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Is Broadband Bad For Energy?

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.
Cyber Monday

Cyber Monday sales tops $1-billion for first time

Consumers spent $1.028-billion online during Cyber Monday, up 16 percent from a year ago, and first time such spending surpassed the billion-dollar level. It was also the busiest online shopping day ever.
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9-1-1 Texting Coming Soon

F.C.C. Chairman Julius Genachowski wants to get the ball rolling on allowing people to text 9-1-1.
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Verizon unveils prepaid option for smartphones

Verizon Wireless on Thursday started giving smartphone users the option of paying for calls in advance instead of committing to long-term contracts, a move that pits it directly against rivals like Leap Wireless .
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U.S. weighing wireless Web traffic rules

U.S. communications regulators said on Wednesday they are considering whether wireless devices should be subject to different Internet traffic rules than telephone and cable lines, in a potential victory for carriers.
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Canada telcos told to extend broadband services

Canada's established telecom companies must spend more than half of a C$770 million ($727 million) fund kept in escrow to expand broadband Internet to rural and remote communities and return the remainder to urban customers, the communications regulator said on Tuesday.
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Clearwire plans pay-as-you go service

Clearwire Corp said on Friday that it is planning a pay-as-you-go service, representing a new customer segment for the high-speed wireless service provider.
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Wireless competition, prices fall: report

Wireless phone customers have enjoyed lower prices and better coverage despite reduced competition from years of consolidation in the $150 billion industry, a U.S. report said on Thursday.
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Sprint customer growth beats Street

Sprint Nextel Corp said it lost fewer valuable contract customers in the second quarter than analysts expected, helped by its most advanced smartphone, the EVO from HTC Corp .
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Verizon posts loss but mobile impresses

Verizon Communications posted a quarterly loss due to a $2.3-billion charge for job cuts but wireless customer growth and landline profit margins were better than some analysts expected.
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Verizon posts loss on hefty charges

Verizon Communications posted a quarterly loss due to hefty severance charges and revenue declined even as its wireless venture added more new monthly-bill paying customers than analysts expected.
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U.S. said to toughen up broadband deployment report

High-speed Internet providers are expected to get a subtle rebuke from U.S. regulators this week when a report omits language that has previously said they are rolling out broadband to all areas in a reasonable and timely fashion.
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Undersea cable set to boost West Africa broadband

An eagerly-awaited submarine cable linking West Africa to Europe has gone live, paving the way for cheaper and more reliable internet access in one of the world's fastest-growing telecoms markets, its operators said on Friday.

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