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Articles tagged with: Buffalo
2Wire and Thomson Gain Wi-Fi Market Share
2Wire and Thomson were big winners in the 2008 Wi-Fi market, growing their shipments by nearly 60% annually. Each significantly outperformed the overall market, gaining market share, reports In-Stat. 2Wire achieved 11% share, while Thomson's share grew to almost 8%. Market share among the other leading competitors, Linksys, Netgear, and D-Link was flat or down in 2008 compared to 2007. more
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Rogers Cuts iPhone Data Cost, But Not Everyone Happy
TORONTO -(Dow Jones)- Canadians have always grudgingly accepted hefty monthly cellphone fees, but the upcoming launch of Apple's 3G iPhone has led normally compliant Canucks to protest a perceived price gouge by Rogers Communications. more
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Verizon Resumes Sale Of Bob Marley Ringtones Amid Objections
LOS ANGELES (AP)--Verizon Wireless resumed selling mobile phone ringtones Friday based on Bob Marley songs, despite objections from the estate of the late reggae music star to a licensing deal struck between the wireless carrier and recording company Universal Music Group. more
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US FCC Orders Phone Cos To Improve Emergency Call Standards
WASHINGTON (AP)--The U.S. government moved Thursday to force the telephone industry to do a better job helping police and firefighters locate people who call 911 on cellular and Internet-based phones. more
Related Tags: t-mobile-usa, voip, fcc, satellite, 911, police, federal-communications-commission
Wi-Fi in Consumer Electronics Devices Embraced by Some, Shunned by Others"
With Wi-Fi appearing in mobile PCs, home routers, and phones, there has been much hype around Wi-Fi crossing over into the Consumer Electronics (CE) space, reports In-Stat. But the CE space is just warming up to Wi-Fi, with some device segments, such as gaming consoles and handheld games, welcoming Wi-Fi with open arms, the high-tech market research firm says. In other device segments, such as digital video camcorders and standalone Personal Video Recorders (PVRs), the door has been kept shut on Wi-Fi. more
Related Tags: d-link, in-stat, nintendo, playstation, zune
Secret Service Reveals Its Records Stolen By Hacker
WASHINGTON (AP)--A hacker broke into a wireless carrier's network over at least seven months and read e-mails and personal computer files of hundreds of customers, including the U.S. Secret Service agent investigating the hacker, the government said Wednesday. more
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Detroit host to customers most likely to churn
Scarborough Research says that its latest study reveals that Atlanta, leads the USA in cell phone penetration. Three-quarters of households there subscribe to cellular phone service. Following closely behind are Detroit, MI (74%); and Austin, TX, Washington, D.C., and Miami, FL (72% each). The U.S. markets with the lowest cell phone penetration are Charleston, WV (47%), Wilkes-Barre, PA (52%), buffalo, NY (53%), Syracuse, NY (54%) and Lexington, KY (55%). more
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VoiceStream to upgrade its network to EDGE
VoiceStream Wireless has signed a three-year agreement with Nortel Networks, estimated to be worth approximately US$300 million, for upgrades to its national GSM network. The agreement calls for Nortel Networks to supply radio base station equipment, switching and professional services for evolution of the VoiceStream Wireless network to provide EDGE voice and high-speed data services. It also includes Intelligent Network (IN) equipment to support billing and location-based services. more
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Omnipoint Wins Licences To Cover 18.9 Million Customers
In recent re-auctions of licences to offer digital phone services, Omnipoint won 34 licences in areas which cover a potential 18.9 million customers. They paid US$45.1 million for the licence, or $2.39 per person living in the area. Omnipoint now has a licence to build a digital network in Detroit, St. Lewis, buffalo, Rochester, Cleveland and Chicago, along with increased radio spectrum in areas that they already cover. As Omnipoint is a GSM1900 operator, all these areas will have GSM1900 coverage and expand the existing roaming agreement with Vodafone. More importantly, this agreement now means that the various GSM1900 networks have licences that will eventually cover 99% of the USA population, giving GSM the largest footprint in the USA, beating the competitor technology CDMA. This will improve our roaming service and make dual / triple band phones more economical." more
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