• BEA Systems announced the results of a survey conducted by research specialists, Vanson Bourne, which showed that 51% of telecom service providers' rate Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) as a "critical or high" priority over the next three to five years, while one third of respondents from all other vertical industries polled in the survey rate it as a "critical or high" priority. The survey, which polled telecom service providers in 12 European countries, also showed that the majority perceive SOA as the gateway to the effective use of Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise.

• Synergy Research reported Enterprise WLAN market share for Cisco at 64% in the third quarter of 2007. Synergy also reported that Cisco's share has grown from 46% in the first quarter of 2005, the quarter when Cisco acquired Airespace. Synergy says these 18 points of market share gain over the past three years outpaces Cisco's competitors.

• SkyCross, a provider of antenna-centric RF solutions, announced that its antennas are embedded in the award-winning wireless earphones designed and manufactured by Fujikon Industrial Holdings, an electro-acoustic products design and manufacturer with headquarters in Hong Kong. The wireless earphones are the first such products completely untethered from each other and the audio source while providing CD-quality stereo sound in a small form factor.

• Bytemobile, a provider of mobile Internet solutions for network operators, has announced the general availability of its Unison Media Fidelity Service for the delivery of PC-quality Internet video on mass-market mobile devices.  The company launched the new service with the latest release of its Unison multiservice architecture and platform.

• Nokia announced that mobile operator Telenor Pakistan has agreed to offer Nokia Intellisync Wireless E-mail to its consumer customers, small-medium enterprises and large corporations. The service is branded as "SmartMail."

• Telus, Canada's second largest phone company, announced it has agreed to acquire Emergis in a cash offer that values the electronic commerce firm at about C$763 million ($770 million). Telus offered $8.25 Canadian ($8.31 U.S.) per common share of Emergis stock, a 19% premium over Emergis' closing price yesterday. Telus also said that it has the right to match any higher offer; the deal requires two-thirds shareholder support. Emergis's board is recommending shareholders accept the deal. Telus hopes the deal will close in the first quarter of 2008.

• Sandvine, a provider of Intelligent Broadband Network Solutions, has announced that it has launched the Sandvine Service Delivery Engine (SDE). The SDE gives service providers a policy infrastructure to launch a broad portfolio of next generation IP services with network-wide quality of service (QoS) over multiple access technologies: cable, DSL, FTTH, 3G wireless and WiMAX. With this solution, service providers can increase profitability, enhance subscriber satisfaction and improve network efficiencies. The SDE results from the acquisition of CableMatrix Technologies, this past June.