Oracle announced on Monday that it has agreed to pay $1.7 billion for Acme Packet, a network equipment vendor that specialises in session delivery. Carriers and enterprises use Acme’s products to manage the quality of voice, video, ...
NEW YORK -- RIM's share price dropped more than 6% on Wednesday, after the company announced that it was changing its name to BlackBerry and unveiled two new smartphones, the touchscreen Z10 and the qwerty keyboard Q10. The BlackBerry ...
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CS Networks, one of the fastest growing mobile messaging and security provider serving premium SMS services, is pleased to announce the newest of their developer-participation contests. Dubbed the 'CS Networks Programming Awards 2013', this ...
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The Federal Communications Commission on Friday announced plans to help streamline wireless broadband buildout in the U.S., with initiatives that include clarifying a provision requiring local review of modifications to cell towers. Other ...
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A device like Trakdot Luggage was inevitable: With gadgets out there that find lost pets and children, it was just a matter of time before there was one to locate lost luggage. Just introduced at CES by GlobaTrac, the small device sits ...
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Republic Wireless is a new MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) offering a wireless plan with unlimited voice, text, and data for $19 a month, with no contract. Republic is offering nationwide coverage, and you can even use your phone ...
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In a neighborly gesture, Google, with the help of a local development association, is rolling out free public Wi-Fi to the area surrounding its New York City offices. The Wi-Fi network, covering more than eight blocks in the bustling ...
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Computerworld-Over the next three years,AT&T plans to spend$14 billion on capital improvements to its wired and wireless networks,including an expansion of 4G LTE service to 300 million people by the end of 2014. The carrier said that its ...
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IDG News Service - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission rushed to judgment in giving permission in early 2011 for startup LightSquared to offer LTE service in a band of wireless spectrum next to a band used by GPS devices, several ...
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IDG News Service - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has conditionally approved a multibillion swap of wireless spectrum between Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and four of the biggest cable TV system operators in the U.S. But for the ...
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IDG News Service - Cellular telecom carriers spent Saturday working to restore wireless service to customers across the U.S. northeast, which is just beginning to pick itself up from the battering it suffered earlier in the week from ...
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Many mobile apps aimed at children collect and share personal data without notifying parents, potentially violating U.S. law, the Federal Trade Commission said in a report released Monday. The FTC has launched an investigation of several ...
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AT&T said it added four new LTE wireless markets on Monday, for a total of 113 markets nationwide. The four new markets are mid-sized cities: Auburn, Ala., Grand Rapids, Mich., Nashua, N.H., and Wilkes-Barre, Pa. AT&T previously lit up ...
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Federal initiatives to make more spectrum available for mobile services are likely to take off running after President Barack Obama's re-election on Tuesday, a member of a presidential technology commission said. The government is trying ...
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Verizon Wireless said Tuesday it will launch faster LTE wireless service in 21 cities on Oct. 18, reaching a total of 417 markets two months ahead of schedule. The carrier also announced it will soon reach another milestone: Putting a ...
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