News tagged with telecom
EU assembly adopts Internet, phone user rights
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(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.
Magic box for mission impossible
Nov 25, 2009 |
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On September 11, firefighters, police officers and ambulance workers faced a terrifying rescue effort in the World Trade Center complex. They battled to save people from the collapsing Twin Towers, searched for survivors, ...
Nokia weighs in with 3 new CDMA devices - Nokia 6316s, Nokia 3806 and Nokia 1506
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Nokia is today strengthening its CDMA portfolio with the announcement of three new CDMA mobile devices: Nokia 6316s, Nokia 3806 and Nokia 1506. Together this new line-up highlights Nokia's continued commitment to CDMA as ...
EU agrees on new Internet user rights
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- EU lawmakers and governments agreed on new rights for Internet users Thursday, aiming to protect them from arbitrary crackdowns on those who illegally download music and movies on the Internet.
Verizon launches TV-online movie channel
Oct 30, 2009 |
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US telecom firm Verizon launched a high-definition movie channel on Friday, letting subscribers watch films on-demand on televisions or on the Internet.
iPhones everywhere in China ahead of launch
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 28, 2009 |
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At a Shanghai electronics market, row after row of iPhones -- real and fake -- are on display, as vendors cash in ahead of the official launch this week of Apple's trendy smart phone in China.
Miami firm says it will lay first US-Cuba fiber
Oct 13, 2009 |
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(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 ...
State-owned firm says Vietnam's first 3G service launched
Oct 13, 2009 |
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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.
Tech industry braces for more antitrust scrutiny
Oct 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- After eight years of light antitrust scrutiny under a Republican White House, the technology and telecommunications industries are bracing for stepped up oversight by the Obama administration's Justice Department.
IBM Researchers Develop Analytics Technology For Telecommunications Industry
Oct 06, 2009 |
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IBM today announced two analytics-focused research projects that will help telecom service providers and e-retailers improve customer service and new-customer acquisitions.
Threat of next world war may be in cyberspace: UN
Oct 06, 2009 |
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The next world war could take place in cyberspace, the UN telecommunications agency chief warned Tuesday as experts called for action to stamp out cyber attacks.
Does work kill in the country of 35-hour week?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Short work weeks, enviably long lunches and vacations their American or Japanese counterparts can only dream of: French labour conditions are well-known to be among the most generous in the world.
Vodafone to sell iPhone in Britain
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Sep 28, 2009 |
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Vodafone on Tuesday became the latest mobile phone operator to announce it will begin selling iPhones in Britain following the expiry of O2's exclusive deal with Apple.
SKorea unveils new guidelines on mobile fees
Sep 27, 2009 |
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South Korea's telecoms watchdog on Sunday unveiled new guidelines on mobile phone fees following mounting complaints over high charges.
Rivals to form UK's top mobile operator
Sep 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Deutsche Telekom AG and France Telecom SA said Tuesday they intend to combine their British mobile phone units - shaking up the country's intensely competitive market and forming the country's biggest mobile operator.
