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Total Telecom Professional Network
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Posted by walkertr, at 03:34PM 08/18/08 :
FCC To Decide What Will Become Of TV Spectrum
Note: Plans to use unused parts of the TV spectrum for high-speed wireless Internet networks are still facing an uphill battle. Broadcasters fear that using the spectrum for Internet networks might interfere with the portions they are still using.
Posted by schendera, at 11:28AM 08/18/08 :
Synchronica Acquires AxisMobile and Raises Funds of $18 Million in 2008
Note: Synchronica Acquires AxisMobile and Raises Funds of $18 Million in 2008 Landmark Acquisition Aims to Build Leading Mass Market Mobile Email and Synchronization Solutions Provider Royal Tunbridge Wells, 18 August, 2008. - Synchronica plc (AIM: SYNC.LN), the international provider of mobile email and synchronization solutions, today announced that it is acquiring consumer mobile email specialist AxisMobile for USD 4.9 million in new Synchronica shares. Synchronica also stated that it has raised additional funds of USD 10 million from new and existing institutional investors which brings the total funding secured in 2008 to USD 18 million. The additional funds will be used to accelerate product integration and fuel the growth of the combined business in emerging markets, such as China, Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. The AxisMobile acquisition aims to make Synchronica the leading player in mass market mobile email and synchronization middleware for mobile operators and service providers. The addition of AxisMobile's complimentary technology, customer base, and routes to market, combined with the injection of USD 10 million of additional funds will enable Synchronica to provide mass market mobile email solutions that work on more than three billion mobile phones in the market today. AxisMobile's consumer mobile email platform complements Synchronica's award-winning Mobile Gateway software by adding email-to-SMS and email-to-MMS gateways, as well as a clientless solution for WAP / XHTML browser access. AxisMobile's patented Optimizer email transcoding gateway further adds the ability to display a large variety of attachments, such as Word, Excel, and Powerpoint presentations on standard feature phones handsets that would otherwise be unable to support such functionality. The AxisMobile acquisition will also enlarge Synchronica's footprint in emerging markets by adding a strong sales force and key customer contracts in the relatively untapped areas of Eastern Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and Russia to Synchronica's existing sales presence in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Currently, AxisMobile has eight live customer installations with major mobile operators, predominantly in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and China. Customers include: MTS, the largest mobile operator in Russia and CIS with 84 million customers; Megafon, a Russian mobile network operator with 34 million customers across 88 regions of the Russian federation including its Moscow subsidiary Sonic Duo; T-Mobile; IXI Mobile, consumer back-ends for USA, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay; E-Plus, Germany's third largest mobile network operator with 13.6 million customers; as well as a major Chinese bank. AxisMobile has also secured contract wins with a leading Ukrainian mobile network operator, a further leading tier one Russian mobile network operator, and a leading Swiss mobile network operator. Commenting on the acquisition, Synchronica CEO Carsten Brinkschulte says: "The fundraising and the acquisition of AxisMobile is a dramatic acceleration for Synchronica, and I believe that it will build value for our shareholders. We aim to build a world leader in the market of consumer mobile email and synchronization solutions, and this acquisition is a key milestone which will improve our competitive positioning and accelerate our commercial growth. It will increase our ability to sell to customers, particularly to those in emerging economies where we see the largest potential growth for mobile email and synchronization. With the fundraising and the acquisition of AxisMobile, Synchronica now has sufficient mass and funding to take advantage of the outstanding opportunity to exploit the commercial potential of mass market mobile email. The next few years will be an exciting time for us all here at Synchronica and for our customers around the globe. We look forward with increased confidence from this inflect on point." Shai Schiller, Executive Chairman of AxisMobile, adds: "This is the start of an exciting new era for AxisMobile and our customers. There are real synergies between Synchronica's products and target markets and our own, so it makes great commercial sense to combine forces. Both companies are committed to open standards and to developing products that work on even the most basic of handsets - a must given that the market for mass market mobile email is being fuelled by demand from the developing world. We are confident that the combined might of our two companies will prove to be greater than the sum of its parts." Forecasts point to emerging markets as a breakthrough area for mass market mobile email. Informa predicts that there will be 4.81 billion mobile phone subscribers by 2012, with the next billion subscribers coming from emerging markets where PC and fixed-line penetration is low. Synchronica's Mobile Gateway delivers push email and mobile synchronization of calendar and contact data, targeting consumer and business users with connectors to mass market mailboxes, such as Yahoo or Gmail, as well as business mailboxes, such as Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Domino. Unlike other solutions, Mobile Gateway does not require users to install additional software on the handset or behind the firewall and instead uses the dominant open industry standards Push IMAP and SyncML (OMA DS) to synchronize the built-in email and PIM applications pre-installed on more than 1.5 billion handsets in the market. With the injection of AxisMobile technology, even the most basic phones will be able to send and receive email, further expanding the addressable market for Mobile Gateway in the consumer sector and in particular in emerging markets where low-end devices are dominating the market. Virtual Press Conference on the Announcement Synchronica will be hosting a virtual press conference on August 18, 2008, 11.00 BST, for members of the press and analyst communities. In addition to a presentation by Carsten Brinkschulte, Synchronica's Chief Executive Officer, Paul Cornelius the industry-respected analyst from FinnCap will add his perspective to the announcement. Access to the web conference can be obtained by emailing david.clark@synchronica.com on 18 August before 10:30 U.K. time. About AxisMobile AxisMobile was founded in early 2000. It is a leader in the emerging market of consumer mobile email which allows consumers to access email via mobile telephone handsets. AxisMobile's objective is to provide software that drives the mass market adoption of mobile email and related products by making multimedia information portable, ubiquitous, and easy to access on subscribers' existing mobile handsets at an attractive cost. AxisMobile's email platform provides a one-stop-shop for consumer mobile as it supports Web, WAP, IMAP4, MMS, SMS, and J2ME interfaces. Such interfaces cover most methods of transmitting mobile data communications. AxisMobile's platform means that mobile operators no longer need to integrate platforms from different vendors. This reduces costs. AxisMobile aims to leverage customer relationships by offering additional products and services based on its technology platform, hence producing cross sales and increasing the value to customers and to its shareholders. Further information on AxisMobile is available from the web site http://www.axismobile.com About Synchronica Synchronica plc develops and markets industry standard mobile email and synchronization solutions for the vast majority of devices in the market today. Mobile operators, device manufacturers, and service providers in emerging and developed markets use Synchronica products to offer mobile email, PIM synchronization, and backup and restore services to their consumer and corporate customer base. Products include the push email and synchronization solution Mobile Gateway and the mass market device backup solution Mobile Backup. Headquartered in the U.K., with a development center in Germany and presences in the USA, Hong Kong, and Dubai. Synchronica plc is a public company traded on the AIM list of the London Stock Exchange (SYNC.LN). More information is available at http://www.synchronica.com For more information, please contact: Nicole Meissner Chief Marketing Officer Tel.: +44 1892 552 780 Mobile: +44 7977 256 412 Fax: +44 1892 552 721 nicole.meissner@synchronica.com
Posted by Allen Harkleroad, at 04:02PM 08/16/08 :
Sprint: Sprint Extends Yet Another Contract Without Permission
Note: Sprint signed David up for a two-year contract without permission after he transferred his service between a Motorola RAZR 2 and a Sanyo 8400. David owned both phones when he made the transfer last month, long after his contract had expired.
Posted by seogranted, at 05:35PM 08/15/08 :
Get Your Website A Google PageRank Using Social Media Websites
Note: If you're into SEO, or online marketing and wondering how social media sites can bring you traffic - then this blog is definitely for you. http://seogranted.org
Posted by Kimberley McKee, at 11:45AM 08/15/08 :
Study: U.S. Internet Download Speeds Lag Behind Other Nations
Note: Internet download speeds in the U.S. have gotten only slightly faster over the past year, still lagging well behind those in many other nations, according to a new study by Communications Workers of America (CWA). The report, based on data from nearly 230,000 Internet users who participated in an online test, found that the median download speed in the U.S. is 2.3 megabits per second (mbps), up 0.4 in the past year.
Posted by Rob, at 07:51AM 08/15/08 :
Yahoo names two Icahn allies to board
Note: John Chapple, Frank Biondi between them have managed Nextel Partners, Viacom, Universal Studios, plus more.
Posted by walkertr, at 04:14PM 08/14/08 and by 1 others:
Samsung Releases Environmentally Friendly Phone
Note: Samsung plans to announce its new “eco-phone” today. The E200 Eco is Samsung’s third phone to be made with environmentally friendly materials. This is the first one, however, in which the entire case is made of bioplastic, a material created from corn extracts. The phone’s packaging is also made from recycled materials.
Posted by Kimberley McKee, at 02:08PM 08/11/08 :
Report: Verizon Reaches Deal to Bring FIOS to DC
Note: Following nine months of negotiations, telecommunications giant Verizon has reached a deal that potentially could open its FIOS fiber-optic Internet, television and phone services to DC residents by early next year, The Washington Post reported. Though FIOS has been available in several area suburbs for some time, DC residents have largely been dependent on Comcast for broadband services.
Posted by walkertr, at 10:35AM 08/11/08 :
Canada Keeps Low Profile On Telecom Regulation
Note: Despite public unhappiness over impending moves by two major companies to charge for incoming text messages, Canada will not intervene in the day-to-day business decisions of major telecommunications firms. That’s the word from Industry Minister Jim Prentice following talks with BCE Inc. and Telus Corp on their new pricing policy for some customers.
Posted by diane_court, at 10:47AM 08/08/08 :
Sprint Posts $344 Million Loss As Users Continue to Jump Ship
Note: Sprint Nextel swung to a loss during the second quarter but still exceeded Wall Street's expectations and said it had slowed the loss of monthly subscribers. But the third-largest wireless carrier said it expected losses to increase in the third quarter.
Posted by schendera, at 08:11AM 08/08/08 :
Synchronica Mobile Gateway Wins Best Mobile Solution Award of Network Products Guide Reader Trust
Note: Synchronica Mobile Gateway Selected as 2008 Best Products and Services Winner in Mobile Solutions Santa Clara, Royal Tunbridge Wells, 8 August, 2008. - Synchronica plc announced today that Mobile Gateway has won the 2008 Reader Trust Award for Best in Mobile Solution from Network Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication and a world leading publication on technologies and solutions. This respected annual award honors products and services that represent the rapidly changing needs and interests of the end-users of technology worldwide. As part of the tech industry's leading global awards program, this year's Best Products and Services were nominated from all over the world.
Posted by alanx13, at 09:18AM 08/07/08 and by 1 others:
Verizon aims FiOS TV at small, midsize businesses
Note: Verizon is ramping up its competitive battle with cable companies by offering its fiber optic television services to the small and midsize business markets.
Posted by 747btrfly, at 04:52PM 08/05/08 :
Comcast Decision Scratches a 20-Year Itch | Public Knowledge
Note: FTP: "And while of course our groups were assisted in our advocacy by industry and academia, the Comcast complaint was a matter conceived of, initiated, and carried through, by public interest advocates, directed by the incredible legal work and political smarts and assertiveness of Free Press (and aided by a critical last minute needle-in-a-haystack discovery by MAP’s Harold Feld)."
Posted by lender3212000, at 06:14PM 07/31/08 and by 1 others:
Court Rules Against Cell Phone Early Termination Fees
Note: This could be good or bad depending on what side you're on. Great news if you are stuck in a contract you can't get out of or are being hassled by a collection agency for payment of an early termination fee. Not so great if you were counting on being able to buy a subsidized iPhone for $200.
Posted by ceoworld, at 06:16AM 07/31/08 and by 1 others:
Bribes-for-Business: Siemens AG Sues 11 former management board executives
Note: $2 billion bribes-for-business scandal. German electronics and engineering giant Siemens AG Sues 11 former management board executives, including former CEOs Heinrich von Pierer and Klaus Kleinfeld (e CEO of aluminum maker Alcoa Inc.). The German elec...
Posted by 747btrfly, at 06:26PM 07/30/08 :
Techdirt: AT&T Says It Will Cut Off P2P Wireless Users; But What About Pandora Users?
Note: FTP: "This raises a number of questions: If AT&T's biggest concern about P2P file sharing apps is clogging its 3G wireless network, why does it allow streaming apps to run on the iPhone? For example, one of the most popular apps on the iPhone is Pandora, whose customized streaming radio offering is super popular (and appears to work quite well). So is AT&T going to cut off users of one of the most popular apps on the iPhone? And how will AT&T respond when someone (inevitably, if they haven't already done so) develops an iPhone app for P2P file sharing as well? "
Posted by 747btrfly, at 06:23PM 07/30/08 :
Comcast Illegally Interfered With Web File-Sharing Traffic, FCC Says - washingtonpost.com
Note: FTP: "A majority of the Federal Communications Commission has concluded that cable operator Comcast unlawfully disrupted the transfer of certain digital video files, affirming the government's right to regulate how Internet companies manage Web traffic. "
Posted by danglingwrangler, at 09:51PM 07/29/08 :
GOP Senator Indicted - Alaska Ted Stevens Career Over
Note: Yet another GOP scandal involving corruption in which legislation has adversely affected yet again the American taxpayer's wallets – this time with Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. Many have said for years - as goes Alaska, goes the nation in Presidential elections. Republican Senator Stevens, the first sitting U.S. senator to face federal indictment since 1993, has been indicted on seven counts of falsely reporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in services he received from a International Oil Services company Veco Corporation. Alaska senator on charges - “I am innocent”.
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Posted by Rob, at 12:30PM 08/19/08 :Total Telecom Professional Network
Note: Total Telecom Linked In membership group. All membership applications are vetted for suitability.
Posted by walkertr, at 03:34PM 08/18/08 :FCC To Decide What Will Become Of TV Spectrum
Note: Plans to use unused parts of the TV spectrum for high-speed wireless Internet networks are still facing an uphill battle. Broadcasters fear that using the spectrum for Internet networks might interfere with the portions they are still using.
Posted by schendera, at 11:28AM 08/18/08 :Synchronica Acquires AxisMobile and Raises Funds of $18 Million in 2008
Note: Synchronica Acquires AxisMobile and Raises Funds of $18 Million in 2008 Landmark Acquisition Aims to Build Leading Mass Market Mobile Email and Synchronization Solutions Provider Royal Tunbridge Wells, 18 August, 2008. - Synchronica plc (AIM: SYNC.LN), the international provider of mobile email and synchronization solutions, today announced that it is acquiring consumer mobile email specialist AxisMobile for USD 4.9 million in new Synchronica shares. Synchronica also stated that it has raised additional funds of USD 10 million from new and existing institutional investors which brings the total funding secured in 2008 to USD 18 million. The additional funds will be used to accelerate product integration and fuel the growth of the combined business in emerging markets, such as China, Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. The AxisMobile acquisition aims to make Synchronica the leading player in mass market mobile email and synchronization middleware for mobile operators and service providers. The addition of AxisMobile's complimentary technology, customer base, and routes to market, combined with the injection of USD 10 million of additional funds will enable Synchronica to provide mass market mobile email solutions that work on more than three billion mobile phones in the market today. AxisMobile's consumer mobile email platform complements Synchronica's award-winning Mobile Gateway software by adding email-to-SMS and email-to-MMS gateways, as well as a clientless solution for WAP / XHTML browser access. AxisMobile's patented Optimizer email transcoding gateway further adds the ability to display a large variety of attachments, such as Word, Excel, and Powerpoint presentations on standard feature phones handsets that would otherwise be unable to support such functionality. The AxisMobile acquisition will also enlarge Synchronica's footprint in emerging markets by adding a strong sales force and key customer contracts in the relatively untapped areas of Eastern Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and Russia to Synchronica's existing sales presence in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Currently, AxisMobile has eight live customer installations with major mobile operators, predominantly in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and China. Customers include: MTS, the largest mobile operator in Russia and CIS with 84 million customers; Megafon, a Russian mobile network operator with 34 million customers across 88 regions of the Russian federation including its Moscow subsidiary Sonic Duo; T-Mobile; IXI Mobile, consumer back-ends for USA, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay; E-Plus, Germany's third largest mobile network operator with 13.6 million customers; as well as a major Chinese bank. AxisMobile has also secured contract wins with a leading Ukrainian mobile network operator, a further leading tier one Russian mobile network operator, and a leading Swiss mobile network operator. Commenting on the acquisition, Synchronica CEO Carsten Brinkschulte says: "The fundraising and the acquisition of AxisMobile is a dramatic acceleration for Synchronica, and I believe that it will build value for our shareholders. We aim to build a world leader in the market of consumer mobile email and synchronization solutions, and this acquisition is a key milestone which will improve our competitive positioning and accelerate our commercial growth. It will increase our ability to sell to customers, particularly to those in emerging economies where we see the largest potential growth for mobile email and synchronization. With the fundraising and the acquisition of AxisMobile, Synchronica now has sufficient mass and funding to take advantage of the outstanding opportunity to exploit the commercial potential of mass market mobile email. The next few years will be an exciting time for us all here at Synchronica and for our customers around the globe. We look forward with increased confidence from this inflect on point." Shai Schiller, Executive Chairman of AxisMobile, adds: "This is the start of an exciting new era for AxisMobile and our customers. There are real synergies between Synchronica's products and target markets and our own, so it makes great commercial sense to combine forces. Both companies are committed to open standards and to developing products that work on even the most basic of handsets - a must given that the market for mass market mobile email is being fuelled by demand from the developing world. We are confident that the combined might of our two companies will prove to be greater than the sum of its parts." Forecasts point to emerging markets as a breakthrough area for mass market mobile email. Informa predicts that there will be 4.81 billion mobile phone subscribers by 2012, with the next billion subscribers coming from emerging markets where PC and fixed-line penetration is low. Synchronica's Mobile Gateway delivers push email and mobile synchronization of calendar and contact data, targeting consumer and business users with connectors to mass market mailboxes, such as Yahoo or Gmail, as well as business mailboxes, such as Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Domino. Unlike other solutions, Mobile Gateway does not require users to install additional software on the handset or behind the firewall and instead uses the dominant open industry standards Push IMAP and SyncML (OMA DS) to synchronize the built-in email and PIM applications pre-installed on more than 1.5 billion handsets in the market. With the injection of AxisMobile technology, even the most basic phones will be able to send and receive email, further expanding the addressable market for Mobile Gateway in the consumer sector and in particular in emerging markets where low-end devices are dominating the market. Virtual Press Conference on the Announcement Synchronica will be hosting a virtual press conference on August 18, 2008, 11.00 BST, for members of the press and analyst communities. In addition to a presentation by Carsten Brinkschulte, Synchronica's Chief Executive Officer, Paul Cornelius the industry-respected analyst from FinnCap will add his perspective to the announcement. Access to the web conference can be obtained by emailing david.clark@synchronica.com on 18 August before 10:30 U.K. time. About AxisMobile AxisMobile was founded in early 2000. It is a leader in the emerging market of consumer mobile email which allows consumers to access email via mobile telephone handsets. AxisMobile's objective is to provide software that drives the mass market adoption of mobile email and related products by making multimedia information portable, ubiquitous, and easy to access on subscribers' existing mobile handsets at an attractive cost. AxisMobile's email platform provides a one-stop-shop for consumer mobile as it supports Web, WAP, IMAP4, MMS, SMS, and J2ME interfaces. Such interfaces cover most methods of transmitting mobile data communications. AxisMobile's platform means that mobile operators no longer need to integrate platforms from different vendors. This reduces costs. AxisMobile aims to leverage customer relationships by offering additional products and services based on its technology platform, hence producing cross sales and increasing the value to customers and to its shareholders. Further information on AxisMobile is available from the web site http://www.axismobile.com About Synchronica Synchronica plc develops and markets industry standard mobile email and synchronization solutions for the vast majority of devices in the market today. Mobile operators, device manufacturers, and service providers in emerging and developed markets use Synchronica products to offer mobile email, PIM synchronization, and backup and restore services to their consumer and corporate customer base. Products include the push email and synchronization solution Mobile Gateway and the mass market device backup solution Mobile Backup. Headquartered in the U.K., with a development center in Germany and presences in the USA, Hong Kong, and Dubai. Synchronica plc is a public company traded on the AIM list of the London Stock Exchange (SYNC.LN). More information is available at http://www.synchronica.com For more information, please contact: Nicole Meissner Chief Marketing Officer Tel.: +44 1892 552 780 Mobile: +44 7977 256 412 Fax: +44 1892 552 721 nicole.meissner@synchronica.com
Posted by Allen Harkleroad, at 04:02PM 08/16/08 :Sprint: Sprint Extends Yet Another Contract Without Permission
Note: Sprint signed David up for a two-year contract without permission after he transferred his service between a Motorola RAZR 2 and a Sanyo 8400. David owned both phones when he made the transfer last month, long after his contract had expired.
Posted by seogranted, at 05:35PM 08/15/08 :Get Your Website A Google PageRank Using Social Media Websites
Note: If you're into SEO, or online marketing and wondering how social media sites can bring you traffic - then this blog is definitely for you. http://seogranted.org
Posted by Kimberley McKee, at 11:45AM 08/15/08 :Study: U.S. Internet Download Speeds Lag Behind Other Nations
Note: Internet download speeds in the U.S. have gotten only slightly faster over the past year, still lagging well behind those in many other nations, according to a new study by Communications Workers of America (CWA). The report, based on data from nearly 230,000 Internet users who participated in an online test, found that the median download speed in the U.S. is 2.3 megabits per second (mbps), up 0.4 in the past year.
Posted by Rob, at 07:51AM 08/15/08 :Yahoo names two Icahn allies to board
Note: John Chapple, Frank Biondi between them have managed Nextel Partners, Viacom, Universal Studios, plus more.
Posted by walkertr, at 04:14PM 08/14/08 and by 1 others:Samsung Releases Environmentally Friendly Phone
Note: Samsung plans to announce its new “eco-phone” today. The E200 Eco is Samsung’s third phone to be made with environmentally friendly materials. This is the first one, however, in which the entire case is made of bioplastic, a material created from corn extracts. The phone’s packaging is also made from recycled materials.
Posted by Kimberley McKee, at 02:08PM 08/11/08 :Report: Verizon Reaches Deal to Bring FIOS to DC
Note: Following nine months of negotiations, telecommunications giant Verizon has reached a deal that potentially could open its FIOS fiber-optic Internet, television and phone services to DC residents by early next year, The Washington Post reported. Though FIOS has been available in several area suburbs for some time, DC residents have largely been dependent on Comcast for broadband services.
Posted by walkertr, at 10:35AM 08/11/08 :Canada Keeps Low Profile On Telecom Regulation
Note: Despite public unhappiness over impending moves by two major companies to charge for incoming text messages, Canada will not intervene in the day-to-day business decisions of major telecommunications firms. That’s the word from Industry Minister Jim Prentice following talks with BCE Inc. and Telus Corp on their new pricing policy for some customers.
Posted by diane_court, at 10:47AM 08/08/08 :Sprint Posts $344 Million Loss As Users Continue to Jump Ship
Note: Sprint Nextel swung to a loss during the second quarter but still exceeded Wall Street's expectations and said it had slowed the loss of monthly subscribers. But the third-largest wireless carrier said it expected losses to increase in the third quarter.
Posted by schendera, at 08:11AM 08/08/08 :Synchronica Mobile Gateway Wins Best Mobile Solution Award of Network Products Guide Reader Trust
Note: Synchronica Mobile Gateway Selected as 2008 Best Products and Services Winner in Mobile Solutions Santa Clara, Royal Tunbridge Wells, 8 August, 2008. - Synchronica plc announced today that Mobile Gateway has won the 2008 Reader Trust Award for Best in Mobile Solution from Network Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication and a world leading publication on technologies and solutions. This respected annual award honors products and services that represent the rapidly changing needs and interests of the end-users of technology worldwide. As part of the tech industry's leading global awards program, this year's Best Products and Services were nominated from all over the world.
Posted by alanx13, at 09:18AM 08/07/08 and by 1 others:Verizon aims FiOS TV at small, midsize businesses
Note: Verizon is ramping up its competitive battle with cable companies by offering its fiber optic television services to the small and midsize business markets.
Posted by 747btrfly, at 04:52PM 08/05/08 :Comcast Decision Scratches a 20-Year Itch | Public Knowledge
Note: FTP: "And while of course our groups were assisted in our advocacy by industry and academia, the Comcast complaint was a matter conceived of, initiated, and carried through, by public interest advocates, directed by the incredible legal work and political smarts and assertiveness of Free Press (and aided by a critical last minute needle-in-a-haystack discovery by MAP’s Harold Feld)."
Posted by lender3212000, at 06:14PM 07/31/08 and by 1 others:Court Rules Against Cell Phone Early Termination Fees
Note: This could be good or bad depending on what side you're on. Great news if you are stuck in a contract you can't get out of or are being hassled by a collection agency for payment of an early termination fee. Not so great if you were counting on being able to buy a subsidized iPhone for $200.
Posted by ceoworld, at 06:16AM 07/31/08 and by 1 others:Bribes-for-Business: Siemens AG Sues 11 former management board executives
Note: $2 billion bribes-for-business scandal. German electronics and engineering giant Siemens AG Sues 11 former management board executives, including former CEOs Heinrich von Pierer and Klaus Kleinfeld (e CEO of aluminum maker Alcoa Inc.). The German elec...
Posted by 747btrfly, at 06:26PM 07/30/08 :Techdirt: AT&T Says It Will Cut Off P2P Wireless Users; But What About Pandora Users?
Note: FTP: "This raises a number of questions: If AT&T's biggest concern about P2P file sharing apps is clogging its 3G wireless network, why does it allow streaming apps to run on the iPhone? For example, one of the most popular apps on the iPhone is Pandora, whose customized streaming radio offering is super popular (and appears to work quite well). So is AT&T going to cut off users of one of the most popular apps on the iPhone? And how will AT&T respond when someone (inevitably, if they haven't already done so) develops an iPhone app for P2P file sharing as well? "
Posted by 747btrfly, at 06:23PM 07/30/08 :Comcast Illegally Interfered With Web File-Sharing Traffic, FCC Says - washingtonpost.com
Note: FTP: "A majority of the Federal Communications Commission has concluded that cable operator Comcast unlawfully disrupted the transfer of certain digital video files, affirming the government's right to regulate how Internet companies manage Web traffic. "
Posted by danglingwrangler, at 09:51PM 07/29/08 :GOP Senator Indicted - Alaska Ted Stevens Career Over
Note: Yet another GOP scandal involving corruption in which legislation has adversely affected yet again the American taxpayer's wallets – this time with Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. Many have said for years - as goes Alaska, goes the nation in Presidential elections. Republican Senator Stevens, the first sitting U.S. senator to face federal indictment since 1993, has been indicted on seven counts of falsely reporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in services he received from a International Oil Services company Veco Corporation. Alaska senator on charges - “I am innocent”.
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