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Articles tagged with: San Jose
Smelly Fridge Causes Evacuation of AT&T Call Centre
An AT&T call centre in San Jose, California had to be evacuated last week after a seven staff were taken to hospital suffering from nausea. The cause was a refrigerator in the office which hadn't been cleaned, for seemingly a very long time. more
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Alvarion Wins Costa Rican WiMAX Contract
Alvarion has been awarded a $6 million contract by ICE (Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad), Costa RicaĆ's incumbent telco. Under the terms of the agreement Alvarion will implement a turnkey project to provide advanced broadband services, deploying its 4Motion solution with its WiMAX Forum Certified BreezeMAX 2500 platform. more
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Telcos Believe Launching New Mobile Content Should Take Less than a Month
A survey commissioned by Valista and conducted at the Building Blocks 2008 conference held last week found that over 86 percent of the industry insiders interviewed believe that it should take less than a month to launch new mobile content and services with an operator. This expectation is far from reality, as 80 percent of respondents stated that it actually takes between 3 and 9 months to introduce new mobile content and services. more
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Cisco Unveils Open Wireless Product to Boost Mobile Presence
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Cisco Systems has high hopes its new mobile services platform, which the company is opening up to outside developers, will boost company's presence in the wireless arena. more
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Ericsson Subsidiary Expands Canadian R&C Campus
Redback Networks, an Ericsson subsidiary announced a real estate lease agreement which doubles the size of the company's research and development campus in Burnaby, a suburb of Vancouver, Canada. more
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Canadian Tech Cos. Have Little Or No Exposure To ABCP, Analysts
TORONTO (Dow Jones)--Canadian technology companies are conservative when it comes to cash management and have little or no exposure to the troubled asset-backed commercial paper market, according to BMO Capital Markets. more
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Apple Seen Having Flexibility To Lower iPhone Prices
PALO ALTO, Calif. -(Dow Jones)- If the US$499 and US$599 price tags of Apple's new iPhone are giving you pause, you aren't alone. more
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Micron, Sprint Nextel Join Corporate Venture Capital Wave"
Micron Technology and Sprint Nextel have launched the latest in a recent flurry of corporate forays into the venture capital world. But rather than seeking a quick buck as many entrants did during the Internet bubble, these new efforts are intended to use one of the riskiest of asset classes for prudent, long-term growth. more
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Optus signs up to use corporate wireless service
Australia's Optus has entered into a partnership with Personal Broadband Australia to provide mobile broadband internet access to corporate customers. Using Personal Broadband's iBurst technology, Optus is now in a position to offer wireless broadband services to 70% of Australian businesses. more
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