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Articles tagged with: At&t and Voip
FCC launches probe of Google Voice service
Federal regulators will look into complaints by AT&T that Google's free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to rural communities where local phone companies charge high connection fees. more
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AT&T to Enable VoIP services on iPhone
AT&T said late Tuesday that it will begin allowing iPhone owners to use Internet calling services on its wireless network. more
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AT&T to shut CallVantage Internet phone service
AT&T is shutting down its CallVantage Internet-based phone service, according to letters received by subscribers this week. more
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WiMAX's Disruptive Potential Driving Strategic Responses
Intel, Motorola and Sprint/Nextel are betting billions of dollars that WiMAX, the trade name given to technologies based on the IEEE 802.16 standards for broadband wireless communications, will disrupt the communications industry. Those investments should compel traditional cable companies, wireless service providers and others to rethink their own strategies over the next 12 months according to Diamond Management & Technology Consultants. more
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FCC To Make Phone Companies' Outsourcing Difficult
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. telephone companies will find it much more difficult to outsource marketing or customer service functions to other firms under a crackdown on privacy regulations released Monday by the Federal Communications Commission. more
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Billionaire Craig McCaw's Clearwire IPO On Deck
Clearwire, a wireless broadband firm founded by billionaire Craig McCaw and backed by Intel and Motorola, breaks a lull in the market for initial public offerings with its $500 million debut expected Thursday. more
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Minister: Govt awards two mobile licenses for US$19mn
Jamaica's government has decided to award licenses to both firms that were bidding for the country's fourth mobile license, local daily the Jamaica Gleaner quoted technology minister Phillip Paulwell as saying. more
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Wireless Venture Capital Is About To Hit An All-Time High
Investments in wireless technology maintained strong growth recently and are bucking the general venture capital investment trends that have witnessed overall decline from 2000 to 2005. The portion dedicated to wireless investments is on the increase, and will continue to do so, hitting an all-time high in 2006, says a new report from visiongain. During 2005, 152 wireless-related companies received US$1.3 billion in funding, a 24% increase over 2004's US$1.1 billion. more
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