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Fraud plagues prepaid calling card market

October 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- Rosalba Posada can tick off a list of problems she has encountered trying to use prepaid calling cards to stay in touch with family back in Colombia.


NY regulators get tough on Verizon FiOS installs

September 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 4

(AP) -- New York regulators have raised the possibility of banning Verizon Communications Inc. from installing its fiber-optic FiOS service in New York City until the company makes sure it's doing enough to provide electrical ...


Sprint begins mobile WiMax network in Baltimore

September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. opened its new wireless network to customers in Baltimore on Monday, offering Internet service for laptops for $45 per month. It's the first commercial network in the U.S. to use so-called WiMax ...


T-Mobile uncaps data plan ahead of Google phone

September 25, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1

(AP) -- In advance of the new Google phone, T-Mobile USA has changed the wording of the user agreement for its wireless data network and no longer claims the right to slow surfing to a crawl once a subscriber goes over a ...


EU Parliament calls for telecom regulatory group

September 24, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- The European Parliament called Wednesday for a new, independent telecommunications regulatory group to help open up competition for Internet and phone services across Europe.


EU says text message charges should be slashed

September 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Sending a text message home to boast about a beach vacation should cost less than half of what it does now, EU regulators said Tuesday. The European Commission wants to set a price cap for text messages of 11 euro ...