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Cell Phone, Cable & Satellite TV Tops in Customer Complaints
3/9/10 at 12:07 PM by Andrew Burger
Cell phone, the cable & satellite TV industry and banks led the way as disgruntled customers filed 9.7% more complaints to the Better Business Bureau last year than they did in 2008. Amidst the tough economic and financial ...
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Verizon: We Can Do 40 Mbps Wirelessly
3/8/10 at 8:56 PM by Bernie Arnason
Verizon is building out a 4G wireless network, based on LTE technology, with plans to launch in limited markets by the end of this year. They have been conducting trials in Boston and Seattle and now claim that LTE is maxing ...
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Wireless Carriers Underpay for Access, Small Telcos Charge
3/1/10 at 5:48 PM by Joan Engebretson
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Genachowski: We Need More Spectrum!
2/26/10 at 9:54 AM by Joan Engebretson
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in two recent addresses provided details about the National Broadband Plan relating to wireless connectivity. In a speech to the New America Association on Feb. 24 he revealed plans to ...
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Vonage is Still Kicking
2/25/10 at 10:34 AM by Bernie Arnason
VoIP pioneer Vonage is still alive and kicking. In fact, they made a profit in 4Q09, their first profitable quarter for the year. Considering Vonage has been labeled “dead man walking” on more than ...
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Smartphone Call Quality Comes Into Question
2/22/10 at 8:22 AM by Andrew Burger
Good news for wireless service providers: the number of smartphone customers continued to grow during the past six months. The bad news: call quality performance has declined "considerably" over the same period. According to J.D. Power & Associates' semi-annual "2010 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study, Volume ...
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75% of U.S. Workforce to be Mobile Workers by 2013
2/19/10 at 11:49 AM by Andrew Burger
The worldwide population of "mobile workers" will surpass 1 billion this year and continue growing to include nearly 1.2 billion people by 2013--more than 1/3 of the global workforce, according to an IDC forecast.
The U.S. will continue to be home ...
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Verizon and Skype Get it On
2/16/10 at 2:40 PM by Bernie Arnason
Will this day be a footnote in the history of telecom, or just another day? I ask because Verizon and Skype have announced a deal that blesses the use of Skype mobile on ...
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Cellular South Completes Corr Wireless Acquisition
2/4/10 at 9:40 AM by Telecompetitor
Cellular South Expands its Wireless Footprint through Purchase of Regional Wireless Network Provider in North Alabama and Georgia
RIDGELAND, Miss., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellular South, the nation's largest privately held wireless provider, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Alabama-based Corr Wireless Communications. With this strategic purchase, Cellular South will now be able to offer the industry's ...
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Indigo Wireless Chooses Globecomm for Hosted Wireless
1/28/10 at 10:26 PM by Telecompetitor
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Jan 28, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM), a leading global provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services, announced today that Indigo Wireless, a rural wireless operator in Pennsylvania and Nebraska, is the latest carrier to join a rapidly growing base of providers utilizing Globecomm's 3G switch platform, which offers affordable, 3G hosted mobile ...
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