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08/15/2011
Google Buys Motorola Mobility For $12.5B
In the second stealth proposed acquisition this year (AT&T and T-Mobile being the first), Google is buying Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $40 per share in cash, or a total of about $12.5 billion, a premium of 63 percent to the closing price of Motorola Mobility shares on Friday, Aug. 12. Both boards have approved […]
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08/12/2011
Videotron Sees Big Growth for Mobile Services
In its quarterly results, Videotron reported it now has more than 210,000 customers for its mobile services. Videotron recorded the strongest growth ever for mobile services during the second quarter, adding more than 3,500 new customers per week. The quarterly increase of 52,700 revenue-generating units was up 75 percent from the 30,100-unit increase recorded in […]
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08/12/2011
Verizon Works With FBI to Investigate Sabotage Incidents
On day five of a union strike, discussions continue between Verizon and the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The discussions are being held in Rye Brook, N.Y., and Philadelphia, Pa. Since Aug. 6, Verizon crews have encountered more than 90 acts of sabotage against network facilities, according to the […]
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08/12/2011
Android Grabs Tablet Market Share
Worldwide annual media tablet shipments are expected to top 120 million units in 2015, according to ABI Research’s new “Media Tablets” study. While not quite as strong as traditional PC or smartphone annual sales, media tablets are emerging from the shadow of non-handset mobile devices and rapidly coming into their own. Android media tablets have […]
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08/12/2011
SCTE, WICT Launch 'Women's TechConnect' Initiative
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) have created a new initiative dubbed “Women’s TechConnect,” intended to support the career growth of women in technical positions by teaming a core group of promising engineers each year with recipients of the Women in Technology Award, presented annually by SCTE, WICT […]
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08/12/2011
LightSquared: GPS Industry Failed to Comply with Filtering Standards
LightSquared, which alternately lashes out at GPS providers and then claims to want to work with them, today is taking the GPS industry to task. "The GPS industry’s failure to comply with the Department of Defense’s (DoD) filtering standards is the root cause of potential interference issues involving LightSquared’s proposed broadband wireless network," wrote Jeffrey […]