20.07.2011
Key senator opposes AT&T $39B purchase of T-Mobile
(AP) -- A key member of the Senate Judiciary Committee is calling on federal regulators to block AT&T`s proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA. Herb Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat, is chairman of the... |
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11.07.2011
NTT demos 802.11ac - next generation high-speed WiFi
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has demonstrated what might be the next version of high speed WiFi. Currently named 802.11ac, (wireless transmission traditionally uses .11 as opposed to... |
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01.07.2011
Engineers work to ease Internet data flow as demand for video grows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Netflix, YouTube, Hulu and Skype have become household names as demand soars for movies, television shows, amateur videos, and video calls delivered via the Internet and mobile networks. As a result,... |
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15.06.2011
France launches 4G mobile license auction
France on Wednesday kicked off auctions for frequencies to build high-speed fourth generation mobile telephone networks needed to keep up with the explosion of Internet-capable smartphones. Bandwidth in... |
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14.06.2011
Sebastopol, California to get a 1Gbps Internet connection at $70 a month
(PhysOrg.com) -- The people of Sebastopol, California are in for a treat. Thanks to a collaboration between search giant Google and Sonic.net they will have the honor of being the first residential area in the United... |
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13.06.2011
Comcast`s $4.4B Olympian bid a bold online bet
(AP) -- NBC lost more than $200 million the last time it showed the Winter Olympics, and it`s bracing for similar losses in London next year. So, plenty of people scoffed when the network bid $4.4 billion... |
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01.06.2011
Qualcomm, wilocity announce tri-band Wi-Fi -- multi-gigabit wireless chipset
Qualcomm Atheros and Wilocity today announced the AR9004TB, the industry`s first tri-band Wi-Fi chipset that integrates the multi-gigabit performance of in-room 60 GHz band with seamless handoff to 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz... |
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05.05.2011
Chinese tech giants fight over 4G phones
(AP) -- Two of China`s biggest technology companies have launched a court battle in Europe over mobile phone patents in a rare public clash between firms Beijing is promoting as national champions. The... |
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02.05.2011
Two groups develop 100 terabit fiber cable
(PhysOrg.com) -- Working separately on two different types of technology, two groups have developed a type of fiber cable capable of delivering over 100 terabits of data per second; several orders of magnitude higher... |
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28.04.2011
Sprint adds 1.1M subscribers, halves 1Q loss
(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday said it added more wireless subscribers in the first quarter than it has in five years, mainly on cheap service plans, as its turnaround continued despite the new threat of... |
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