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  • US telcos brace for Gustav

    With Hurricane Gustav headed straight toward New Orleans, emergency officials and telecommunication companies are preparing for the worst.

  • Mobile phones fail calamity test, again

    Mobile phone services once again failed to step up in the face of calamity. The failure of the mobile networks, perceived by many to be especially useful in times of emergency, forced callers back onto land lines.

  • Intel:Wi-Fi could have emergency role

    Current mobile phones can't be pinpointed to a specific location, but Intel thinks that Wi-Fi technology could be key in the future.

  • SBC to acquire AT&T for US$16 billion

    SBC Communications on Monday announced plans to acquire AT&T in a US$16 billion deal, a move designed to bolster SBC's sales to enterprise customers nationwide and give it new national and global networks.

  • AT&T plugs into power lines for high-speed Net

    AT&T and Pacific Gas and Electric on Wednesday announced a trial run of broadband sent over power lines, an emerging alternative to cable and DSL for delivering high-speed Internet access.

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  • BT bets on open development

    BT, long considered a risk-taker in the telecommunications market, has laid a US$105 million bet to open its network to application developers in the hopes of creating innovative voice services. But will other phone companies take a similar gamble?

  • Mobile: Skype hungry for next frontier

    Skype sees the mobile market as the next frontier for its service, but economic realities in the voice market -- coupled with mobile operators who feel threatened by Skype -- could put the kibosh on large-scale adoption for some time to come.

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  • Mobile phones fail calamity test, again

    Mobile phone services once again failed to step up in the face of calamity. The failure of the mobile networks, perceived by many to be especially useful in times of emergency, forced callers back onto land lines.

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