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topix.net | 21-May-2012 11:32
Cable Show 2012: Arris, NDS To Knit Gateway Together
Arris Group and NDS are collaborating on next-generation video gateway -- combining Arris's hardware platform with NDS middleware, content security and interface software -- in "close collaboration with several North American cable operators," the companies said.
topix.net | 21-May-2012 07:17
AT&T, Feds neglect low-price mandate designed to help schools
At the dawn of the Internet era, Congress set out to avert a digital divide between rich and poor students.
topix.net | 21-May-2012 03:03
Falcone's folly
Philip Falcone's street fighter instincts and penchant for ultra-risky investments helped catapult him into the gilded club of Wall Street's elite.
topix.net | 20-May-2012 22:48
A Quality Value Play: J2 Global Communications
J2 Global Communications is a ~$1.1B market cap company that provides cloud-based communication services to business customers.
topix.net | 20-May-2012 18:38
Verizon Wireless and AT&T racing to introduce shared-date plans
When Verizon Wireless and AT&T roll out their shared-data pricing plans, it is expected to change how the industry charges for wireless.
topix.net | 20-May-2012 14:29
Ferro merges his profits
Merge Healthcare's stock has soared since Michael Ferro took control of the struggling Milwaukee-based firm and moved its headquarters to Chicago.
topix.net | 20-May-2012 10:24
Bruce Kushnick: The Great Verizon FiOS Ripoff
After decades of demanding and getting rate hikes and tax breaks in return for promising to deliver broadband internet access to schools, libraries, hospitals and every home and business in their territories, Verizon is now making it clear that it is no longer expanding FiOS, its fiber optic cable service.
topix.net | 20-May-2012 06:15
Vodafone poised to net 8bn from Verizon Wireless venture
Vodafone chief executive Vittorio Colao is expected to point to a potential $13billion of future gains from its US joint venture Verizon Wireless when he unveils increased full-year profits from the mobile phone giant this week.
topix.net | 20-May-2012 02:00
600 employees at contractors servicing Rogers customers could strike next month
The union representing employees at four contractors who service Rogers Communications Inc.
topix.net | 19-May-2012 21:51
Apple Loop
Still chasing $1,000? Yes. China Mobile, the country's largest mobile phone operator, said it's talking with Apple to bring the iPhone to its subscribers - though no word on when.
topix.net | 19-May-2012 17:41
Toronto Hydro posts loss after restructuring costs
Toronto Hydro lost $12.8 million in the red three months ended March 31 after recording heavy costs for downsizing its workforce.
topix.net | 19-May-2012 13:26
Verizon data fans to pay more in service or phones
A lot of loyal Facebook fans and occasional investors are discovering a hard truth this week: Money and connections talk, especially when it comes to a hot deal handled by Wall Street.
topix.net | 19-May-2012 09:27
Worries mount as Nokia burns through cash
LONDON/HELSINKI, May 18 - Nokia Oyj is tearing through its cash reserves at an unsustainable rate, raising what some analysts say are serious questions about the struggling Finnish phone maker's ability to stabilize its finances in the months ahead.
topix.net | 19-May-2012 05:22
Most actively traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange markets
Mercator Minerals Ltd. . Miner. Up two cents, or 3.39 per cent, at 61 cents on 8,444,060 shares.
topix.net | 19-May-2012 01:18
Time Warner Cable Selects BlackArrow
As part of an effort to boost its on demand advertising revenue, Time Warner Cable has selected BlackArrow Advanced Advertising System for a system-wide deployment of real-time, dynamic ad insertion within on-demand content.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 21:03
Ground Zero museum delays upset families of 9/11 victims
A view shows the One World Trade Center in New York April 30, 2012. The One World Trade Center, built on the ground zero site of the fallen World Trade Center Towers, which were brought down in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, officially surpassed the Empire State Building as the tallest building in New York on Monday.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 16:49
AT&T mobile chief: Windows 8 can boost Windows Phone
The launch of Nokia's Lumia 900 on AT&T's network has exceeded expectations and momentum for Windows Phone is likely to build when Windows 8 launches, according to Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T Mobility.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 12:39
AT&T eyes lower subsidies, shared data plans
AT&T Inc is hoping to help its margins by lowering smartphone subsidies and the company also aims to boost revenue with a new offering that would allow consumers to share their data allowance between tablets and smartphones.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 08:30
Stellar Quarter for Cisco as US Operators Open Their Wallets
Cisco's Q1 revenues in this segment were 2% up on Q4 2011, while all other vendors experienced sequential declines.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 04:30
CenturyLink asking to be exempted from rule that requires...
A rule adopted in 1993 requires telephone companies to restore service for an outage within 24 hours or credit customers for one month of service.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 00:15
Sprint CEO sees more telecom M&A's possible
Groundbreaking new research is allowing quadriplegics to control objects with a robotic arm and the power of their thoughts.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 20:01
Alcatel-Lucent USA Settles Patent Litigation with Klausner Technologies
To date, Klausner Technologies has licensed its Visual Voicemail patents to over 50 companies.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 15:56
Verizon will kill 'grandfathered' unlimited data plans, push users to data share
Verizon Wireless plans to eliminate the $30 per month unlimited data plan that it still provides to 3G customers who were "grandfathered" into the plan because they were data customers prior to the company's switch to tiered data pricing last July.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 11:51
Verizon to scrap unlimited plans for 4G users
Verizon Wireless plans to force customers to give up their unlimited data plans when they move to its high-speed wireless service, a top executive for parent Verizon Communications Inc.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 07:42
Viacom, Time Warner Cable settle dispute over app
Viacom Inc., the parent of pay TV networks MTV and Comedy Central, has settled a dispute with Time Warner Cable Inc.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 03:37
Jennifer Lopez Tops Forbes' List of "Most Powerful Celebrities;" Bieber, Katy, Rihanna in Top Ten
A few years ago, Jennifer Lopez's career seemed to be floundering. Not any longer -- she's now topped Forbes magazine's annual list of the 100 Most Powerful Celebrities, displacing last year's #1, Lady Gaga.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 23:33
Permits To Be Revoked; Cell Tower Fight Rages On
During a special Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday evening at Richboro Middle School , Northampton Township officials announced they will meet Wednesday morning to find a justifiable cause to revoke the permit that allows American Tower Corporation to install pole-based distributed antenna systems and nearly 40 miles of fiber optic cables across ... (more)
topix.net | 16-May-2012 19:23
Samsung ousts Nokia as global cellphone leader
Nokia has been bumped off its 14-year top spot as the world's largest cellphone company by Samsung, according to a British research firm.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 15:09
Smartphone Sales: It's Now Apple And Samsung's Game To Lose--Everyone Else Is An Also-Ran
FAB.COM: More Than A Third Of Our Visits Are Now Mobile--And 95% Of Those Are iPhones And iPads Mobile handset sales actually fell 2% globally in Q1 , from 428 million units to 419 million units.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 14:04
NTT DoCoMo launching 19 new devices this summer, brings Galaxy S III to Japan
If you aren't already accustomed to Japan's regular deluge of device announcements , brace yourself: NTT DoCoMo just stepped forward with 17 new phones, as well as a mobile WiFi hotspot and a tablet.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 09:54
CIBC hopes to steal clients with "mobile wallets"
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is hoping its deal with Rogers Communications to allow customers to pay for purchases with smartphones will help it steal clients from banking rivals who must now rush to match the offering.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 05:39
CIBC, Rogers announce deal to launch mobile payments
CIBC and Rogers Communications Inc. say they will allow Canadians to pay with their CIBC credit card at checkout counters later this year using a smartphone enabled with mobile payment technology.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 01:25
Oracle's Android lawsuit against Google goes to jury for patent decision
A California jury began another round of deliberations on Tuesday in a high profile trial over allegations that Google's Android mobile platform violates Oracle's intellectual property rights.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 00:20
Obama on gay marriage: 'Right thing to do'
President Barack Obama arrives to deliver the commencement address to graduates at all-female Barnard College, on the campus of Columbia University, accompanied by Barnard President Debora L. Spar, in New York, Monday, May 14, 2012.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 20:05
Google's Android gains share in smartphones: survey
Google's Android smartphone software stretched its market lead in early 2012, helped by new models from handset makers like Samsung and HTC and piling the pressure on rivals like Research In Motion and Nokia.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 15:56
Study: Phone co customer satisfaction evens out
Improvements in customer satisfaction at Sprint Nextel Corp. and AT&T Inc. have narrowed differences among the Big 4 wireless carriers to the point that they're basically even in terms of pleasing their subscribers, according to a study released Tuesday.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 11:56
LightSquared Files For Bankruptcy
The move has been widely expected, since the company's options for appeasing its creditors were running out.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 11:56
How consumer-electronics makers are faring
April 19: Microsoft Corp. says it shipped 1.4 million Xbox 360 consoles during the first three months of the year, about half of the 2.7 million shipped a year earlier.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 07:46
Subscriber data from Internet service providers
April 19: Verizon Communications Inc. added 193,000 FiOS Internet customers in the first three months of the year to end the quarter with 5 million.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 03:42
A look at telecom-industry subscriber reports
Here is a summary of reports for selected telecommunications companies and what they reveal about their own and the industry's prospects: April 19: Verizon Wireless gained 501,000 subscribers under contract-based plans in the quarter, slightly above analyst expectations.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 03:42
Telecom trials 4G mobile tech ahead of spectrum auction
Telecom, which shed a heavy regulatory burden when it carved out its network unit Chorus last year, will trial new mobile technology to cash in on the government's plan to sell high-frequency spectrum when it switches off the analogue television network.
topix.net | 14-May-2012 23:33
EffectiveUI Named "Gold Sponsor" of Cloud Expo 2012 New York
EffectiveUI is a full-service user experience agency that architects and delivers custom software and applications that translate into exceptional digital experiences.
topix.net | 13-May-2012 18:58
Daniel Bikel
Imed Zitouni , IBM Senior Research Scientist, has led IBM's Arabic information extraction and data resources efforts since 2004.
topix.net | 13-May-2012 14:58
re. Vodafone Z Score
As a new subscriber I checked out my porfolio and was suprised to find Vodafone in the distress area of the Altman Z2 Score.
topix.net | 13-May-2012 10:44
Anemometer will remain off Scarborough's shore for another summer
Sailors, trail walkers and those with backyards overlooking Lake Ontario will have to deal with another summer of an anemometer being a part of their view.
topix.net | 13-May-2012 06:39