Washington: Google Inc intends to finance, build and help operate wireless networks from sub-Saharan Africa to Southeast Asia, hoping to connect a billion or so people in emerging countries to the Internet, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
The Internet search giant - which has for years espoused universal Web access - is employing a patchwork quilt of technologies and holding discussions with regulators from South Africa to Kenya, the WSJ cited people familiar with the strategy as saying.
Access to the vast trove of information on the Internet, and the tools to make use of it, is considered key to lifting economies up the value chain. But countries are often hampered by the vast sums needed to build infrastructure, thorny regulations or geographical terrain.
To reach its goal, Google, which benefits the more people have access to its search and other Internet services, is lobbying regulators to use airwaves reserved for television broadcasts, which at lower frequencies can pass through buildings and over longer distances, the WSJ reported....
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04:43 PM, May 25, 2013
Shimla: Ending over five months of speculation after the recovery of a wireless transmitter close to India-China border in Himachal Pradesh, the state police on Saturday said it was used by trekkers for communication and posed no security threat. "The equipment found December 4 near Jangi vilage in Kinnaur district by forest officials of Moorang were examined by communication experts and it was revealed that the equipments doesn't pose any...
05:14 AM, May 19, 2013
New York: US Cellular, the only major US wireless carrier to resist the iPhone, says it's going to start selling it this year. CEO Mary Dillon announced the reversal Friday on a call with investors and analysts. She didn't specify exactly when the company would start selling Apple's phone, or what models it would carry. A year and a half ago, Dillon said US Cellular Corp. had the opportunity to...
04:49 PM, May 05, 2013
London: Six major Vodafone investors said $100 billion was not enough for the British company's stake in its US joint venture with Verizon Communications, and urged the latter to come up with an offer of at least $120 billion. Their comments followed a Reuters report on Wednesday that Verizon had hired advisers to prepare a possible $100 billion bid to buy Vodafone's 45 per cent stake in their Verizon Wireless...
06:54 AM, Apr 27, 2013
A video running viral on Youtube which reportedly shows a woman speaking on a wireless device in a 1938 film could be the proof of the world's first mobile phone. ...
07:55 AM, Apr 03, 2013
LG Electronics introduced the world's smallest wireless charger at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. ...
02:08 PM, Feb 26, 2013
India will allow wireless broadband airwave holders to provide voice services if they pay an additional $306 million, a senior government official said on Monday, a move likely to boost billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd. ...
11:21 AM, Feb 19, 2013
A former top Department of Telecom official on Tuesday told a Delhi court trying the 2G case that four counters were set up for distribution of letters of intent to eligible telecom firms on January 10, 2008 as only four directors were available in the Access Service Cell of the department. Deposing as a prosecution witness in the case, DoT's erstwhile Member (Technology) K Sridhara said the large number of...
08:03 PM, Dec 11, 2012
New Delhi: According to a report from The Verge, a technology blog, Nokia Lumia 920 which is highly expected to be launched at a joint Microsoft-Nokia event on September 5 in New York, will feature wireless charging. "Nokia Lumia 920 wireless charging support will be provided via an inductive method " lining the device up to the contacts on a charging pad, adding "it will support the Qi wireless power...
10:39 AM, Sep 04, 2012
The Korean company has been asked to pay Apple Inc over one billion dollars for copying critical features of the hugely popular iPhone and iPad. ...
08:19 AM, Aug 25, 2012
Ontario: Canadian phone maker Research In Motion has begun showing its new BlackBerry smartphones to wireless carriers around the world, but the struggling company says it is still months away from starting to sell them. The smartphones running the new BlackBerry 10 operating system are critical to RIM's survival. RIM executives met with wireless companies this week and provided a glimpse of the much-delayed system. It is due out early...
09:43 AM, Aug 24, 2012
Mumbai: The GSM service operator Tata Docomo today announced a steep 60 per cent reduction in its tariffs for its wireless Internet service under the Tata Photon Plus brand name, for both pre-paid and postpaid customers apart from a cash-back offer for postpaid users. Tata Docomo is the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices. Under the new tariff plan, postpaid customers can choose from unlimited 6GB usage for only Rs...
01:25 PM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: Most operators offering 3G services in India are also offering MiFi routers, which have a 3G SIM slot. However, none of these routers offer the kind of features offered by Edimax 3G router (3G-6218n), especially the option to connect a wired broadband connection through an RJ45 jack. This is the reason why we reviewed this device despite it being a year old in the market. But is it...
11:47 AM, Jun 30, 2012
London: Vodafone on Monday agreed to buy corporate telecoms company Cable & Wireless Worldwide for 1.04 billion pounds ($1.68 billion) in a deal that adds a British fixed line network to its wireless network. Vittorio Colao, chief executive of Vodafone, said, "The acquisition of Cable & Wireless Worldwide creates a leading integrated player in the enterprise segment of the UK communications market and brings attractive cost savings to our UK...
12:28 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: Tata Communications on Wednesday said that it would not make any offer to acquire Cable & Wireless Worldwide as it had failed to reach agreement with the British firm. "TCL was evaluating a possible cash offer for Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc (CWW). TCL today confirms that it has been unable to reach agreement with CWW on an offer price and therefore confirms that it does not intend...
11:07 PM, Apr 18, 2012
New Delhi: Expanding its wireless portfolio, Logitech, one of the key providers of personal peripherals for computers and other digital platforms, has announced the launch of its "Touch Mouse M600" in India. Priced at Rs 3,999, it is a wireless mouse that features a touch surface and lets users navigate intuitively with their fingers. It also lets users scroll, swipe and surf wherever their fingertips rest on the mouse. The...
03:51 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Kolkata: Bharti Airtel has launched Broadband Wireless Access or BWA services in Kolkata, becoming the first company to offer 4G services in India. The services will also be available in Pune, Chandigarh and Bangalore soon. The services on offer include those which can be intercepted by and made available in the required format to the security agencies. Airtel had announced last week that it has roped in Chinese telecom equipment...
11:37 AM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: The government, one of the promoters of Tata Communications, has approved the company's move to bid for UK telecom firm Cable & Wireless Worldwide. "Government has given the nod for Tata Communications to go ahead with the deal," sources at Department of Telecommunications said. The Indian government held 26.12 per cent stake in Tata Communications at the end of 2011 December quarter, according to data on the BSE....
11:48 PM, Mar 29, 2012
Mumbai: Shares of Tata Communications on Thursday rose by 1.22 per cent on reports that the Indian company is considering a bid for London-listed telecommunication giant Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc (CWW). Bucking an overall weak market trend here, Tata Comm shares closed at Rs 235.60 apiece on the BSE, a gain of 1.22 per cent. During the intra-day trade, stock accelerated by 5.34 per cent to touch a high...
10:18 PM, Mar 01, 2012
