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Articles tagged with: Landline and Satellite
Vodacom Seeking Expansion Opportunities in Africa
..t increased its holding in Vodacom from 50% to 65%, while South African landline operator, Telkom floated its 35% stake onto the local stock market earlier this week. Vodacom has operations in South Africa, Tanzania, Lesotho, DR Congo and Moza more
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Satellite4All: new technology promises cheap satellite triple-play
..10% of the European population, or 30m people, are too isolated to be covered by landline broadband services and, so far, no viable solution has presented itself. Experts hoped that WiMAX - a long-range version of the Wi-Fi wireless technology more
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Twenty-Million U.S. Telephone Households are Wireless-Only
..more than 20 million USA telephone households (17%) are wireless substitutors -- homes without landlines that rely solely on a mobile phone for their home telecommunications. The research is from Nielsen Mobile and suggests that one in five U.S. more
Saving Lives With 10-kilo GSM Phone Network
..an then link up to satellites to connect with the world mobile and landline networks, says Berioli. "The system works anywhere there is satellite coverage, which is to say almost everywhere in the world," he adds. Suitcase-sized cell The system more
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EARNINGS PREVIEW: US Telecoms Expect Strong Wireless Qtr
..o catch up, with prepaid wireless reseller Virgin Mobile USA acquiring niche player Helio. The landline business, meanwhile, continues to deteriorate as a result of economic pressures and alternative lines of communications. COMPANIES TO WATCH more
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UPDATE: Verizon 1Q Net Up on Wireless Growth
..said during a conference call Monday the rate in the landline side had improved, while the wireless side had stabilized. Like AT&T, which has posted more rapid profit growth than Verizon in the last two quarters, wireless business drove Ve more
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DISH Network, Alcatel to Test Mobile TV Technology
..getting squeezed out by the battling cable and telco companies, which each offer landline Internet connections. DISH also faces pressure from rival DirecTV Group, which jumped ahead in offering more high-definition channels. Englewood, Colo.-b more
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Indian Regulator Wants Speedy Allocation of 3G Licenses
..oadband using these technologies. The regulator also recomended that the landline operators be permitted to seek franchise deals to speed the deployment of their networks into rural areas and also that cable TV operators should be permitted to more
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Russian Spy Plane to Act as Telecoms Carrier
..age is spotty, or for emergency relief following disasters which take out landline and cellular networks on the ground. Being a very high altitude plane enables it to cover a much wider area on the ground with its telecoms radio uplinks. more
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