SERFILCO® Ltd are delighted to announce the appointment of Huw Williams as global general manager. To fulfill his new role, he has relocated to corporate headquarters in Northbrook, Illinois, from SERFILCO’s International office ...
The electrical grid transformation to the Smart Grid puts tremendous reliance on wired and wireless networks to deliver situational awareness of grid operations. These communications networks enhance and optimize utility management of grid ...
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Phones4u will launch an MVNO on the EE network in March 2013. The new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) called 'Life Mobile' will offer a range of value tariffs and services which includes data packages. The strategic partnership ...
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Cities around the U.S. will have gigabit-speed Internet access by 2015 if the FCC's wishes come true. All 50 states should have at least one community where consumers can get 1Gbps or faster Internet access by 2015, U.S. Federal ...
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Mobile retailer Phones 4u has announced plans to launch its own mobile service, LIFE Mobile, which will begin operating in March this year. The mobile virtual network will initially run on EE's existing 3G network, with plans to roll ...
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January 8, 2013 - Mike Gentile, vice president and general manager of Philips Lighting Canada, announced today the formation of a single customer facing sales organization representing the entire Philips Lighting portfolio previously ...
Tags: Lighting brands, Lighting, Philips Lamps, Lamps
Think you need another social network? Well, Microsoft thinks you do. That's why the software company on Thursday opened up the doors to Socl, a new social network. Socl, which is pronounced Social, quietly launched in May. Coming out ...
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Wolverhampton Girls’ High School has installed wireless technology across its campus to enable its staff and students to use mobile devices in lessons. Wolverhampton Girls’ High School has 750 pupils, many of whom bring in ...
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T-Mobile USA's merger with MetroPCS, announced early Wednesday, promises to create the "leading value" wireless carrier in the U.S., according to officials from both companies. Their claim is based primarily on the premise that the merger ...
Tags: T Mobile, MetroPCS, wireless carrier, U.S., LTE wireless network
EE has published results for its third quarter, blaming European regulations for its fall in revenue. For the three-month period to 30 September 2012, revenues were just shy of £1.5bn, showing no change from the second quarter but a ...
Tags: EE, European regulations, revenue fall, mobile termination rates
As the latest iPhone went on sale Friday, with T-Mobile USA once again left out of the party, the fourth-place U.S. carrier started turning on a network that is designed to offer high data rates on unlocked iPhones. On Friday, T-Mobile ...
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This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach. Software-defined networking (SDN) is emerging as an alternative to ...
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Software-defined networking won't turn enterprise switches into an inexpensive commodity until three to five years from now, according to Arpit Joshipura, the former Force10 Networks executive who now manages Dell's networking products. ...
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Intel today introduced two new network-attached storage (NAS) controllers for home and small business users. The NAS platforms can support from two to six drives and can be used to share content in a home or be accessed remotely by mobile ...
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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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