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Broadband internet delivered to communities across Africa, benefiting 700,000 IRVING, Texas, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BT today announces its 'Connecting Africa' project, which will bring broadband internet access to communities across Africa. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130509/NY10648 ) BT is working with SOS Children's Villages, an international charity that focuses on children at risk, to connect twenty of the charity's sites in twelve African countries via...
-- Net earnings attributable to common shareholders grow 6.6% to $566 million; Adjusted earnings per share up 11.6% to $0.77 -- Strong Wireless and Media EBITDA growth of 11.6% and 21.0%, respectively, drives 2.1% increase in total Bell EBITDA; consolidated EBITDA margin expands to 37.7% -- Postpaid net activations of 59,497 reflect improved customer churn and continued strong adoption of smartphones, now...
Achieved first quarter operating revenues of $4.51 billion; at top end of guidance MONROE, La., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) today reported strong operating revenues, operating cash flow and free cash flow for first quarter 2013. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090602/DA26511LOGO) "CenturyLink reported strong financial results and achieved solid broadband and Prism(TM) TV customer growth in the first quarter, while continuing to...
Carriers need to address security concerns and demonstrate the return on investment to widen their customer base BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Latin American mobile enterprise service providers are looking to make inroads into the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) segment by launching sophisticated, yet affordable devices and services. Carriers are expected to expand their machine-to-machine (M2M) portfolios to other applications, beyond point of sale...
Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Google Fiber announced on Tuesday that it will expand its high-speed Internet service to Grandview, Missouri after the city’s board of aldermen agreed to provide the company with a franchise. The city is just 16 miles from Kansas City, where Google first rolled out the ultra-high-fast Gigabit service almost a year ago. Google debuted its Fiber Internet service to Kansas City, Missouri last July, offering residents speeds of one...
NEWARK, N.J., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Phone.com, a cloud-based phone company focused on helping small businesses prosper, today announced that it is enhancing local telephone number service availability in Canada and Puerto Rico. These enhancements allow businesses to include SMS and fax in Canada and fax in Puerto Rico as well as expanding pools of available numbers. Organizations can select numbers that are familiar to callers in these regions as well as creating a "local"...
Tablet data plan momentum builds despite continued smartphone boom BOSTON, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite continued strong growth of smartphones and the prevalence of WiFi only tablets, mobile broadband subscriptions on connected tablets will expand rapidly in the next five years. Strategy Analytics forecasts global mobile broadband subscriptions on tablets will grow 8x from 2012 to 2017--as more than 165 million new tablets activate mobile data services. (Photo:...
Yahoo! recently announced that it's doubling maternity leave from 8 weeks to 16 weeks. In honor of new moms everywhere, http://www.myvoipprovider.com/ announces the top 5 ways that new moms can use VoIP to stay better connected to the world. (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 Oh, mama! According to an article published April 30 on Mashable, Yahoo recently doubled its maternity leave time from 8 weeks to 16 weeks. This new policy change comes weeks after the very unpopular recall of all remote...
NEW YORK, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at Columbia University, working with advanced tech at AT&T Research Labs announced that Mobicent SIP Servlets (MSS) from Telestax have achieved a breakthrough in high level availability for mobile telecommunications middleware. The innovation in service architecture compares favorably to Oracle OCCAS and IBM Websphere, but is specifically built for growing telecom providers. Telestax MSS now makes it possible to deploy reliable...
Verizon Foundation, A CALL TO MEN, NFL Representatives and CBS Sportscaster James Brown Enable Coaches to Promote Healthier Manhood SEATTLE, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly two hundred coaches and community leaders on Tuesday (May 7) participated in the final installment of a national effort to draft a new game plan to develop, mentor and lead young men. The series, entitled A Call To Coaches: Your Voice Counts, has engaged more than 1,000 coaches in Charlotte, N.C., Baltimore...
Latest broadband Reference Libraries
An internet service provider or ISP is an organization or company that provides access to the internet through copper wires, phone lines, wireless, or fiber-optic cables. There are two types of ISPs, hosting and transit. The hosting ISP is like a co-location center where it will lease server space to people and smaller businesses. The transit ISP provides a large amount of bandwidth to connect hosting ISPs to access ISPs. The ISP can be community owned providing the service as non-profit...
A Radio Atmospheric signal (sometimes referred to as Sferic or Spheric), is a broadband electromagnetic impulse that occurs during atmospheric lightning discharges. Sferics spread out from the lightning source and can be received thousands of miles away. A sferic, depending on atmospheric conditions, may extend anywhere from a few kHz to several tens of kHz. Sferics from far reaching storms, over 1500 miles away, are generally offset in frequency range and may be picked up as tweeks. A...
