Telstra has a "substantial" footprint of next-generation ADSL2+ technology in its telephone exchanges, but remains unwilling to offer the upgraded broadband service to customers, the telco said yesterday.
The local branches of a number of global technology powerhouses last week admitted they would hike prices as a result of the declining value of the Australian dollar; and local IT chiefs are not impressed.
Telecommunications hardware maker Juniper Networks is going where it hasn't gone before--into security and the low-end corporate market.
Like Nortel Networks, Lucent Technologies and others, Cisco has been battered financially by the economic slowdown and slower spending by carriers and service providers. To woo customers, Cisco and its rivals have begun cutting prices on their products, but the companies also are touting new technology aimed at helping service providers generate new revenue.
Juniper Networks announced on Tuesday that it plans to buy startup Kagoor Networks for US$67.5 million in cash to expand its portfolio of carrier products.
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