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Global Internet Users to Reach 3 Billion
Nov 28, 2014The data from International Telecommunications Union shows that global internet users has reached 3 billion, accounting for over 40% of the world's total The report says global internet using rate shows a steady growth of 6.6%. The number ...
Tags: Internet Users, mobile phone
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TL 9000 Is a Quality Management Practice Designed by The QuEST Forum in 1998
Apr 14, 2014TL 9000 is a quality management practice designed by the QuEST Forum in 1998. It was created to focus on supply chain directives throughout the international telecommunications industry, including the USA.[1] As with ISO/TS 16949 for the ...
Tags: TL 9000, certification
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ICANN Leaders Said During a Conference Call That The Move by The US Was a Sign
Mar 17, 2014The US government announced Friday it was giving up its key role overseeing the Internet's technical operations, handing over those functions to "the global multi-stakeholder community." The move "marks the final phase of the ...
Tags: Internet, domain name system, Computer
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UAE Has Gained Recognition for Its Improving IT Industry by Climbing 12 Places up to 33rd
Nov 25, 2013The UAE has gained recognition for its improving IT industry by climbing 12 places up to 33rd in the ICT Development Index – the highest increase of any country. Measuring the Information Society – the fifth annual edition ...
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The Forthcoming Launch of 4G Is an Opportunity to Turn Things Around for China Mobile
Nov 21, 2013For China Mobile executives, it seems like just yesterday that the mobile carrier was the only game in town. The company, the world’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, dominated the industry for most of the past decade. With ...
Tags: China Mobile, 4G Services
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Fluke Networks Has Announced a New Version of The OptiView XG v10 Network Analysis Tablet
May 3, 2013Fluke Networks has announced a new version of the OptiView XG v10 Network Analysis Tablet that allows users to simultaneously stress test and diagnose network problems in real-time, as well as a new iPhone App, called HeadsUp XG, that ...
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The House Has Voted to Approve a Bill to Promote Internet "Free From Government Control"
Apr 15, 2013A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee has voted to approve a bill that would make it official U.S. policy to promote an Internet "free from government control," with promises that the Republican majority would work with critics of ...
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OTEGLOBE Completed The Upgrade of Its International Transbalkan Network
Apr 8, 2013Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), says that OTEGLOBE, an international ...
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ICANN's New CEO Is Working to Bring Home The Addition of New Generic Top-Level Domains
Mar 20, 2013ICANN's new CEO Fadi Chehade, who took over in October, is on a mission to help politicians around the world understand the importance of keeping the Internet intact and open, and is also working to bring home the addition of new generic ...
Tags: Computer Products, Internet
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New Legislation in Congress Would Establish a Government Task Force
Mar 7, 2013New legislation in Congress would establish a government task force to monitor domestic and overseas policy proposals that could threaten Internet freedom. The Global Free Internet Act, introduced Tuesday by Rep. Zoe Lofgren and three ...
Tags: Internet freedom, legislation, US
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Countries Will Not Quit After a Partial Victory at an Itu Meeting in December
Feb 17, 2013Countries pushing for international regulation of the Internet through the U.N. International Telecommunication Union will not quit after a partial victory at an ITU meeting in December, some Internet government experts told U.S. lawmakers. ...
Tags: U.N.International Telecommunication Union, ITU meeting, Internet
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Public Policy Formulation in All Domains Is The Sovereign Right of Member States
Feb 4, 2013Public policy formulation in all domains, including the Internet, is the sovereign right of member states, said ITU Secretary General Hamadoun Toure on Wednesday, suggesting that a debate over control of the Internet is far from over at the ...
Tags: Internet Policy, ITU Secretary General Hamadoun Toure, internet
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There's Real-Time Drama Unfolding at One of Data Centers Operating at 111 8th Ave. in NYC
Jan 4, 2013There's real-time drama unfolding at one of the data centers operating at 111 8th Ave. in NYC, a Google-owned building that occupies a full city block. There are a number of data centers housed in the nearly 3 million square foot building ...
Tags: NYC, Drama, data center
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ITU Played a Standards-Setting Role for Global Telecommunication Networks Over The Decades
Dec 31, 2012The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN body that has played a standards-setting role for global telecommunication networks over the decades, Wednesday night suffered a website attack that severely disrupted a conference to ...
Tags: ITU, global telecommunication, networks, Website Cyberattack
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The UK Refused to Sign a New International Telecommunications Treaty
Dec 27, 2012The UK, the US, Australia and a number of other countries have refused to sign a new international telecommunications treaty after the final text was pushed through in a "forced" vote. Further reading US prepared to walk out of ITU ...