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Successful trials have been completed by Comfone and Skype on a collaboration for Skype’s WISPr software stack for devices on WeRoam’s aggregated WLAN hotspot network. WeRoam specializes in “wholesale mobility management and roaming solutions for the fixed and mobile telecommunications sector.”
ISCO, a provider of radio-frequency management and interference-control systems for the wireless telecommunications industry, has proposed a merger with Clarity Communication Systems, Inc., which is still subject to approval.
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Eventually, no place will be work-exempt
and even frequent fliers will
be able to continue on with their
jobs as though they were snuggled
up in their offices. |
Oracle made
an announcement at Wi-Max World
2007 that they are handling the
billing and revenue management,
as well as the CRM, and financials
for Bayanat, a Saudi service provider
that is setting itself up to be
the leading Wi-Max provider in
their market. Oracle is proud that they are
able to rapidly introduce value
added services in a network agnostic
way and they are the first company
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Stanley T. Sigma, President and CEO
of AT&T wireless, will be retiring
at the end of the year. He has been
with AT&T for 42 years and will
be replaced by Ralph de la Vega, who
was AT&T’s head of telecom
and entertainment and served as COO
of AT&T wireless from 2004-2006.
Gary Forsee resigned from Sprint Nextel
despite his recent $5 billion commitment
to transform Sprint Nextel into the
largest WiMax provider in the country.
He ran the company for the past four
years. Chris King, analyst for Stifel
Nicolaus & Co., says that that won’t
stop Sprint Nextel’s problems.
The company is losing customers and
is struggling to keep pace with competitors.
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to offer an application that will
process convergent services (pre-paid
and post-paid) on a single system.
American Airlines hopes to start
testing Wi-Fi on its flights next
month and also plans to possibly
have all of their 767s equipped
and Wi-Fi ready in 2008. Alaska
Airlines will start testing next
spring and Virgin America wants
to start readying its planes by
mid-2008. Eventually, no place
will be work-exempt and even frequent
fliers will be able to continue
on with their jobs as though they
were snuggled up in their offices.
And remember, whether in the
office or in the air, we'll continue
to bring you the latest news in
the telecom world. Until next
time, this has been your November
OSS Newswatch.
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