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Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:34:00 GMT

BT vows to fight big four music labels' 'three strikes' case

Ireland's second largest telecoms operator has vowed to 'strongly defend' against efforts by the big four music labels - EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner - to get it to implement the 'three strikes' action against illegal downloading that was agreed with
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:34:00 GMT

AT&T, BT and Tata Demo Inter-carrier Telepresence

Inter-carrier Telepresence :: Communications Technology SMART VIEW: July 2, 2009 AT&T, BT and Tata Demo Inter-carrier Telepresence AT&T, BT and Tata Communications conducted a multipoint, intercompany Cisco TelePresence meeting across multiple carrier
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:23:00 GMT

Microsoft's Bing Comes to Verizon Phones

Also accessible from any mobile browser Adjust text size: Microsoft's Bing search engine has been around for a little while, yet the Redmond software company is already working hard on advertising the performance of its engine. Although most of the work
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:16:00 GMT

LG Plans High-End Phones to Bring Down Samsung

New 'Black label' series, iPhone killer devices Adjust text size: It's always nice to hear what mobile phone makers plan to bring to the market in the future, so as to prepare ourselves to make upgrades for our existing handsets, or to switch to another
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:16:00 GMT

ShoreTel - Jun 09

ShoreTel entered the IP telephony space in 1996 with the intent of designing a pure VoIP system from the ground up. The result was a distributed architecture so successful that it persists to this day, as evidenced in thousands installed worldwide.
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:11:00 GMT

Vodafone crosses 7 mn customer base in TN

Vodafone, a major cellular operator has crossed seven million customer base in Tamil Nadu, registering year-on-year growth in Tamil Nadu for the last three years, a senior company official said. Speaking to reporters after unveiling a replica of the
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:05:00 GMT

BT offers staff more free time for reduced pay

The firm said the move would help it avoid having to make staff redundant Telecoms giant BT has offered employees the chance to take longer holidays in exchange for reduced pay. The firm, which announced a loss of 1.3 billion in the first quarter of the
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:04:00 GMT

Apple's iPhone sweeps the board in smartphone sales

A survey of 2300 retail stores reveals that Apple has cleaned up in the smartphone market in Japan. According to nikkei.net, market research company BCN surveyed the market and said the iPhone 3G 8GB, sold by Softbank, easily came in at number one.
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:02:00 GMT

Elgan: The wireless carrier coup must be stopped

Cellular carriers want to take control of consumer electronics. Their success would be a disaster. Top Stories Computerworld - I have good news and bad news. The good news is that mobile broadband wireless Internet connectivity is being baked into a wide
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:47:00 GMT

Saturday Papers: BT offers staff long holidays for 75% wage cut -- other news

* Wall Street closed for Independence Day holiday * The UK economy staged a sharp recovery in the second quarter of this year and may have returned to anaemic growth, according to latest figures from services sector * BT offers staff long holidays for
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:44:00 GMT

Analyst: Sprint's Palm Pre sales are slowing

to Judy (again...): Where on earth did you find those $1,200!!!??? The basic plans for Spring and AT&T;are IDENTICAL ($70 per month). You could theoretically get to the $50 per month if you cranked up AT&T;'s voice and text plans to unlimited,
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:44:00 GMT

NTC extends expiry dates of cell phone loads

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Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:43:00 GMT

AT&T and Cell Phones for Soldiers Celebrate Two Years of Recycling and 3.6 Million Milestone to Support Military Families With Free Calls

DALLAS, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At more than 3.6 million recycled cell phones and counting since July 2007, Cell Phones for Soldiers (CPFS) and AT&T* are sharing fireworks with patriots, environmentalists, and young people across the country
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:40:00 GMT

BT offers staff holidays for 75pc cut in wages

BT has offered tens of thousands of its employees the chance to go on long-term holiday in return for taking a drastic pay cut. The former state telecoms company - one of Britain's biggest private employers with 106,000 staff - is trying to save money as
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:35:00 GMT

Nokia Siemens acquisition the best option for Nortel: IDC

Digg it Twitter At a press briefing, a Nokia Siemens Networks executive said his firm is not seeking other assets from Nortel, which is operating under bankruptcy protection. Lawrence Surtees compares the breakup of Nortel to the cancellation of the Avro
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:31:00 GMT

UK: Crisis-hit BT offers employees 'long holidays' to cut costs

Crisis-hit BT offers employees 'long holidays' to cut costs France 24 'estat': France 24 World news and latest news on international headlines, 24/7 WELCOME TO ON 24 MY 24 Saturday, July 4, 29 English - - Crisis-hit BT offers employees 'long holidays' to
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:28:00 GMT

European rocket hoists biggest-ever telecoms satellite (w/ Video)

Liftoff of the Ariane 5 ECA of flight V189 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place the heaviest and most powerful telecommunications satellite ever launched, TerreStar 1, into geostationary transfer orbit. Credits: ESA / CNES /
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:23:00 GMT

BT offers staff a year at home for pay cut

hrs LONDON : BT, seeking to slash costs in the face of Britain's worst recession in years, is offering employees a year at home in return for a 75-percent pay cut, the telecoms operator said Saturday. Staff have also been offered a one-off payment of
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:20:00 GMT

BT try woo staff with offer

BT employees have been offered long-term holidays if they agree to huge pay cuts. One option available to staff is taking a year off with a 75 per cent drop in salary, in return for receiving the remainder of their wages as an up-front payment. BT posted
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:13:00 GMT

$TIFFED ATT'Y SLAMS JAY-Z

'We are seeking to withdraw because . . . our requests for payment have been ignored,' DiMattia wrote in a letter to Manhattan Federal Court Judge Loretta Preska.
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:11:00 GMT

TIGER: AT&T TIX MORE 'FAMILY FRIENDLY' THAN YANKS'

While speaking about keeping his AT&T National event 'family friendly' with reasonably-priced tickets, Woods chastised the Yankees for their outrageous ticket prices. 'We don't want to have what happened at Yankee Stadium [where] tickets are so
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:11:00 GMT

RANKING: iPhone Tops Smartphone Sales

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Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:06:00 GMT

O2 could join T-Mobile UK bidding war

O2 may join the , after reports suggested that O2 parent Telefnica is looking at the case for buying the struggling operator. It is thought that O2 has been spurred into action after fears that it may lose its position as the mobile market leader in the
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:05:00 GMT

BT in bid to cut staff pay in return for holidays

BT is asking its staff to take a 75% pay cut in return for long-term holidays to help the company ride-out the recession. British Telecom is offering workers the chance to take a year off if they accept a fraction of their salary as an upfront payment.
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:01:00 GMT

Phone tax not enough for full broadband rollout

BT has said that a proposed 50p per month levy on phone landlines will not provide enough funds to cover the entire UK with fibre-optic broadband. However, the company is prepared to guarantee a 15Mbit/s service where fibre-optic is available. At a
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 10:55:00 GMT

Comcast Notebook

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Sat, 4 Jul 2009 10:53:00 GMT

Vodafone explains thinking behind Carphone Warehouse move

Three years ago Vodafone UK decided to restrict its third-party retail partners for selling new monthly contracts to one - Phones4U - dropping Carphone Warehouse in the process. Today it announced it's reversing that decision and you will be able to get
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 10:41:00 GMT

Blog - How to Reduce Cell-Phone Radiation Exposure

Here's a simple idea for creating a cell-phone network that minimizes the radiation exposure for callers while maximizing the battery life of handsets. Today's cell-phone networks consist of base stations that both transmit and receive signals. The
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 10:38:00 GMT

Disruptive technologies are giving fixed telcos a headache

With declining traditional voice revenues, slowing broadband growth and a global recession to contend with, operators are increasingly looking for ways to cut costs throughout their business. New technologies offer more efficient ways of running the
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 10:36:00 GMT

NTT's IT acquisition challenges European telcos

TELECOMS AND SOFTWARE NEWS David Molony NTT Communications has announced that it has secured an agreement to acquire the entire assets of Integralis, an IT security solutions provider with revenues of ?169 million in 2008. With this and other
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 10:36:00 GMT