Google Fiber rollout now ready to begin in both Kansas Cities
It reportedly suffered a slight delay due to some disagreement with local officials over just how its thousands of miles of wires would be hung, but Google announced today that it’s finally ready to begin the rollout of its Google Fiber network in Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. Expectedly, that effort will initially focus on the network’s backbone, after which Google will then turn its attention towards connecting homes and businesses in the two cities to the gigabit network (promising speeds 100 times faster than the average high-speed connection).
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Russian carrier gives $5,000 vacation to its most data hungry customer
Use more data, win more prizes. It may sound counterintuitive , but that’s exactly what Russian operator MegaFon is offering to its subscribers, as part of a curious 3G promotion. It all began back in November, when the provider announced a rather straightforward contest: customers who downloaded the most data with their 3G modems would be awarded prizes worth up to one million rubles (about $33,000), including a $5,000 vacation.
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Russian carrier gives $5,000 vacation to its most data hungry customer
O2 data breach potentially shares your cellphone number with the world (Updated)
There’s an alarming rumor circulating that suggests that UK network O2 forwards your phone number to any website visited on a smartphone.
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O2 data breach potentially shares your cellphone number with the world (Updated)
Google suggests TCP tweaks to make web pages load faster
Google has already proven it can load web pages as fast as lightning and flying potatoes , but its “Make the Web Faster” team has grander designs.
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Google suggests TCP tweaks to make web pages load faster
HTC Velocity runs impressive speed test on Australia’s new 4G network
How fast is Telstra’s new 4G network ?
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HTC Velocity runs impressive speed test on Australia’s new 4G network
Ericsson, ZTE shake hands, drop patent infringement lawsuits
Back in April, Ericsson and ZTE filed patent infringement lawsuits against each other, with each party claiming that its 4G / WCDMA / GSM technology had been illegally appropriated. Today, though, the two have apparently decided to bury the hatchet, and withdraw their lawsuits
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Ericsson, ZTE shake hands, drop patent infringement lawsuits
Verizon reportedly trials VoLTE services in two cities, eyes nationwide rollout next year
Verizon’s Voice over LTE ( VoLTE ) platform has been in the works for a while now, and according to industry insiders, it’s about ready to hit the big time. Catharine Trebnick, an analyst at Northland Capital Markets, told Light Reading Mobile this week that the service has already launched on a trial basis in two cities, and that Big Red plans to roll it out on a nationwide level in 2013.
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Verizon reportedly trials VoLTE services in two cities, eyes nationwide rollout next year
Facebook launches Timeline Apps platform, socialites rejoice
Facebook, along with its launch partners, has finally let loose its Timeline Apps platform, setting Open Graph apps free to roam the web. Announced at the company’s f8 conference in September, Timeline Apps allow third-parties to build Facebook applications that facilitate information sharing amongst users and their social network
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Facebook launches Timeline Apps platform, socialites rejoice
LightSquared says obsolete devices used in ‘rigged’ testing of its LTE network
LightSquared’s encountered many bumps on the road to winning clearance for its LTE network, but it’s not ready to throw in the towel just yet.
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LightSquared says obsolete devices used in ‘rigged’ testing of its LTE network
HomePlug Alliance AV2 specification promises gigabit class networking over electrical wires
It’s been a long time coming, but the Homeplug Powerline Alliance is introducing a new class of home networking technology known as AV2 , which is meant to better facilitate HD content transmission over electrical wiring. With MIMO functionality (multiple-input and multiple-output) at its core, the new specification features gigabit class speeds and comes from a decade of field tests
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HomePlug Alliance AV2 specification promises gigabit class networking over electrical wires