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AT&T sues Verizon in Ga. over 'map for that' ads

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Nov 04, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

(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.

T-Mobile says phone service outage resolved (Update)

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Nov 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(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.

China Unicom eyes one million China 3G subscribers per month

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Nov 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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.

FCC girds itself to navigate swamp where Web, phone, TV meet

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Oct 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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 ...

FCC votes to begin crafting 'net neutrality' rules

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Oct 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Federal regulators took an important step Thursday toward prohibiting broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against certain kinds of Internet traffic.

First White Spaces Network Brings Broadband Internet to Rural America

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Oct 21, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

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 ...

Comcast to debut cable shows online by year's end

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Oct 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(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. ...

Taj Cyber-Network Now Expands Across the Northern Hemisphere and Connects Half the Globe

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Oct 15, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(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 ...

New Wi-Fi technology to let gadgets talk directly

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Oct 14, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(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.

Bumpy road for satellite TV in cars

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Oct 14, 2009 | 2 / 5 (1) | 0

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.

NTU team studies world's fastest satellite Internet connection

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Oct 14, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

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 ...

State-owned firm says Vietnam's first 3G service launched

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Oct 13, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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.

Miami firm says it will lay first US-Cuba fiber

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Oct 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(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 ...

Beware of highway robbers on Wi-Fi

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Oct 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

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.

2,200 applicants in play for federal Internet grants

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Oct 12, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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.

Lufthansa, Panasonic deal for in-flight Internet

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Oct 12, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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.

Tough choices for feds giving out broadband money

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Oct 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(AP) -- The federal government will soon start handing out the first $4 billion from a pot of stimulus funds intended to spread high-speed Internet connections to more rural communities, poor neighborhoods and other pockets ...

FCC clears deep-sea fiber-optic cable linking Asia, California

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Oct 09, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has given the green light for a trans-Pacific fiber-optic cable funded by an international consortium that includes Google. The new cable, expected to be carrying data traffic by ...