https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com CommunicationsDirect is a free news and information service for global telecommunications professionals. CommunicationsDirect offers frequent updates onbusiness, policy, and technology issues. CommunicationsDirect also offers free daily and weekly newsletters. 2010 PricewaterhouseCoopers en-us Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:45:02 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:45:02 telecom_direct_editor@us.pwc.com Saturday Sunday https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/39260?199 Deutsche Telekom's business client unit, T-Systems, has announced a global services partnership with German enterprise software firm SAP. Signed during the CeBIT technology fair, which was held in Hanover (Germany) last week, the contract will have a particular focus on the development of solutions that will extend features of... https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/39258?199 France Telecom has announced that it has signed two deals with trade unions designed to improve working conditions for employees. The first deal involves the transfer of employees and states that this will only happen on a voluntary basis from now on, thus eliminating the practice of rotating senior managers every three years. The... https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/39255?199 The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) has announced new rules to curb telecoms companies' marketing spending to less than 20% of sales by 2011. The new policy is in response to the fact that heavy marketing costs incurred by the country's major telcos in recent years amid intense competition have severely dragged down... https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/39253?199 Until now, most of the industry’s focus has been on the technologies of long-term evolution (LTE); however, technology itself does not generate profits. Understanding the impact of LTE on your business and selecting a way forward that matches your business model is critical to ensuring your success in the future market. ... https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/39250?199 Wireless operators are beginning to step up their investment levels after what has been an economically challenging year, but their subscribers might not be as ready to up their wireless investment as well. According to ABI Research, mobile capital expenditures (capex) will grow by more than 4% year-on-year in 2010, after... https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/39248?199 If anyone has any questions as to Google's plans for the mobile space, it appears they'll find some answers. According to a press release, Google will hold a March 15 "educational webcast for investors, financial analysts and members of the press, focusing on Google's mobile business." Google is no longer... https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/39246?199 As Ericsson AB has so much it wants to show and tell the world, what might it choose to talk about in just a few minutes at the recent Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona? With the booths of some of its keenest rivals already visited and snapped, Light Reading set the Swedish giant's staff the same task as the others:... https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/39245?199 Unified communications (UC) has long been touted as a money saver and productivity booster, and according to a new vendor-backed study, the technology may be making good on that promise. For the second year, technology products and services provider CDW has conducted its Unified Communications Tracking Poll, surveying 915 IT... https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/39243?199 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. --  While it would be expected that enterprises would express concern over the security of Wi-Fi hotspots, it is actually the individual that is driving these concerns, reports In-Stat. According to In-Stat’s hotspot research, over three-quarters of survey respondents are personally aware of and...