 WiMAX promises to transform wireless Internet world May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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As US technology giants including Google place a multi-billion dollar bet on WiMAX, backers of the wireless data-streaming format say it will radically change mobile Internet use. | |
Intel buys license for Sweden-wide WiMax network May 08, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Intel Corp. dove further into the cellular business on Thursday, becoming one of the winners in Sweden's auction of licenses for nationwide wireless broadband. | |
Comcast mulling Net usage cap to discourage 'excessive' use May 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 3
(AP) -- Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data that subscribers can download per month and charging a fee for those who go over. | |
Broadband service over power lines in Texas to shut down May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Goodbye, broadband over power lines. We hardly knew you. Once touted as a possible third option for home broadband that could compete with phone and cable companies, the idea of providing Internet service over power ... | |
Joint Sprint, Clearwire network could boost consumer power May 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. has finally rounded up the financial backing it needs to build a faster wireless network. But for consumers and the electronics industry, speed may be the least important thing about the new network. | |
Qwest drops Sprint in favor of Verizon Wireless May 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Qwest Communications International Inc. will stop reselling Sprint Nextel Corp.'s wireless service and move its subscribers to Verizon Wireless' network, Qwest said Monday. | |
Sprint Nextel silent on report of DT mulling bid May 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. was silent about its future Monday as reports emerged that the company was considering spinning off or selling Nextel and that Deutsche Telekom AG was investigating a bid to buy the struggling ... | |
Cablevision plans wireless broadband network May 08, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Cable TV provider Cablevision Systems Corp. disclosed plans Thursday to offer high-speed wireless Internet service across its coverage area, which is principally on New York's Long Island. | |
T-Mobile brings 3G wireless to NYC; other markets to follow May 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- T-Mobile USA has fired up its third-generation wireless network in the U.S., announcing Monday that it's now live in New York City - though few phones can use it. | |
 Cable, satellite and ... Sezmi? Startup wants in on pay TV May 01, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A startup is betting that people are tired enough of their cable and satellite bills to take a look at an alternative pay TV system that combines a number of different technologies to deliver programming. | |
AT&T launches TV service on new phones, rivaling Verizon May 01, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
(AP) -- AT&T Inc. is launching its new video service for cell phones Sunday on two phones, and will charge $15 per month for 10 channels. | |
High-definition television to go April 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
New video compression technology and transmission/reception equipment means Europe is ready for commercially deploying multi-channel HDTV over terrestrial, satellite, cable or IPTV digital links. | |
Clearwire, Sprint Nextel to form $14.55B wireless company May 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Clearwire and Sprint Nextel will combine their wireless broadband units to create a $14.55 billion communications company. | |
UM gets only US lab for WiMAX next generation wireless apps May 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The University of Maryland will be the home to North America's first, and the world's second, laboratory endorsed by the WiMAX Forum and dedicated to creating applications for WiMAX, a next generation technology for Web and ... | |
 Twitter launches in Japan, land of haiku April 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Twitter, the blockbuster US microblog on which users can post no more than 140 characters, launched Wednesday in the land of haiku, Japan, expecting to strike gold from the country's cellphone addiction. | |
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