Wayne Rash

Two subsidiaries of Verizon Communications have sued Vonage in federal court, saying that seven basic voice over IP patents have been infringed upon by Vonage. The subsidiaries, Verizon Services of Arlington, Va., and Verizon Laboratories of Waltham, Mass., say that holds patents for how calls are completed, monitored and authenticated. The suit, filed today in […]

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs told eWEEK June 19 that the agency has hired Internet Security Systems, of Atlanta, to help determine exactly what information was lost in a massive data theft in May. “ISS has been hired by VA to analyze the nature of the data the employee had been working with prior […]

Aruba Networks is releasing an update to its Mobility Controller that will improve the products scalability and add enhanced management features. The company is also announcing a joint venture with Ruckus Wireless to produce enterprise-class products using the 802.11n version of Wi-Fi. The new 11n products will ship around the same time that the 802.11n […]

WASHINGTON—Members of the U.S. Senate heard from the telecom industry and others in what was the final hearing on its version of a new telecom bill. This is the only hearing since the U.S. House of Representatives passed a similar bill during the week of June 5. The Senate bill, called the “Consumers Choice and […]

Finnish communications company Nokia has released a statement saying that it believes alleged patent infringement charged by chip maker Qualcomm is without merit. According to the Nokia statement, Nokia is already licensed to use Qualcomms CDMA technology under an agreement between the two companies from four years ago. The complaint, filed with the U.S. International […]

Tzero Technologies announced June 12 a new type of wireless transmission chip aimed at the video market. According to the company, the new technology is designed to deliver wireless high definition digital video content across distances up to 100 feet. The new technology uses a version of ultrawide band communications that sends small quantities of […]

WeatherBug, the national weather reporting service, and Send Word Now, a service that provides urgent contact information to companies, announced June 12 that they are joining forces in a new service called the Smart Weather Notification Service. The service will alert managers to critical weather events at their location. The companies also announced that their […]

WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that will allow phone companies to deliver video services to their customers quickly and easily. The bill would allow those companies to begin delivering video services 30 days after filing a franchise request with the Federal Communications Commission. If the bill becomes law, phone companies would […]

The Secretary of the Department of Veteran Affairs, R. James Nicholson, will announce a VA-wide recall of all laptop computers June 8 in a 10:00 a.m. hearing at the House of Representatives Government Reform Committee. According to Rick Weidman, executive director for Policy & Government Affairs, this recall will cover every laptop computer in the […]

WASHINGTON—Secretary of Veterans Affairs R. James Nicholson on June 8 called for criminal penalties for VA personnel who fail to secure protected personal information. Nicholson called for the heavier sanctions in an impromptu press conference in the Rayburn House Office building. He was speaking to reporters following a hearing before the House Government Reform Committee […]