Colin C. Haley

Under a new partnership, AT&T Wireless subscribers will have access Microsoft’s MSN Hotmail and Messenger and Web content as a new premium paid service by year’s end. The offerings will be available nationwide by year’s end on AT&T’s mMode phones, a spokesman for the nation’s third-largest mobile operator said. Pricing hasn’t been set. At the […]

Looking to add small and mid-sized business customers, Qwest is offering $350 million in cash and assumed debt for Allegiance Telecom , according to The Wall Street Journal. Talks are still in the early stages and neither company will comment. The deal would bring Qwest new corporate customers for its local and long-distance phone service; […]

AT&T is suing eBay and its subsidiary PayPal for allegedly infringing its patent for a payment processing system. The complaint, filed in federal court in Delaware Thursday, seeks a court order barring the companies from using the disputed technology. It also seeks unspecified monetary damages. AT&T is taking issue with eBay’s Billpoint service, which eBay […]

SBC Communications has unveiled Voice over Internet Protocol service for mid-level enterprise customers, the latest indication that the technology is going mainstream. SBC PremierSERV, which runs from $29 to $39 per user per month, is part of a new portfolio of managed services. It’s now available in the San Antonio telecom’s 13-state region and will […]

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. That’s Qwest’s new outlook on voice over Internet protocol competitors. Beginning in early December, the Baby Bell will test the service in Minnesota, where a judge effectively exempted VOIP providers from taxes levied on telecoms and ultimately passed along to consumers. “We are becoming one of them,” Qwest […]

Comcast’s effort to lure broadband subscribers from SBC and Verizon has had some industry-watchers predicting a price war between the cable giant and its telecom rivals. Unfortunately, for consumers, it isn’t going to happen. “This particular campaign is a limited offer and we anticipate it to be a one-time event as other offers of shorter […]

Data storage giant EMC will invest at least $100 million in its India operations over the next five years. The public commitment comes a year after the Hopkinton, Mass., company opened a software development center in Bangalore. Legato, a division of EMC, also has sales offices in New Delhi. “Bangalore is a hotbed for software […]

After clearing regulatory hurdles, the proposed joint venture between Huawei Technologies and 3Com is a reality. The network equipment makers today signed documents over the weekend establishing Huawei-3Com Co. The collaborative effort will have a presence in Hong Kong, China and Japan. Initially, the joint venture will produce a local area network switch and two […]

Web application delivery specialist Netli has won an expanded contract with IT powerhouse Hewlett-Packard . Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Test equipment maker Tektronix , aerospace giant Boeing and education publisher Scholastic also licensed the company’s NetLightning service. “We’re getting pretty good traction,” Michael Kharitonov, co-founder and chairman of the Palo Alto, Calif., […]

Radio frequency identification technology is suddenly one of the most talked-about trends in technology’s post-bubble era — thanks to nudging and interest from large retailers and the federal government. Originally developed during World War II to help anti-aircraft gunners discern friend from foe, RFID is now being enlisted to help manufacturers and retailers track products […]

To shore up its network and improve service for business customers, Denver telecom Qwest will purchase assets from Touch America and 360networks. The deals include: equipment from Touch America to support hundreds of frame relay and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) customers, and high-speed fiber network routes between cities in the Midwest and West. Touch America […]

In its second deal out of Africa in as many months, Hughes Network Systems (HNS) has won a $25 million contract from Ethiopia Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) to build a nationwide distance learning network. Installation began in June and will run until the end of 2004. Once complete, it will connect schools across the country. Additionally, […]