FCC Releases Broadband Access Data, Proposes Changes to Data Collection
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The data collection methodology changed after December 2004, breaking down previously amalgamated categories such as "Satellite and Wireless" and including operators with fewer than 250 lines. The data above indicate that the slight rise in power line and other technologies did not continue into the second half of 2006,...
Niche MVNO Launches on Vodafone's U.K. Network
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Lebara Mobile, the new MVNO targeting members of the U.K. immigrant community, has launched services, piggybacking on Vodafone's network. Lebara Mobile is offering a SIM-only service, promising low-cost national and international calls, with customer support in the user's native language. The service will target Eastern...
Music Rocks On
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Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Replace all those iPods people are carrying on the streets with cell phones. How? That's where it gets tricky. But the tide already is turning, says Brion Feinberg, an analyst at The Diffusion Group who wrote a commentary last month with the edgy title: "The MTV/Rhapsody Deal...
Survey Sez: Watch For More SMB Tech Investment
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Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are optimistic about the financial outlook for the next 12 months, and that optimism is shaping their technology investment intentions, according to new research commissioned by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA). SMBs in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada...
Motorola Fellow Describes WiMAX
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WiMAX is like having DSL in the palm of your hands, and it will soon be a widespread reality, Jaime Borras, corporate vice president and senior fellow for Motorola's WiMAX, iDEN Advanced Development and Technology Specialty Platforms, Mobile Devices, told the crowd at the VON this week. From Motorola's perspective,...
Windstream Taps TiVo
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Windstream Communications Inc. may not be able to keep everyone in its territory from switching to cable, but a new partnership with TiVo Inc. should help. The carrier already resells satellite TV service, but that doesn't always win against cable companies, which can bundle all services on one bill. "What...
UbiquiSys Gets Google Boost
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Since femtocell startup UbiquiSys Ltd. announced in July that Google was a strategic investor, the startup has prepared a manufacturing facility for mass production of its 3G home base station and will start friendly user trials at European operators in December. With Google's involvement, UbiquiSys has also felt...
NetEx, F5 Face Up to DR Reality
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WAN optimization vendors F5 and NetEx are cranking up their disaster recovery strategies. NetEx yesterday unveiled an upgrade for its WAN optimization solution, which it claims can push data replication speeds through the roof in the event of an emergency. This followed EMC's recent announcement that it would resell F5's...
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