Colin C. Haley

Looking to reduce transport costs, voice and data carrier Sprint will buy fiber services in the Detroit area from bandwidth wholesaler Level 3 Communications . Financial terms of the contract between the Overland Park, Kan., and Broomfield, Colo., companies were not disclosed. Level 3’s network connects key traffic aggregation points in the Detroit market, including […]

Network equipment giant Cisco will acquire conferencing specialist Latitude Communications for $80 million in cash, bolstering its Internet protocol offerings for large corporations and applying new pressure on Microsoft and WebEx in a growing sector. Latitude’s MeetingPlace software combines voice, video and Web content. And since it’s standards-based, it integrates with scheduling applications such as […]

Nortel said two Chinese telecom carriers have ordered its multi-service switches as part of data network expansion projects. China Telecom will use Nortel’s Passport 7000 switches to bolster its ATM-based system, while China Netcom will use Passport 7000 and 15000 switches to boost capacity of its broadband Internet protocol network to handle new local high-speed […]

Trends in network equipment awards suggest that the remainder of the year could be stronger than expected for vendors, an analyst at SG Cowen said. Last month, gear sellers announced 49 contract wins with carriers worldwide, three more than in September and 11 more than August. Lucent , which recently surprised many by ending a […]

Iona Technologies will offer enterprise customers consulting, training and support for JBoss Group’s open-source, Java-based application server effective today. The pact has been under discussion since late summer and is part of Atlanta-based JBoss Group’s strategy of working with partners, JBoss Group spokeswoman Nathalie Mason-Fleury told internetnews.com. It is open-ended. JBoss Group believes large corporate […]

Cisco Systems and Sprint , which previously announced a partnership to increase the adoption of Internet protocol equipment and services, have unveiled their first industry-specific offering. The San Jose, Calif., and Overland, Park, Kan., companies chose the auto sector because dealerships are often far-flung and sell several brands, complicating communications with their suppliers. Other targeted […]

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Recent studies indicate that large corporations and government agencies are beginning to spend again on IT. So what are they buying? A panel of CIOs here at the Future Forward ’03 conference offered its insights, as well as a wish list of what they would like to see from vendors. “We’re working […]

Network gear maker Nortel has won a deal to provide voice-over Internet protocol equipment to a South Korean service provider Dacom Corp. A spokeswoman for Toronto-based Nortel declined to reveal the value of the deal, which flowed through Nortel’s Korean distributor ITIAN Corp. The project will allow Dacom to offer customers simplified communications, enhanced mobility […]

Plugging a hole in its consumer bundle, telecom and broadband provider Verizon will offer DirecTV’s satellite TV service to customers, the Wall Street Journal reported. Neither the financial terms, nor duration, of the pact is known. The partnership could be announced as early as today, the newspaper said. Neither company is commenting. The agreement mirrors […]

Network equipment giant Cisco Systems said it had a “solid quarter” thanks to better-than-expected orders from service providers and government agencies. CEO John Chambers also said strategies enacted over the last 18 to 36 months put the San Jose, Calif., company in a good position to grow as signs of an economic recovery begin to […]

BOSTON — IBM Lotus today added four software tools to its tightly integrated Workplace platform to improve communication and collaboration between corporate users. They are: messaging, including e-mail, IM and calendar functions; team collaboration, so worker can call online meetings and exchange data; learning, for training; and Web content management, so workers can post information […]

Qwest , a Denver-based regional telecom carrier, has formed a division to strengthen ties with systems integrators. The aim is to use specialists that already have relationships with large businesses and government agencies to get Qwest’s voice and high-speed data services before more potential buyers. Howard Seeger has been named regional vice president of the […]