Canadian consumers will pare back cable TV and telecom services as the economy continues to weaken, but relatively few are likely to part with their mobile phones.
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"BroadSoft, a provider of VoIP applications to telecom service providers, this week said it acquired competitor Sylantro Systems for an undisclosed sum." read more » DiscussBury
"Pocket Life, a geo-aware social network backed by mobile network giant Vodafone, has launched to the public. The service allows users to update their friends on their current locations automatical read more » DiscussBury
"Lawyers for the Department of Justice and the Electronic Frontier Foundation clashed Tuesday over the constitutionality of legislation immunizing telecoms for their role in warrantless NSA spying." read more » DiscussBury
Stacy Higginbotham writes about more evidence of the troubled state of the world economy, noting "The troubles in telecom continue as Nokia Siemens Networks plans to cut an additional 1,300 employee read more » DiscussBury
Antone Gonsalves writes on a brief filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco by the Electronic Frontier Foundation claiming that the FISA Amendments Act denies telecom customers their ri read more » DiscussBury
"Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan's largest telecommunications company, has formed a "wide-ranging strategic partnership" with EnterpriseDB that includes an undisclosed financial investment in the open source database maker." read more » DiscussBury
