Caron Carlson

Almost one-quarter of large businesses are poised to switch wireless carriers once they can keep their phone numbers, according to a study released Monday. A survey of 100 companies by The Management Network Group Inc. found that 24 percent of businesses with more than 500 employees are prepared to switch once carriers are required to […]

The Federal Communications Commission is considering redefining broadband access as an information service, regardless of whether it is provided by a telephone company, a cable company or any other vendor. But what sounds like a lot of regulatory minutiae comes down to one main issue: Who will offer low-cost broadband services in the future if […]

New modeling and simulation technology developed by Northrop Grumman Corp. for homeland security and disaster response agencies may soon be available to private enterprises for their own security and asset management operations. The Virtual Integrated System of Systems Tool for Analysis provides a realistic visual representation of an environment with icons serving as portals to […]

Content filtering becomes an escalating challenge as Internet users become more adept at sidestepping efforts to block their views. Today, Allot Communications Inc. is rolling out an upgraded version of its NetPure content filtering system, with added Russian and Spanish language filtering support and improved management capabilities. Organizations across sectors are looking for ways to […]

Avaya Inc. reported revenue of $1.072 billion for the third quarter of fiscal 2003, reflecting relative sales stability from second-quarter revenue of $1.081 billion. The Basking Ridge, N.J., company reported a net income of $8 million for the quarter, a considerable improvement over the second-quarter net loss of $41 million. To reduce expenses over the […]

If youre out on the road in an unfamiliar setting, you can now find out where the nearest gas station, post office or hotel is with a call from any digital cell phone. Wednesday, TeleCommunications Systems Inc. introduced Xypages, a hosted wireless location directory assistance application for wireless carriers. Carriers with digital networks can offer […]

Lucent Technologies Inc. reported revenues of $1.9 billion for the third quarter of fiscal 2003, an 18 percent decline from revenues posted the previous quarter. The decline in revenues was largely credited to lower sales volume in the companys mobility division, driven by reduced spending by customers in North America and by an unexpected delay […]

IT security experts and policy-makers see a wide range of problems associated with the notion of a Do-Not-Spam list modeled after the wildly popular Do-Not-Call list, but the majority of Americans in a recent survey want to see just such an initiative to stop unwanted e-mail. Technological means of combating spam, such as filtering and […]

Who is the real victim in the worlds largest corporate scam, the $11 billion accounting fraud that drove WorldCom Inc. into bankruptcy last summer? Is it the investors? The employees who were laid off? Customers concerned about service quality? Rival companies forced to battle a corrupt competitor? Or, as representatives of WorldCom—recently renamed MCI—assert, the […]

The nations overwhelming response to the federal “do not call” lists promise of telemarketing relief has given Congress added impetus to act on another consumer nuisance: spam. Spam is not a partisan issue, but it is embroiled in politics. In the past, turf battles between the House judiciary and commerce committees ruined chances of a […]