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Zarlink Grows Revenue and Cash Position in First Quarter Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:20AMOTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwire - July 29, 2010) -
Zarlink Grows Revenue and Cash Position in First Quarter Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:00AMOTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwire - 07/29/10) - -- Revenue increases to $58.7 million, up 6% sequentially and18% on a year- on-year basis -- Cash increases by $24.5 million to $98.9 million Zarlink Semiconductor (TSX: ZL - News ) today issued first quarter Fiscal 2011 results for the three-month period ended June 25, 2010. All figures are is U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted. Following the ...
More questions and answers on the Hargray mess and other pressing mysteries Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:43AMBy Tim Wood The last time Icalled up two months ago after afew days of working at coffee shops around town because my home signal was so bad, the Hargray folks told me we had the slowest level of signal. He said we were at a3MB download level and suggested Igotothe 10 MB download level for faster service for $10 more per month.
Virgin Media chief: rivals' broadband ads are 'grossly misleading' Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:17AMNeil Berkett says government should crack down on marketing claims if it wants company to invest in high-speed networks The Virgin Media chief executive, Neil Berkett, has attacked rivals as "grossly misleading" in the way they market internet speeds to consumers. He called on the government to crack down on advertising if it expects the cable company to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in ...
ISPs 'pulling a fast one on broadband' Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:06AM• Average speed 46% below that promised by ISPs • Mandatory code and clear penalties vital, experts say Millions of broadband users are being sold short by providers that are delivering speeds far below those advertised, according to research published today. Data released by Ofcom, the communications regulator, shows that the gap between the headline broadband speeds customers sign up for and ...
Cox Business Security Suite Launches Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:00AMCox Business has extended its Cox Business Security Suite service to Cox Business Internet subscribers.
Shashank Bengali: A tale of 2 media frenzies Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 3:08AMWASHINGTON -- Someone presents information that shows a public official in a damaging light. You
Comcast profits rise as customers select service upgrades Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 2:42AMComcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable company, posted second-quarter profit and sales that beat analysts' estimates as more customers selected premium services such as digital video recorders and high-speed Internet.
Frontier Communications takes over local phone service Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 1:30AMDeKALB – Flooding that caused about 80 households in DeKalb to lose telephone service this week came at an inconvenient time for landline service provider Frontier Communications: it has been some customers’ first introduction to the company that took over local phone service from Verizon on July 1.
Gap between advertised, actual broadband speeds growing Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 3:38PMHere's the good news for British Internet users: the average "actual fixed-line residential broadband speed" for most ISPs has jumped by an amazing 25 percent over the past year. That's according to the United Kingdom's telecom regulator Ofcom, which commissioned a tracking study on broadband rates conducted by the research company SamKnows. The speeds have leaped from 4.1Mbps to 5.2Mbps over ...
Cable Dominates Download Speeds, Telcos Top Uploads: Study Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 3:32PMCable operators top the list of fastest U.S. residential Internet service providers based on download speeds -- but telcos fare better on the upstream side, according to data collected by network-diagnostics provider Ookla.
ADC and AFL Resolve Pending Litigation, Reach FTTX Licensing Agreement Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 3:05PMMINNEAPOLIS----ADC today announced that its patent infringement suit against AFL Telecommunications has been settled. Under the agreement, ADC has added AFL as another licensee to certain patents pertaining to ADC’s fiber-to-the-premises technology.
Information superhighway Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 2:47PMTROY CATCHINGS/The Clarksdale Press Register AT&T employees Paul Atwood, kneeling, and Robert Nolen puts finishing touches on a x-cross-connect box containing cables for AT&T’s new U-Verse TV and high speed internet. This connect box is located on Espy Drive. Connect boxes are being installed throughout the city to serve as a distribution point for that area.
Big grant will spread Internet in Madison Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:47PMRural Madison County residents will benefit from a $1.8 million federal grant to extend high-speed Internet service to areas unserved by existing Internet providers.
Kim Morgan: The Club In Your Face: The Social Network Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:42PMI'm not one to write extensively about movie trailers. Though seductive, and often artfully created, they are, after all, teases. And all too often,...
Comcast fastest fish in shallow US broadband pond Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 12:08PMWho's the fastest ISP in the US? According to well-known Internet metrics firm Ookla (which runs the Speedtest.net and Pingtest.net websites), it's Comcast, with an average speed of 16.23Mbps. In the US, Comcast was followed by Charter and then by Cablevision; indeed, all of the top players are cable companies. Verizon comes in ninth, despite its FiOS deployments, in part due to its DSL lines ...
Which Internet Service Providers Are Really Fastest? Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 10:27AMNew rankings tell the truth about download and upload speeds from Comcast, Verizon and their peers. See how your provider ranks and learn about the gotchas to avoid if you're comparings specs while shopping for a new provider.
Ericsson wins its largest FTTH contract in India Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 9:53AMJULY 27, 2010 -- Radius Infratel Pvt. Ltd. of India has signed a contract with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) to meet the growing demand for broadband access across India via an open access fiber to the home ( FTTH ) network.
Verizon v. Time Warner in Liverpool Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 9:42AMCompanies will compete to provide cable-TV service; village to share revenue For 18 months, the village of Liverpool has been negotiating with Verizon
Interview: NSN's Sue Spradley on LightSquared's Wholesale Mobile Data Paradigm Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 2:00AMCongressmen Propose Universal Service Reform Act of 2010 U.S. Representatives Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, and Lee Terry (R-NE) introduced a bill aimed at modernizing the Universal Service Fund (USF) by reining in the size of the fund and promoting broadband deployment.
High-spped broadband initiative brings opportunity to Northeast Missouri Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 1:04AMTROY, Mo. -- In Schuyler County, an isolated health clinic can instantly consult with a pharmacist and a cardiologist more than an hour's drive away at the only hospital in a six-county area, providing fast and often lifesaving medical consultations.
AT&T joins fray Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 11:44PMAT&T CEO Randall Stephenson promised in May that Chattanooga customers would have access to the company’s U-Verse service “this summer,” and on Monday the company is set to deliver on that promise, according to Gregg Morton, president of AT&T Tennessee.
EPB limits losses by extending bill payments Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 4:06AMDespite higher electric bills and a slower economy, most Chattanoogans have continued to pay their monthly power bills, even if they sometimes take a little more time to make their payments, EPB directors were told Friday.
Broadband subscriber count to reach 275mn Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 12:40AMBANGALORE, INDIA: The broadband subscriber count will reach around 275 million by FY-2015 from approximately nine million as of now, says analyst body Assocham and research firm Frost & Sullivan.
Another View: Public's interest not served by new broadband rules Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 11:03PMJosh Silver of Free Press could not be more wrong when he says that the FCC must regulate the Internet ("Rules are crucial to expand access and protect users"; Viewpoints, July 18). Silver cites statistics stating that 90 percent of homes in the United States have two broadband providers to choose from, showing a robust and competitive marketplace. The overreach of regulation will likely ...
Rogers shrinks consumers’ download limits Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 5:22PMJust days after popular online movie service Netflix announced its migration to Canada, Rogers Communications has lowered the usage limits on some of its Internet packages.
Art Brodsky: Congressional Shark Jumpers Help Big Telecom Empires Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 5:13PMThe least Congressional shark jumpers could do is let the FCC do its job and enact the modest changes they proposed to fix the Bush-era mistakes that did away with any consumer protection and oversight.
Televisa, NII to Get Airwave Ruling in Three Weeks, Mexican Regulator Says Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 2:55PMGrupo Televisa SA and NII Holdings Inc., seeking to challenge America Movil SAB in Mexico, will learn within three weeks whether their bid for mobile-phone airwaves will pass muster with regulators.
CRTC asking for input on what basic phone service is in a digital age Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 1:42PMOTTAWA - Canada's broadcast regulator is asking what exactly basic telephone service should mean in a digital age. Until now, it meant a phone line, access to directory and emergency services, long distance, voice mail and a telephone book.
AT&T U-verse Achieves First Billion-Dollar Revenue Quarter Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 1:22PMDALLAS, July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* reported the first ever billion-dollar revenue quarter for AT&T U-verse® services during the second quarter of 2010. AT&T U-verse revenue and rapid customer growth are driven by a network deployment that reaches customer homes quickly and efficiently and an all-Internet Protocol (IP) service that delivers a better customer experience ...
Shirley Sherrod: Proof that a week is a long time in politics Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 12:43PMIt began, like so many political brouhahas these days, with a video posted on a website – a clip from a speech by a mid-level black official of the US Department of Agriculture in which she mused on an incident from a quarter of a century ago, long before she joined the federal government. But in the space of a couple of news cycles, Shirley Sherrod's life story was rewritten – twice.
Lawmakers Move to Fund U.S. Broadband Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 12:32PMBipartisan House bill aims to rechannel money Universal Service Fund telephone money to broadband.
Carat Networks Partners with ComCanada to Offer High-Quality VoIP in Canada Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 2:26AMCarat Networks, a leading global IT hosting service provider, announced today it has partnered with ComCanada Communications Inc, to provide high-quality, high-availability Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone services based in Canada.
High speed broadband cabinets switched on Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 9:52PMHundreds more Mosgiel residents will soon be able to benefit from high speed internet access as local telecommunications network operator Chorus begins switching on new fibre fed cabinets.
Analysis: White House's anxiety on race resurfaces Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 6:58PMThe Obama White House is back to a teaching moment on race, once again playing the student. This time, it tried so hard to steer clear of a black-white controversy that it wound up planting itself firmly in just that kind of a spectacle. Now, President Barack... Barack Obama - President of the United States - President - United States - Government
The woman who proves a week is a long time in politics Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 6:17PMIt began, like so many political brouhahas these days, with a video posted on a website – a clip from a speech by a mid-level black official of the US Department of Agriculture in which she mused on an incident from a quarter of a century ago, long before she joined the federal government. But in the space of a couple of news cycles, Shirley Sherrod's life story was rewritten – twice.
CRTC Announces Public Hearing to Consider Shaw's Acquisition of Control of Restructured Canwest Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 6:05PMCALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - July 22, 2010) - Shaw Communications Inc. ("Shaw") (TSX:SJR.B) (NYSE:SJR) is very pleased that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ("CRTC") today announced a public hearing, on September 20, to consider Shaw's application to assume control of Restructured Canwest.
Cox Orange County Teams with ESPN Elite 11 QB Competition - Kicks-Off Special Opportunity for Boys & Girls Club Youth Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 6:00PMALISO VIEJO, Calif.----Building on the success of its community-centered initiatives, Cox Orange County has teamed with ESPN to showcase the Elite Quarterback Competition. Now in its 12th year, the ESPN Elite 11 Quarterback Competition is a four-day event that unites the nation’s premier high school quarterbacks and focuses on improving their skills both on and off the field.
CRTC Announces Public Hearing to Consider Shaw's Acquisition of Control of Restructured Canwest Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 5:58PMCALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - 07/22/10) - Shaw Communications Inc. ("Shaw") (TSX: SJR.B - News ) (NYSE: SJR - News ) is very pleased that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ("CRTC") today announced a public hearing, on September 20, to consider Shaw's application to assume control of Restructured Canwest. "Shaw's acquisition is tremendously positive for Canwest ...
Rogers lowers download limits as Netflix looms Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 4:48PMRogers Communications, this country's second-biggest internet provider, is lowering the usage limits on some of its plans, just days after online video service Netflix announced it was expanding into Canada.
STMicroelectronics Reports 2010 Second Quarter and First Half Financial Results Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 4:12PMSTMicroelectronics reported financial results for the second quarter and first half ended June 26, 2010.
Durham selectmen busy, even in summer Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 6:10PMByline: Sue VanDerzee Breaking News: No At a meeting on July 12, the Durham Board of Selectmen were updated on grants in progress, the activity center at the Carolyn Adams building, public access television programming, Lake Grove permit amendments, Blue Trail Range and White’s Farm. read more
Time Warner Cable introduces Roadrunner Mobile 4G Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 6:07PMTime Warner Cable announces its latest technology which will soon be available to subscribers in Syracuse. Roadrunner Mobile 4G will give people access to high speed internet access wherever they want it.
Race to Net TV in China Spotlights Doom of Cable TV in U.S.? Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 4:51PMNet TV may be the biggest new media tech event on the horizon in the U.S., but it's also big news in China. Though it's for different reasons, the rapid developments in online TV there may well impact how you watch TV in the future, too. The New York Times just produced an interesting thought piece about the state of television and Internet entertainment in China. It's a timely discussion, given ...
Verizon 4G Rollout Rumored for the 2010 Holiday Season Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 2:37PMGet ready for even higher-speed mobile data with a USB modem from Verizon and LG! New rumors suggest that Verizon will launch its LTE network later this year. Verizon - 4G - 3GPP Long Term Evolution - Modem - AT&T
Leslie Harris: FCC: Just Looking for a Little Jurisdiction Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 2:00PMHow do you use your Internet connection? Is it simply a way for you to get access to the news and entertainment handpicked by your...
Timothy Karr: The Big Industry Lie: Regulation = Job Loss Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 1:44PMThe phone and cable business appears to be "recession-proof," even as these companies do nothing to prevent their hardworking employees from feeling the effects of the lingering recession.
Cox plans to raise cable rates in Arizona Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 1:42PMPHOENIX (AP) - Cox Communications says it plans to raise its cable television rates in Arizona. The company says rates will rise by $5 a month beginning in August and will impact about two-thirds of its Arizona customers.
Nigeria telecoms firms sign up to new broadband cable Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 1:05PMLAGOS (Reuters) - Three telecoms firms have subscribed to a new undersea cable linking Nigeria and West Africa to Europe, paving the way for a transformation in internet access in Africa's fastest-growing telecoms market.
Nigeria telecoms firms sign up to new broadband cable Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 12:39PMBy Chijioke Ohuocha