Telecommunications

FiberNet Becomes Cisco Powered Program Member

11/24/2008

Telecom provider FiberNet has recently become a member of the Cisco Powered Program. The new distinction gives FiberNet access to a range of Cisco resources intended to help the company expand its managed services business. Read More

Objectworld, Grandstream Partner To Deliver Unified Communications

10/16/2008

Objectworld Communications and Grandstream Networks are pairing their respective technologies through a partnership designed to deliver a unified communications solution to Pembina Trails School Division in Winnipeg. Read More

TW Telecom Helps Connect Researchers Across Louisiana with 600 Megabit Ethernet Deployment

10/7/2008

TW Telecom is helping connect 12 research universities in Louisiana through a 600 megabit Ethernet connection, recently deployed as a part of the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI). Read More

Verizon Wireless Upgrades Game at U Michigan

10/1/2008

University of Michigan football fans get to play with enhanced wireless communications through an arrangement with Verizon Wireless, which has activated a cell on light truck (COLT) that doubles capacity in and around Michigan Stadium on game days. Read More

More Universities Sign with Hothand Wireless to Deliver Mobile Marketing

9/29/2008

Hothand Wireless, which delivers "recreation" information to mobile devices, said it has added 10 university partners to its service, among them Georgia Institute of Technology, Ohio State University, and Stanford. Read More

Telecom, Services, Wireless To Drive Education IT Spending to $56.2 Billion by 2012

9/22/2008

In the United States, IT spending in education will reach $47.7 billion by the end of this year and is expected to top $56 billion by 2012, according to a new report from Compass Intelligence, an IT consultancy and market research firm. This growth in education--both K-12 and higher ed--is being fueled in particular by expenditures in telecommunications, collaborative technologies, and outsourced IT services. Read More

Reliance Rolls Out SchoolMessenger to Mobile County Public Schools

9/16/2008

Reliance Communications has contracted with the Mobile County Public School System to implement a district-wide parent notification system that will help reach the families of more than 63,000 students at 98 schools throughout the county. The district plans to use the system, SchoolMessenger, to increase annual yearly progress (AYP) funding, streamline emergency contact, and enhance general home-school communication. Read More

Valcom and Keltron Integrate Technologies for a Life Safety Communications System

9/11/2008

Valcom, which sells telephone integrated paging systems, and Keltron, which sells life safety event management systems, have formed a partnership to offer Total Life Safety Communications System, an integrated, wireless system that provides extended life safety communications for organizations with multiple buildings. Read More

Teltronics, GE Security Partner for School IP Communications and Security

8/15/2008

Teltronics announced recently that it's been selected by GE Security to provide a new IP-based, secure multimedia platform that will serve as the next generation of the company's StarCall system. Dubbed StarCall iPLUS, the new SIP-compliant, IP-based platform is designed to provide a host of new features designed to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Read More

Small California District Installs Cisco Communications Platform

8/11/2008

St. Helena Unified School District (SHUSD), located in Northern California, has finished installing a Cisco IP-based unified communications solution that provides voice, video, mobility and presence services to 1,500 K-12 students, their families, and 250 district employees. The district worked with Stamford, CT-based MTM Technologies on the installation, which replaced a seven-year-old PBX that was frequently unreliable. The project took three months to complete. Read More