IoT

Avaya Inc. is moving away from a proprietary security protocol to a standards-based solution for its new IP telephony software, Communications Manager 2.0. It's a move that could make all the difference to security-conscious companies, says one industry observer.

Lucent Technologies Inc. last month reported a first-quarter profit, supported by significant revenue from mobile services offered by the company.

Siemens AG and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. signed a contract on Thursday to form a joint venture for manufacturing new mobile broadband systems, aimed mostly at the huge Chinese market. The contract follows a memorandum of understanding signed by the two manufacturers in August.

Out of a deal that would see one shell-shocked service provider purchase network equipment from a payroll purging gear-maker comes insight as to just how carriers go about choosing equipment.

During a teleconference on Tuesday hosted by research firm the Yankee Group, one analyst offered up advantages and disadvantages of voice over wireless LAN technology, noting that as prices start coming down enterprises should start to give the technology some serious thought.

Chantry Networks Inc., a provider of wireless LAN (WLAN) solutions, announced on Monday that it has extended its BeaconWorks family of products to include IEEE 802.11 a/b/g compliance and various access point configuration choices.

Avaya Inc. insists that IP telephony does have a "killer app," although industry observers wonder if the network technology vendor is on the mark.

South Korea's claims that the U.S. and the European Union (E.U.) imposed unfair trade barriers to sales of Korean memory chips are to be examined by the World Trade Organization (WTO).