NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, has played down the current controversy surrounding his former employer, Alcatel-Lucent’s, recent $US137 million settlement for bribery cases brought by US authorities.
A former executive with Alcatel has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for a US$2.5 million (NZ$3.63 billion) bribery scheme in an attempt to win a mobile telephone contract from the government of Costa Rica.
New Zealand wins featured prominently in telecommunications equipment giant Alcatel-Lucent's global second quarter results released today.
A former Alcatel executive has pleaded guilty to paying more than US$2.5 million (NZ$3.28 billion) in bribes to secure a telephone contract with Costa Rica’s state telecommunications agency.
Broadband communication has proved a boon to students, but its infectious appeal has a downside — it can spread malware.
A new report published by the Commerce Commission says Telecom’s claim that unconstrained broadband will lead to a loss of service for tens of thousands of customers is bogus.
Lucent spin-off Avaya, the world’s largest internet protocol telephony provider, plans to open a New Zealand office in the next few months, says the company’s Asia-South Pacific managing director, Carlton Taya.
Nortel Networks will closely examine all of its product categories and consider dropping out or seeking a partnership or joint venture anywhere it doesn’t hold (or forecast) a 20% market share, president and chief executive officer Mike Zafirovski says.
The meeting of minds between the South Pacific MediaLab and the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (FoRST) over “research aggregation” has culminated in a multi-million dollar research programme, known as ICT Express.
Alcatel has fast-tracked Cogent to become a premier partner in New Zealand following Cogent’s purchase of the telecommunications business of the defunct GDC.
Alcatel’s relationship with Telecom New Zealand goes far beyond the usual customer-vendor pitch. The partnership sees Telecom outsource its entire Next Generation Network platform to Alcatel, tipped to replace the PSTN in the next decade. Alcatel is treating the relationship as a prototype for future deals as well.
Telecom has completed what it calls the first step in the roll-out of a $1.4 billion next-generation network, a trial involving 120 residential and small business customers trying out advanced voice services over three months.
Alcatel will form a joint venture with a Chinese company, TCL Mobile, to make and sell cellphone handsets around the world.
Other vendors are likely to show interest in the sub-corporate business market that French telco equipment and services supplier Alcatel has jumped into with its OmniPCXOffice, says a telecomms consultant.