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AT&T mega-merger tied to spectrum drought: Cicconi

U.S. government remedies to free up more U.S. airwaves for wireless services are not coming fast enough and were an important driver behind AT&T Inc's $39 billion bid to buy Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA, an AT&T executive said on Wednesday.

Netflix cuts data use on Canada online service

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Online video rental company Netflix Inc has tweaked its Canadian streaming service to cut down on the amount of data it uses in a country where Internet usage is typically metered and capped.
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Telecoms lift Wall Street but gains limited

U.S. stocks edged higher on Monday, lifted by strength in the telecommunications sector and an eighth straight monthly rise in consumer spending, but concerns about overseas turmoil kept gains in check.
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T-Mobile's Memo to Staff on the AT&T Deal

T-Mobile employees were no doubt as shocked as everyone else to learn on Sunday of the plans to sell the company to AT&T for $39 billion. Here is the full memo to employees
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Clearwire CEO resigns, 2 top execs leaving

Clearwire Corp CEO Bill Morrow has resigned in a wider management shake-up as the wireless operator tries to resolve a dispute with majority owner Sprint Nextel and fights to close a funding gap of billions of dollars.
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Home Wi-Fi's Slower Than Broadband: Report

Consumers using Wi-Fi at home tend to lose an average of 30 percent of download speed and face an increase in latency of 10-20 percent, according to a new study from research firm Epitiro.
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Velti Initiated At 'Buy': Jefferies

Jefferies & Co. initiated its rating on shares of Velti Plc (NASDAQ: VELT) with a buy rating and a price target of $16.50. The company's unique advantage is that it offers customers the ability to deploy mobile marketing campaigns on a global basis, the brokerage said.
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Verizon eyes tiered pricing for mid-summer

Verizon Wireless will replace its unlimited mobile data service with usage-based pricing for iPhone customers around the middle of the summer, according to the finance chief of parent Verizon Communications.

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