Archive for October, 2010

Android faces critical security study

October 31, 10 by David Goldstein

An analysis by Coverity, the code analysis group, of the most critical part of the Android smartphone operating system has turned up programming errors, some of which could allow hackers or malicious applications to access users’ e-mail or other sensitive information

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Broadband in America: Verizon has paid dearly to build a fast network. Now it needs customers

October 31, 10 by David Goldstein

Verizon can get shirty about the word “fibre”. America’s second-biggest telecoms operator successfully complained to the Better Business Bureau that competitors had touted “fibre-optic fast” to consumers, even though their broadband networks did not run fibre all ...

The Hindu Business Line : Mobile number portability put off till Nov 25

October 31, 10 by telecommunications - Yahoo! News Search Results
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has once again extended the deadline for implementing Mobile Number Portability, a system which allows subscribers to change their operator without having to give up their phone number.

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October 31, 10 by telecommunications - Yahoo! News Search Results
REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS: Mobile number portability put off till Nov 25 The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has once again extended the deadline for implementing Mobile Number Portability, a system which allows subscribers to change their operator without having to give up their ...

Web body says fibre deal may be illegal

October 31, 10 by newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz
The Government risks riding roughshod over international obligations with plans to give investors in its ultra-fast fibre broadband network a 10-year regulatory holiday, according to an internet users advocacy group.InternetNZ...