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Articles tagged with: Ben
Half of Americans Would Drop Mobile Data Service if Forced to Cut Costs
Faced with the need to reduce household expenditures, forty-eight percent of Americans would drop their mobile data plan completely, according to research about to be published by Strategy Analytics. Only 10% would drop their home broadband subscription. more
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HP and Alcatel-Lucent Sign 10-Year Marketing Agreement
..alliance represents a major transformational deal that will deliver great benefits to our customers. IT and telecom are coming together in an unprecedented way and I am delighted to see how we can speed up innovation in our industry," said Ben more
Related Tags: hp, alcatel-lucent, security
European Court Ruled Dutch Operators Colluded on Sales Commissions
The European Court of Justice has ruled that a single meeting can be used to presume that an illegal cartel exists between companies, and that local regulators are able to apply fines when that occurs. The ruling comes from an incident in 2001, when the five Dutch mobile network operators are accused of colluding to lower commissions paid their retailers. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, kpn-dutchtone, vodafone, telfort, o2, Netherlands
70% of Government Agencies have implemented or plan to implement GIS
A survey by market analyst Datamonitor reveals nearly three-quarters of government agencies in Europe and North America have, or plan to implement geographic information systems (GIS), with over half of agencies surveyed having implemented GIS in the last 12 months. According to the report from mapping crime rates, urban planning, monitoring traffic patterns, to national defense, governments are looking for ways to leverage GIS in order to make more informed management decisions and provide enhanced service to constituents. As nearly all of the information collected by governments contains a geographic element, public authorities are increasingly implementing GIS solutions to manage all that data. more
Related Tags: sim, analytics, eu, ict, itu, iden, datamonitor, police
WiFi Helps Cablevision to Nearly Double Net Subscriber Additions in Q4
According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the service provider mesh wireless LAN market declined by almost 10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, but is expected to reverse this trend and experience double-digit growth in 2009. The report indicates that in the fourth quarter municipal WiFi contributed to more than 70 percent sequential growth in Cablevision's net subscriber additions, a rate higher than any other cable operator in North America. more
Related Tags: dell, sharp, 802.11n, USA
Clearwire Taps Former Vodafone Director for CEO Role
USA based WiMAX operator, Clearwire Corp. has brought in former Vodafone director, Bill Morrow to act as the joint-CEO of the firm - replacing co-founder and CEO ben Wolff. Bill Morrow is widely credited as being the mastermind behind the turnaround of Vodafone Group's former Japanese operations - but left the firm in 2006 for personal reasons. more
Related Tags: intel, wimax, eu, clearwire, vodafone, personal, USA
Strategy Analytics: AT&T, Verizon Stage a Q4 Comeback
Despite a stubbornly sour economy and contracting consumer spending, Broadband Service Providers AT&T and Verizon each posted their third consecutive quarter of positive net additional subscriber growth in the fourth quarter of 2008. Cable giants Comcast and Time Warner Cable on the other hand, experienced dramatic declines in net additional subs. more
Related Tags: analytics, strategy-analytics, verizon, comcast
UK to Allow Mobile Phones in English Hospitals
Hospitals in England should consider allowing more liberal use of mobile phones, following new guidance issued by the government's Department of Health. The updated guidance indicates that NHS trusts should consider giving patients, staff and visitors the widest possible use of mobile phones, where it doesn't interfere with equipment, the privacy of others or cause a nuisance. more
Alcatel-Lucent Outlines its Turn-Around Plan - More Job Cuts
Alcatel-Lucent has published the details of its turn-around plan, which include yet more job cuts and a focusing on internet services. In order to achieve this strategy, Alcatel-Lucent will undergo a "major strategic transformation" and will take some significant steps to realign its operations. more
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Seeing Clear through the New Clearwire
The mobile broadband industry in the US received a big shot in the arm with MondayĆ's announcement that Clearwire completed their transaction with Sprint Nextel to combine their next generation wireless Internet businesses. However, some of the statements made by Clearwire CEO ben Wolff may indicate a shift in strategy for the next generation network operator. more
Related Tags: wimax, mobile-wimax, clearwire, mobile-broadband, lte, ims-research, next-generation-network, ims, sprint, wimax,, USA