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Sezmi offers a new kind of TV service

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Nov 17, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

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.

Researchers patent enabling technology for spread-spectrum systems

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Nov 17, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

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.

British town to offer free wi-fi to all residents

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Nov 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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.

NICTA demonstrates new interference-cancellation modem for 3G femtocell networks

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Nov 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(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 ...

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.

Jumping on the bandwagon: Introducing the next generation multi-band radio to emergency responders

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Nov 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Tom Chirhart knows a lot about radios, but over the last year, he's gotten a real life lesson in supply and demand.

Verizon launches TV-online movie channel

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Oct 30, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

US telecom firm Verizon launched a high-definition movie channel on Friday, letting subscribers watch films on-demand on televisions or on the Internet.

Google eyeing India 3G market: report

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Oct 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Internet giant Google is considering entering India's third-generation (3G) telecommunications market, a report said Tuesday.

India says will start 3G auction in January

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Oct 25, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

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.

Africa world's fastest growing mobile phone market

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Oct 23, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(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 ...

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.