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The company expects to release its second quarter 2009 financial results before the market opens on July 29, 2009 .

Verizon Business will provide the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with a comprehensive set of voice, data, collaboration and professional services under a new agreement through the Washington Interagency Telecommunications System contract.

Sprint Nextel is No. 3, and that's fine with CEO Dan Hesse. Sprint's position in the telecom industry - behind AT&T and Verizon, which have large land line businesses - allows it to be more nimble and innovative in wireless service, Hesse said today in Kansas City.

PredictWallStreet , a leading provider of social media finance tools and data, today announced an expanded relationship with Interactive Data Corporation , a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions.

Science Applications International Corp. could face a real challenge in fighting federal bid-rigging allegations, according to a legal watchdog firm.

It's been a difficult two weeks for Rackspace and its users, with two power outages in a co-location facility interrupting service for an estimated 2,000 customers.

People stood in line to buy the new Apple iPhone 3G S last month - but it can't be used on any network except AT&T's, thanks to exclusivity deals between handset makers and the telecoms.

The acquisition of New York-based FiberNet Telecom Group by Louisville, Colorado-based Zayo Group is back on, after a competing offer from RCN Corporation was withdrawn Thursday.

A common complaint about the BB Tour is that it doesn't have Wi-Fi. Well, Sprint Nextel has revealed that it plans to add Wi-Fi to the BlackBerry Tour starting in 2010, and will begin to require that all its future smartphones come with Wi-Fi. Sprint didn't say exactly when this requirement will be reflected across its entire line-up of devices, ...

It's no surprise that cloud computing vendors have scoffed at Microsoft Corp.'s " software plus services " game plan since the software maker first began talking it up several years ago, dismissing it as the rear-guard strategy of a doomed incumbent.

Science Applications International Corp. will help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop the Machine Reading Program under a five-year, $13 million project.

The deal that ties the Palm Pre to Sprint Nextel is one of many deals being looked at by the Department of Justice.

ManTech Cyber Solutions International, Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of ManTech International Corporation , announces its most recent product, Crowbar.

Verizon Wireless has laid off 50 workers in Arkansas who were part of the former Alltel Corp., which Verizon acquired in January.

Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday announced it will transfer operation of its wireless and wireline networks to Swedish telecommunications equipment maker LM Ericsson.

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FiberNet Telecom Group Inc., the New York provider of broadband-interconnectivity services, said that RCN Corp.

July 7, 2009, 06:04 PM - - Clearwire will start offering its mobile WiMax wireless data service commercially in Las Vegas on July 21, building on its still-sparse coverage area with a fourth major city.

Science Applications International Corp. said today that it will strongly defend itself against a False Claims Act lawsuit filed against the company by a whistle-blower and federal authorities, characterizing the lawsuit as "without merit." "SAIC has cooperated fully with the government inquiry and we have conducted our own independent review of ...

German media company Bertelsmann is getting back into the music business in full force via a new joint venture with private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co .