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Facebook opens up from $38 IPO price
Social network's stock dips after modest gain at opening.
Verizon says users can avoid data change by paying full phone price
U.S. telco allows customers who do not take handset subsidies to keep unlimited data plans when they upgrade to LTE.
Brazil mobile phone subscriptions up 2.2m in April
TIM Brasil added most subscribers last month.
Traders split on RIM's prospects
New BlackBerry operating system approved for government use in U.K.
Clash in US on mobile privacy protection
Civil liberties group welcomes proposed location privacy law, but law enforcement body disagrees.
ARM to capture bigger share of PCs than Intel will gain in phones - CEO
U.K.-based chip designer aims to take 10%-20% of notebook PC market in next few years.
Hungarian parliament passes tax on phone calls, text messages
Government hopes levy will bring in 44 billion forints per year to make up budget revenue shortfall.
Blinkx sees ad boost from Olympics, US election
Economic environment will remain uncertain, but major events could drive up advertising rates, according to video search specialist's CEO.
Tencent restructuring business into six groups
Chinese firm appoints new chief operating officer.

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Nigeria: Country to Launch Three Satellites
[Vanguard] Abuja - Prof. Ita Ewa, the Minister of Science and Technology said on Thursday that Nigeria would launch three satellites and send astronauts to space by 2015.
Angola: Extension of Radio Signal to Bring About Benefits
[ANGOP] Lubango - The inauguration of the relay station of the State-run "Radio Nacional de Angola" (RNA) broadcasting station in the municipality of Malata, southern Huila province and the extension of its signal will bring about immediate positive results to the rural communities.
Africa: Continental Summit to Address ICT Challenges
[New Times] The meeting that will be held from June 4 to 7 will bring together hundreds of leading ICT experts, regulators, companies, among others from Africa and beyond.
Nigeria: Glo Launches Special SIM for Ogun Traders
[Vanguard] Globacom Limited Friday introduced a unique, low tariff calling platform tagged Oloja, a variant of Glo Infinito tariff platform, for market men and women in Ogun State in the company's bid to make telephony affordable to them.
Ghana: MTN Launches High Capacity Cable
[Public Agenda] It has been six years since MTN boldly pioneered and committed over US$ 100 million into Africa's largest capacity submarine fibre optic cable. Last Friday marked the commercial launch of the much-anticipated ultra high-capacity West Africa Cable System (WACS) linking Southern and Western Africa to Europe.
Kenya: New CCK Levy to Subsidise TV Boxes
[The Star] Broadcasters and other players in the communication industry may have to assist consumers to buy signal converter devices to enable full migration from analogue to digital broadcasting.
Angola: Information Technologies Crucial to Competitiveness - Minister
[ANGOP] Luanda - The Angola minister of Telecommunications and Information Technologies, José Carvalho da Rocha, said Friday in Luanda that Information Technologies (ICTs) decide the competitiveness for the creation of the information society that is winning ground in Angola.
Africa: A New Business Model Being Born - Exit, Stage Left Some of the Master...
[Balancing Act] London - Prices for wholesale bandwidth are dropping across the continent but particularly in the more competitive markets. These price drops will shake up how wholesale bandwidth is delivered and undermine some existing business models and no-one will be exempt from this process.
Zimbabwe: Gender Equality - From Fight to Drive
[The Herald] The World Telecommunications and Information Society Day celebrations were held on March 17, 2012 in Bulawayo at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair grounds.
Zimbabwe: Preserving Tonga Culture Online
[The Herald] The Tonga Online project continues to confound critics of the project that took upon itself the quest to have enlightened communities amongst the Tonga people of the Zambezi Valley.
Uganda: The Telecom Wars Have Begun
[Independent] May 7 was the day a new mobile communications battle began in Rwanda as Airtel launched its new promotion dubbed "Yagaruze," meaning "You Pay - Airtel Pays". The concept is as simple as it is attractive: charge your phone with Airtel airtime, spend it and receive the same amount of spending back from Airtel. The promotion is going on for the next month.
Kenya: CCK 30-Day Ultimatum to Unlicenced Users
[The Star] THE Communication Commission of Kenya yesterday gave a 30-day ultimatum to unauthorised users of radio and television frequencies. CCK said those found operating without licences face imprisonment of a period not exceeding three years or a fine of Sh5 million or both.
Africa: Research Coalition to Boost Internet Access in Rural Africa
[SciDev.Net] An international group of research organisations are collaborating on a project to boost Internet access in rural Sub-Saharan Africa.
Africa: Global Honours for Didata
[SA Info] South African services and solutions provider Dimension Data (Didata) has been hogging the honours lately. The company, recently named global partner of the year by US communications firm Polycom, has now added US IT giant Cisco's partner of the year award to its trophy cabinet.
Kenya: Damaged Teams Cable Now Repaired
[The Star] REPAIR works on the East African Marine Systems cable that was damaged on April 26 , 2012 have now been completed. The cable cut, which occurred at the coast, damaged a crucial link for the bulk of internet and international voice traffic in the region. It is estimated that the repairs of the cable, including costs for temporary traffic restoration, via other cables during the Teams cable outage is about Sh250 million, excluding loss of business as a result of heavily constrained bandwidth supply to contra

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TalkTalk talks up higher on-net subscriber base, as FY12 revenue drops 4.4%
Alternative British broadband and fixed voice provider TalkTalk has released results for its financial year ended 31 March 2012, and while the operator saw a drop in its total number of broadband subscribers it highlighted an increase in those customers signed up for more profitable on-net services. As at end-March 2012 TalkTalk?s broadband subscriber base stood at 4.066 million, down from 4.199 million a year earlier, although on-net subscribers rose by 4.1% year-on-year to reach 3.755 million, and now account for more than 92% of the total base, compared to around 86% a year earlier. Sign-ups for the telco?s fibre-based upgrade option, which increases downlink speeds up to 40Mbps for an extra GBP10 (USD16) per month, continued to grow meanwhile, with 9,000 customers now having taken up the add-on. Keen to point out its network developments, TalkTalk also noted that over the year it had unbundled a further 501 exchanges, a move which it said cemented its position as owning the UK?s largest unbundled network, with 2,508 exchanges now unbundled, covering around 91% of the country?s population. Looking ahead the telco noted that it has plans to install its own equipment in a further 200 exchanges by the end of FY2013. Despite average revenue per user (ARPU) having risen to GBP25.6 in the last quarter of the fiscal year, up from GBP25.0 in the corresponding period a year earlier, in part bolstered by increased uptake of value added services (VAS) such as security service ?HomeSafe?, total revenues for FY2012 stood at GBP1.687 billion, down from GBP1.765 billion in FY2011. Turnover from broadband services was GBP1.242 billion, flat against the GBP1.247 billion generated a year earlier, with increased ARPU offsetting the decline in customer numbers. Non-broadband revenues meanwhile were GBP129 million, while turnover from corporate services declined by 4% y-o-y to GBP316 million; the fall in the former was the result of ?the [continued] decline in both traditional voice minutes services and mobile termination rates (MTRs)?. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for the twelve-month period was GBP326 million, up 18.1% against the year ago period, while TalkTalk?s EBITDA margin rose to 19.3%, up from 15.6%.
MTN Irancell ordered to boost coverage of disputed islands
MTN Irancell has been ordered by the Iranian government to expand coverage of its mobile network to Abu Musa and other disputed islands in the Persian Gulf, Dow Jones Newswires reports. Irancell's public relations manager Arash Karimbeigi was quoted in local newspapers as saying that the company has an agreement with Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat), the United Arab Emirates? incumbent telecoms operator, to provide coverage in some areas of the Persian Gulf that are out of Irancell's footprint, resulting in Iranian visitors to Abu Musa receiving SMS messages from the Etisalat network welcoming them to the UAE. Iran and the UAE both claim sovereignty over Abu Musa and two other islands, the Greater and Lesser Tunbsm, near the Strait of Hormuz. TeleGeography?s GlobalComms Database says that MTN Irancell is the country?s second largest wireless operator by subscribers, with a market share of 44.0% at the end of March 2012, behind market leader Mobile Communication Company of Iran (53.7%).
Hutch?s Eircom legal challenge fails
The Irish courts yesterday dismissed a legal challenge from Hong Kong-based ports-to-telecom operator Hutchison Whampoa to have its EUR2 billion (USD2.54 billion) offer for the Republic?s former monopoly operator Eircom considered. It is understood Mr Justice Peter Kelly refused Hutch?s application to defer the creditors' meetings and require the court-appointed examiner Michael McAteer to withdraw his refusal to admit Li Ka-shing?s company to proceed to phase two of the process. In brief, Justice Kelly ruled that Hutch?s petition would effectively constitute a plea for the courts to intervene in a commercial judgment and interfere with the examinership process, something it is not permitted to do. He also adjudged that the examiner?s reasons for disbarring Hutchison Whampoa?s progression to phase two of the process had ?reasonable basis?. In a statement, the Hong Kong conglomerate said it was ?disappointed? with the court?s ruling but respected its decision. Michael McAteer is poised to conclude a rehabilitation plan with Eircom?s creditors today, which it is hoped will allow the telco and its subsidiaries Meteor Mobile and Irish Telecommunications Investments to exit examinership as soon as possible.
TIM Brasil lines up to participate in 4G auction
Telecom Italia chairman Franco Bernabe has confirmed that the group?s Brazilian asset TIM Participacoes (TIM Brasil) will take part in the country?s upcoming auction of 4G mobile spectrum, despite concerns over the regulator, Anatel?s, auction process. With the auction of frequencies suitable for Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology set to start on 12 June, only last week Brazil?s leading cellcos TIM, Oi, Vivo, Claro and Sweden's AINMT (which controls Net1), reportedly filed separate petitions to challenge Anatel?s auction plan. As reported by TeleGeography?s CommsUpdate, last month TIM Brasil published a statement questioning the regulator?s, decision to forge ahead with the sale of 4G frequencies in the 450MHz and 2.5GHz bands, calling it ?a premature initiative?. Highlighting what it sees as potential risks in the plan, TIM Brasil argued that the watchdog?s bidding documents contain elements that could adversely impact competitiveness among potential bidders.
LTE arrives in Namibia: MTC launches 4G in capital
Namibia?s wireless market leader Mobile Telecommunications (MTC) has launched commercial 4G data services over a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network covering large parts of the capital, Windhoek. MTC?s new ?Netman 4G? services are offered via three devices, the Samsung Galaxy TAB 8.9 LTE tablet computer, the Samsung Galaxy SII LTE smartphone and an MTC-branded 4G dongle modem. Initially, a monthly 4G data subscription costs NAD349 (USD41.50) for a ?Netman 4G Extreme? package with 5GB data (plus 10GB additional data per month under a promotion until 30 September 2012), with unused data rolled over to the following month, and maximum upload/download speeds of 50Mbps/25Mbps. An unlimited monthly data package, ?Netman 4G Unlimited?, costs NAD949, with higher peak download/upload rates of 100Mbps/50Mbps. After 30 September the subscriptions for Extreme and Unlimited will revert to standard rates of NAD399 and NAD999, respectively. MTC also offers data bundles at a cost ranging from NAD0.20 to NAD0.50 per MB depending on size, compared to standard out-of-bundle rate of NAD0.90 per MB. MTC, which is 66% state-owned with the remainder held by Portugal Telecom, announced that it intends to cover the whole of Windhoek with LTE by the end of July and to cover 45% of Namibia?s population in twelve months, including rural areas, compared to its existing 3G network which serves Windhoek, Walvisbay, Swakopmund and other main urban areas but not the large percentage of the population living in smaller or rural communities. MTC?s LTE launch was delayed whilst it waited for permission to deploy underground fibre-optic cable infrastructure to link its 4G base stations, having originally applied to Windhoek City Council in July 2010. The 4G debut follows days after another long-awaited launch, that of the West African Cable System (WACS) providing direct high speed international bandwidth to African countries including Namibia.
MTN Ghana inks USD276m syndicated loan for network expansion
MTN Ghana, owned by South African mobile telecoms group MTN, has secured a syndicated loan worth USD276 million to help finance its network expansion in the west African country. MTN Ghana managing director Michael Ikpoki told Reuters that 16 local banks, led by Stanbic Bank Ghana, will provide GHS410 million (USD216 million) of the total sum, while a further USD60 million is being raised via four foreign banks. Ikpoki said that the cedi (i.e. GHS) portion of the syndication was oversubscribed by 35%, while its dollar counterpart was oversubscribed by 90%. The funds will be used to upgrade MTN Ghana?s entire 2G network to be 3G capable ?and above?, he added. The cellco is the number one carrier by subscribers in Ghana, with 10.394 million mobile subscribers at 31 March 2012, giving it a market share of around 49%.
Magyar telcos suggest lower tax cap on voice calls, SMS
MTI Econews reports that three leading Hungarian telecoms service providers ? Magyar Telekom (MTel), Telenor (formerly Pannon) and Vodafone ? are proposing an amendment to the government?s planned new tax on voice telephony calls and SMS messages. In a joint statement published this week, the three firms suggest that the government bill should include a cap on the planned monthly tax, limiting it to HUF400 (USD1.71) for individuals and HUF1,400 for businesses ? below the state?s current monthly figures of HUF700 and HUF2,500, respectively. The operators claim that the cap would still yield the same amount of money the government is hoping to raise from the new tax, and reiterated their fears that that the new tax would not serve Hungary?s interests while it puts an ?unfair burden? on the telecommunications industry. The government?s new HUF2 per-minute tax on calls and SMS ? to be collected by the carriers themselves ? is expected to be introduced on 1 July, pending parliamentary approval.
Multimedia continues network expansion
Polish internet service provider (ISP) Multimedia Polska has announced the extension of its cable network to three more cities; Chojnow, Wolow and Nowa Ruda. The expansion adds a further 7,500 homes with access to Multimedia?s triple play offerings, including standard and high definition (HD) TV, video-on-demand (VoD) services, high speed internet access and telephony. The expansion follows in the wake of Multimedia?s acquisition of rival cableco Stream Communications late last month which, as noted by CommsUpdate, added approximately 100,000 subscribers to its customer base. At the end of March 2012, Multimedia claimed 1.543 million revenue generating units (RGUs) including 410,292 broadband subscriptions, 356,464 of which connected via cable, 49, 981 through ADSL and 3,847 though WiMAX.
Energy prices may put squeeze on Jordanian cellcos
Jordanian cellcos have warned that a planned increase in electricity prices would have a negative impact on the telecoms sector, the Jordan Times reports. Spokesmen from all three of the Kingdom?s cellcos ? Jordan Telecom Group (Orange Jordan), Zain Jordan and Umniah ? have protested against the planned pricing change, which would see costs for power increasing by between 8% and 40%. Due to the intensely competitive nature of Jordan?s wireless sector, operators are reluctant to raise tariffs to recoup the additional expenses, and the costs could instead eat into funds earmarked for future developments, to the detriment of the sector as a whole. Alternatively, the trio have considered infrastructure sharing as a possible solution, as well as converting base stations to cheaper energy sources. The providers added that they were already beset by taxes and could not absorb further levies.
Round the Bend? Oregon telco claims LTE launch
Regional US telco BendBroadband has announced that that its Long Term Evolution (LTE) network has gone live in Central Oregon, superseding its existing HSPA+ infrastructure, which is now set to be mothballed in June. Customers willing to take out a twelve-month LTE subscription before 31 May will be offered a free LTE router by Bend, which promises download speeds of at least 12Mbps. Eric Anderson, BendBroadband?s director of wireless engineering, commented: ?The performance of our 4G LTE network has consistently exceeded our expectations for both speeds and capacity. With the push ? both internationally and locally ? to further develop wireless network features and performance, we are confident that our new 4G LTE network will allow us to provide superior wireless products for many years to come?. TeleGeography notes that, under the name ?Bend Cable Communications?, the telco secured an allocation of 700MHz ?B Block? spectrum in the Federal Communications Commission?s Auction 73 in early 2008. Bend paid USD6.745 million for the frequencies, beating off competing bids from Verizon Wireless and King Street Wireless, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Cellular.
Sint Maarten introduces new exit code for international calls
According to the Today newspaper, Sint Maarten this week introduced the new ?011? dialling code for outgoing international calls. The process effectively signals the start of phase two of the country?s adoption of the North America Numbering Plan (NANP). Earlier this year phase one saw the introduction of the ?721? international access code for incoming calls, and the commencement of the gradual phasing out of the old ?599? code, which belonged to the now-dissolved Netherlands Antilles, which is scheduled to be completed later this year. Sint Maarten was issued with the ?721? prefix on 30 September 2011, whilst ?599? was retained by Curacao and the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba). The northern, French side of the island, known as Saint-Martin, is part of the French West Indies, and has its own country code, ?590?. As Sint Maarten is now part of the NANP, the country has to comply with a number of regulations by 1 October 2012. Ryan Wijngaarde, the public relations officer at the Bureau of Telecommunications and Post (BT&P SXM) indicated that an island-wide public awareness campaign about the changes got underway this week, clarifying: ?The 011 code is used to dial out of Sint Maarten to countries that are not in the NANP grouping, including the BES islands, Curacao, the French side and the Netherlands?.
Antares to merge with mobile TV operator Dominanta?
According to an unconfirmed report by Kommersant, would-be Russian Long Term Evolution (LTE) operator Antares Telecom has disclosed plans to officially merge its operations with those of mobile TV operator Dominanta. In January this year the Russian media reported that local businessman Yevgeny Roitman had acquired a 75% stake in Dominanta, Vimpelcom?s ill-fated DVB-H mobile TV unit, which saw its progress derailed by regulatory red-tape. At the time, Roitman expressed his intention to use the frequencies to supplement an LTE network currently being built by Antares, although it was not disclosed what position or interest he actually held within the company. This week?s report indicates that the enigmatic Roitman owns Antares, contradicting previous Russian speculation that the company is owned by either Russian engineering giant E4 Group or British Virgin Islands-registered Wagner Asset Management. Dominanta reportedly has 36 functional base stations utilising the 510MHz-518MHz band, which Roitman believes can support Antares? in-deployment 4G network. As previously reported by TeleGeography?s CommsUpdate, last month the Federal Supervision Agency IT, Communications & Media (Roskomnadzor) granted the telco permission to use its long-held frequencies in the 1900MHz-1920MHz spectrum band to deploy a network based on LTE technology. The frequencies are held by the Russian firm and its regional subsidiaries Arktur and Integral, and were originally handed to the companies in early-2008, covering the period between 18 April 2008 and 18 April 2013. Previously, in March 2012, the watchdog reacted angrily to reports that Antares was set to embark on an LTE trial in Moscow, refuting suggestions that the company was in possession of the necessary permissions.
T-Mobile has no plans to introduce LTE handsets
T-Mobile Austria has no immediate plans to launch a Long Term Evolution (LTE) smartphone for its 4G customers, DerStandard.at reports. Following the company?s introduction of the Samsung Galaxy 8.9 LTE tablet earlier this month, vice president of service management Athanasios Avgeridis confirmed that the cellco has no plans to offer an LTE-suitable smartphone, as any device would currently have to switch to GSM or UMTS for voice calls, which it said would impact on the quality of service it strives to provide. On 1 March 2012 T-Mobile?s chief rival A1 Telekom Austria stole a march on its competitors when it became the first Austrian carrier to launch an LTE-suitable handset ? the HTC Velocity 4G LTE. The handset supports transmission speeds of up to 100Mbps/50Mbps (down/uplink).
Videotron delivers on 200Mbps promise
As promised in March, Videotron has launched its highest speed cable broadband package to date, offering 200Mbps/30Mbps download/upload connections under the 'Ultimate Speed Internet 200' banner in Quebec City. The DOCSIS 3.0-based package gives consumers monthly data transfer limits up to 200GB for downloads and up to 50GB for uploads, and costs CAD199.95 (USD197.20). A version of the package is also available for business users.
Look before you Leap; cellco to expand LTE coverage to 65m people by 2014
Leap Wireless International plans to expand the projected coverage offered by its in-deployment Long Term Evolution (LTE) network from 20-25 million people by the end of this year, to 60-65 million by late-2013/early-2014, Fierce Wireless reports. Speaking at the 40th annual JP Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, CEO Doug Hutcheson said that the cellco is on track with its rollout schedule, adding that it has no plans to reduce the capital expenditure previously earmarked for LTE. In addition, he confirmed that Leap plans to introduce two LTE-suitable devices in 4Q12. As previously reported by TeleGeography?s CommsUpdate, Leap inaugurated its 4G network in Tucson, Arizona in December 2011. In March this year the company signed a five-year wholesale agreement with WiMAX-turned-LTE operator Clearwire that will allow Leap to buy capacity the other firm?s forthcoming TD-LTE network, which is expected to go live by June 2013.

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Watching the LTE connections
This is the year LTE should really take off. Connections will increase by nine times by the end of the year (from a low base currently) to hit 90 million, but is this really the way to snapshot the market? By Ian Scales.
Sprint Nextel CEO channels his inner St. Augustine. "O Lord, let me be merged...
Dan Hesse, the boss of US mobile carrier Sprint Nextel, reckons the best way to provide significant and viable competition to the behemoths that are AT&T and Verizon is for other mobile network operators to consolidate - so there'll be three big players for the put-upon American consumers to pick from rather than just two. What an embarrassment of riches. By Martyn Warwick.
Facebook: over-valued, over-hyped and all over the place
TelecomTV has already commented on today's Facebook IPO and fully intended to stand back and watch the fireworks for a while before returning to the subject later. However, an article at FT.com by John Plender, entitled "The Waning Power of Equity Ownership" has been brought to my attention by several readers - and it makes for fascinating reading. Martyn Warwick reports.
How Enterprise IT is Saying Yes to BYOD
Cisco announced findings from the study of 600 U.S. survey respondents that shows how savvy business leaders are accepting, and in some cases embracing, "bring your own device" (BYOD) as a reality in the enterprise.
iSpeculation begins: Nurse, the screens!
Every year at about this time the 'will they, won't they' Apple debate begins as we head for the June Worldwide Developers Conference. This year it's screen size again. By Ian Scales.
Google lobs a googly at the mobile operators
For the benighted souls out there who don't come from cricketing nations, a googly is an off break bowled with a leg break action. None the wiser? OK. It's cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way - the purpose being to baffle the batsman and get him out - caught or bowled. And that's what Google is attempting to do to mobile operators with its new Android OS strategy, as Martyn Warwick reports.
Low man on the totem pole. Canada's RIM bottom of the pile in customer satisf...
A new survey shows that, in North America, BlackBerry users are the least satisfied with their mobiles. The RIM devices come last in a seven-strong list of top handset manufacturers and the results underscore the huge task facing RIM's new CEO as he struggles to pull the company up by its bootstraps. Martyn Warwick reports.
Apple's troll patent sees HTC held up in customs
The increasingly dirty business of building and selling smartphones has hit a new low with the news that US Customs is (knowingly or not) giving Apple an assist by holding up big shipments of HTC smarties for a mass pat-down. By Ian Scales.
Fools, their money, and Facebook
So, Facebook is to up the size of its IPO because the original target issue is already oversubscribed whist investors are banging at the door demanding to be let in and pay cash down on the nail for a piece of the pie. And this on the same day that General Motors has pulled all its ads from the site because they don't work. Meanwhile the bubble continues to inflate, as Martyn Warwick reports.
Plastic surgeons claim mobile phones cause sagging faces. Well, they would sa...
Long ago during the Second World War there was in the UK a very popular weekly radio show called "It's That Man Again (or ITMA - as it was universally known). It starred the fast-talking comedian Tommy Handley and was renowned for its catch phrases and the names of its characters, one of whom was Colonel Chinstrap, a retired Indian Army officer of the old school. By Martyn Warwick.
Cassidian and Alcatel-Lucent bring 4G LTE mobile broadband to professional mo...
New ?Evercor®? solution integrates LTE mobile data capabilities with professional mobile radio enabling real-time video, collaboration and data services that improve operations and safety Evercor will help network operators in public safety, transport and energy to save money by optimizing existing assets while providing an evolutionary path to LTE
Chunghwa Telecom Cloud Service Enhanced by Cisco Systems
Cisco announced that Chunghwa Telecom, a leading cloud service provider in Taiwan, enhanced its "hicloud" Cloud Server Service with the deployment of the Cisco Unified Data Center architecture.
LightSquared turns another page... into Chapter 11
LightSquared may finally have hit the buffers... or not. The US wholesale LTE start-up is to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to give the company "additional runway" for its long and increasingly unlikely take-off effort. By Ian Scales.
Amazon offers dynamic web support via cloud
Businesses can now deliver dynamic web content through Amazon Web Services, using its CloudFront CDN solution. Guy Daniels reports.
Ooh-ay! !t's all back to the future at Yahoo! (!f there !s one)
In 1726 Gulliver's Travels was published. In part IV of the story, Johathan Swift introduces the world to the word "Yahoo". The Yahoos are Swift's invention and his fictional protagonist Lemuel Gulliver, wandering in Houyhnhnm Land, a calm and peaceful society of intelligent horses, comes across the Yahoos, who are degraded creatures fighting in the mud. By Martyn Warwick.

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