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One area where Hewlett-Packard Co. is expanding aggressively is computer networking, the home turf of market leader Cisco Systems Inc.

The fixed-line operator's other strategies have yet to gain traction as local penetration continues to fall.

Patent holding company Klausner Technologies Inc. on Monday said it's suing Motorola Inc.

Cisco Systems Inc., a powerhouse in the corporate technology market, has steadily moved into the consumer space where it now offers home networking gear.

Here we go again; another Research In Motion prototype device exposed on the Internet loooong before the BlackBerry-maker intended.

Nokia Siemens Networks and private equity firm One Equity Partners have jointly bid for Nortel Networks Corpa s optical networking and carrier ethernet business, a person familiar with the sale said on Wednesday, challenging Ciena Corpa s US$526-million bid for the assets.

M otorola is enjoying a surprisingly bright outlook. This might be the start of a new era in Motorola's long history - powered by Google's Android phones.

The Verizon Foundation his given a $40,000 grant to My Sister's House to fund job-skills training and financial education for domestic violence survivors.

Cisco Systems put no limit on its budget for Smart Grid development,A the company's grid guru Laura Ipsen told the audience at GreenBeat 2009 - albeit quoting her boss John Chambers.

Susan Krashinsky Globe and Mail Update Published on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 7:04PM EST Last updated on Friday, Nov.

Viacom president and CEO Philippe Dauman expressed some concerns about a possible Comcast acquisition of a majority stake in NBC Universal Friday, but said his firm will wait with a full evaluation until terms and other details are announced.

Verizon Communications Inc.'s push to cut an additional 8,000 jobs by the end of the year hit Westchester County on Wednesday, as a local union protested the firing of more than two dozen workers.

The auction for Nortel Network's optical networking and carrier ethernet business went into a second day on Saturday, after Ciena called for a break in the auction late on Friday, two sources said.

Alcatel-Lucent completed the first LTE data call on the 800 MHz "European Digital Dividend" spectrum band in a live network.

Is Liberty Media Corp. already preparing to dump DirecTV Group Inc. after only winning the business from News Corp.

Nortel Networks Corp. said Thursday that it will delay the auction of its Global System for Mobile businesses that was to take place Friday.

Palm Inc. is fighting harder than ever to snag a chunk of the smart phone market, and just six months after releasing the stylish Pre it's back with a lighter, more petite and affordable version called the Pixi.

IPCS Inc. investor Greywolf Capital Management LP urged the carrier's board to hold out for a higher takeover offer from Sprint Nextel Corp.

Motorola said it is buying a division of privately held RadioFrame Networks, which makes network equipment for Sprint's Nextel division.

Moody's Investors Service said Friday that it downgraded ratings for Sprint Nextel Corp.