CIPPIC opens Bell/Rogers internet throttling investigation

Been throttled lately?"We are interested from hearing from individuals who are subscribers to Bell or Rogers’ high speed internet services who are concerned about alleged internet throttling practices by Bell...

MLB Online Video Strikes Out on Opening Day

As much as every business seems to be making forays into the world of online video in order to stake a claim on this fast-growing industry, technical issues still plague even the largest service providers.Unfortunately for MLB subscribers, they were unable to watch...

Ozzy is My Co-Pilot: Celebrity Voice-Skins for GPS

As it was with ringtones, so shall it be for GPS audio directions. From generic builds to actual celebrity voices, you, too, can get your driving directions from Ozzy Osbourne, John Cleese, or a sort of...

Sprint shares tumble

It is significant that Sprint can lose this many customers given how difficult it is to unsubscribe to their service.  This is a real measure of just how lousy they are:"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel...

TM`s Overseas Subscriber Growth Contributes to Strong 3Q Results

"Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, TM's Asian mobile operations include stakes in Indonesia's PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk (67.02 percent), Bangladesh's TM International (Bangladesh) Limited (70 percent), Sri Lanka's Dialog Telekom Plc (84.83 percent), India's Spice...

JDSU introduces special edition of managed wireless service to China

"The Beijing Olympics will take place in 37 venues across seven cities and attendance is expected to total more than half a million, including 500,000 visitors, 10,708 athletes, 70,000 volunteers, 17,600 press and 4,000 staff. Mobile communications activity among these...

PT Indosat end-August cellular subscribers 21.5 mln, up 1.5 mln from June

""The significant rise in the subscriber base in the past two months is in line with the expansion of the company's coverage as well as aggressive promotional activities," company president Johnny Swandi Sjam told...

Satellite radio investors getting ready for pay day merger

The two major satellite radio providers - XM and Sirius - have just filed quarterly results indicating both are continuing to attract new subscribers even though the outcome of a merger between the two is...

Becoming a Better Beat Blogger (from the Drilling Down online publishing conf...

Becoming a Better Beat BloggerDavid Postman, Seattle TimesFull time blogging for a newspaper.The line between blogging and news writing is blurred: there's a big common denominator.Sportswriters and political...

Conservative MP Introduces 'Clean Internet Act'

Another politician is wading into legal waters that appear out of his depth."Conservative MP Joy Smith yesterday introduced the Clean Internet Act (Bill C-427). The private member's bill would establish an Internet service provider licensing system to be administered by the...

Student Finds Security Flaw, Gets Booted from ISP

No good deed goes unpunished, it would seem: one would think that BeThere (the ISP in question)would be thrilled to have one of their subscribers so on top of this, particularly since they missed the flaw. "A 21-year-old college student in London had his internet service...

Universities to RIAA: We Won't Help You Sue Our Students (Some Will, for a Pr...

UPDATE:The University of Nebraska is taking the mercenary approach towards ratting out its students. Details of the University of Nebraska's billing process for RIAA investigations:"Unlike the University of Wisconsin, which refuses to rat out its students to the RIAA, the...

RIAA Pressuring ISPs to Pursue Suspected File-Sharers

I found this story via boingboing. The operative phrase in this story is "without having to resort to the legal system". The Recording Industry Association of America seems to be getting more and more desperate.Personally, I was unaware that my Internet Service Provider was...

Sirius Cuts Year-End Subscriber Forecast: Auto Units To Blame?

"Sirius lowered expectations on the number of folks out there it plans on having as subscribers at the end of the year -- from an initial estimate of 6.3 million subscribers to somewhere between 5.9 and 6.1...

China Mobile posts 25.5 percent rise in first-half profit

"HONG KONG (AFP) - China Mobile, the nation's largest mobile phone operator, posted a 25.5 percent rise in first-half net profit boosted by a solid growth in operating revenue and subscriber numbers. The company reported a net profit of 30.17 billion yuan (3.63 billion US),...

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