Vonage’s first patent lawsuit loss came back in March and was something of a stunner. Verizon Communications had sued the VoIP juggernaut over alleged infringement on seven patents, and though only three of them were found to have been infringed upon, the die was cast for a year in which Vonage also was sued by […]
Till recently America was considered a laggard in IPTV deployment, but a new report by Research and Markets suggests things might be changing. According to their latest report on the Global IPTV outlook to 2011 the U.S. market is expected to emerge as the most competitive IPTV market in the world, largely due to high […]
Worldwide IP telephony carrier market quarterly revenues have exceed $1 billion for the first time in the third quarter of this year, according to market research by California based Dell’Oro Group.
The strong market results was driven by robust softswitch sales as carriers continue to convert their networks to IP. “The increase in softswitch sales this […]
Although it didn’t top rival AT&T, Verizon Wireless reported strong growth with 1.6 million net new subscribers in third quarter 2007 bringing its total subscriber base to 63.7 million. AT&T, which reported its earnings last week, had a record-breaking quarter with 2 million net new customers and a total of 65.7 million customers.
Verizon CEO Denny […]
The DSL Forum released IPTV penetration statistics this week that chart a fivefold increase in subscribers from 2005 to mid-2007. As of June 30, the worldwide subscriber base for IPTV services reached 8.2 million, up from nearly 1.5 million on the same date in 2005.
Europe accounts for more than 60 percent of subscriber base, […]
Vonage agreed this morning to pay Sprint Nextel $80 million to settle a patent dispute. A federal court in Kansas city awarded Sprint $69.5 million in damages to cover the revenues Vonage generated with the violated patents. The $80 million settlement is said to cover past and future use of the 100 or so patents […]
Japan’s largest carrier, NTT DoCoMo claims to have 40 million 3G subscribers on its network, meaning three-quarters of its subscriber base is now 3G-equipped. “The pace will probably slow down from now on as we expect fewer people moving to FOMA from ‘mova’ internally,” a DoCoMo spokesman said. FOMA is DoCoMo’s 3G brand, while “mova” […]
Om Malik reports some of the vendors showing up at the FTTP Conference in Florida today will introduce gear that makes deploying fiber-to-the-home cheaper. He says Corning will roll out a product line based on ultra-bendable fiber that resists signal degradation if twisted or bent too much like typical fiber.
Another company, Neuphonetics, will roll out […]
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IP-PRIME is a potent service which enables telcos of all sizes to offer over 285 video channels, including 25 HD channels, and 100+ digital audio channels — all available today. Your telco could be delivering service […]
