At Ericsson’s pre-MWC get together I sat down with CTO Erik Ekudden and former Vonage head Rory Read, now Head of Business Area Global Communications Platform to find out if anyone is making money out of 5G.
The US Federal Trade Commission has taken action against Vonage for making it too difficult for customers to cancel its VoIP services.
The concept of digital transformation for the telecoms industry has essentially degenerated into a question of how much to outsource.
We sat down with Hannes Ekström, Head of Strategy BNEW at Ericsson (pictured), to talk about 5G slicing trials, the Vonage acquisition, Open RAN, and what 6G might look like.
Having got the green light from US authorities last week, Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has now successfully brought cloud and API specialist Vonage under its corporate wing.
The day after disappointing investors once more, Swedish kit vendor Ericsson delivered news it hopes will cheer them up a bit.
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson’s proposed takeover of US cloud unified communications provider Vonage has been pushed back until the end of July due to an ongoing investigation by the US Committee on Foreign Investment.
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has made its biggest ever acquisition in the form of cloud unified communications provider Vonage.
The boards of the world’s ten largest operators are dominated by executives with legal, financial and engineering backgrounds, resulting in a conservative culture that “struggles to drive and nurture innovation”, according to recruitment consultancy European Leaders.
Troubled internet telephony company Vonage said Thursday that its settlement with US carrier Verizon over a patent dispute would cost the company $120m. Vonage said that the cost of its settlement will be effectively capped at a maximum of $32m, in addition to the $88m already accrued and held in escrow. The final terms of […]
Embattled internet telephony provider Vonage won itself a bit of breathing space on Monday, announcing a settlement of its patent dispute with US cellco Sprint. The settlement is valued at $80m, including $35m for past use of licence, $40m for a fully paid future licence, and $5m in prepayment for services. In September, a Kansas […]
Embattled internet telephony provider Vonage may have solved two of the three patent issues presently putting the company at risk of closure. Speaking at the company’s first quarter financial results announcement on Thursday, Jeffrey Citron, Vonage chairman, said: “We believe we have workable designs for the two name translation patents and intend to begin deploying […]
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected Vonage’s request for a retrial in its patent dispute against Verizon Communications. Earlier this week, embattled VoIP provider, Vonage, filed a request for a retrial of the case in which it was found guilty of infringing Verizon owned patents. The motion followed a landmark […]
Embattled VoIP provider, Vonage, filed a request with the US Court of Appeals on Tuesday, asking for a retrial of the case in which it was found guilty of infringing Verizon owned patents. In a landmark decision on Monday, the US Supreme Court passed legislation making it easier to invalidate patents that are deemed obvious […]
Embattled VoIP operator Vonage has launched a national campaign to “raise awareness of the importance of consumer choice”. But the launch of a new website, freetocompete.com, and the full page ads in US newspapers, smack more of a desperate attempt to save its bacon. Vonage faces the very real threat of closure after being found […]
Embattled internet telephony player, Vonage, bought itself some more time on Tuesday, when an appeals court granted a permanent stay on an injunction that would have barred it from signing up new customers. Late Tuesday, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington D.C. issued Vonage a permanent stay, overturning a previous […]
Despite being on the verge of bankruptcy and having the threat of disconnection hanging over it like the sword of Damocles, Vonage is valiantly trying to sign up more subscribers and fast. A telecoms.com reader forwarded us an email advertisement on Wednesday, offering existing US subscribers the option to save an additional 20 per cent, […]
Despite a very real fear of disconnection and bankruptcy, shares were actually up at beleaguered VoIP firm Vonage on Tuesday night. The reasons for the increase are less than clear cut but one of the more outlandish rumours is that Vonage is in discussions with a buyer and that buyer may be Sprint Nextel. Shares […]
Beleaguered VoIP firm, Vonage, on Thursday announced that its CEO Michael Snyder, has stepped down and resigned from the company’s board of directors. Vonage also announced that Jeffrey A. Citron, the company’s chairman, has been appointed as the interim CEO and is expected to serve on a short-term basis. In a statement, Vonage said it […]
Internet telephony player Vonage won itself some breathing space on Friday night, just hours after a US court ordered it to stop signing up new customers. On Friday afternoon, the US District Court in Alexandria said it would enter injunction against Vonage on April 12 in connection with certain Verizon technology on which it was […]
