Archive for the Category: Telecom

FCC to update phone subsidy program for broadband

February 7, 2011 studiesinn

(AP) — The federal government spends more than $4 billion a year, collected from phone bills, to subsidize phone service in rural and poor areas. Now, it’s considering ways to give those places more for the money: high-speed Internet connections instead of old-fashioned phone lines. The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote Tuesday to [...]

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Apple has no concern with Android Tablets

January 22, 2011 studiesinn

Apple has sold over seven million iPads in the December quarter of the year 2010, which is seventy five percent more than the previous quarter. But it is about to face the biggest competition with the Android based devices because there will be so many of them by this year. At Consumers Electronic Show Many [...]

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Another Setback for Nokia

January 22, 2011 studiesinn

Nokia corp. takes another slap as the Finnish mobile phone giant cancels the U.S release of X7 phone. They were supposed to debut this phone in partnership with AT&T Inc. The plan was to conquer the U.S market before the Mobile World congress Trade. It will take place in Barcelona, Spain. This launch of X7 [...]

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