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1 hr ago | The Washington Post

FCC nominee Tom Wheeler touts telecom industry ties

Thomas "Tom" Wheeler, President Barack Obama's nominee as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission , at his Senate nomination hearing.

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Related Topix: Business News, Federal Communications Commission, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

5 hrs ago | Reuters

Huawei says has no plans to buy Nokia

Chinese network equipment and cellphone maker Huawei Technologies Co said it "has no plans to acquire Nokia", responding to a Financial Times report that it would consider buying the Finish phone maker.

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Related Topix: Cellphones, Wireless, Huawei Technologies Co

6 hrs ago | AmericanBankingNews.com

Nomura Reiterates "Reduce" Rating for Metro One Telecommunications

's stock had its "reduce" rating restated by analysts at Nomura in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, Analyst Ratings Network.com reports.

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Related Topix: Info, Metro One Telecommunications

10 hrs ago | WFTV Orlando

Cops: Arrested man said he downloaded child porn out of curiosity

Osceola County Sheriff's detectives arrested Elxio Rafael Colon and charged him with 10 counts of possession of child pornography Monday, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Osceola County, FL, Qwest, Savvis, Cable & Satellite, CenturyTel

12 hrs ago | Information Technology

Stonesoft Receives Enterprise Firewall Certification From ICSA Labs

Only vendor with both the ICSA Labs Intrusion Prevention System Certification and Enterprise Level Network Firewall Certification Helsinki, Finland -18 June 2013 - The cyber security expert Stonesoft has obtained the ICSA Labs Enterprise Firewall Certification for Stonesoft FW-315 appliance.

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Related Topix: Finland, World News, Verizon Communications, Verizon, IT Services, VoIP, Science / Technology, Product Management

16 hrs ago | Sunday Mail

How al-Qaeda snared Aussie accountant

This courtroom sketch shows Sabirhan Hasanoff , his defence attorney Anthony Ricco and US Magistrate Judge James Francis during Hasanoff's arraignment at the US District Court in New York.

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Related Topix: L 3 Communication Holdings, Australia, Oceania, World News, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Terrorism

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Customer Interaction Solutions

Telco Systems Presents New Solution for Mobile Backhaul and Ethernet Business Services

Telco Systems , a BATM company and developer of CE 2.0 multi-service Carrier Ethernet and MPLS edge and access solutions for mobile backhaul , business Ethernet services and cloud networking , today unveiled the T-Metro 8001 next generation 10GE service aggregation solution - a breakthrough in Carrier Ethernet and MPLS service delivery for service ... (more)

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Related Topix: Telco Systems

Reuters

Sprint sues Dish, Clearwire as key deadline looms

Sprint Nextel Corp on Monday said it has sued Dish Network Corp to block its tender offer for Clearwire Corp, on the eve of a key deadline in a takeover battle that also includes Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank Corp. The lawsuit filed on Monday in Delaware Chancery Court accuses Dish of trying to "fool" and "coerce" Clearwire shareholders into ... (more)

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Related Topix: Sprint Nextel, IT Services, Wireless, Emerging Technology, SoftBank, Financial Services, Investment Services, Overland Park, KS, Park, KS

The Hartford Courant

Kabel Deutschland confirms preliminary offer from Liberty Global

Kabel Deutschland - Germany's biggest cable operator - confirmed on Monday that they have received a preliminary approach from U.S. media group Liberty Global Plc after a British newspaper reported that the company had put forward a 7.5-billion-euro bid for the company.

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Related Topix: Vodafone Group, Ansonia, CT

Customer Interaction Solutions

DISH Network Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period ...

DISH Network Corporation today announced the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act in connection with the tender offer by DISH Acquisition Holding Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DISH, to purchase all outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock of Corporation , including any shares of Class ... (more)

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, DISH Network, Television, Clearwire, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law

CNet News

Earthlink Augments Cloud Plan by Buying CenterBeam

Earthlink is transitioning from a standard ISP for 150,000 enterprises and 1 million consumers to a full-service IT and cloud services provider for middle-market customers.

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Related Topix: EarthLink, IT Services, Internet Service Providers, Sunnyvale, CA

Business Journal

AT&T update will let iPhones receive emergency alerts

AT&T Inc. is sending out a carrier update that will enable owners of some versions of the Apple Inc. iPhone to receive wireless emergency alerts, including Amber alerts and alerts for severe-weather warnings and other emergencies.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, ATT, Startups, Versant, Apple, iPhone, Weather

The Washington Post

IPhone Eclipsed by TV Remote as Broadband Back in Europe: Tech

Move over, iPhone. At France Telecom SA's flagship store facing Paris's Madeleine church, fancy handsets have been shoved aside by the TV remote control, once an unlikely candidate for star product.

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Related Topix: iPhone, France Telecom, Telefonica SA, TeliaSonera AB, IT Services, Business News

ARMINFO news agency

Rostelecom: In five years number of internet users in Armenia has grown by 50-60 times

In the last five years the number of internet users in Armenia has grown by 50-60 times, CEO of GNC- ALFA Hayk Faramanyan told journalists on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Rostelecom

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Customer Interaction Solutions

Ventev Wireless Infrastructure Partners With X-TRA Communication to...

Ventev Wireless Infrastructure , a division of TESSCO Technologies Incorporated that creates solutions to deploy, protect, power, and improve the performance of wireless networks, today announced it has partnered with X-TRA Communication , a Singapore-based IT provider, to distribute critical wireless LAN and Wi-Fi infrastructure solutions to ... (more)

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Related Topix: TESSCO Technologies, Emerging Technology, Wireless, Science / Technology, Wi-Fi

Freshnews

Harris Corporation Receives $55 Million in Orders from International...

MELBOURNE, Fla. & ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- -- Harris Corporation , an international communications and information technology company, has received $55 million in orders from an international customer to deliver both line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight tactical communications capabilities from the Falcon line of tactical radios.

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Related Topix: Wireless, Harris Corporation, Harris, Melbourne, FL

Reuters

UPDATE 1-TeliaSonera picks Vodacom exec as new CEO -source

Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera has picked Johan Dennelind, the current chief executive of Vodacom International, as its new CEO, a source with knowledge of the recruitment process said on Sunday.

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Related Topix: IT Services, TeliaSonera AB

Iol.co.za

Telkom reports largest non-mining group loss

Telkom's full-year losses widened more than fifty-fold to R11.6 billion after it wrote down the value of its assets, making it the biggest loss by a South Africa-based non-mining company.

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Related Topix: Telkom SA, World News, South Africa, Africa,

Daily Record

Engagement: Lindsey Chin & Andrew Robertson

Lindsey Lauren graduated from NJIT - Albert Dorman Honors College with a B.S. degree in Information Technology.

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Related Topix: Jamesburg, NJ, Mountainside, NJ, Startups, Cable & Satellite, Versant, ATT, Stevens Institute of Technology

Seeking Alpha

2 Biotechs With Recent Intensive Insider Selling

In this article, I will feature two healthcare companies that have seen intensive insider selling during the last 30 days.

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Related Topix: Scientific Instruments, Biotech, Illumina, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Startups, Affymetrix, Security, Lifeline Systems, Sirna Therapeutics

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