BroadSoft buys Genband’s application server business to boost its VOIP enterprise applications. While Skype focuses primarily on bringing VOIP to more than 300 million consumers, BroadSoft sells its apps to telcos such as Verizon and Sprint. BroadSoft’s buy comes a month after BT bought VOIP provider Ribbit for $105 million.
- Enterprise VOIP specialist BroadSoft Aug. 27 acquired the M6 Communication Applications Server and the product’s associated customer base from IP gateway supplier Genband.
Financial terms of the deal were not revealed, but BroadSoft said the purchase will help bring its BroadWorks voice over IP a…
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BroadSoft Boosts VOIP with App Server from Genband
August 27th, 2008
Chennai, India
Sify Technologies Limited (Nasdaq National market: SIFY), a leader in enterprise data services and consumer Internet with global delivery capabilities, announced today its agreement with Google Inc. to bring the Google Apps suite of communication and collaboration tools, including email, chat and online documents, to Indian Internet users. Google Apps will now power Sifymail and chat, as well as other applications using the Google Apps platform, which would be leveraged across Sify’s fast expanding Network Infrastructure, reaching out to over a million users across India and abroad.
Raju Vegesna, Chairman & CEO, Sify Technologies Limited, said, “There is a perfect confluence of the mission of our companies in enhancing the quality of life of individuals and businesses by empowering them with the Internet. Our agreement with Google makes superior applications available for communications and collaboration, coupled with our understanding of the needs of Indians, on our popular portal Sify.com. We believe that we can make compelling applications, tools and content based on Google’s expertise for many more Indians to use the Internet to enhance their productivity and quality of life. This agreement enhances our relationship with Google beyond powering the search on Sify.com”.
Shailesh Rao, Managing Director, Google India Pvt. Ltd., said, “We’re pleased to work with Sify to offer its customers access to our leading communication and collaboration tools. Our companies share a vision of giving consumers innovative choices that will the change the way they interact with each other and the world”.
Sify is a leader in providing Internet access in India through the ePort cyber café chain and home broadband access, as well as interactive rich media content with sites such as Sify.com for news, sports, finance, games, shopping and video content, Sifymax.com for broadband entertainment content, Samachar.com for global Indians to stay in touch with everything Indian. The agreement with Google will complement Sify’s strengths in connectivity and content to catalyze the use of the Internet by Indians with world-class applications, tools and content tailored to Indian requirements.
Sify will start launching these services for users in the coming months.
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Sify Joins Google To Bring Google Apps Suite Of Communication And Collaboration Tools To Indian Users.
August 27th, 2008
Tokyo, Japan – Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (President and CEO: Setsuhiro Shimomura)announced today it has successfully launched Superbird-7, which is Japan’s first domestically produced commercial communications satellite, and the next-generation communications satellite for Space Communications Corporation (SCC).
Superbird-7 was successfully launched from Guiana Space Center, French Guiana at 5:44 a.m. on August 15 (Japan time) using Arianespace’s launch vehicle, Ariane 5. The satellite separated from the launcher at 6:09 a.m. and succeeded in spreading its solar paddle at 7:02 a.m.
The Superbird-7 will be positioned into stationary orbit 36,000 kilometers above ground level and Mitsubishi Electric will continue in-orbit testing until September 2008.
Superbird-7 was made at Mitsubishi Electric’s Kamakura Works in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture. It uses Mitsubishi Electric’s original DS2000 satellite bus platform, which was developed based on the Engineering Test Satellite-8 (ETS-8), made for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The DS2000 is also currently used in the Multi-functional Transport Satellite-2 (MTSAT-2), made for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan and the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The well-equipped facilities at Kamakura Works have enabled Mitsubishi Electric to efficiently conduct its production and system tests in a single building, with a variety of testing facilities for satellite production such as a space chamber that simulates the high vacuum and extremely low temperatures of space, vibration test equipment, an acoustic test room and a compact antenna testing range. The Kamakura Works also has all the necessary satellite control equipment to check the satellite performance and functions in stationary orbit after the launch and separation of the launch vehicle.
Details of the Superbird-7 Launch
The agreement with SCC is for a ‘delivery in orbit’ (DIO) contract, in which Mitsubishi Electric will manage the project entirely from satellite design, production and launch, installation of satellite control equipment, to final extensive in-orbit testing prior to final handover to the customer. Mitsubishi Electric will hand the satellite over to SCC after the in-orbit testing and also, provide full operational support during its 15 year-life span.
To date, all 18 satellites currently operated by Japanese broadcast and communications companies have been US-made. Superbird-7 will be the first Japan-made commercial satellite to be launched into orbit.
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August 27th, 2008
Klausner Technologies filed a voicemail patent lawsuit against Google Verizon Communications, LG Electronics Inc Comverse Technology, Citrix Systems, and Embarq in U.S. District Court in Tyler, Texas. Judah Klausner claims infringements on patents in various countries for visual voicemail. Klausner previously sued and won settlements from Time Warner’s AOL and Vonage.
- SAN FRANCISCO - Emboldened by settlements with Apple Inc
and AT amp;T Inc, inventor Judah Klausner filed a voicemail patent
lawsuit on Tuesday against Google Inc, Verizon Communications Inc and
others.
The inventor’s company, Klausner Technologies Inc, also named as
defendants LG Electronics In…
Klausner Sues Google, Verizon Over Voicemail
August 26th, 2008
Klausner Technologies files a voice mail patent lawsuit against Google Verizon Communications, LG Electronics, Comverse Technology, Citrix Systems and Embarq in U.S. District Court in Tyler, Texas. Judah Klausner claims infringements on patents in various countries for visual voice mail. Klausner previously sued and won settlements from Time Warner’s AOL and Vonage.
- SAN FRANCISCO Emboldened by settlements with Apple Inc
and AT amp;T Inc, inventor Judah Klausner filed a voicemail patent
lawsuit on Tuesday against Google Inc, Verizon Communications Inc and
others.
The inventor’s company, Klausner Technologies Inc, also named as
defendants LG Electronics Inc,…
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Klausner Sues Google, Verizon over Voice Mail
August 26th, 2008
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