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Future of Interaction Design and User Experience

Not only is the importance of interaction design is increasing daily but also it has a significant role in shaping the upcoming technologies in interacting seamlessly with each other. This is all due to the increase of software applications in many different new industries. Show More Summary

Free Facebook on Warid till 31st May

Warid Prepaid and Postpaid customers can both use free Facebook till 31st May. The Unlimited Facebook subscribers can use this offer to browse free Facebook, chat with friends, write on their timeline, check their Pictures and do anything they want on Facebook. Show More Summary

Cincinnati Bell takes modest approach to Fioptics buildout

Cincinnati Bell is taking careful steps in building its Fioptics network, its president and CEO said, setting a modest goal of 15 percent penetration within six months of building into a new neighborhood.

Former FCC Chairman and GTCR Fund See Strong Rural Cable Future

TDS Telecom broadband services charge up in Wisconsin

TDS Telecom is now offering ADSL2+ data services to some residents in Wind Lake, Wis., via its partially-completed broadband stimulus project in the area. It plans to bring more Wind Lake customers and others in nearby Waterford onl...

eircom launches national fiber network, targets 300,000 premises to start

eircom, Ireland's incumbent telco, has officially launched its new open access fiber-based broadband network, enabling speeds of up to 70 Mbps for, initially, more than 300,000 premises.

Week in research: MoCA drives home networking sales; Cybercrime risk high in Asia Pacific

Dish Network and its Hopper DVR, DirecTV and its Genie, and Comcast's XG1 set-top box can all expect to receive a boost from a home networking device market in which MoCA-enabled equipment is increasingly sought after.

Lumos appoints TelCove alum Jake Miller as SVP of business development

Lumos Networks is beefing up its management team again by naming Jeffrey "Jake" Miller as its senior vice president of business development.

FCC Cracks Door Open on Naked DSL, Standalone Broadband

Sprint Closes on Spectrum Purchase from U.S. Cellular

CenturyLink's Ewing: FTTT will stabilize revenue in 2014, reduce maintenance costs

CenturyLink's chief financial officer said that its aggressive fiber to the tower plans will help it stabilize revenue and reduce maintenance costs.

ViaSat Announces Next Generation Broadband Satellite

Int’l Roundup: euNetworks, VTLWaveNet, Infinera, GlobeNet, Teliasonera

With ITW going on, it’s been a busy week for international telecommunications on the PR front. Here’s a quick roundup of some articles of interest from overseas: euNetworks followed up its launch of Basildon to Frankfurt low latency connectivity with some additional fiber. They’ve added a new … [visit site to read more]

Ufone Uth Pack provides more than just Voice, SMS or Data

Ufone has introduced Uth Pack offer which has the main focus on youth. Ufone Uth Pack is the first offer by Ufone which focuses on more than just Voice, SMS or Data bundles. Ufone has patterned with more than 250 branded outlets, to offer you discounts through Uth Pack. Show More Summary

Rogers to start charging for paper bills

Many companies have changed the way they communicate with customers in recent years with many now opting to send everything through e-mail rather than receiving letters in the post. Rogers have certainly embraced the digital switch and has now decided to encourage their customers to make the switch by introducing a charge for paper bills. [...]

Justice Absent as Four LulzSec Hackers are Sentenced

How much time in prison would you expect one to serve if they robbed 24 million people or if their swath of destructive actions wreaked over $20 million in damages? If these crimes were committed in the real world you might justifiably assume the guilty would never again see the light of day, sentenced to [...]

Ofcom action on nuisance calls

Ofcom has today published a new study into the problem of nuisance calls that reveals the extent to which they are affecting UK consumers. It found that consumers who experienced unwanted calls received around two per week on average, with four in five participants receiving at least one nuisance call during the four-week research period. Calls about [...]

Telus Agrees to Acquire Mobilicity for $380 Million

Telus has entered into an agreement to acquire Mobilicity for $380 million, an unprecedented move in the Canadian mobile market, the incumbent announced. The deal was pretty foreseeable, as earlier this month Mobilicity reached out to the government for financial help. The news comes after the struggling wireless startup had scoured the globe for a [...]

M&A Journal: Handicapping DukeNet’s Likely Suitors

Over the past few days, word has come out that in fact DukeNet does have a book out and may very well become the next metro fiber consolidatee. DukeNet has a deep footprint in the Carolinas with a few thousand towers on-net, with additional regional/metro connectivity stretching to the north, south, and west. Who might [...]

How to keep Big Data (theoretically) anonymous

This article was authored by John C. Tanner, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net. ITEM: Researchers claim to have developed a model for crunching the Big Data generated from cellular networks without revealing the identities of mobile users. … [visit site to read more]