Telecommunications equipment industry
Vari-L Company, Inc. has announced a $2.2 million agreement to be the sole source provider of Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCOs) to Wireless Access Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Vari-L will deliver a minimum of 840,000 VCOs beginning in the first quarter of 1999. The VCOs will
Telecommunications equipment industry
Austin's tech industry is thriving with innovations in computer architecture, chip design, and digital data networks. Ravi Arimilli, a 35-year-old scientist at IBM Corp., has been named Inventor of the Year for his work in cache and memory subsystems that add intelligence to computer parts. His innovations are
Telecommunications systems
Lucent Technologies and Unisys Corporation announced a strategic alliance on December 1, 1998, to integrate and jointly resell their industry-leading speech technology products. The partnership aims to simplify the development of natural language speech telephony applications, making them more accessible to the broader market. The integrated software package combines Lucent&
Telecommunications systems
Lucent Technologies announced an OEM agreement with Copper Mountain Networks on December 2, 1998, to provide digital subscriber line (DSL) equipment for high-speed Internet and remote LAN access. This partnership enables Lucent to offer turnkey DSL solutions to competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), combining Copper Mountain's DSL equipment
Telecommunications equipment industry
Celcom, Malaysia's largest cellular carrier, has partnered with Ericsson to deploy Corsair Communications' PhonePrint fraud prevention system nationwide. This major contract, valued at over $10 million, marks a significant milestone in the fight against cloning fraud. The PhonePrint system, which uses RF fingerprinting technology, has been proven
Telecommunications equipment industry
MindSpring Enterprises, one of the largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the world, has standardized on Foundry Networks' Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet switches, routers and server load balancers. The adoption of Foundry's products has been extensive, with over $1 million worth of equipment installed in
Telecommunications systems
Lucent Technologies, a leading communications company, has formed a strategic marketing agreement with InfoSpace.com, a leading provider of Internet content services, to develop, market, and promote Inferno's Internet appliance solutions. The partnership aims to bring customized web content to consumers and businesses through Lucent's Inferno-embedded
Telecommunications systems
Bell Atlantic Mobile has announced the phased introduction of new high-speed wireless data capabilities over its existing cdmaOne network in 1999, based on cdma2000 third-generation (3G) enhancements provided by Lucent Technologies. This next-generation wireless service will allow for near-landline voice clarity and a "soft handoff" of mobile calls,
Telecommunications systems
Viewlogic Systems, Inc., the leader of integrated e-product design software, announced two new OEM agreements for its Workview Office product line with Lattice Semiconductor Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. in November 1998. The agreements will enable the companies to resell the Workview Office 7.5 suite of design tools, featuring
Telecommunications systems
British Telecommunications PLC (BT) has entered into two joint ventures with electric utilities in Ireland and Singapore to offer voice, data, Internet, and multimedia services to businesses in those countries. The ventures, Ocean and StarHub, are expected to provide commercial services to businesses in early 1999 and 2000, respectively. BT
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Lucent Technologies Inc. has announced its plans to end its joint venture with Royal Philips Electronics, effectively regaining control of its 40 percent stake in the business. The joint venture, formed in 1997, markets leading corded and cordless phones and answering machines in the US. Analyst Richard J. Moroney, editor
Telecommunications systems
Lucent Technologies has expanded its position in the modem chip set market by signing up four additional desktop PC manufacturers for its Mars(TM)-2 chip set solution. The new customers, Legend Computer Systems, NEC Corp., Packard Bell NEC, and Samsung Electronics, will use Lucent's digital signal processor
