Anyone who finds it hard to believe that the average U.S. mobile subscriber sent 696 text messages per month in the second quarter of this year may be relieved to know that this figure fell to 678 per month in the third quarter. It was ...
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IDG News Service-Microsoft will provide information about the location and quality of free Wi-Fi hotspots in Windows Phone 8 so users can find the best nearby networks. The information will come from a database of 11 million hotspots ...
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IDG News Service-Nextel,an upstart mobile operator formed in the 1990s that attracted a loyal following in construction and other trades,looks set to disappear after Japan's Softbank buys 70 percent of Sprint Nextel. After the closing of ...
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The U.S.Federal Communications Commission needs to be a"cop on the beat"to ensure mobile and broadband competition across the country,the agency's chairman said Tuesday. The FCC must resist calls for the agency to phase out nearly all ...
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In a bid to improve its store performance and customer marketing, mobile retailer Carphone Warehouse has used business intelligence (BI) software by MicroStrategy as opposed to rival Information Builders because the dashboards created by ...
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Current internet subscription business models are ineffective, and are holding up development of services in the UK, fibre communications firm Level 3 has told Computing. James Taylor, EMEA content service product manager at Level 3, ...
IDG News Service - Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay US$1.25 million to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to resolve a complaint that it blocked third-party tethering applications on Android phones, the FCC said Tuesday. ...
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Weeks before the Republican and Democratic national conventions that will anoint each party's nominee for president, special equipment to boost cellular signals in each party's venues is already nearly installed. The thousands of ...
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