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The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Qiao Xing Universal Resources, Impax Laboratories, Magic Software Enterprises, Mercadolibre, L & L Energy, ON Semiconductor, Ceragon Networks, ChinaCache International Holdings, Melco Crown Entertainment, and F5 Networks.

More than one in five TVs shipped this year were in some way connected.

AT&T Inc. (T) said it is expanding its Wi-Fi access in New York around Times Square and introducing it in San Francisco, near the waterfront.

New research from iSuppli says the mobile communications industry will soon reach $250 billion.

China Tel will be putting $62 million into selling internet protocol telephony in Peru, via its subsidiary Perusat.

A recent survey from Zogby International says the majority of Americans think high-speed internet was the most impactful technological innovation of the last 10 years.

The Federal Communications Commission's decision to enforce net neutrality has already drawn fire from some in the telecommunications industry, and even supporters of the principle were not completely happy with the Commission's new rules.

Internet connectivity in Pakistan is as low as 10 percent but opportunities for growth are evident, a team of Google and YouTube officials who visited the country early this month said in a blog post.

Explaining net neutrality and what the five FCC commissioners personally said about the new rules and regulations.

By a vote of 3-2, the commission approves net neutrality regulations.

The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to meet tomorrow to consider whether to enforce net neutrality rules, or to leave the Internet unregulated.

Telecom bellwether AT&T announced its acquisition of wireless spectrum from chipmaker Qualcomm for $1.925 billion to strengthen its advanced 4G mobile broadband offering.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: CyberDefender, Lattice Semiconductor, support.com, Cost Plus, Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Cogo Group, Sky-mobi, LJ International, Entropic Communications, and Novavax.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: CyberDefender, Lattice Semiconductor, Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Cogo Group, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, LJ International, Nordson, Herman Miller, Sangamo Biosciences, and Motricity.

LightSquared, the combined satellite and terrestrial mobile broadband service provider, avoided an embarrassing - and potentially disastrous- mishap yesterday as its satellite deployed its antenna.

Speaking to investors this week, Level 3 and Comcast both presented their side of the spat over payments for network traffic.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended an investment of $6 billion to set up a national broadband network for faster Internet connectivity after it missed its target of 20 million broadband connections within 2010 as it has managed only 10.3 million.

Clearwire Corp expects to snag another round of funding late this year or early 2011 and may raise as much as $2 billion from selling wireless spectrum, according to its finance chief Erik Prusch.

Clearwire Corp expects to snag another round of funding late this year or early 2011 and may raise as much as $2 billion from selling wireless spectrum, according to its finance chief Erik Prusch.

Increased broadband access worldwide has meant a rise in demand for online media services and this could have implications for a society that is living within environmental limits. The researchers found the current energy demand for bandwidth to be four watt-hours per MB.

Clearwire Corp plans to sell more than $1.1 billion in debt after months of negotiations to stave off a looming funding gap as it spends billions on building a new wireless network.