Quality of Experience Drives Mobile Content
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If you have ever downloaded a video clip or music file to your cell phone and been dissatisfied, you're not alone. Zandan's 2005 study of live transactions reported that more than 20 percent of mobile multimedia transactions never complete. A 2005 survey commissioned by Olista reported that only 12 percent of customers profess to ...
AT&T, Qwest Receive Waivers on FCC Price Cap Rules
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The U.S. telecoms giants, AT&T and Qwest, have received waivers from the Federal Communication Commission (FCC)'s Wireline Competition Bureau enabling the telcos to exercise pricing flexibility for advanced services that rely on packet technology. According to a TR Daily report, the FCC granted AT&T and Qwest waivers, in line ...
VoIP Driving Cable Telephony Subscriber Growth
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Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology has proven to be the key market enabler for cable telephony services and subscriber growth, reports In-Stat. Generally less expensive to provision than more traditional circuit-switched telephony, the increasing availability of VoIP services in North America was directly responsible for an ...
AT&T Profit Rises to $2.8 billion in 1st quarter, First Since BellSouth Deal
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Telecommunications heavyweight AT&T Inc. said Tuesday its profit doubled to $2.8 billion in the first three months of the year, its first full quarter since completing its acquisition of BellSouth. The results reflected growth in wireless revenue, regional business and improved sales to business ...
BT Revamps, Creates New Units
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BT Group plc announced a new structure today, creating two new business units focused on service creation and delivery, both of which will be run by Andy Green -- best known as the long-standing head of BT Global Services . Green is now CEO of Group Strategy and Operations and will be in charge of two new business units, BT Design ...
RIM Offers Virtual BlackBerry
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Research in Motion has announced a new application offering that will turn rival's devices into virtual BlackBerrys. The application, due this fall, allows users the BlackBerry experience without requiring them to switch devices. Users will click on the BlackBerry icon to launch a virtual BlackBerry environment, that looks and ...
WiFi Roaming Vexes FMC Providers
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Operators looking to dish up fixed/mobile convergence (FMC) services to large businesses are eagerly awaiting the availability of the 802.11r standard (AKA, 'fast roaming') later this year. The new standard will speed handovers between wireless LAN access points for real-time applications like voice over WiFi, which is a ...
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