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AT&T Lures Dialup Holdouts with Discount DSL Service

AT&T Inc. has begun offering a special new $10/month tier of DSL service, making good on a promise that the company made when it acquired BellSouth Corp. late last year READ MORE>>

Verizon Signs TV Retransmission Agreement with Nexstar Broadcasting

Verizon Communications has reached a multi-year retransmission agreement with Nexstar Broadcasting Group READ MORE>>

Cell Phone Market Continues to Advance and Expand

Over the past two decades, the mobile phone has changed the way we work, play, and communicate, like almost no other device in history READ MORE>>

Global DSL User Base Reaches 200-Million

More than 200 million people around the world now use DSL broadband technology to access the internet, according to recent figures compiled by Point Topic READ MORE>>

Bluetooth SIG to Standardize Nokia’s “Wibree” Technology

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced yesterday that it will develop Nokia’s ultra-low power “Wibree” technology as the next version of Bluetooth READ MORE>>

Rogers Media to Acquire Citytv Assets from CTVglobemedia

Rogers Media, a unit of Canada’s biggest cable company, announced Monday evening that it is purchasing five local television stations from CTVglobemedia  READ MORE>>

Qwest CEO, Richard Notebaert, Announces Retirement

Richard Notebaert, the CEO and Chairman of Qwest Communications, announced yesterday that he plans to retire from his position READ MORE>>

Swedish Cable Operator Orders Nokia-Siemens IMS Solution

Networking equipment giant, Nokia Siemens, announced yesterday that it had won a contract to provide IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solutions READ MORE>>

Global Broadband Revenues to Pass Half-a-Billion in 2011

The number of high-speed internet subscribers around the world will almost double over the next five years, according to the research firm READ MORE>>

British Columbia to Require 10-Digit Local Dialing

In September 2008, British Columbia is set to become the first Canadian province to require 10-digit telephone dialing for all local calls, the CRTC announced on Thursday READ MORE>>

Broadcom Announces New Bluetooth Features for Windows Vista

Wireless chipmaker, Broadcom, has unveiled a Vista-compatible version of its Bluetooth for Windows solution, which features innovative new features like wireless headset control of PC music and VoIP software READ MORE>>

Shareholder Group Urges Vodafone to Liquidate Verizon Wireless Stake

A consortium of shareholders within the international wireless giant, Vodafone Group, is calling on the company to spin off its 44.4% stake in America’s second largest cell phone operator READ MORE>>

Verizon Files Lawsuit Against Alleged SMS Spammer

America’s second largest cell phone carrier, Verizon Wireless, filed a lawsuit against Nevada-based I-VEST Global Corporation earlier this week READ MORE>>

Alcatel-Lucent Wins Three-Year Contract from Brazilian Wireless Carrier

Transatlantic telecom equipment vendor, Alcatel-Lucent, has signed a three-year network support and maintenance contract with Vivo READ MORE>>