Archive for the 'Broadband' Category

Yahoo search arrives on AT&T mobile phones

Monday, September 8th, 2008

AT&T is set to begin featuring Yahoo Inc search services on the Internet menu of mobile handsets used by its base of up to 70 million U.S. customers. SAN FRANCISCO–AT&T is set to begin featuring Yahoo Inc search services on the Internet menu of mobile handsets used by its…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]

Yahoo search arrives on AT&T mobile phones

Monday, September 8th, 2008

AT&T is set to begin featuring Yahoo Inc search services on the Internet menu of mobile handsets used by its base of up to 70 million U.S. customers. SAN FRANCISCO–AT&T is set to begin featuring Yahoo Inc search services on the Internet menu of mobile handsets used by its…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]

American Airlines kicks off in-flight Internet service

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

The world’s largest airline said its passengers on Boeing 767-200 aircraft can get Internet access on nonstop flights between New York and San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Miami. CHICAGO–American Airlines began offering Internet access on long-haul domestic flights on Wednesday, making American the first U.S. airline to offer full…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]

FCC wants no porn, free broaband wireless auction

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

The FCC said it wants to auction a section of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband Internet service without pornography WASHINGTON–The Federal Communications Commission on Friday said it wants to auction a section of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband Internet service without…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]

FCC wants no-porn, free broadband wireless auction

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

The FCC said it wants to auction a section of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband Internet service without pornography WASHINGTON–The Federal Communications Commission on Friday said it wants to auction a section of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband Internet service without…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]

AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Blame it on all that content, especially videos, bring thrown into the pipes. But don’t wish for government intervention, executive says.(By Andrew Donoghue of ZDNet UK)? AT&T to trim workforce ? Comcast, AT&T absent from FCC hearing U.S. telecommunications giant AT&T has claimed that, without investment, the…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]

Google sees surge in Web use on hot mobile phones

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Google has seen an acceleration of Internet activity among mobile phone users in recent months since the company introduced faster Web services on selected phone models.(From Reuters.) Google has seen an acceleration of Internet activity among mobile phone users in recent months since the company introduced faster…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]

Researcher: China overtakes U.S. as top Web market

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Research firm estimates e-commerce will be the next big boom in China, as businesses take advantage of Chinese consumers already online. China has surpassed the United States to become the world’s largest Internet market by number of users, a research firm said on Thursday. The estimate by Beijing-based…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]

A Qwest for survival

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Phone company’s CEO says new partnerships are intended to help it fill holes in its business, develop its wireless service. Qwest Communications International is looking for new partners to help it plug the hole the company has in wireless, according to Edward Mueller, the company’s CEO. …
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]

Google, SingTel, and others to build submarine cable

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Cable project, $300 million, to link United States to Japan, providing capacity to sustain surge in Net traffic between continents. Web search company Google has agreed to build an undersea cable with five telecommunications operators that will link the United States to Japan, and provide the capacity to…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]

Europe still top source of spam

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

For the third month running, compromised computers in Europe have pushed out more spam than those in the U.S. European spam networks have pumped out more unsolicited e-mail than those in the U.S. for the third month in a row, according to security vendor Symantec. Symantec…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]

Ericsson to provide mobile broadband to Lenovo

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Selected Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks will include mobile broadband modules beginning this year. Sweden’s Ericsson said on Monday it was working with Lenovo, the world’s No. 3 PC maker, to provide mobile broadband modules based on high-speed packet access for Lenovo notebook computers. Ericsson said selected Lenovo ThinkPad…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]

Harnessing the power of P2P

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

It may have gotten a bad rap, but peer-to-peer technology is increasingly used as a legitimate distribution tool for high-bandwidth applications like video. Peer-to-peer technology has gotten a bad rap for years, but a group of Internet service providers led by Verizon Communications is working to harness the…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]

California task force urges broadband bonds

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Report says state should supplement private investment in better, faster, more accessible high-speed services. California should consider issuing debt to augment private investment in enhancing and expanding high-speed communications services, a state task force said on Thursday. It said that better, faster and more available broadband capabilities would…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]

Agarkov IT news