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Wireless Broadband Network Set to Launch Next Year

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Wireless broadband network set to launch next year U.S. consumers and businesses may get more options in wireless service starting next year, with the launch of a new wireless broadband network that aims to provide competition to the incumbent phone companies. Private-equity firm Harbinger Capital Partners on... United States - Harbinger Capital - Private equity [...]

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The OTHER 55″ OLED HDTV at CES 2012

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[Okay, I’m just warning you all. The flood of stories coming out of CES 2012 is likely to keep me busy for a while, long after the Las Vegas Convention Center has been hosed down and refilled with the next two or three conventions. So I’ll get to them eventually, but you’ll have to give [...]

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Primus Signs NBN Co Wholesale Broadband Agreement Computerworld Australia

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Delimiter Primus signs NBN Co Wholesale Broadband AgreementComputerworld AustraliaPrimus Australia today signed NBN Co's Wholesale Broadband Agreement (WBA), enabling the telco to sign up customers in areas where the National Broadband Network (NBN) has been rolled out. Primus chief executive, Tom Mazerski, told Computerworld ...EXPLAINER: Why your broadband seems slowerTechnology SpectatorWhy your broadband internet seems [...]

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Google Voice Makes Faster Calls on Android, BlackBerry

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Google added direct access numbers to its Google Voice for mobile application on Android and Blackberry smartphones. The company is actively soliciting suggestions from users about how to improve Google Voice. - Google July 22 moved to accelerate calls placed on Android and Blackberry smartphones through its Google Voice for mobile application, the latest in [...]

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Running Into a Burning Building

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You can’t tell the players without a scorecard. In yesterday’s Almanac entry, I told you about personal computer maker Lenovo’s surprising entry into the HDTV market. Today, it’s time for turnabout. If there’s a technology market that is worse than the HDTV business in terms of slim profit margins, cut throat competition, and distribution challenges, [...]

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Up to 24m in US Lack Access to Broadband

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Up to 24m in US lack access to broadband As many as 24 million U.S. citizens have no access to broadband Internet service and are unlikely to get the higher-speed connection any time soon, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said yesterday. Read more on telecomasia.net Tags: internet service, lack, federal communications commission, U.S. Federal, U.S., [...]

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How ViaSat's Exede Makes Satellite Broadband Not Suck Ars Technica

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Ars Technica How ViaSat's Exede makes satellite broadband not suckArs TechnicaViaSat, which bought satellite broadband provider WildBlue in 2009, has invested $400 million in a new satellite—and millions more into a network of ground stations and a terrestrial fiber network— that Dankberg believes will change the image of ...CES 2012: Satellite broadband may finally have [...]

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How France's Free Will Reinvent Mobile GigaOm

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Moneycontrol.com How France's Free will reinvent mobile?GigaOm9, 2012, 10:17pm PT No Comments Xavier Niel, the maverick founder of Iliad, the company behind Free.fr broadband service is about to redefine the mobile landscape, perhaps as early as tomorrow when he launches the much-talked about Free Mobile. ...Iliad poised to push button on mobile offersReuters all 6 [...]

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HDTVs Get Smarter

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One of my public speaking topics in recent years was “Why Your Next Computer Will Be a Television.” Even without the network-connected “Smart TV” features that are commonplace now, HDTVs have long relied on powerful processors and other components that outperform the standard desktop computers of not-so-long ago. But even back when I gave this [...]

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SK Broadband Chunghwa Telecom Ink Partnership MOU MarketWatch

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SK Broadband, Chunghwa Telecom ink partnership MOUMarketWatchBy Jung-Ah Lee SEOUL (MarketWatch) -- South Korea's SK Broadband Co. , a high-speed Internet provider controlled by SK Telecom Co. , said Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding with Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Co. ...SK Broadband, Chunghwa Telecom Sign MOU On Strategic PartnershipWall Street Journal (India) all 2 [...]

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Samsung’s 50″ 3DTV for $1K

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How can an analyst predict the future if the manufacturers accelerate time so much that the future is here before we can even finish our speculation? That’s about what has happened in the 3D segment of the flat panel HDTV market. I’ve been saying that making a current set “3D capable” really does not add [...]

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Parish Urges More Broadband Response

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Parish urges more broadband response An initiative to bring broadband, otherwise known as high speed Internet, service providers to Washington Parish depends on the development of a plan that must be based on a clear understanding of where Internet access is available and where it is desired, according to Dempsey Parden, who is heading up [...]

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Broadband Tourism Focus of Klobuchar Visit to Park Rapids Park Rapids Enterprise

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Broadband, tourism focus of Klobuchar visit to Park RapidsPark Rapids EnterpriseThe future of tourism and broadband in Hubbard County and the larger region took center stage during a visit by US Senator Amy Klobuchar this week. Sen. Amy Klobuchar makes due on her promise to kiss the completed Main Avenue on her next visit. ... [...]

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Updated Skype for iPhone 4 Now Available

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Skype has released an update of its VOIP app for Apple iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS smartphones running iOS4. The multitasking-savvy version lets users run Skype in the background, among other features. - Skype has launched a Version 2.0.1 of its VOIP (voice-over IP) software for Apple iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS handsets running iOS4. [...]

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LED TVs to Dominate World Market

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The worldwide economic downturn put a damper on consumer demand for televisions, according to NPD DisplaySearch’s Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report. High inventory levels meant that shipments for 2011 are exepected to be flat compared with 2010. The good news is that there are signs of improvement, and the forecast is for a [...]

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The ISP Store Partners With LightSquared to Deliver Wireless Broadband ... Bradenton Herald

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The ISP Store Partners with LightSquared to Deliver Wireless Broadband ...Bradenton Herald/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- LightSquared™, a wholesale carrier building a nationwide wireless broadband network that will create consumer choice and drive industry innovation, and The ISP Store, a wholesale aggregator of Internet services such as DSL, ... and more& » Read the full story: The ISP [...]

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Is WiMAX Broadband Wireless in Your Town?

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Is WiMAX Broadband Wireless In Your Town? San Jose - 4G WiMAX, the newer and most anticipated standard in mobile and fixed broadband wireless access has recently started seeing more growth and expansions in the major metropolitan areas of the United States in the past year. Read more on dBusinessNews.com Tags: 4g, broadband, Read, Wireless, [...]

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CDMA2000 Continues Solid Growth Through 2011 MarketWatch Press Release

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CDMA2000 Continues Solid Growth Through 2011MarketWatch (press release)Upwards of 93 percent of the net additions, or 36.3 million, were new EV-DO subscribers, reflecting a strong demand for mobile broadband services. Within the first six months of 2011, the number of EV-DO subscribers surpassed 185.9 million (24 percent ... and more& » Read the full story: [...]

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Roku Sticks It to TVs

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Roku is probably one of the most successful network media players out there, and they seem to keep getting better. The boxes keep getting smaller and programming choices available through them keep growing. It’s a great way to make a dumb TV smart. But now Roku has decided to think small again. The company has [...]

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Cisco Ends Sales of Umi Personal Telepresence Product

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Ciscos move to end Umi is the latest step as the company continues to restructure its business. - Cisco Systems reportedly is ditching its Umi consumer telepresence offering, which was released 15 months ago to sharp criticism over its pricing. Cisco ended sales of the Umi hardware in December, though the company will continue to [...]

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