Ukrainian Telesystems Extends 3G Network to Crimea
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Ukrainian CDMA operator Ukrainian Telesystems has launched 3G services in Simferopol, the capital of the Ukrainian republic of Crimea, reports Ukrainian News. The operator will now offer high-speed mobile internet and mobile communication and multimedia under the 'PEOPLEnet' brand, and has plans in place to extend its coverage ...
Government Awards $20B Telecom Contract
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WASHINGTON Five companies -- AT&;T Inc., Level 3 Communications, Verizon Communications Inc., Qwest Communications International Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. -- on Thursday were awarded a federal telecommunications contract worth up to $20 billion over 10 years. Getting on the so-called Networx Enterprise ...
VSNL Combats Falling Voice Margins
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International data connectivity provider Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL) is feeling the pinch from falling profit margins in its wholesale voice business, and upcoming reforms to bandwidth pricing at home in India threaten to increase the pressure. In its financial results for the year ended March 31, the India-based operator ...
Original WiMAX Entrants Still Lead Market
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According to the latest report from In-Stat, the original vendors who entered the WiMAX market -- Alavarion, Aperto, Redline and Airspan -- still hold the dominant market positions. However, better-known equipment vendors such as Motorola, Nokia Siemens and Samsung received more press coverage in 2006, for their high-profile ...
Survey Sez: Enterprise Comms Users Dissatisfied
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Lack of open standards may be the cause of dissatisfaction of enterprise communications by nearly 70 percent of users, according to an independent survey of hundreds of respondents who attended the CeBIT 2007 show in Hannover, Germany, last March. Siemens Communications sponsored the research, which was conducted by an independent ...
Palm's Constant Companion
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Palm Inc. has finally unveiled its long-awaited new mobile computer -- a small notebook-like device intended to be used in conjunction with a smartphone for mobile email, Web surfing and more. Analysts, however, question who exactly will buy the symbiotic new device. Palm founder Jeff Hawkins unveiled the $500 Foleo "mobile...
Will the Apple iPhone Ignite the US Multimedia Phone Market?
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Despite a rapid increase in the number of multimedia-capable phones, US wireless subscribers have not yet been persuaded to take advantage of these capabilities, reports In-Stat. More than one-third of respondents to an In-Stat wireless subscriber survey now carry a wireless handset that can play MP3 tracks, ...
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