Operators Verizon, AT&T, Orange, Telefonica, TeliaSonera and Vodafone, and vendors Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, NSN, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, have defined a standard voice/SMS transmission solution for LTE.
Microsoft yesterday began a series of around 800 job cuts, in addition to the 5,000 layoffs announced this year.
Chinese vendor ZTE is now the second-largest supplier of optical network gear in Asia-Pacific, with a Q209 market share of 16.1%, according to Ovum research.
Korea's KT has increased capacity with a fourth carrier on its W-CDMA network, supplier Alcatel-Lucent said the carrier has been activated across more than 100 sites.
Recording label EMI is suing US online music store Bluebeat.com for allegedly selling Beatles songs without authorization.
Video search company Blinkx has reported revenues of £13.1m ($21.7m) for the six months to September, up from £6.4m for the same period in 2008. Losses more than doubled, from £3.3m to £7m.