Verizon Wireless Launches LTE in 6 More Cities

Verizon Wireless activated its commercial LTE network in six more metropolitan areas, as well as expanding the 4G LTE network in Charlotte, N.C. The areas where the 4G LTE network will now be available include Clarksville, Tenn.-Hopkinsville, Ky.; Cleveland, Tenn.; Columbia and Hilton Head, S.C.; Wilmington, N.C.; and the Greater Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania.David Small, chief technical officer for Verizon Wireless, noted, "As of today, we will...

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LightSquared Signs Another LTE Roaming Deal

LightSquared announced an LTE roaming agreement with SI Wireless, a partnership of rural independent telephone companies, delivering 3G-CDMA/EVDO technology to rural parts of Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. The deal will provide subscribers of SI Wireless with a nationwide 4G-LTE footprint as well as satellite coverage in rural areas where there is no terrestrial network. It will also expand LightSquared's data coverage to additional rural communities in the SI Wireless coverage area. http://www.LightSquared....

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Level 3 Adds Wireless Backup Option

Level 3 Communications announced a new wireless backup solution that provides a reliable alternative to traditional IP network backup. Enhancing its managed router capabilities, Level 3's wireless backup access is now available across the U.S. for the company's dedicated Internet access (DIA), virtual private network (VPN) and converged business network services. Level 3 said its new wireless backup solution complements an already robust IP network...

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Nokia Posts Solid Q1, Signs with Microsoft

Nokia reported Q1 net sales of EUR 10.399 billion, up from EUR 9.522 billion in Q1 2010, and an operating profit of EUR 439 million, compared to EUR 488 million last year. Nokia also finalized its strategic agreement with Microsoft."In the first quarter, we shifted from defining our strategy to executing our strategy. On this front, I am pleased to report that we signed our definitive agreement with Microsoft and already our product design and engineering...

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China Mobile Tops 600 Million Users

China Mobile added 16.8 million more customers in the last three months, enabling it to surpass the 600 million user milestone.Operating revenue for the first three months of the year reached RMB 118.172 billion (about US$18 billion), up by 8.3% over the same period of last year. EBITDA was RMB58.079 billion, up by 5.3% over the same period of last year.However, China Mobile said it is facing challenges such as increasing saturation across the country...

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Chunghwa Tests 700 MHz and 2.6GHz LTE with Alcatel-Lucent

Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories and Alcatel-Lucent conducted indoor demonstrations of applications and services on a wide variety of 4G LTE devices from various Taiwanese terminal manufacturers and outdoor mobility tests on a high-speed train.The demonstration builds on an intensive field trial in both 2.6GHz and 700MHz frequency bands that Chunghwa has been conducting over the past 6 months using an end-to-end LTE solution supplied by Alcatel-Lucent. The LTE trial focused on testing the radio frequency (RF) network performance in terms of coverage...

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Neustar to Acquire Evolving Systems' Numbering Solutions

Neustar will acquire the assets and certain liabilities of the Numbering Solutions business from Evolving Systems for approximately $39.0 million in cash. Neustar said the acquisition will further its long-term initiative to simplify operators' OSS architectures by mitigating cost and complexity, while making the evolution to next-generation networks more efficient, manageable, and flexible to meet the increasingly complex needs of end-users. "The profound change underway in the telecommunications industry is creating significant challenges and...

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Verizon Report Strong Q1 as Smartphone Penetration Rises

With strength in wireless and its FiOS operations, Verizon Communications' total operating revenues in Q1 rose to $27.0 billion and earnings reached 51 cents per share, compared with first-quarter 2010 earnings of 16 cents per share. The company's wireless subscriber base grew to 104.0 million total connections."In the first quarter, Verizon Wireless solidified its industry leadership with results that once again showed sustainable, profitable growth," said Verizon Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg. "We are executing on our business plans and...

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Greenpeace: How Dirty is Your Data?

Apple earned the lowest score among large, U.S., Internet companies for the eco-friendliness of its data centers, according to a newly published scorecard from Greenpeace. Data centers consume an increasing amount of electricity. Greenpeace calculates that if the Internet was a country, it would rank 5th for the amount of electricity usage, just below Japan and above Russia. This amounts to 1.5-2% of all global electricity; and data center energy...

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WSJ: Apple, Google Receive Phone Users' Locations

Apple and Google are each collecting location data from their smartphone users, according The Wall Street Journal. Data collected includes GPS coordinates, time stamp, signal strength, and SSID of nearby Wi-Fi hotspots. The analysis is seen accelerating the debate on mobile user privacy. http://www.wsj....

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