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Latest Telecoms News from USA
NJ cops: Driver texting about drug deal hits biker
Police say a man who drove his car into a New Jersey cyclist had been sending a text message about a drug deal....
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Dell's profit, stock drop on weak quarterly report
Dell's profit, stock drop on signs company isn't fully benefiting from industry recovery...
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UPDATED: Verizon Wireless lays off former Alltel workers
Verizon Wireless laid off more former Alltel Corp. headquarters workers Thursday, saying the jobs were redundant after its acquisition of the Arkansas-based wireless provider....
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Homes With Cell Phones Nearly Double in First Half of Decade
The number of US households with cell phones increased from 36 percent to 71 percent between 1998 and 2005, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. This corresponded with a decrease in households with telephone landlines, particularly households headed by young adults....
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Verizon Wireless lays off former Alltel workers
Verizon Wireless is laying off former Alltel headquarters workers in Little Rock....
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CenturyLink gets deal with Louisiana
Telecommunications provider CenturyLink has agreed to add 350 jobs in Louisiana while maintaining its headquarters in the state for at least the next decade....
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American Tower to buy 196 Towers from Cincinnati Bell
US tower owner, American Tower has entered into an agreement to acquire 196 of Cincinnati Bell's wireless communications towers for US$100 million. The towers are located primarily in Ohio and Kentucky and currently average 2.1 tenants per tower. ...
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Ex-bus driver convicted in Ohio pedestrian's death
A former Cleveland bus driver who was on her cell phone when her bus struck and killed a man in a crosswalk has been found guilty of vehicular homicide....
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Judge rejects AT&T's bid to pull Verizon ads
A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by AT&T to force competitor Verizon Wireless to pull its "There's a Map for That" commercials....
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Union ramps up efforts to organize at T-Mobile
Union officials in the United States are teaming up with their German counterparts in a bid to organize workers at wireless carrier T-Mobile USA....
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