Smart Phones Could Drive New Telecom Business Model
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Already the banking industry is moving quickly into this market, as it has huge potential. Will mobile providers jump into the game or retreat to the transport-only lane? It will be either the banks or the telecom operators who dictate the models for proliferating smart phone technology. Already, banks are moving toward contactless ...
Polish Government Adopts Telecoms Market Strategy for 2006-07
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The government's new regulatory measures aim to further liberalise the Polish telecoms market, by boosting competition in the fixed-line and broadband access markets, and by opening up mobile networks. The main objectives of the short-term strategy, which was devised by the Transport Ministry, are increasing competition in the ...
Metered Memory: Lexar JumpDrive Mercury
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Mobile devices -- and their users -- always seem to be short of memory. One way to solve this problem, at least if one uses a device with a USB port, is to buy a flash drive -- a memory module that plugs directly into the USB interface. Besides providing a quick dose of extra memory, a flash drive also allows users to conveniently move files ...
NTT DoCoMo Unveils Six New FOMA "7 Series" Models
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NTT DoCoMo and its eight regional subsidiaries today introduced six handsets in the 3G FOMA '7 Series' -- the D702iF, P702iD, N702iS, SH702iS, M702iS, and M702iT. All the models are compatible with the video-phone, i-channel news service delivered automatically to the phone's standby screen as telop text. Some are also ...
Telsur Increases Fixed-Mobile Customer Base Target by 150% in Chile
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Chilean regional incumbent Telefonica del Sur (Telsur) has increased its fixed-mobile customer base target from 20,000 to 50,000 by end-2006, an increase of 150%, according to local newspaper Diario Llanquihue. Note that fixed-wireless services were launched in March 2006, which required investments of some US$15 million. ...
Court Rules Against AWS Delay
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The FCC and big wireless carriers were happy to see a lawsuit sidelined late yesterday that was aimed at halting the upcoming Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) auction in August, but analysts say the delay may be inevitable. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia was asked by Council Tree Communications, a ...
Harris Poll: What's Wrong with This (Cellphone) Picture?
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Despite the fancy capabilities built into the latest generation of cellphones, Americans are making little use of such features as video clip or picture messaging -- and most don't even use text messaging, according to a new poll by Harris Interactive. The survey house went on to question the rationale for even offering such ...
Europe's Abuzz With Broadband Buyouts
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France Telecom SA and BSkyB Group plc have emerged as the frontrunners to buy AOL (UK) Ltd. , according to weekend media reports. U.K. newspaper The Sunday Telegraph reported that France Telecom's Orange UK and BSkyB, which is due to unveil a detailed broadband strategy in the next few weeks following its...
TelecomDirect Editor