http://www.physorg.com/technology-news/telecom/ en-us PhysOrg.com provides the latest news on telecommunications, telecom, telecom technology and telecommunications technology. (AP) -- For more than 60 years, TV stations have broadcast news, sports and entertainment for free and made their money by showing commercials. That might not work much longer. http://www.physorg.com/news181312392.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:00:08 EST news181312392 (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday announced the first $182 million in federal stimulus money for 18 projects to expand high-speed Internet networks in rural areas and other underserved communities. http://www.physorg.com/news180265315.html Technology - Telecom Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:47:26 EST news180265315 (AP) -- Federal regulators are seeking to close a loophole that allows cable TV operators to withhold sporting events and other popular programming that they own from rival providers such as satellite TV. http://www.physorg.com/news180110779.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:47:06 EST news180110779 Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera announced Monday the launch in Stockholm and Oslo of the world's first commercial 4G/LTE mobile network, up to 10 times faster than current networks. http://www.physorg.com/news179995754.html Technology - Telecom Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:20:02 EST news179995754 (PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists in California and elsewhere are deliberately setting out to compromise the mobile phone system used by around three billion people. The system uses Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) encryption technology to prevent eavesdropping. http://www.physorg.com/news179479214.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:50:01 EST news179479214 (AP) -- The 2010 World Cup is going 3-D. Sony Corp. said Friday it has signed a deal with FIFA, the international football governing body, to record up to 25 World Cup games in 3-D - a technology that gives viewers an illusion of depth on the screen. http://www.physorg.com/news179117888.html Technology - Telecom Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:20:02 EST news179117888 (AP) -- The European Parliament has endorsed new telecom rules that would give phone and Internet users more rights and allow them to appeal to national courts if they are cut off for illegal file-sharing. http://www.physorg.com/news178374890.html Technology - Telecom Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:50:02 EST news178374890 If you've ever gotten the dreaded "network busy" message while trying to make a cell phone call, you've experienced the complication of sharing a single network with numerous other users. http://www.physorg.com/news177692830.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:08:04 EST news177692830 Sezmi, a Silicon Valley startup that's pioneering a new type of TV service, is opening up a public test of its system Monday in California. http://www.physorg.com/news177668418.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:30:03 EST news177668418 (AP) -- Starting in mid-2010, new versions of gadgets like cameras, cell phones and computers will be able to talk to each other using Wi-Fi without needing to connect to a wireless network first. http://www.physorg.com/news174763372.html Technology - Telecom Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:23:37 EST news174763372 (AP) -- The European Union has unveiled an updated satellite navigation system that is up to five times more precise than the current GPS system. http://www.physorg.com/news173595732.html Technology - Telecom Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:30:01 EST news173595732 Alcatel-Lucent today announced that scientists in Bell Labs, the company`s research arm, have set a new optical transmission record of more than 100 Petabits per second.kilometer (equivalent to 100 million Gigabits per second.kilometer). http://www.physorg.com/news173455192.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:00:27 EST news173455192 (AP) -- AT&T Inc. said Friday that Google Inc.'s Internet phone program gets an unfair advantage from blocking calls to rural communities where local carriers charge high connection fees. http://www.physorg.com/news173123247.html Technology - Telecom Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:21:08 EST news173123247 (PhysOrg.com) -- In the old days, when a new wireless technology came along, it got its own swath of the electromagnetic spectrum: AM radio uses 535 to 1,605 kilohertz, so television got chunks between 54 and 806 megahertz. But the airwaves are getting so crowded that that approach won't work anymore. MIT researchers in the lab of Dina Katabi, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, are teaching wireless technologies how to share what spectrum is left. http://www.physorg.com/news172851871.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:25:04 EST news172851871 (AP) -- Think the digital TV transition is over? Not quite. Many viewers have found that they can't pick up certain stations after the switch, even with the right TVs or converter boxes. The stations are still trying to figure out ways to help them tune in. http://www.physorg.com/news172505457.html Technology - Telecom Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:11:38 EST news172505457 (AP) -- The national stimulus package passed by Congress in February may have been too enthusiastic about spending money on one particular project: figuring out where broadband Internet access is available and how fast it is. http://www.physorg.com/news171986913.html Technology - Telecom Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:09:20 EST news171986913 (PhysOrg.com) -- In South Africa, a carrier pigeon carrying a 4GB memory stick proved to be faster than the ADSL service from the country's biggest web firm, Telkom. Winston the pigeon took one hour and eight minutes to carry the data across the 60-mile course, and it took another hour to upload the data. During the same time, the ADSL had sent just 4% of the data. http://www.physorg.com/news171883994.html Technology - Telecom Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:34:02 EST news171883994 (PhysOrg.com) -- In today's world, we want our information to travel faster. This is especially true as smart phones take over and we become used to using smaller devices to accomplish more while we are away from home. Verizon is hoping to keep up with this trend with the development of a 4G network. http://www.physorg.com/news171199794.html Technology - Telecom Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:30:29 EST news171199794 (PhysOrg.com) -- Two Japanese computer scientists have developed a way to crack the WPA encryption between wireless routes and devices in 60 seconds. http://www.physorg.com/news170679777.html Technology - Telecom Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:03:28 EST news170679777 (AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission is taking a closer look at the practices of the wireless industry, potentially the first step toward more regulations intended to push down prices and increase choices for consumers. http://www.physorg.com/news170604671.html Technology - Telecom Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:11:35 EST news170604671 The United States ranks 28th in the world in average Internet connection speed and is not making significant progress in building a faster network, according to a report released on Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news170447728.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:36:09 EST news170447728 (PhysOrg.com) -- A wireless internet network that uses portions of the old analog TV spectrum may one day become a reality. The plans for a computer network that uses "white spaces," which are empty fragments of the old analog TV spectrum scattered between used frequencies, will be presented at the ACM SIGCOMM 2009, a communications conference held in Barcelona, Spain. http://www.physorg.com/news169988679.html Technology - Telecom Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:05:24 EST news169988679 (AP) -- Unlimited domestic phone calls are nearly standard feature for landline plans these days. Now, Vonage Holdings Corp., which helped pioneer that feature with its Internet phone service, is expanding it to most international calls as well. http://www.physorg.com/news169924439.html Technology - Telecom Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:14:35 EST news169924439 The European Union announced Tuesday an 18 million euro (25 million dollar) investment in an "ultra high-speed" internet system to underpin the next generation of mobile services. http://www.physorg.com/news169813534.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:26:16 EST news169813534 (AP) -- Getting a text message is akin to someone sliding a piece of mail under your door: You may not have asked for it, you can't stop its delivery and you have to deal with it whether you want to or not. http://www.physorg.com/news168194740.html Technology - Telecom Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:00:03 EST news168194740 (AP) -- Tracfone Wireless, the country's largest provider of "prepaid" cell phones, is quietly testing a new service that appears to be a response to the fierce price competition in the prepaid market. http://www.physorg.com/news166898496.html Technology - Telecom Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:30:02 EST news166898496 (AP) -- The government is helping two dozen TV stations that became difficult to receive by antenna when they switched to new frequencies as part of the digital TV transition, the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news165761410.html Technology - Telecom Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:01 EST news165761410 (AP) -- Verizon is boosting speeds on its FiOS service. And it's throwing in a high-definition Flip video camera or Hewlett-Packard computer to get you to join. http://www.physorg.com/news164995870.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:11:46 EST news164995870 (AP) -- Regulators will investigate whether exclusive cell phone deals, such as the one that locks the iPhone to AT&T, are good for consumers. http://www.physorg.com/news164636951.html Technology - Telecom Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:29:42 EST news164636951 South Korea, where 95 percent of homes have broadband, Singapore and Taiwan are among the top five countries in terms of access to the high-speed Internet, according to a survey released Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news164595432.html Technology - Telecom Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:57:28 EST news164595432