Nokia Siemens Networks is now putting the power of bringing advanced IPTV applications and services in the carriers’ hands with its latest IPTV software release, Home Entertainment Release 3.0.  The new offering will allow for full User Interface (UI) customization, flexible third party application integration and powerful management tools and verification processing. Operators can differentiate their services and overcome the constraints of proprietary vendor development timelines that is typical in today’s IPTV environment, and leverage a more open model that allows for development by the operators own staff, third party developers or a more open vendor community. At TelcoTV 2008, Nokia Siemens Networks will share its vision of the future connected digital lifestyle and IPTV’s role as a driver of change. (more…)

New data from EJL Wireless Research reveals that Chinese vendor ZTE won 34% of the 47 mobile basestation contract wins awarded in first quarter of the year. (more…)

A gang of Swedish criminals was seconds away from completing a digital bank theft when an alert employee literally pulled the plug on their scam. The bank robbers had placed “advanced technical equipment” under the employee’s desk… The man discovered the device shortly after he realized his computer had started an operation to transfer “millions” from the bank into another account. Read more>>