Year: 2005

Seednet, Taiwan's second largest Internet service provider, has deployed Redback Networks' SmartEdge Service Gateway platform for its next generation converged ...

Telefónica announced plans to acquire O2 Plc, the largest mobile-phone operator in the UK, for GBP 17.7 billion ($31.5 billion). ...

Level 3 Communications agreed to acquire WilTel Communications in a cash and stock deal valued at $680 million. Both companies ...

The FCC voted to approve the acquisition of AT&T by SBC Communications and of MCI by Verizon Communications, concluding that ...

SBC Communications trimmed the price of its SBC Yahoo! DSL Pro (1.5 -3.0 Mbps) service to $21.99 a month for ...

Sprint announced the official launch of its EV-DO (Evolution Data Optimized) "Power Vision" nationwide network, featuring wireless data speeds averaging ...

Chunghwa Telecom. the incumbent operator in Taiwan, added 175,000 ADSL subscribers in Q3, giving it a total of 3.5 million, ...

PMC-Sierra agreed to acquire Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group, which is currently being acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and ...

Hong Kong's PCCW received the Metro Ethernet Forum's "Best in Business" award and Japan's KVH received the "Outstanding Innovation" award ...

Motorola has reached an agreement to settle financial and legal claims against Turkish cellular phone operator Telsim Mobil Telekomunikasyon (Telsim), ...

Vodafone will acquire, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, an economic interest of 10% in Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited (BTVL) for a cash ...

Telecom Market Share Report from  Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications  October 2005 Fixed Communications NTT East 48.7%  NTT ...

CloudShield Technologies, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, raised $$10 Million in additional funding for its multigigabit, open network services ...