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| Risk of Wiretapping Prompts Coptic Pope to Ban Telephone Confessions
02/01/2009
A group of programmers known as the Dev Team has released a new piece of software to unlock Apple’s iPhone 3G device, allowing it to operate on any GSM-based network.For example, the iPhone could work on T-Mobile’s 3G network in the U.S., despite AT&T’s exclusive contract to sell the device.‘Yellowsn0w 0.9.1,’ as the application is called, remains in Beta mode,... |
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| China Announces Long-Awaited 3G Wireless Licenses
31/12/2008
A recent report suggests that mobile phone operators in developed countries should expect a tenfold increase in network traffic over the next seven years, as the number of customers using cell phones for data applications grows substantially.Ongoing growth in the mobile data sector will be driven by improved mobile broadband devices (such as USB modems and smartphones), widespread deployment of... |
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| Globalive Communications Bringing 100 Call Center Jobs to Windsor, Ontario
30/12/2008
The revenue wireless carriers generate from text messaging fees is virtually 100% profit, according to Srinivasan Keshav, a computer science professor at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, who was interviewed for a recent New York Times article about SMS pricing.“Operating costs are relatively insensitive to volume,” Keshav said, explaining that text messages are sent over... |
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| Alberta Implements New ‘587′ Area Code, Telus Confirms
29/12/2008
The Canadian province of Alberta has implemented a new area code, so as to keep up with rising demand for telephone numbers.The ‘587′ area code will create millions of new numbers for residential, business, and wireless users alike. It has been granted to a limited number of customers (mostly new cell phone subscribers) over the past month.“The demand (for new numbers) is always... |
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| Global Wireless Market Reaches 4-Billion Subscribers
27/12/2008
Mobile software developer, Makayama, has launched a new ‘Television’ application for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch users, allowing them to download pre-recorded content from a number of TV networks.The application costs just $2.99 and comes with programming from 30 channels, including CNN, NBC, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, BBC, SKY, and ITV, as well as networks from Germany and... |
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| Makayama Introduces Mobile Television Application for iPhone and iPod Touch
21/12/2008
Western Canada’s leading cable company, Shaw Communications, has announced plans to add two new sports channels to its high-definition lineup.Show will now offer both the Big Ten Network and Golf Channel in high-definition format, in addition to the sports channels already available in HD, which include TSN, TSN2, Sportsnet, and SPEED.Canadians love their sports, which is why we are excited... |
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| Shaw Communications Adds Big Ten Network and Golf Channel to HDTV Lineup
19/12/2008
Governments and cell phone carriers will warm to the idea of mobile gambling over the next three years, causing annual wagers via mobile phones to reach US$27.5 billion by 2013, Juniper Research predicted in a recent study. That compares to an estimated $192 million in wagers this year.“Operators are demonstrably much more open to the idea of mobile gambling than they were even 12-18 months... |
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| Sky Demonstrates 3D Satellite Television Technology in London, England
18/12/2008
American mobile phone operator, Sprint Nextel, has announced a new USB modem for laptop computers that will work on both WiMAX and EV-DO (cellular broadband) networks.The Sprint U300 device is designed for Sprint EV-DO customers who also make use of the Clearwire WiMAX network (in which Sprint has invested), which recently launched in Baltimore and will become available in other cities in the... |
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| Sprint Nextel Unveils Dual-Mode WiMAX/Cellular Modem
17/12/2008
Canadian telecommunications operator, Telus Corp., expects to achieve a 10% increase in profits next year, the company said in an annual report to investors.The Burnaby, B.C.-based carrier is projecting 2009 earnings of between $3.40 and $3.70 per share (up about 10%, excluding tax adjustments), while total revenue is expected to increase between 4% and 6%.Telus’ main driver of revenue... |
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| Wireless Expected to Drive Telus Profits Higher Next Year
15/12/2008
British cable giant, Virgin Media, is planning to launch the country’s fastest broadband internet offering. At an impressive 50-Megabytes per second (Mbps), the service will be more than twice as speedy as its nearest competitor and nine times faster than the average UK broadband connection.Once Virgin’s new package is launched, its highest-tier customers will be able to download an... |
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