After years of dismissing the frantic pleas of standards bodies and industry groups to develop and implement an IPv6 transition plan, telecom and cable operators have begun to ready their networks to support the next-generation Internet protocol.
HP has agreed to pay $55 million to settle a US Department of Justice (DoJ) investigation into allegations of fraud and kickbacks.
HP had been accused of bribing system integrators to recommend US government agencies purchase its products, and of providing incomplete information to the General Services Administration (GSA) in 2002.
Cisco has bought content management systems firm ExtendMedia to strengthen its position in the IP video market.
The firm said acquiring ExtendMedia would allow it to offer service providers a more customizable IP content platform, by leveraging the privately-backed US firm’s
In a banner week for Google’s fast-growing mobile OS, Dell has launched an Android-powered smartphone, while Huawei and Samsung promised Android devices next week.
Dell yesterday launched itself into the ultra-competitive US smartphone market, unveiling its first handheld device for the market as part of a strategy to cut its reliance on PC sales.
Hewlett Packard will launch two tablet PCs in a matter of months, after admitting sales of laptop PCs have been hit by the increasingly-popular format.
The firm plans to launch a business-focused tablet running Microsoft’s Windows 7 by end-2010, and will follow up with a consumer device running Palm’s WebOS in 2011, according to Todd Bradley, head of the
US wireless broadband startup LightSquared has activated a spectrum deal with Inmarsat in which it will pay $337.5 million to the mobile satellite firm.
LightSquared will use Inmarsat’s L-band frequencies to deploy a hybrid satellite-LTE network across the US, launching in the second half of 2011.
