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Is prepaid causing wireless instability?

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:15:00 EDT

With TracFone undercutting the prepaid players at $45, the next wave of M&A is needed to revive a saturated market

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Bandwidth envy

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:26:00 EDT

It’s not surprising to hear that home buyers consider high-speed Internet connections via fiber to be an important amenity

AT&T said to be narrowing suppliers to eight pairs

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:17:00 EDT

AT&T’s (NYSE: T) plan to reduce the number of suppliers it works with appears to be more exclusive than previously thought, according to UBS Investment Research Analyst Nikos Theodosopoulos

A Dickens of a Relationship Problem

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:05:00 EDT

Some of the greatest duos in history – Laurel &Hardy, Ruth &Gehrig and Lucy & Ricky – were reportedly anything but close outside of work

Sprint details its 2010 census win

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:07:00 EDT

Next year the United States Census Bureau will announce the headcount from its once-a-decade nationwide census, the result of a four-year process run by systems integrator Harris Corporation and Sprint (NYSE:S), the census’s exclusive wireless data provider. This will be the first census to be fully automated through Sprint’s wireline and wireless data support allowing for the real-time collection of data.

Deadline and details of broadband stimulus funds released

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:38:00 EDT

Telcos seeking broadband stimulus funding can begin submitting their applications July 14 and will have until Aug. 14 to apply for the first round of funds, according to a Notice of Funds Availability issued today by the Rural Utilities Service and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration

AT&T takes connected laptops to small businesses

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:42:00 EDT

AT&T, CellSouth unveil netbook offerings as Dell adds location, contemplates smartphones

Alcatel-Lucent intros VDSL2 bonding, sleeping modems

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:40:00 EDT

Alcatel-Lucent today announced two new innovations in its DSL product line to be available in next year’s first quarter, including support for VDSL2 bonding and modems that power down when not in use to save energy

Ambient urges collaboration in smart grids

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:48:00 EDT

Smart grid communications provider teams up with meter manufacturing Itron for complete smart grid offering

3G or 4G? Parsing the economics of mobile broadband

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:35:00 EDT

GSMA technology director Dan Warren explains why some operators are running head-first toward LTE while others are holding back

Is the app store the elusive killer app?

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:26:00 EDT

With the possible exception of voice service itself, we’ve never actually had a true killer app that has fundamentally changed the industry’s business model

Consumers say VoIP not essential; magicJack begs to differ

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:11:00 EDT

Consumers are much less likely to cut back on landline spending than they are on either free or paid voice-over-IP services, according to Alcatel-Lucent's Market Advantage Program study released yesterday

Broadsoft, GenBand integrate to boost IP transition

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:59:00 EDT

Joint approach lets service providers support legacy services on IP infrastructure to ease migration

Energy bill should energize change

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:37:00 EDT

Now that the House of Representatives has passed an energy bill with a decreasing cap on greenhouse gas emissions, it’s clear that U.S. businesses need to be thinking seriously about how they will either reduce their carbon emissions or buy offsets to account for their usage

Survey says FTTH sells homes

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:25:00 EDT

A new survey, commissioned by the FTTH Council, shows fiber-to-the-home-based Internet service is considered the most important amenity for a future home purchase, among home buyers who have had FTTH previously and those who haven’t