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Engineers testing a recently launched Japanese data communications satellite have succeeded in establishing a two-way Internet link running at 1.2G bps (bits per second) each way, they said Monday. [Network World] 13/05/2008 BEIRUT - Fierce clashes raged in Beirut yesterday after the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah said the US-supported Lebanese government had declared war by targeting its military communications network. Security sources said the (...) [nzherald.co.nz - world] 08/05/2008 The road to success in joint ventures in the communications industry is paved with bones of failed attempts, so Chairman Craig McCaw will have his hands full working out the complexities of the joint venture between Sprint and Clearwire and five other investing (...) [ComputerWorld] 07/05/2008 During the rainy season roads are washed away, and diesel has to be helicoptered to mobile base stations not connected to the electrical grid, so it's easy to understand the communications industry's growing interest in energy-efficiency and renewable energy (...) [Network World] 02/05/2008 XO Communications announced today that it has expanded the reach of its Ethernet services to include more than 500,000 businesses in 75 major metropolitan markets. [Network World] 01/05/2008 Zambian telecommunication regulations do not prohibit interested mobile service providers from operating international gateways that compete with the government-run Zambia Telecommunication, according to a commission promoting consumer interests in the African (...) [Network World] 29/04/2008 Speakers at the Wireless Communications Association meeting in Washington, D.C., this week threw out a flurry of suggestions to improve both public and private broadband access in the United States, from public investment to holding new spectrum auctions to allowing unlicensed use of TV “white (...) [Network World] 24/04/2008 The senior director of engineering and technology policy for the National Association of Broadcasters staked out an inflexible position during a debate over the use of white spaces at the Wireless Communications Association this week, saying that having portable devices operating unlicensed on (...) [Network World] 23/04/2008 Siemens Communications said its software-based contact center product, the OpenScape Contact Center, is designed to work with any call center switching platform. [ComputerWorld] 22/04/2008 Chief Harlin McEwen, chairman of Public Safety Spectrum Trust, said today that the Federal Communications Commission should consider drastically reducing or even eliminating the reserve price it has placed on the public safety spectrum on the 700MHz (...) [Network World] 22/04/2008 Barry West, the CTO of Sprint's Xohm business division, hit back at WiMAX skeptics during his speech at the Wireless Communications Association (WCA), and delivered the message that "WiMAX is here now, and it works." [Network World] 22/04/2008 Microsoft has formed a partnership with the government of Angola and plans closer collaboration with the European Union to accelerate Africa's social and economic development, company CEO Steve Ballmer announced at the second annual African Information and Communication Technologies Best (...) [Network World] 21/04/2008 The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has condemned the ongoing strike by the staff of national carrier Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd. (Nitel) and its mobile subsidiary, M-Tel. [Network World] 21/04/2008 France Telecom says it is in exploratory talks to acquire Nordic telecommunications firm TeliaSonera. [BBC News Europe] 18/04/2008 The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the country's national regulator, has expressed concern over the ongoing strike by employees of Nigerian Telecommunications (NITEL) and its mobile communication arm, Mobile Telecom (...) [Network World] 18/04/2008 |
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