-based phone system makes small businesses seem big
Every business must interact with its customers via the telephone at some point. And it won't matter how great your employees are, or how superb...
US senators challenge in court NSA claim that dragnet surveillance is required
Three prominent U.S. senators have in a federal court filing questioned the claim of the National Security Agency that its bulk collection of phone...
Cisco beefs up enterprise collaboration tools
Cisco will boost its enterprise collaboration stack with products designed to simplify the way companies secure communications, interact with...
Siemens Enterprise changes its name to Unify
Siemens Enterprise Communications has changed its name to Unify and now hopes to take advantage of a growing interest in hosted unified...
French ISP Free offers fiber customers 1Gbps upgrade for no cost
Customers of French ISP Free will soon see their fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) connections upgraded from 100Mbps to 1Gbps, with no change to the monthly...
Verizon Wireless buyout drive is all about the dollar signs
The price Verizon might pay to buy out its mobile subsidiary, reportedly US$100 billion or more, is the most important thing that mobile users need...
Cisco patches serious vulnerabilities in Unified Communications Manager
Cisco Systems has released new security patches for several versions of Unified Communications Manager (UCM) to address vulnerabilities that could...
T-Mobile US adds 1.1 million new customers in second quarter
T-Mobile US had 1.1 million net customer additions in the second quarter, as customers backed its new no-contract plans.
Syrian Electronic Army hacks into Viber support website
The hacker group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) broke into the customer support website for Viber, an instant messaging and...
Cisco releases security patches to mitigate attack against Unified Communications Manager
Cisco Systems released a security patch for its Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) enterprise telephony product in order to mitigate an...
Voice-over-LTE won't take off until 2015, will have to compete with telephony apps
The technology to implement Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) is maturing, but mobile operators won't roll out telephony services in earnest until 2015. At...
US senators demand to know from Clapper extent and benefits of spy program
A group of 26 U.S. senators, cutting across party lines, are seeking "public answers" on whether the National Security Agency collected in...
LTE makes headway on global roaming, speed and voice
LTE is simultaneously being pushed forward on several fronts, and the result for users will be faster networks, better coverage and the ability to...
Vodafone offers €7.7 billion for Kabel Deutschland in fixed network push
Vodafone plans to acquire Germany's largest cable operator, Kabel Deutschland, for a!7.7 billion (US$10.1 billion) as it looks to become more...
Rights groups ask US spy court for justification of Verizon order
Civil rights groups have asked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) for the legal justification of the U.S. government's...
Sierra Wireless puts Verizon's LTE in cars, highlights M2M move to 4G
Sierra Wireless' latest embedded wireless module connects cars to Verizon's LTE network, underlining growing interest in the 4G technology...
Texas Instruments, Qualcomm to power small cells for enterprises
Texas Instruments and Qualcomm are working on products that will power small mobile base stations, also known as small cells, and help improve indoor...
LTE and smartphones drive mobile traffic, says Ericsson
The spread of smartphones, powered by fast 3G and LTE networks used to watch ever more video content, are pushing up the volume of mobile data...
Skype extends coverage of Manager administration tool
Skype's Web-based management tool Manager for businesses is now available in over 170 countries and for all subscriptions, allowing companies to...
Qualcomm calls for shared in-home cells to handle mobile demand
Consumers will have to share small, inexpensive cells in their homes with nearby mobile users to affordably meet the growing demand for mobile data...
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