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Verizon Wireless and Alltel are among those expected to bid for the customers and spectrum of Midwest Wireless, according to a published report. The sale price could approach $1 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited unnamed sources familiar with the process. Marcia Bahr, Midwest Wireless’ vice president of marketing and communications, declined […]

SunRocket, a residential Voice over Internet Protocol provider founded last year by two MCI vets, has raised $25 million in second-round financing. The announcement comes as the telecom and venture capital communities buzz over two potentially huge payoffs in the VoIP space: eBay’s $2.6 billion acquisition of Skype and Vonage’s planned IPO. Mayfield Fund led […]

UPDATED: Call it a major merger Monday. Oracle is again shaking up the enterprise software world with a $5.85 billion cash and stock deal to buy customer relationship management software maker Siebel Systems . The deal, announced this morning, calls for Oracle to pay $10.66 per share for Siebel, with $3.61 billion net of Siebel’s […]

Miscommunication and unproductively are the cornerstones of the humor of NBC’s “The Office.” They are the very problems Microsoft is trying to solve with the upcoming Microsoft Office 12. The venerable suite, which includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint programs, is slated for beta later this fall and formal release in the second half of 2006. […]

The judge hearing preliminary arguments in Microsoft versus Google said he’d rule on Tuesday, September 13. At issue is whether Kai-Fu Lee, the former Microsoft executive who was hired to head a new Google research lab in China, can go to work pending the verdict in the trial. The two-day hearing wrapped up on Wednesday […]

Here’s one the banks would rather the virus-writers didn’t see: A majority of desktop management professionals believe it is more difficult to harden remote and mobile endpoints against emerging security or virus threats, according to a new study. According to the survey from Supportsoft, which also makes real-time management software, large business enterprises are struggling […]

Network equipment giant Nortel has sold its wireless location assets to communications component maker Andrew Corp. , the companies announced today. Andrew Corp. will integrate Nortel’s products, which include systems that process and calculate the position of mobile devices, into its Geometrix business unit. The Orland Park, Ill.-based company will also add about 40 employees […]

Verizon Wireless and a few other companies might not like this, be we do: D-Link has announced a future router that has a PC Card slot used to provide 3G backhaul. That means, if you’ve got an account with (for example) Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess, the nationwide EV-DO network found in many major cities, you could […]

SBC has landed a three-year voice and data services contract from St. Louis-based electrical and telecom supply giant Graybar, the companies announced today. “By enlisting the services of SBC companies, we expect to improve efficiency and consistency of voice and data transmission across our network,” Steven Becker, Graybar’s CIO, said in a statement. The agreement […]

In a merger of wireless players, Qualcomm will pay $600 million for Flarion Technologies, the companies announced today. “The combination of Flarion and QUALCOMM’s engineering resources greatly strengthens our position as a continued technology innovator and leader in the wireless industry,” Paul E. Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm, said in a statement. The pickup gives San […]

Cable One, a rural market cable operator owned by the Washington Post Co. , hsa selected Nortel as its primary Voice over IP (VoIP) technology and professional services provider. Phoenix-based Cable One operates 52 cable systems serving 715,000 subscribers in 19 states. It plans to launch VoIP telephony services in up to 45 markets throughout […]

Heads up Microsoft customers. The monthly patch schedule for Tuesday includes six security updates affecting Windows, one of which is rated “critical.” As part of its Thursday ritual of letting customers know what’s on tap for its once-a-month patch schedule, Microsoft said it plans six patches for next Tuesday, Aug. 9, for Windows versions. The […]