Global vendor strategies - 26/04/06

Nokia is dealing with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in its Research Center Cambridge (USA) to develop high-impact research on "state-of-the-art" communications technologies.

IBM and Panasonic/Matsushita are working on next generation digital entertainment models, and are demonstrating content protection for recordable media (CPRM).

Intel has made an investment in Zensys, a developer of the Z-Wave mesh networking technology.

Nortel needs more delay for restating 2005 and 1Q06 results.

NEC will merge its three US subsidiaries NEC America, NEC Solutions, and NEC USA. The goal is to strengthen its IT and network solution services.

Atos Origin and Axiom Systems announced a strategic alliance for the management of end-to-end service fulfillment processes for services such as broadband (DSL/LLU), Triple Play, IPTV, VOIP and IPVPNs.