Articles tagged with: Bell Labs and Mp3

Alcatel-Lucent Loses $1.54 Billion Damages Claim Against Microsoft

A federal appeals court ruled that Microsoft doesn't have to pay Alcatel-Lucent US$1.54 billion in damages in a patent-infringement case involving MP3s.  more

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Alcatel-Lucent Seeks Payment of $1.53 Billion Microsoft Verdict

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Alcatel-Lucent appeared before a federal appeals court Monday asking that a $1.53 billion jury verdict for it against Microsoft be reinstated.  more

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Today is the 35th Anniversary of the First Cellular Phone Call

Thirty-five years ago today (3rd April), the first ever public cellular phone call was made by Martin Cooper. Cooper, who invented the portable cell phone, placed that call on April 3, 1973 while he was the general manager of MotorolaÃ's Communications Systems Division. That first call, placed to CooperÃ's rival at AT&TÃ's Bell Labs from the streets of New York City, was the beginning of a revolution that has changed the lives of three billion people worldwide. A cell phone call is a call to a person in contrast with wired phone calls that are to a place.  more

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