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Telecom Equipment

World’s first call over LTE network (Long Term Evolution)

September 2, 2010 Alcatel-Lucent News ( NYSE: ALU )

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) achieved an industry first by successfully completing a data call using a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless broadband network operating at Band 14 , the spectrum earmarked for public safety agencies in the United States. The call demonstrates the readiness of the network to support current public safety applications [...]

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Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) Announces Intent to Acquire Arch Rock

September 2, 2010 Cisco News (NASDAQ: CSCO)

Cisco today announced its intent to acquire privately held Arch Rock Corporation, a pioneer in Internet Protocol-based wireless network technology for smart-grid applications. Based in San Francisco, Arch Rock will accelerate Cisco’s ability to facilitate the utility industry’s transition to an open and interoperable smart grid by enabling Cisco to offer a comprehensive and highly [...]

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OpenPlug Acquired by Alcatel-Lucent

September 1, 2010 Alcatel-Lucent News ( NYSE: ALU )

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has acquired the mobile software and applications development tools vendor OpenPlug. By acquiring OpenPlug, ALU deepens its role in the applications space by delivering, as part of its integrated suite of developer tools, a platform where application developers can write an application once, which will then be translated to [...]

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Avaya Sale of Stake in AGC Networks to Essar Group Completed

August 31, 2010 Avaya News (NYSE:AV)

Avaya announced the successful completion of the sale of its entire 59.13% stake in AGC Networks Ltd. for approximately US$ 44.5 million, as initially announced on 30 May, 2010. Completion of the sale had been subject to customary closing conditions, including those required by Indian law. As previously stated, the sale of its AGC Networks [...]

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Alcatel-Lucent remains the leader in the CDMA space

August 10, 2010 Alcatel-Lucent News ( NYSE: ALU )

Alcatel-Lucent remains the leader in the CDMA space according to Dell’Oro’s latest Mobility Infrastructure report. Not only does Dell’Oro place Alcatel-Lucent as the historical leader in CDMA (leading in CDMA revenues since 3Q’01), the industry analyst firm also acknowledges that Alcatel-Lucent has reinforced its number one position on a quarterly basis, growing its market share [...]

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Polycom New Strategic Relationship with Microsoft

August 9, 2010 Polycom News (Nasdaq: PLCM)

Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM) has signed a multi-year, strategic global agreement with Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) to deliver integrated end-to-end unified communications (UC) and to improve customers’ business productivity. Under the agreement, Polycom plans to develop and market standards-based UC solutions that span the enterprise, small-to-medium business, and government markets, that will encompass software, hardware, [...]

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Cisco TelePresence Meeting Solution Introduced

August 4, 2010 Cisco News (NASDAQ: CSCO)

Cisco today announced the Cisco TelePresence Meeting solution, a revolutionary new category of products that create live, “face-to-face” meeting experiences over an Internet Protocol (IP) network empowering users to interact and collaborate in ways they could not before. The Cisco TelePresence Meeting solution combines the reach, intelligence and reliability of the network with the simplicity [...]

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Gartner “Strong Positive” for Genesys

August 3, 2010 Alcatel-Lucent News ( NYSE: ALU )

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that Genesys, its customer service software arm, based on evaluation of the Genesys interactive voice response (IVR) solution, iCFD (intelligent customer front door), received a “Strong Positive,” the highest rating possible, in Gartner’s MarketScope for IVR Systems and Enterprise Voice Portals* report¹. “Businesses focused on providing a [...]

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xMatters Enterprise now Avaya Compliant

August 3, 2010 Avaya News (NYSE:AV)

xMatters Enterprise is now compliant with key Internet protocol (IP) telephony solutions from Avaya.. xMatters enterprise can be added to existing products or services to connect people with relevant information, notifications, choices and actions at exactly the right moment. The application now is compliance-tested by Avaya for compatibility with Avaya Aura™ Communication Manager 5.2.1 and [...]

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