Judge ruling on Sprint fees is blow to industry July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The fees that cell phone carriers charge customers who break service contracts took a big hit in a California courtroom when a judge said such charges by Sprint Nextel Corp. likely violate state law. | |
Electronics giants to create wireless HD standard July 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a single set-top box to screens around the home. | |
FCC rules Comcast violated Internet access policy August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A divided Federal Communications Commission has ruled that Comcast Corp. violated federal policy when it blocked Internet traffic for some subscribers and has ordered the cable giant to change the way it manages ... | |
Delta to offer Wi-Fi on mainline domestic fleet August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Delta Air Lines Inc. said Tuesday it will offer broadband wireless Internet access on its entire domestic mainline fleet by the middle of next year. Several other airlines either offer similar service or plan to, ... | |
 Beyond 3G, communications services of the future July 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Europe's telecommunications industry became the world leader in the 1990s. Now European researchers are working to maintain that lead by developing an innovative services platform for 'Beyond ... | |
 EU preparing to cap text message prices July 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
European mobile phone users could pay less to send cross-border text messages under plans the European Commission is preparing, fed-up that operators have left its calls to cut prices unanswered. | |
 Instant messaging world confirms six degrees of separation August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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A social graph derived from billions of instant messages validates folklore that there are about six degrees of separation between any two strangers on the planet. | |
Building a better telecom system July 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Hurricane Katrina helped University of Texas professor, Alexis Kwasinski, formulate a new plan for the U.S. telecom system: a de-centralized power architecture that would have kept the lights and phones on in New Orleans. ... | |
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