http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Saudi Arabia warned Sunday of "suitable measures" if providers of Internet messenger applications such as WhatsApp fail to comply with its rules, days after the industry said authorities wanted to control such traffic. http://phys.org/news283956035.html Technology Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:40:50 EST news283956035 Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen is leaving the loss-making French-U.S. telecommunications gear maker after a failed four-year bid to turn the business around. http://phys.org/news279433509.html Technology Thu, 07 Feb 2013 04:25:35 EST news279433509 Global telecom operators are expected to have lost $23 billion in SMS revenues by the end of 2012 as smartphone users shift to free messaging applications, an industry report said Thursday. http://phys.org/news269144969.html Technology Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:29:37 EST news269144969 Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said late Monday the west African nation will get high-speed internet from October, as it connects to a fibre optic cable running along the west African coast. http://phys.org/news255690236.html Technology Tue, 08 May 2012 10:04:02 EST news255690236 India's telecom ministry told mobile phone operators on Thursday that they must scrap "illegal" mutual roaming agreements allowing them to provide seamless nationwide 3G services. http://phys.org/news243785944.html Technology Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:19:16 EST news243785944 Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson reported Thursday a 65 percent jump in second quarter net profit on strong sales but this still fell short of expectations and its shares slumped. http://phys.org/news230483982.html Technology Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:20:07 EST news230483982 European regulators put pressure Tuesday on 16 of the EU's 27 states in moves to ensure bloc-wide media law is implemented at national level. http://phys.org/news220605036.html Technology Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:11:00 EST news220605036 Even as Western leaders call for democratic freedom in the Middle East, software from US and Canadian firms is being wielded by censors in oppressive regimes, a report has said. http://phys.org/news220597453.html Technology Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:10:01 EST news220597453 Five major telecom operators from Taiwan and China signed a contract Thursday to build the first undersea cable directly linking the island and the mainland to meet mounting demand, officials said. http://phys.org/news214121070.html Technology Thu, 13 Jan 2011 06:40:05 EST news214121070 Two leading Indian mobile providers have told the government they have upgraded their networks to allow law enforcers to monitor messages sent through BlackBerry smartphones, a report said Thursday. http://phys.org/news204463947.html Technology Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:50:01 EST news204463947 Smartphones will make up over half of Asian mobile phone sales by 2015, with 477 million units likely to be sold, an industry report said Monday. http://phys.org/news201755529.html Technology Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:12:23 EST news201755529 Data services will drive earnings growth in Southeast Asia's telecommunications sector as cellphone subscriptions hit saturation levels, an industry report said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news199456679.html Technology Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:50:01 EST news199456679 Finland on Thursday became the first country in the world to make access to a broadband service a basic right, ensuring that a high-speed Internet connection is available to all Finns, a government official said. http://phys.org/news197220152.html Technology Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:30:01 EST news197220152 In 2000, at the height of the tech bubble, telecom operators fell over themselves to snap up 3G or third generation mobile licenses in an auction in Germany. http://phys.org/news190176311.html Technology Sun, 11 Apr 2010 03:45:32 EST news190176311 The Finnish government said Friday it has allocated extra frequencies to telecom firms TeliaSonera, Elisa and DNA to run the country's new, faster fourth-generation (4G) mobile network. http://phys.org/news159797115.html Technology Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:06:40 EST news159797115