Vodafone Dials into Ericsson for HSDPA
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Ericsson has confirmed that it is involved in the roll-out of Vodafone U.K.'s HSDPA network, Dow Jones reports. Earlier in the year, Vodafone had announced plans to roll-out an HSDPA network, but failed to name the network supplier. In a statement yesterday, Ericsson said it would provide HSDPA equipment and services for Vodafone ...
Moscow Court Again Supports VimpelCom's Far-Eastern Licence Application
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Moscow's Arbitration Court has ruled that Russia's State Radio Frequency Commission must consider VimpelCom's application for frequencies in the country's Far Eastern Federal District. The Commission now has 14 days to consider the operator's application. The decision comes after VimpelCom filed a lawsuit in July ...
Cingular to Sponsor Online Battle of Band
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Cingular Wireless LLC has agreed to sponsor an online battle of the bands on YouTube Inc., providing the Internet's most watched video site with a cash infusion as the rapidly growing startup tries to prove it will be able to parlay its popularity into profits. Financial terms of the deal, scheduled to ...
Sprint Aims for More Secure Handsets
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Sprint Nextel introduced Sprint Mobile Security, a service designed to deliver an end-to-end security management for mobile handhelds, as well as laptops. Mobile Armor powers the newly launched service, which is targeted at enterprises. The service was constructed to protect data by enforcing password policies across all devices ...
Gov't Lawyers Blast Telecom Bill's State Pre-Emptions
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At least 41 attorneys general have told the U.S. Congress they 'strongly oppose' provisos in pending telecom legislation that would, in their opinions, pre-empt states from enforcing consumer-protection laws applicable to wireless carriers and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service providers. In a seven-page letter ...
Schoolin' Endpoints
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Security startup Network Chemistry Inc. has jazzed up its WiFi endpoint security software so its sensors can deal with more incidents simultaneously. The new release of the firm's RFprotect Distributed system means that Network Chemistry's hardware sensors can now stop dozens of rogue devices from connecting to a user's ...
Big Guns Dominate Spectrum Auction
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Six weeks after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began auctioning off a huge new batch of wireless spectrum, T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless, and a consortium of Sprint Nextel Corp. and leading cable operators have emerged as the biggest winners. Cingular Wireless LLC and MetroPCS Inc. also scored highly in the ...
Despite its Critics, Muni-Wireless Broadband Systems Growing
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Worldwide deployments of municipal wireless networks for public Internet access will continue at a rapid pace over the next few years, with the US leading the way. The total worldwide market will reach 248 deployments by the end of 2006, and will grow to over 1,500 by the end of 2010, according to In-Stat ...
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