Alcatel-Lucent to OEM ConSentry Lanshield Product Family and Verizon Wireless Wins Judgment against Wireless Spammer
3 March 2007
Wireless Communications industry news provided by Financial News USA (OTC: FNWU). ConSentry Networks, a leading provider of secure LAN solutions, recently announced a multi-year worldwide Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALU; NYSE:ALU) for its award-winning LANShield(TM) Switch and LANShield Controller platforms as well as its InSight(TM) Command Center. Under the terms of the agreement, Alcatel-Lucent will market the ConSentry products under the OmniAccess SafeGuard brand across the global Alcatel-Lucent enterprise market beginning in March 2007. Virgin Media (Nasdaq:VMED) and Warner Bros., a unit of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX), have signed a drama and comedy content deal that will see popular U.S. shows like "Friends", "West Wing" and "ER" play on Virgin's television-on-demand platform. Virgin Media President and Chief Executive Steve Burch said on Tuesday the deal marked the new company's biggest content investment, although no financial details were given.
Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), recently announced that it has obtained a permanent injunction and default judgment in one of its lawsuits against wireless spam, bringing the case to its conclusion. The default judgment prohibits Specialized Programming and Marketing LLC and its owner, Charles Henderson, from sending further spam to Verizon Wireless customers and requires them to pay damages in excess of $200,000. FTS Group, Inc. (OTC BB:FLIP), an acquisition and development Company operating in the wireless, technology and Internet space, recently closed its acquisition of a profitable ring tone network. FTS Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Scott Gallagher commented, "The ring tone network acquisition is a key part of our strategy to grow FTS Wireless and diversify its revenue stream into Internet wireless phone and accessory sales and mobile content."
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