Telephone and Telecommunication News Blog March Archive

Teens teaches old dogs new tricks

03/23/09 19:09

Old dogs can't learn new trick according a popular phrase, but our elder members of the society are not dogs. A starting Dutch business Bellendoejezo is putting up a tutorials service for the old folks to learn from the master of technology which are mostly teens and the youth. The young tech coaches will teach the elder generation on how to use the basic functions of their cellphones like text messaging, using the internet and enabling their bluetooth.

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Cybersecurity threats increases over the years, says AT&T

AT&T Chief Security Officer Edward Amoroso told a Senate Committee last March 20 that cybersecurity threats have been rising over the years, and it has now come to a point when both private and government institutions are put into risk. More of this report here at DarkReading.com

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Telecommunications to Television

One of the signs that a business is competitive and evolving is how it expands to greater heights, even if it means braving through the deadly seas of recession. Telecommunication giants Verizon and AT&T has now also engaged in the satellite television industry and may possibly lead in this industry if not for the recession. For a more comprehensive look on this news, read the rest of it here:

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Apple talks about next major iPhone upgrade

Apple revealed at least 100 features that it will add to the latest iPhone upgrade that it will release this summer.

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Bundle-up Service Campaign by Comcast Corp.

The vice president for customer operation of Comcast Corp. believes that they have to gain an edge through customers service to encourage the they current consumers to bundle up services so the company would be competitive in this year of recession. Customers of company which only receives one service like telephone will be encourage to add cable and telephone which will be much cheaper in bundles than separately through other service providers. More on the link below

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Unanticipated Broadband Stimulus

The broadband stimulus legislation mandates spending in every state with an average of $140 million which could be a very big help to small providers in rural areas if they would be allowed to apply and won't force them to change their business models abruptly. This Stimulus Act will add $2.5 billion to the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service broadband loan where 75 percent of the budget will be directed to rural areas without sufficient high speed access. More details on the link below

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Spokane high school scrap cell phone jammer plan

Days after testing a cellphone jammer intended to block texting and calling from mobile phones by students during class hours, this Spokane high school scrapped the plan and returned the device.

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Why is Broadband More Expensive in the US?

Despite an improving broadband technology, there is still this gap when it comes to pricing products in this industry. For one, broadband in other major countries is way cheaper than in the United States.

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Tone Softwares with Mexico's Intersel

Tone Software Corporation have announced its partnership with Intersel which is a leader in call accounting software solution in all of Mexico. Intersel will be utilizing Tone's ReliaTel(R) Management Solution as the foundation of its new offering in managing services to the Mexican Telecommunications market.

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