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MetroPCS mimics landline with family 'groupline'
Apr 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Regional wireless carrier MetroPCS Communications Inc. has a new feature designed to lure families getting rid of their landlines. The new service gives families one number that rings all their cell phones at once.
Mobile phone 'Have-nots' sidelined
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Apr 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The explosive growth of mobile phones in the developing world has sidelined tens of millions of people, according to new research.
Fleeing customers haunt phone co. in New England
Mar 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Phone companies fear that customers will increasingly switch off their landlines in favor of wireless phones or phone service from cable TV providers. So the last thing FairPoint Communications Inc. needed was to ...
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Phone home and call likely answered on the cell
May 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- In a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession, the number of U.S. households opting for only cell phones has for the first time surpassed those that just have traditional landlines. It is the ...
AT&T profit dips but wireless results strong
Oct 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- AT&T Inc.'s net income dipped as revenue from traditional landlines fell faster than the company could cut costs. But in the growing wireless industry, AT&T is thriving, adding a record 3.2 million ...
Skype comes to iPhones on Tuesday
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Mar 30, 2009 |
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Skype has confirmed that a free software application enabling iPhone owners to use its Internet telephone service will be available in Apple's online App Store beginning Tuesday.
Briefs: Orange launches fixed-line telecom in U.K.
Feb 24, 2006 |
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France Telecom's mobile unit Orange will be offering fixed-line service in Britain in what is seen as a move toward a bundled product line.
Briefs: Uniden, 8x8 offer home VoIP package
Jan 06, 2006 |
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Uniden America and 8x8 unveiled a new Voice over Internet Protocol package that can hook up an entire household to Internet telephony.
Briefs: Security concerns shut UTL's Nepal telecom
Jan 19, 2006 |
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Nepal's government Thursday shut down telephone service from India's United Telecom Limited amid a crackdown on a planned opposition party rally.
AT&T to shut down Internet phone service
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- AT&T Inc. is shutting down its CallVantage Internet-based phone service, according to letters received by subscribers this week.
Study: Internet use leads to more diverse networks
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation.
Intel demos rugged PC for hostile climates
Aug 24, 2005 |
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Intel has unveiled a new personal computer built to withstand the rigors of desert climates and infrastructure gaps in the developing world.
Older Britons making less use of IT
Jun 01, 2006 |
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Britain's Office of Communications said older people and poorer households could benefit more from communications technologies.
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