A global enabler of communications on the go, SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Paris:SESG)(LUxX:SESG), today announced Astel has tapped its NSS-6 satellite to deliver the first high-speed mobile broadband and phone services to train passengers traveling the busiest commuter rail in Kazakhstan.
As part of the historic deployment, Astel is [...]

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) announced today that it has successfully completed the previously announced sale of its Skype communications unit in a deal valuing the business at $2.75 billion. The buyer, who will control an approximately 70 percent stake, is an investor group led by Silver Lake and includes Joltid Limited and certain affiliated parties, [...]

HTK launches new SaaS multi-channel media platform for inbound and outbound automated customer contact
26 October 2009: The UK leader in public mass-notification solutions, HTK, is expanding into customer service and marketing automation with the launch of its new web-based digital media platform that provides a unified, personalised and micro-targeted approach to customer interaction. HTK [...]

Herzliya, Israel | October 21, 2009: FTS (LSE: FTS), a global provider of billing, CRM and policy control solutions for communications and content service providers, today announced the launch of FTS Express™, a scalable and flexible billing and customer care system wrapped in a small appliance. This highly affordable, easy-to-deploy product has been specifically designed [...]

Western companies like Interoute are helping to drive the diversification of Europe’s largest “energy economy”
London, 21st October 2009, Interoute, owner operator of Europe’s largest next-generation network, today announced that it has expanded its network to Moscow in response to a surge in demand from enterprises looking for connectivity in the region. The new Point [...]

Partnership Brings Innovative Messaging Solutions to 800 Global Operators
Mumbai, October 9, 2009 — Geodesic Limited (BSE: 503699, NSE: GEODESIC), a leading provider of award-winning mobile and desktop solutions for instant messaging, VoIP and Internet radio, today announced it has partnered with Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), the global leader in mobile [...]

MPLS broadband guarantees reliable connectivity to cloud-based business applications, supporting cost-effective business expansion
08 October 2009 – TFM Networks and Cloud Computing have partnered to offer resilient managed hosted applications that will enable companies to run key business functions and operate cost effectively over multiple sites.
Cloud Computing’s online managed hosted applications and VOIP enables companies to [...]

New version 8 completes unified communications offering with text chat, remote phone management, CRM integration and call center features
London, UK – 07 October 2009 – 3CX today announced a new version of its popular VoIP PBX for Windows, 3CX Phone System v8.0. With the new instant messaging feature, 3CX Phone System becomes a complete VoIP [...]

New Communications link 13,000 users across Lower Austria’s 212 Government sites
Vienna – 7 October 2009 [09:00 CET]. NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, and the IT-Directorate of the regional government of Lower Austria have implemented a complete upgrade of the voice communications for the State Administration within a timescale of 16 months. Around 13,000 [...]

AT&T* today announced it has taken the steps necessary so that Apple can enable VoIP applications on iPhone to run on AT&T’s wireless network. Previously, VoIP applications on iPhone were enabled for Wi-Fi connectivity. For some time, AT&T has offered a variety of other wireless devices that enable VoIP applications on 3G, 2G and Wi-Fi [...]