Archive for February, 2011

Australian railway safety under siege as carriers scramble for spectrum

February 28, 11 by David Goldstein

Australia’s peak rail authority is battling to protect billions of dollars worth of investment in the safety of national rail networks, which is under siege as the carriers scramble for scarce Long Term Evolution spectrum resources.

Australasian Railway Association chief executive...

Boehner rips FCC bid to regulate Internet

February 28, 11 by David Goldstein

House Speaker John A. Boehner lashed out against efforts to regulate Internet traffic before an audience of evangelical Christian media leaders and pointedly responded to President Obama by comparing the challenge of the burgeoning national debt to the Sputnik-era space race.

In a speec...

Kordia posts first-half loss on early digital switchover

February 28, 11 by telecommunications - Yahoo! News Search Results
March 1 (BusinessDesk) - Kordia Group, the state-owned telecommunications and media company, says the decision to bring forward the switchover to digital television transmission to 2012 is behind a first-half loss.

AT&T to send text ads to phones based on location

February 28, 11 by PHYSorg.com: Telecom News
(AP) -- In a first for a wireless carrier, AT&T Inc. said Monday that it will use its phones' location-sensing ability to target text ads with coupons and other offers to participating subscribers in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco.

Metroline Inc. Becomes Microsoft Registered Refurbisher of PCs

February 28, 11 by telecommunications - Yahoo! News Search Results
Metroline Inc., a leading independent distributor of technology and telecommunications equipment, is now a Microsoft Registered Refurbisher of PCs.