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By Prayson Pate, Chief Technologist, Overture Cloud technology has changed how users and developers think about applications.  Why buy servers and maintain software if you can pay per use?  Why...

A new U.S. Spectrum Policy Team has been formed to accelerate spectrum sharing policies and technologies. President Obama has ordered this Spectrum Policy Team to draft recommendations on how NTIA...

Google introduced Project Loon, one of its "moonshot" initiatives to transform the world with breakthrough technology. Project Loon's aim is to deliver Internet access to "all the world's people" including...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office confirmed the selection of Amazon Web Services as prime contractor for cloud computing services on behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).  The award was...

Savvis, the data center and IT infrastructure division of CenturyLink, has acquired AppFog, a Platform-as-a-Service provider that is hosting more than 150,000 applications.  Financial terms were not disclosed. AppFog, which...

AT&T will begin offering prepaid wireless plan access to its 4G LTE network. Beginning June 21st, new and existing AT&T GoPhone customers can bring their own 4G or 4G LTE...

Verizon is bringing its Private IP service directly into Equinix’s International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers in major markets around the world. Verizon recently announced enablement of 100GE access for...

NTT Communications will deploy VMware network virtualization as a core technology for its new cloud service, Enterprise Cloud (EC). Specifically, NTT Com will use VMware network virtualization as a network...

RAD confirmed that a major Tier 1 European service provider has deployed its Service Assured Access solution for backhauling 3G and LTE over the same Ethernet infrastructure. More than one...

Russia-based Avelacom announced will expand its 100G optical backbone network from Moscow to London using Alcatel-Lucent’s Agile Optical Networking technology. The deployment uses 100G DWDM on Alcatel-Lucent's 1830 Photonic Service...

DISH and NTELOS launched a test of fixed wireless broadband service using 2.5 GHz spectrum.  The trial in rural  Virginia is reaching 10 Mbps to more than 50 Mbps at...

Broadcom unveiled a quad-core HSPA+ processor for entry-level smartphones using Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS. The new quad-core BCM23550 processor can be coupled with Broadcom's connectivity suite, which includes Broadcom's...

RingCentral named David Berman as president of RingCentral, reporting to company founder, chairman and CEO, Vlad Shmunis. Prior to joining RingCentral, Berman served as president and CEO of Affectiva, which...