Stories about: Communications International

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    LTE demo will test broadband for oil fields 21/08/2010 09:23:00

    LTE is generating excitement in the world of consumer electronics and ever-faster online video viewing, but the 4G (fourth-generation) mobile network technology may have even greater implications for specific industries that lack a good means of connectivity.
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    CenturyTel to buy Qwest for $10.6B 23/04/2010 06:53:00

    Telecommunications carrier CenturyTel has agreed to buy Qwest Communications International for around US$10.6 billion in stock. The merged company will operate around 17 million phone lines and serve 5 million broadband customers across 37 U.S. states.
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    US lawmakers investigate telecom 'traffic pumping' 15/10/2009 07:11:00

    Three high-profile U.S. lawmakers have begun an informal investigation into high access charges that some rural telephone carriers charge to competitors, on the heels of complaints about the practice from Google and some large carriers.
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    Telecom carriers: 'Phantom' voice traffic costing billions 24/04/2008 08:41:08

    Some VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) and mobile phone service providers are riding free when connecting to the traditional telephone network in the US, potentially costing carriers billions of dollars, according to testimony at a Senate hearing this week.
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    Fiber to the home: 'It's insanely better' 13/10/2006 09:35:03

    Some call it fiber to the home (FTTH) or fiber to the premises (FTTP) or fiber to the node (FTTN) or fiber to the curb (FTTC) or fiber to wherever (FTTX).
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    Microsoft roars into VOIP market 04/11/2005 08:04:51

    Microsoft is accelerating its business IP telephony plans with the acquisition of software firm media-streams.com.
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    Microsoft at 30 turns to services, not software 26/09/2005 07:53:26

    The Windows operating system may have defined Microsoft since its inception, but it will be services, not software that give the world's largest software company its claim to fame in the future, according to analysts.
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    Ex WorldCom CFO Sullivan gets 5 years in jail 12/08/2005 07:31:09

    Former WorldCom Chief Financial Officer Scott Sullivan was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday for his role in engineering the US$11 billion accounting fraud that led to the bankruptcy of the telecommunications powerhouse.
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    Skype close to launching global Net call service 26/07/2004 09:17:16

    Skype Technologies, which offers software that allows users to make free phone calls over the Internet, said Friday that it is closer to launching a new prepay service in which users can make cheap calls to any phone around the world from their PCs.
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    MSN lights up Olympic Web site 21/11/2001 08:06:00

    Microsoft and a group of industry partners flipped the switch Monday on the official Web sites of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, the same day that organizers of the global event gathered in Olympia, Greece, to light the ceremonial torch.
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    MSN 7.0 signs on to .Net, broadband 16/10/2001 08:13:00

    To deliver Web services as part of its .Net initiative, Microsoft Corp. released version 7.0 of its MSN Web portal Monday and said it will launch a broadband version of its MSN Internet service to reach 90 percent of U.S. broadband users within three months.
 
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