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Verizon, Vonage Settle Their Differences

Vonage Holdings Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc. on Thursday settled their patent dispute in a move that some analysts predict might keep Vonage out of bankruptcy – for now. Vonage said its payments to Verizon will be capped at $32 million, in addition to the $88 ...More
October 25, 2007 By Kelly Teal
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Nacchio Appeals Insider Trading Conviciton

Former Qwest Communications International Inc. CEO Joseph Nacchio’s legal team is seeking to overturn his conviction for insider trading. Nacchio’s attorney, Maureen Mahoney, filed a 58-page brief with a federal appeals court Tuesday saying there was insufficient evidence ...More
October 10, 2007
Posted in News
Lawsuit Has Little Impact on ShoreTel IPO

ShoreTel Inc.’s ongoing legal tiff with rival Mitel Networks Corp. doesn’t seem to have impacted its initial public offering (IPO). ShoreTel got $86.3 million from its debut July 9 and has since traded at prices between $9.80 and $15.01. The legal wrangling began just ...More
October 1, 2007 By Kelly Teal
Posted in Articles
Agents Steamed Over Trinsic Bankruptcy Fallout

The post-Trinsic-bankruptcy plot thickens. And if it weren’t for the fact that we’re talking about telecom, the story would sound an awful lot like a soap opera.It all started in February, when Trinsic Inc., the former Z-Tel Technologies Inc., filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. ...More
October 1, 2007 By Kelly Teal
Posted in Articles
Nokia Files Complaint Against Qualcomm

Nokia has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) asking it to bar Qualcomm Inc. from importing products that allegedly violate Nokia patents. Nokia says Qualcomm has participated in unfair trade practices, including importing products, selling ...More
August 17, 2007
Posted in News
Nacchio Gets Six Years in Prison, Must Repay $52 Million

Joe Nacchio, Qwest Communications International Inc.’s embattled former CEO, was sentenced July 27 to six years in prison. A federal judge on Monday also ordered Nacchio to repay $52 million within 15 days, pay a $19 million fine, cover most legal costs and serve two years ...More
July 30, 2007
Posted in News
So Long, Twombly, We Hardly Knew You

When the Supreme Court recently dismissed a consumer’s telecom antitrust suit, judges also disappointed industry insiders who hoped suspected Bell collusion would be brought to light. The Bell Atlantic v. Twombly case didn’t promise to directly affect entities such as CLECs ...More
June 29, 2007 By Kelly Teal
Posted in Articles
Qualcomm Chips Blocked

An adverse patent ruling by the U.S. International Trade Commission has banned U.S. imports of new cell phones with Qualcomm Inc. chipsets, sparking an outcry from the wireless operator community. While existing models will be grandfathered in and remain on sale, tens of ...More
June 8, 2007
Posted in News
Jury Finds Qualcomm Guilty of Patent Infringement

A federal jury on Tuesday found Qualcomm Inc. guilty of infringing on three patents owned by Broadcom Corp. The jury awarded Broadcom $19.6 million in damages and found that Qualcomm’s infringement was willful. The trial judge could decide to increase the damages award by ...More
May 29, 2007
Posted in News
Fitting In

AMIDST MOVEMENTS by Cisco Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to integrate conferencing as simply one more application within a unified communications framework, Web and audio conferencing service providers are taking stock of the opportunities and threats within a newly ...More
April 30, 2007 By Tara Seals
Posted in Articles, Software as a Service/ Cloud Services (SaaS), Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony