Colin C. Haley

Vistula Communications is hoping its Voice over IP offer is one ISPs and telecoms can’t refuse. The privately held New York company will provide its V-Cube enterprise VoIP platform and user portal for free, as well as handle the installation and integration. “The customers know they have to do something [about VoIP], but are unsure […]

UPDATED: SiRF will buy Motorola’s global positioning system chipset product line for $20 million in cash. The San Jose, Calif., navigation chip and software maker will integrate Motorola’s products, which are used in a range of mobile platforms, such as automobile navigation systems, cellular handsets and two-way radios. SiRF will also gain the rights to […]

With broadband prices falling and demand rising, residential high-speed Internet adoption is expected to jump from slightly less than half of U.S. online households to 78 percent of households by the end of 2010, according to JupiterResearch. “With a clearer value proposition and increasingly reasonable prices, the question people ask themselves is shifting from ‘why […]

SBC is stooping to a new low in the fight for broadband subscribers — $14.95 per month. The San Antonio, Texas, carrier is offering its basic SBC Yahoo DSL service (which delivers speeds of 384Kbps to 1.5Mbps) for $14.95 per month. The price, which is lower than some dial-up ISPs, is limited to new customers […]

Motorola’s network equipment division has won an $80 million order from Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) , the latest deal between the mobile equipment maker and Russia’s largest wireless provider. Motorola will supply Global Systems for Mobile/General Packet Radio Service base stations to allow the carrier to expand network coverage and capacity in Moscow, Central Russia and […]

In a blow to SBC and Verizon , Texas lawmakers this weekend adjourned without passing a bill designed to accelerate TV-over-fiber rollouts. The measure would have allowed the Baby Bells to petition the public utilities commission for a statewide video franchise license rather than negotiate deals with each community, a process that can take between […]

In parts of the country, auto racing is the most exciting and fastest-growing sport. In the IT community, the same could be said of IP technology. At Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, the two will come together. Cisco said several of its IP networking components and devices will be used by the Red Bull Cheever racing team […]

Few executives are better than Peter Horan at taking a Web site with useful content and making it exponentially more attractive to readers, advertisers and potential acquirers. After 18 months at the helm of About.com, he struck a deal to sell the site to The New York Times Co. for $410 million in cash. Before […]

UPDATED: To improve its offerings for corporate data center operators, Cisco today said it will buy FineGround Networks for $70 million. It’s the latest in a series of acquisitions by network equipment players that are turning to privately held firms for technology that augments their existing products. FineGround network appliances improve user response times by […]

The outage that affected more than 2 million Cox broadband subscribers Friday afternoon was caused by “an error in a configuration change made on a regional router,” a spokesman for the cable operator said. “Cox has thoroughly investigated this event and is undertaking exhaustive measures to ensure that we do not experience a backbone outage […]

Despite reports of behind-the-scenes lobbying, Qwest CEO Richard Notebaert put to rest yesterday speculation that he is still maneuvering to buy MCI . “We aren’t looking at MCI,” Notebaert said in an address to stockholders at the Denver regional telecom carrier’s annual meeting Tuesday. “That’s over.” Instead, the company will focus on partnerships and other […]

Motorola Ventures, which is earmarking more than $100 million to back startups this year, has invested in wireless directory assistance startup 422 Inc. “422’s cutting-edge wireless directory technology of connecting consumers seamlessly to the people and information that they want aligns with Motorola’s vision,” Warren Holtsberg, a Motorola vice president who oversees its investments, said […]