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Alcatel-Lucent hopes shift to IP networking and ultra broadband will lead to profit by 2015
Alcatel-Lucent will refocus on IP networking and ultra-broadband access in mobile and fixed-line networks as it seeks to return to profitability by 2015.
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Canonical taps international mobile carriers for mobile advice
Canonical has formed an advisory group of international wireless carriers ? including big names like Deutsche Telekom and Korea Telecom, but excluding all of the big four US networks.
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GE thinks it's time to put industrial data in the cloud
Internet tools are just starting to be applied to industrial tasks such as maintaining equipment and optimizing operations, but the wealth of data being produced by industrial systems could make this a major focus of development in the coming years.
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UK smart grid mass rollout moves a step closer
The UK today took another major step towards the full scale nation-wide rollout of smart meters, as bidders submitted their proposals to provide a communications infrastructure for tens of millions of homes.
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Instart Logic promises to beat Akamai at own game
Instart Logic is taking on the likes of Akamai and Amazon Cloudfront with a Web app-streaming service it says can cut in half the time it takes to load pages and applications to wireless devices.
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Obama directs agencies to move toward sharing spectrum
U.S. President Barack Obama has directed federal agencies to take new steps toward sharing their wireless spectrum with commercial operators, in an effort to meet growing demands for mobile data services.
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Some foreign-backed US phone companies reportedly excluded from NSA surveillance program
At least two U.S. mobile operators, T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless, reportedly do not participate directly in the U.S. National Security Agency's call metadata collection program because of their partial ownership by foreign telecommunication companies.
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US prosecutors propose kill switch to prevent smartphone theft
U.S. prosecutors are proposing that smartphone makers offer a "kill switch" in all new phones produced by the start of next year as part of an initiative to cut down on theft, which sometimes turns violent.
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BT launches integrated BYOD solution for businesses
BT has unveiled a new set of solutions designed to help organisations reap the productivity gains promised by the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend.
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Cisco and iRobot create Shelbot-like telepresence system
Cisco has teamed up with robotics firm iRobot to create its own enterprise version of the 'Shelbot' from US comedy series The Big Bang Theory.
