http://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. 2008 PricewaterhouseCoopers en-us Thu, 15 May 2008 12:45:01 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:45:01 telecom_direct_editor@us.pwc.com Saturday Sunday http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/30661?199 The United Kingdom's former incumbent telco, BT, has posted a 2% year-on-year (y/y) rise in revenue for the 12 months ending March 2008. BT said revenues rose to £20.7 billion (US$40.3 billion) from £20.2 billion as continued growth in its Global Services division continued to drive growth. The division grew revenues... http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/30659?199 Telecom Italia is looking to enforce its position in the Argentine market, where it is in dispute with local partner group Werthein, Agencia EFE reports. The Italian incumbent has indicated that it is going to exercise its right to buy back Grupo Werthein's 48% stake in investment vehicle Sofora SA, which indirectly controls... http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/130/30656?199 Reliance Infratel plans to raise between 50 billion rupees (US$1.19 billion) and 60 billion rupees (US$1.43 billion) through an initial public offering (IPO), which has been approved by India's capital markets regulator, Dow Jones reports. Earlier in February, the unit of Reliance Communications had filed its draft prospectus... http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/30654?199 Crucial to successful medical treatment is a quick, accurate diagnosis. But people in some areas, particularly in developing countries, lack access to the advanced medical equipment and trained medical personnel that are required for a speedy diagnosis. A better, more practical system is needed for conducting medical analysis in... http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/30653?199 Seth Mitchell had a problem. As infrastructure team manager for Little Canada, Minn.-based Slumberland Furniture, he needed to deploy and continuously administer 85 wireless bar code scanners for three shifts of workers in warehouses spread across three different states. Those warehouses ship products to 110 retail stores in 10... http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/30651?199 Sprint loses another reseller; Virgin and Helio confirm talks about possible merger New Sprint CEO Dan Hesse’s former company, Embarq, is the latest to abandon its reseller deal with Sprint. Embarq’s chief financial officer told an analyst conference today that its wireless operations failed to meet the... http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/130/30648?199 The Mexican government has given its blessing to Verizon Business directly delivering advanced communications services in that country. The "Value Added" authorization, issued by Mexico's regulatory entity COFETEL, will enable Verizon Business to better serve multinational companies with operations in Mexico.... http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/30645?199 Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) has plenty of good applications although its future relies on other technologies and larger industry factors. How will the model of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) play out in the next few years?  From carriers to consultants, the consensus is that FMC will definitely happen, but its... http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/30642?199 Two Broadcom Corp. officials have taken leaves of absence as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) appears ready to take the company to the mat over stock options backdating. The SEC charged four current and former Broadcom executives Wednesday with fraudulently backdating stock options from 1998 to 2003 and falsifying... http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/110/30638?199 Fujitsu is taking a swipe at rival NetApp by teaming up with clustered NAS specialist ONSTor around file-based storage. Under the terms of a deal announced this week, Fujitsu will resell ONSTor’s Bobcat NAS Gateway on its Eternus systems. The vendors are touting the hardware as a midrange alternative to NetApp’s 3000...