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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 Swindon has become the first place in Britain to offer free wireless Internet access to all its 186,000 residents, in what is thought to be the first such scheme, officials said on Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news177674728.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:20:03 EST news177674728 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) -- Ralph Roberts knew he was onto something big when people ran after his cable TV trucks in Tupelo, Miss., asking for a visit to their homes. http://www.physorg.com/news177615078.html Technology - Telecom Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:50:03 EST news177615078 (AP) -- Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast television's decline. http://www.physorg.com/news177592539.html Technology - Telecom Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:40:02 EST news177592539 Q. The other day, my Internet service went down as it does from time to time. But this particular time, I needed to check my e-mail for an important reply I was expecting. After some frustrating time passed, I happened to notice that there was a Wi-Fi signal available. I have no idea to whom the service belonged but I suspected it belonged to one of my neighbors. It had a generic name of "NETGEAR" and it was unlocked. I decided to see if it was accessible and it was. I was able to check my e-mail and download the important document that was attached to it. Now my question to you is if I did anything wrong by using my neighbor's unlocked Wi-Fi signal to get my email and do a little web surfing afterward. http://www.physorg.com/news177157733.html Technology - Telecom Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:10:01 EST news177157733 Smart phones -- like BlackBerrys and iPhones -- have become indispensable to today's highly mobile workforce and tech-savvy youngsters. While these devices keep friends and colleagues just a few thumb-taps away, they also pose new security and privacy risks. http://www.physorg.com/news177089641.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:20:01 EST news177089641 (AP) -- Google, Yahoo, eBay and Microsoft, competitors on the Web, all have the same idea for marketing themselves this holiday season: temporarily providing free Wi-Fi access in airports, airplanes and public places. http://www.physorg.com/news177084145.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:40:02 EST news177084145 (PhysOrg.com) -- NICTA, Australia`s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence, has successfully demonstrated technology that reduces the amount of radio interference in 3G networks with femtocells. http://www.physorg.com/news177060560.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:02 EST news177060560 (AP) -- Wireless provider T-Mobile USA Inc. says it has cleared up service problems that were interfering with calls and text messaging for about 5 percent of its customers. http://www.physorg.com/news176533519.html Technology - Telecom Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:05:49 EST news176533519 (AP) -- AT&T Inc. is suing Verizon Wireless over its competitor's "There's a Map for That" commercials, saying in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the ads are misleading and amount to deceptive trade practices. http://www.physorg.com/news176526671.html Technology - Telecom Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:20:01 EST news176526671 Mobile operator China Unicom said Tuesday it aimed to boost the number of its 3G mobile phone subscribers in China by one million per month, following its launch of Apple's iPhone there. http://www.physorg.com/news176449634.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:47:50 EST news176449634 Tom Chirhart knows a lot about radios, but over the last year, he's gotten a real life lesson in supply and demand. http://www.physorg.com/news176403565.html Technology - Telecom Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:20:01 EST news176403565 US telecom firm Verizon launched a high-definition movie channel on Friday, letting subscribers watch films on-demand on televisions or on the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news176138525.html Technology - Telecom Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:00:01 EST news176138525 Internet giant Google is considering entering India's third-generation (3G) telecommunications market, a report said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news175870553.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:56:45 EST news175870553 India said Saturday a long-delayed auction of radio bandwidth for third generation (3G) telecommunications services will start in January and will be open to foreign companies. http://www.physorg.com/news175693182.html Technology - Telecom Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:40:14 EST news175693182 (PhysOrg.com) -- Mobile phone subscriptions in Africa have defied the world economic crisis by growing faster than in any other region of the world since 2003, according to a United Nations report published yesterday. http://www.physorg.com/news175519235.html Technology - Telecom Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:22:37 EST news175519235 The federal government this week is stepping squarely into a high-stakes technology battle with this seemingly straightforward question at its core: Should Internet providers such as Comcast and AT&T be allowed to control what you do online once you buy access to their networks? http://www.physorg.com/news175454102.html Technology - Telecom Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:02:15 EST news175454102 (AP) -- Federal regulators took an important step Thursday toward prohibiting broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against certain kinds of Internet traffic. http://www.physorg.com/news175433274.html Technology - Telecom Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:28:35 EST news175433274 For the first time in the U.S., unused TV broadcast channels freed up by the transition to digital TV are being used to wirelessly deliver high-speed Internet connectivity to business, education and community users. These unused frequencies are commonly referred to as TV white spaces. http://www.physorg.com/news175370351.html Technology - Telecom Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:10:01 EST news175370351 (AP) -- You'll be able to watch popular cable television series such as HBO's "Entourage" and AMC's "Mad Men" on your computers by the end of the year without paying extra - as long as you're a Comcast Corp. subscriber watching at home. http://www.physorg.com/news175279424.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:10:01 EST news175279424 (PhysOrg.com) -- The National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Taj network has expanded to the Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development (GLORIAD), wrapping another ring of light around the northern hemisphere for science and education. Taj now connects India, Singapore, Vietnam and Egypt to the GLORIAD global infrastructure and dramatically improves existing U.S. network links with China and the Nordic region. http://www.physorg.com/news174842700.html Technology - Telecom Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:25:29 EST news174842700 The summer road tripping season is over, but with the holidays on the horizon, people soon will be piling into their cars for annual pilgrimages to family and friends. http://www.physorg.com/news174764142.html Technology - Telecom Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:00:01 EST news174764142 (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 In disaster-struck areas where terrestrial communications may be down, the deployment of rescue teams becomes extremely challenging. A team led by Assistant Professor Lee Yee Hui from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), aims to provide solutions to this problem by using high-speed satellite communication links. http://www.physorg.com/news174734829.html Technology - Telecom Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:40:01 EST news174734829 (AP) -- A small Miami-based company says the U.S. government has given it permission to lay the first optical communications fiber from the U.S. to Cuba. That could drastically cut the cost of calling the island nation and make the Internet more accessible to Cubans. http://www.physorg.com/news174666014.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:30:06 EST news174666014 State-owned mobile network operator Vinaphone said Tuesday it has begun offering Vietnam's first 3G service, bringing "a revolution" to the country's mobile system. http://www.physorg.com/news174660790.html Technology - Telecom Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:20:01 EST news174660790 The federal government is sorting through 2,200 applications seeking $28 billion to bring high-speed Internet access to more people, officials said at an Orlando technology conference Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news174594493.html Technology - Telecom Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:50:01 EST news174594493 As the number of Wi-Fi hot spots grows, travelers might want to heed a word of caution from the Wi-Fi Alliance, a nonprofit industry group that promotes Wi-Fi technology: Think security. http://www.physorg.com/news174594441.html Technology - Telecom Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:10:01 EST news174594441 German flag carrier Lufthansa and Japanese electronics giant Panasonic have teamed up to offer passengers wireless Internet on long-haul flights from 2010, the airline said on Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news174569322.html Technology - Telecom Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:40:07 EST news174569322