Beyond 3G -- ultra-fast mobile radio networks of the future August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today’s growing third generation (3G) of mobile data services are only a taste of what is to come. Now, European researchers are paving the way to a world where ultra-fast internet access is available from ... | |
Banking by phone for the poor August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- It can scale mountains in a single bound and wend its way down the most wretched roads. It is the mighty cell phone signal - and the latest hope for bringing financial services to the world's masses who don't have ... | |
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, ... | |
 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. | |
Verizon, unions extend contract negotiations August 04, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. and two unions representing some 65,000 of its workers remained in talks after agreeing to "stop the clock" on contracts that were set to expire at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. | |
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 ... | |
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. | |
 China's mobile users top 600 million: govt July 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The number of mobile users in China, the world's biggest cellphone market, now tops 600 million, the government said, as subscribers increasingly abandon fixed lines. | |
UN agency pushes global ID for emergency contacts July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- In the English-speaking world, many cell phone users leave emergency contact information in the devices' address books under an entry labeled "ICE" - for "in case of emergency." | |
AT&T introduces global GPS service for phones July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Is it a long, long way to Tipperary? Don't know if you're on the path to Bath? AT&T Inc. aims to help, with a new phone service that truly puts the "global" in the Global Positioning System, or GPS. | |
 Review: TextBuyIt fun, easy to use, but limited July 23, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- TextBuyIt, a recently launched shop-by-cell phone service from Amazon.com Inc., seemed like the ultimate comparison shopping tool - perfect for an unabashed bargain hunter like myself. | |
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. | |
 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. | |
 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 ... | |
Monitoring against another Pompeii August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A wimax-based connection to the internet will enable real-time monitoring of potentially dangerous active volcanoes. | |
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