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05Nov/17

Sprint and T-Mobile call off merger after months of talks

November 5, 2017FinanceBroadband, Business, Business/Finance, Companies, Deutsche Telekom, Economy of the United States, Fairfield Connecticut, General Electric, Jonah Green, Leap Wireless, Mobile phone industry in the United States, RCA, Rockefeller Center, Schenectady New York, SoftBank, Sprint, Sprint Corporation, T-Mobile, T-Mobile US, Technology, Telecommunications, Thomas Edison, U . S . TELECOM, U.S. wireless, United States, Verizon, Verizon Communicationssmbale

Sprint and T-Mobile said on Saturday they have called off merger talks to create a stronger U.S. wireless to rival to market leaders, leaving No. 4 provider Sprint to engineer a turnaround on its own. Jonah Green reports. Continue reading →

13Feb/17

Verizon brings back unlimited plan

February 13, 2017MobileBell System, Broadband, Business/Finance, Companies, Company: Verizon, Craig Moffett, Data plan, Deutsche Telekom, Economy of the United States, FiOS from Frontier, Fred Katayama, Frontier Communications, Internet, Microsoft Kin, Science and technology in the United States, Sprint, Sprint Corporation, T-Mobile, T-Mobile US, Technology/Internet, Telecommunications, Verizon, Verizon Communications, Verizon Fios, Verizon Wireless, Video on demandsmbale

Verizon launched its unlimited data plan Monday. That’s the first time it has offered the all-you-can-eat data plan in five years. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

25Jul/16

Verizon expected to buy Yahoo for $5 billion

July 25, 2016InternetAOL, Bell System, Broadband, Business/Finance, Company: Verizon, Company: Yahoo, Computing, Dot-com bubble, Gavino Garay, Gavinus, Instant messaging clients, New York, Software, The Yahoo, Verizon, Verizon Communications, Verizon Media, Video on demand, World Wide Web, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Mailsmbale

Verizon plans to announce on Monday an agreement to buy Yahoo for $5 billion, according to a source familiar with the matter. Gavino Garay reports.
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07Dec/15

Africa – Mobile Broadband – Statistics and Analyses

December 7, 2015Mobile3, 3G, 4G, Africa, Altair Semiconductor, Brazil, Broadband, LTE, Mobile broadband, Mobile telecommunications, National broadband plan, smartphone, South Africa, T-Mobile, Telecommunications, United Kingdom, United States, Wirelesssmbale

(Press Release, Research and Markets) – Africa continues to see strong growth in mobile broadband use and data traffic, the result of several factors which are providing a beneficial environment for investment and customer take-up of services. Overall forecasts suggest that mobile internet traffic across the region will increase 20-fold by the end of the decade.
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08Sep/15

Verizon offers free mobile TV

September 8, 2015MobileAlphabet Inc., AT&T, AwesomenessTV, Broadband, Companies, Craig Moffett, Digital television, DirecTV, Facebook, Go90, HBO, Human Interest, Internet television, mobile device, NFL games, PlayOn, Showtime, Telecommunications, Television, Verizon, Verizon Communications, vice media, Video hosting, Video on demand, YouTubesmbale

(Reuters, YouTube, NFL, Comedy Central) – You’ll soon be able to watch content ranging from Comedy Central shows to NFL games for free on your mobile device. Continue reading →

26Feb/15

Tougher Internet rules hit US cable, telecom companies

February 26, 2015LegalAjit Pai, Barack Obama, Broadband, Comcast Corp, Federal Communications Commission, Federal government of the United States, Government, Internet service provider, Net neutrality, Net neutrality in the United States, Net neutrality law, NETFLIX INC., Telecommunications, Tom Wheeler, United States, Washington D.C.smbale

U.S. regulators impose the toughest rules yet on Internet service providers, aiming to ensure fair treatment of all web traffic through their networks.
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