News tagged with communication infrastructure

Fears of spying hinder China Mobile license

Concerned about possible cyber-spying, U.S. national security officials are debating whether to take the unprecedented step of recommending that a Chinese government-owned mobile phone giant be denied a license to offer international ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Industry kingpins predict stunning growth in online video

Consumer demand and technological change will drive stunning growth in online video for years to come, so long as Internet access is widely available to all, a Senate committee heard Tuesday.

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA Space Network to begin new design phase for ground segment

The Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment effort successfully completed its Key Decision Point - B review at NASA allowing the project to proceed into Phase B of its lifecycle, the Mission Definition Phase. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Blizzard Entertainment cuts 600 jobs

Blizzard Entertainment, publisher of "World of Warcraft" and other hit videogames, announced Wednesday that it is cutting 600 jobs.

Technology / Business

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 6

Darpa to develop mobile millimeter-wave backhaul networks

Providing high-bandwidth communications for troops in remote forward operating locations is not only critical but also challenging because a reliable infrastructure optimized for remote geographic areas does ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cities fail to recognize full potential of smart technologies

Cities are wasting the potential of smart technologies by failing to realise the value of their hidden infrastructure and digital assets.

Technology / Other

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Intelligent cars alert each other to hazards

The largest field test for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication worldwide is about to get under way. Scientists, auto makers, communication companies and public-sector institutions have teamed up ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New undersea cable lands in Sierra Leone

An undersea telecommunications table landed in Sierra Leone on Monday, part of a 17,000-kilometre fiber optic line that aims to connect countries along the west African coast to Europe.

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New tsunami software will help protect vulnerable coastal communities

A new piece of software has been developed to help protect vulnerable coastal communities from the destruction of a tsunami. The mathematical model has created significant interest in the wake of the 2011 ...

Technology / Software

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Biggest 2 Australian telcos join broadband rollout

(AP) -- Australia's two largest telecommunications companies signed lucrative deals with the government to join the rollout of a fiber optic national broadband network that will be among the world's fastest.

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tests show wireless network could jam GPS systems

New government test results show that a proposed high-speed wireless broadband network being launched by a company called LightSquared could jam GPS systems used for aviation, public safety, military operations and other ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

FBI partner attacked by hackers, passwords taken

(AP) -- Nearly 180 passwords belonging to members of an Atlanta-based FBI partner organization have been stolen and leaked to the Internet, the group confirmed Sunday.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Multifunctional smart sensors and high-power devices on a computer chip

Researchers from North Carolina State University have patented technology that is expected to revolutionize the global energy and communications infrastructure – and create U.S. jobs in the process.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

The automotive internet, from vision to reality

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers developed a vision for a new, cooperative traffic system based on advanced communication hardware and software, a kind of automotive internet; they also created all the ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 21, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Better computing, communication for emergency personnel at disaster sites

Hurricane Katrina. The Southeast Asian tsunami. Now the killer earthquake in Haiti, which has claimed upwards of 50,000 lives. In each case, the response to a natural disaster has been further complicated by the difficulty ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0