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BT shelves Phorm's Web usage monitoring for ads

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created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- British telecommunications provider BT PLC is indefinitely shelving plans to target online advertising to individual customers by using Web monitoring techniques that have drawn privacy complaints.





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AT&T to try selling wireless broadband laptops

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- AT&T Inc. is going to go beyond cell phones and test selling laptops in its stores in Atlanta and Philadelphia.


FCC gets going on national broadband plan

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created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission took the first step Wednesday in developing a comprehensive plan to give all Americans high-speed Internet access.


Net neutrality rules face mounting GOP opposition

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created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- Republican opposition is mounting as federal regulators prepare to vote this month on so-called "network neutrality" rules, which would prohibit broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against certain ...


Briefs: EU approves German broadband proposal

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created Dec 23, 2005 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The European Commission Friday approved a proposal by German regulators to open up broadband markets.


Broadband-service providers will see their revenue leap to US$137 billion worldwide by 2014

Asia to drive mobile broadband Internet access

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created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Broadband-service providers will see their revenue from mobile services jump to 137 billion dollars worldwide by 2014, up 450 percent from 2008, a report said Thursday.


In Brief: FCC tells broadband firms to pay tap costs

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created May 04, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The U.S. government is requiring broadband and VoIP providers to pay the costs of providing monitoring access to law-enforcement agencies.


Carphone said planning free U.K. broadband

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created Apr 10, 2006 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Britain's Carphone Warehouse reportedly will offer free broadband access to its landline customers beginning later this week.


Briefs: Telecom N.Z. chops rural broadband prices

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created Feb 08, 2006 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Telecom New Zealand is cutting wireless broadband prices for rural customers in what is seen as a response to growing competition from satellite providers.


Survey: Elderly, poor narrow broadband service gap

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created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Some groups that have lagged in signing up for high-speed Internet service, like the elderly, the poor and rural residents, have started to gain on those who have had a head start, according to a new survey.


Briefs: Brasil Telecom beefing up broadband net

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created Feb 03, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brasil Telecom is upgrading its broadband service to handle multimedia offerings in three regions of the country.



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