Blogs by Gary Kim

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Metaswitch Networks names Kevin DeNuccio New CEO


Posted 2010-02-04 09:01:57 by Gary Kim - Comments (0)

Metaswitch Networks has named Kevin DeNuccio CEO of the company, in a clear bid to take the company to the next level of its growth globally. Historically, Metaswitch Networks made its name as a supplier of IP communications features delivered using a sof...

Text Rules, Even for Older Users


Posted 2010-02-02 11:03:27 by Gary Kim - Comments (0)

Text Rules, Even for Older Users A survey by Tekelec shows that text messaging, once seen as the main communications tool for teenagers and young adults, has become prevalent among older generations. The 500-person survey shows that 60 percent of users...

M5 Networks Offers H1N1 Protection


Posted 2009-10-28 08:15:06 by Gary Kim - Comments (0)

M5 Networks is offering its clients a range of free or low-cost "out-of-office" communications options intended to protect organizations from flu-related threats by allowing workers to do their jobs at home, instead of coming to the office. Among other th...

Get Ready for Telecom 2.0, Tekelec Says


Posted 2009-10-27 13:26:22 by Gary Kim - Comments (0)

Differentiated end user experience is how telecom service providers will have to compete in the coming world of next-generation services, says John Lenns, Tekelec AVP. That argument might seem most obvious in the case of mobile service providers, but wire...

Tellabs Buys WiChorus for Mobile Packet Core Capabilities


Posted 2009-10-26 12:33:42 by Gary Kim - Comments (0)

Tellabs expects mobile data traffic to grow 30 percent to 50 percent a year for the foreseeable future. For that reason, Tellabs has acquired WiChorus, a provider of a mobile packet core platform purpose-built for 4G, LTE and WiMax, with support for 3G....

Harris Stratex Touts Hybrid Timing for Ethernet Backhaul


Posted 2009-10-26 11:00:42 by Gary Kim - Comments (0)

Some 60 percent of mobile service providers will leave their voice traffic on existing TDM backhaul facilities through 2011 or later, even though there is a general desire to move all traffic over to an IP transport, says Michael Howard, Infonetics Resear...

GSMA Certifies iBasis SMS Hubbing Service


Posted 2009-10-22 08:21:55 by Gary Kim - Comments (0)

The GSM Association (GSMA) has certified iBasis’ "International SMS Hubbing Service,"  a short message service interworking solution that provides mobile operators with secure SMS transit and access to over 650 operator destinations through a s...

Ifbyphone Adds New Features for Ad Agencies and Channel Partners


Posted 2009-10-20 10:23:48 by Gary Kim - Comments (0)

Ifbyphone has launched Ifbyphone Version 3.1, which provides enhanced campaign management tools and other features asked for by its advertising customers and channel partners. The "campaign management" features allow users to filter relevant informati...

"Return on Collaboration" Tougher for SMBs


Posted 2009-10-14 07:40:37 by Gary Kim - Comments (0)

Enterprises around the world that deploy the most advanced Internet protocol-based collaboration technologies achieve more than twice the return on their collaboration investment and perform better than their less collaborative peers, according to a new F...

$5 a Month for Google Apps


Posted 2009-10-13 09:07:33 by Gary Kim - Comments (0)

LTech, a provider of products and services focused on connecting business to the cloud, today announced a new monthly pricing option for Google Apps. The offering allows customers to pay a monthly fee of $5-per-user for Google Apps. Standard pricing f...