Satellite service provider Dish Network has slammed the FCC's plan to let it use some of its spectrum for LTE, saying the proposal is so restrictive it could delay a network buildout for years. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission ...
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Companies and public sector organisations in the UK need to tread warily when it comes to performing customer data analytics. But there are opportunities for those who educate their constituencies and are clear about what customer data is ...
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Two digital rights group urged Facebook on Tuesday to halt changes to its governance and data use policies, warning the modifications could increase privacy risks. Facebook said last Wednesday it would no longer allow users to vote on ...
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AT&T has agreed to pay $700,000 and refund certain customers said to have been overcharged on smartphone plans, after the Federal Communications Commission found that some customers were moved to more expensive monthly plans without their ...
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More mobile customers and increasing mobile data use pushed AT&T's revenue up slightly in the second quarter of 2012 and helped drive an 8.7% increase in net income. AT&T on Tuesday reported revenue of $31.6 billion, up 0.3% from the ...
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U.S.Sen.Ron Wyden(D-Ore.)has introduced legislation that limits the ability of broadband providers to impose data caps on customers. The Data Measurement Integrity Act,which Wyden introduced Thursday,would require ISPs to first accurately ...
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski detailed plans on Thursday to free up more wireless spectrum that carriers say they need to offer high-speed mobile services. The agency is on track to make 300MHz of new spectrum available for commercial ...
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Two digital rights group urged Facebook on Tuesday to halt changes to its governance and data use policies, warning the modifications could increase privacy risks. Facebook said last Wednesday it would no longer allow users to vote on ...
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Facebook users will no longer be allowed to vote on proposed policy changes at the company because their comments weren’t good enough. The move prompted data protection regulators in Europe to seek urgent clarification from the ...
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Are the nation's LTE wireless carriers prepared for the video chat data crunch expected to come with the next-generation iPhone and other devices that are expected to launch this fall? The answer: It depends on whom you ask. Both AT&T ...
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Japanese conglomerate Softbank has built much of its business using new ideas to disrupt industries,and there are several ways it could shake up the U.S.mobile market,analysts said on Thursday. Sprint Nextel says it is in negotiations ...
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Many global organisations have failed to implement a data management strategy but will have to as IT leaders need to support big data volumes, velocity and variety, according to a new Gartner report. In its Predicts 2013: Big Data and ...
RF component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA has launched has introduced the AWB7129 small-cell power amplifier (PA), which is optimized for Band 8 WCDMA and LTE applications, including picocells, enterprise-class femtocells, and ...
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Two internet privacy groups have responded to Facebook's published intentions to share its data with recently-acquired Instagram,as well as eliminate a user voting system and loosen restrictions on who can email users with unsolicited ...
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Facebook plans to combine data of its users with those of Instagram,the photo-sharing service it acquired for$715m(£450m)last month,according to its just-released,updated privacy policy. The social media company wants to share data ...
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