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Oracle Buys Tekelec, Rounding Out Service Provider Portfolio


Hard on the heels of its February announcement that it was purchasing session border controller market leader, Acme Packet, for $2.1 billion, Oracle sent shockwaves through the service provider vendor market with the revelation today that it was gobbling up Morrisville, NC-based network signaling, policy control and subscriber data management company – Tekelec.


 

Oracle Continues Buying Spree: Snaps up Tekelec to Bolster Communications Platform

In February, Oracle bought up Acme Packet. A mere 12 days ago it picked up Nimbula, a startup specializing in private cloud infrastructure management software. And as the tech and communications world now mostly knows, Oracle has done it again, swooping in to buy up Tekelec - a company that only a short time ago had decided to take itself private.
 
 

T-Mobile USA Unveils 'Uncarrier' Push Today

Today is the day T-Mobile USA unveils its "uncarrier" remake, shifting to "no contract" service for its entire set of service plans. That might be the biggest of several points T-Mobile USA makes.
 
 

Verizon, Cablecos Bring the Heat to Big Media Over TV Content Licensing

Verizon, the nation's sixth-largest TV provider, is considering its options when it comes to TV channel bundling. Verizon's lead programming negotiator, Terry Denson, told the Wall Street Journal that under the plan Verizon would pay only when a subscriber tunes in for at least five minutes at a stretch. He also said that the IPTV provider wants to begin charging its FiOS TV subscribers only for the channels they actually watch.
 
 

When Does a Million BlackBerry Z10s Not Quite Equal a Million?

Some weeks ago, BlackBerry announced that a major customer had ordered a million Z10s, which BlackBerry noted was an internal sales record of sorts. The identity of the customer, interestingly, has remained a mystery, with BlackBerry never identifying who the purchaser was. Well, a million devices is a million devices, regardless of the buyer. Right? And BlackBerry certainly wanted to convey a sense of having pulled off a sales victory - and even though it wasn't clear if the order meant an immediate purchase and shipment or an order that would be delivered and paid for over time, we want BlackBerry to have that sales win.
 
 

 
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