AOL Study Reveals Web Worries
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The biggest fear people have about the Internet is that it is being used by terrorists, according to a study by Time Warner subsidiary AOL's U.K. operation. The study asked users to rate a series of both positive and negative issues. "How important an issue for society, if at all, are the following?" AOL...
Metro Ethernet Finally Delivers
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As carriers are pressed by the financial community to compensate for lost voice revenues and to counter triple and quad play competition from cable, they have to figure out how to move to multi-service offerings without compromising operational efficiency. Service providers are feeling a definite sense of urgency, as they rush to make...
Voice Over Internet Use Soaring
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NEW YORK -- Last year was a breakout time for Internet telephone services, with the number of U.S. subscribers more than tripling to 4.5 million and industry revenue surpassing $1 billion. When 2005 began, there were 1.3 million subscribers of Voice over Internet Protocol services, according to a survey by analysis firm...
Philly Wi-Fi Network to Pay for Computers
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PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia on Wednesday announced details of its deal with EarthLink Inc. for the construction of a high-speed wireless network that will span the city, including provisions for EarthLink to pay for computers, training, and subsidize Internet access for low-income households. Among the country's major cities,...
Court Date Set for Telenor in VimpelCom Dispute
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The lawsuit filed by Telenor against VimpelCom, in which the Norwegian company is seeking to void VimpelCom's purchase of Ukrainian Radiosystems (WellCom), has been adjourned by the Moscow Arbitration Court. The case will now be heard on 5 April 2006. Telenor, which holds a 26.6% share of VimpelCom compared to the 32.9% owned by Russia's...
Alltel, T-Mobile Agree to Extension
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Negotiations proved fruitful for Alltel subsidiary Western Wireless International Austria Corporation and T-Mobile Austria, which were able to come to terms to extend a previously announced agreement involving the acquisition of tele.ring. The tele.ring asset sale was originally announced in August 2005 as part of Alltel's...
Virus Leaps to Wireless
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The Mobile Antivirus Researchers Association (MARA), a membership organization dedicated to mobile data security, says it has uncovered the first virus with the capability of leaping from a PC to a handheld device. Called "Crossover," the Trojan horse virus can spread from a Win32 desktop machine to a Windows Mobile Pocket PC handheld. ...
EU, U.S. End Telecom Trade Sanctions
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The European Union (EU) and the United States this morning ended a decade-long trade dispute under which companies from 11 European states were barred from bidding on certain types of U.S. government contracts, primarily smaller contracts in telecommunications, and vice versa. The end to the somewhat obscure, but nasty disagreement...
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