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Update 1-vonage Revises Terms Of Its Debt Financing - Reuters
seattle, oct 7 (reuters) - internet-based phone company vonage holdings corp (vg.n: quote , profile , research , stock buzz ) said on tuesday that it revised the terms of its debt financing deal, clearing a hurdle in its attempt to refinance about ...
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China Orders phone Companies To Share Networks
regulators have ordered china's phone companies to share their networks amid an industry restructuring that is to clear the way for introduction of third-generation mobile phone service in the world's biggest mobile market.
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Phone/fax Service Targets Small Businesses.
offering phone and fax communication, cbv solution is suited for firms with less than 10 employees or multisite companies with 10 or fewer users per location. it requires use of cisco ip phone and utilizes existing internet access, eliminating need to order phone/fax lines from local phone companies. this story is related to the following: services search for suppliers of: ...
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Wireless Companies Struggling With Data Demand - Businessweek
alexander krasnitsky loves all the cool things he can do on the web with his new apple iphone 3g. but he hates the 75% surge in the monthly bills he pays his wireless service provider. "i definitely have no love for at&t," says krasnitsky, a lawyer ...
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Exclusive: Widespread Cell Phone Location Snooping By Nsa? - Cnet News
if you thought that the national security agency's warrantless wiretapping was limited to at&t, verizon and sprint, think again. while these household names of the telecom industry almost certainly helped the government to illegally snoop on their ...
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Regulator Wants Phone Firm Change
guernsey's utility regulator recommends changes to cable and wireless after a review of services it offers other phone companies.
news.bbc.co.uk

Rim Challenges Apple With Storm, A Touch-screen Phone You Can Feel
new york - research in motion ltd., maker of the blackberry, is taking on apple inc. with a touch-screen phone that puts a new twist on the technology.
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Google Phone Faces Off Against Apple - Abc News
it may not knock the iphone off its throne, but the new t-mobile g1 could finally give the reigning smart phone some much-needed competition. the t-mobile g1 android-powered phone, the first cell phone with the operating system designed by google inc ...
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Satellite Phone Carrier Iridium Goes In $591m Deal - Fox News
new york — iridium holdings llc, a satellite phone company with a tangled history and 300,000 subscribers, is being acquired by an affiliate of private equity firm greenhill & co. for $591 million. ghl acquisition corp. said tuesday the deal ...
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Caller Complaints Gets Web 2.0 On Phone Spammers, Scammers
sure, you can complain about phone spams and scams to the federal trade commission, but they don't have the resources to act on most complaints. would it feel better to complain publicly and pick up tips on how to hurt the spammers? caller complaints bring crowdsourcing to the world of phone call complaints. read more...
arstechnica.com

phone Companies Want Fcc To Butt Out Of Local Competition
incumbent local exchange carriers face competition on many fronts, whether it be upstart voice-over-internet protocol companies or larger carriers such as bright house networks or verizon communications inc., which offers voice services through voip-style data lines. (q)
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1st Google Phone More Than Iphone Clone - Cbs News
(cbs/ap) the first cell phone running google inc.'s mobile software looks something like apple inc.'s iphone and has a large touch screen, but it also packs a trackball, a slide-out keyboard and easy access to google's e-mail and mapping programs ...
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Chp Warns Of Phone Bill Scam - San Francisco Gate
saturday, september 20, 2008 (09-19) 12:58 pdt san francisco -- a warning from the california highway patrol: if someone calls up claiming to be a chp officer, phone company employee or even a jail inmate and tells you to hit "star-72" on your phone ...
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Tunisia: Significant Increase Of Number Of Cell Phone And Internet Users
figures recently released by the ministry of communication technologies, reveal a significant growth of cell phone and internet users in tunisia.
allafrica.com

Arizona Corp. Commission Sanctions Companies
the arizona corporation commission sanctioned a handful of individuals and their affiliated companies whose unregistered securities programs allegedly defrauded more than $13.6 million from investors.
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Google, T-mobile Launch Mobile Phone Software - New York Post
the first phone that harnesses google inc.'s ambition to make the internet easy to use on the go was revealed tuesday, and it looks a lot like an iphone. t-mobile usa showed off the g1, a phone that, like apple inc.'s iphone, has a large touch screen ...
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Google Android Smart Phone Set To Drop - Cnn Money
new york (ap) -- google inc.'s announcement last year that it would give away software that could run cell phones was met by dizzy accolades from analysts who thought it would let the search engine company conquer the world of mobile advertising. on ...
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Cell-phone Company Wins Tower Battle In Little Falls
little falls — a state superior court judge has ruled in favor of omnipoint communications in its controversial efforts to build two cell-phone towers on private sites.
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Consumer Trends: Companies Need To Narrow Their Vision
certified management consultant bill birnbaum claims that most companies need to stop trying to take on the whole world and zero in on just two or three key activities.
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The Cell Phone Wars - Slate
in its ubiquitous tv ads, apple claims that its new iphone is twice as fast as the original version and just half the price. neither is true. the half-price fib has been obvious for some time : when you add the price of at&t's required two-year ...
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