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Satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday it would not submit a revised bid for Sprint, leaving the path open for the wireless carrier to accept what it already considers a superior offer from Japan's Softbank. http://phys.org/news290835981.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-19T05:10:01-07:00 Google's plans to beam the Internet from giant balloons sent to the stratosphere could boost small businesses in rural parts of Asia by connecting them online, the company said on Wednesday. http://phys.org/news290834003.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-19T04:13:33-07:00 An Israeli committee has chosen a consortium led by Swedish company ViaEuropa to build a nationwide high-speed broadband network. http://phys.org/news290692205.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-17T12:50:13-07:00 Google is launching Internet-beaming antennas into the stratosphere aboard giant, jellyfish-shaped balloons with the lofty goal of getting the entire planet online. Eighteen months in the works, the top-secret project was announced Saturday in New Zealand, where up to 50 volunteer households are already beginning to receive the Internet briefly on their home computers via translucent helium balloons that sail by on the wind 12 miles above Earth. http://phys.org/news290519301.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-15T12:48:38-07:00 Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand's South Island hardened into shiny pumpkins as they rose into the blue winter skies above Lake Tekapo, passing the first big test of a lofty goal to get the entire planet online. It was the culmination of 18 months' work on what Google calls Project Loon, in recognition of how wacky the idea may sound. Developed in the secretive X lab that came up with a driverless car and web-surfing eyeglasses, the flimsy helium-filled inflatables beam the Internet down to earth as they sail past on the wind. http://phys.org/news290490413.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-15T04:47:10-07:00 US President Barack Obama moved Friday to free up more broadcast spectrum used by federal agencies to help meet the surging demand from smartphones and other mobile devices. http://phys.org/news290435262.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-14T13:27:49-07:00 U.S. law enforcement officials are demanding the creation of a "kill switch" that would render smartphones inoperable after they are stolen, New York's top prosecutor said in a clear warning to the world's smartphone manufacturers. http://phys.org/news290418075.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-14T11:33:49-07:00 The White House says President Barack Obama is taking advantage of advances in the wireless industry to help create jobs. http://phys.org/news290410413.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-14T06:33:39-07:00 Dan Brower fished a much-awaited check from his mailbox but didn't have time to swing by his bank's branch. So the Kansas City resident fired up his 2-week-old iPhone, and with just a flick of his finger - disappointment. Commerce Bank's mobile banking application doesn't accept deposits. http://phys.org/news290365089.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-13T18:10:01-07:00 The top prosecutors in San Francisco and New York planned Thursday to announce the formation of a nationwide initiative and coalition of police, prosecutors and other officials in an attempt to thwart a surge in smartphone thefts. http://phys.org/news290347882.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-13T13:11:32-07:00 The top prosecutors in San Francisco and New York planned Thursday to announce the formation of a nationwide initiative and coalition of police, prosecutors and other officials in an attempt to thwart a surge in smartphone thefts. http://phys.org/news290330990.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-13T08:29:56-07:00 (Phys.org) —Americans are accustomed to calling 9-1-1 to get help in an emergency. People with dire needs used to reach for landlines and instinctively dial the number. But what happens when the population increasingly turns to cell phones? http://phys.org/news290328245.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-13T07:44:14-07:00 An independent panel that studied the lack of technology in America's schools says most students can have access to high-speed Internet even sooner than President Barack Obama is calling for. http://phys.org/news290323116.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-13T06:40:01-07:00 ESPN's announcement that it will shut down its 3-D channel by the end of the year is the latest sign the format won't revolutionize entertainment as the industry once hoped. http://phys.org/news290269985.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-12T15:50:01-07:00 The top prosecutors in San Francisco and New York say they are reserving judgment of Apple's new iOS7 security feature designed to make it harder to reactivate a stolen iPhone. http://phys.org/news290111604.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-10T19:50:01-07:00 AT&T is extending from 20 months to 24 months the time it takes for customers on contract-based plans to earn a fully subsidized upgrade to a new phone. http://phys.org/news290090202.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-10T13:50:03-07:00 AT&T Inc. on Monday said it's adding a walkie-talkie-like application to the iPhone for its corporate customers, replicating a hallmark feature of the Nextel network, which is being shut down this summer. http://phys.org/news290078556.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-10T10:22:48-07:00 President Barack Obama says he wants 99 percent of American students connected to super-fast Internet within five years. He's directing federal regulators to use an existing program to equip schools with broadband Internet. http://phys.org/news289754184.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-06T16:40:01-07:00 Six of the world's leading research and education networks and two commercial partners today demonstrated for the first time a Transatlantic 100 gigabits-per-second (Gbps or one billion bits per second) transmission link for research and education between North America and Europe during the TERENA Networking Conference 2013 (TNC2013), held in Maastricht, The Netherlands. These demonstrations showcased emerging technologies and advanced applications for science, research and education. http://phys.org/news289718784.html Technology - Telecom 2013-06-06T06:26:33-07:00 Clearwire says it plans to delay a stockholder vote on Sprint's offer to buy the half of the wireless network operator that it doesn't already own. http://phys.org/news289194368.html Technology - Telecom 2013-05-31T04:46:17-07:00 When Google Inc. tapped Kansas City as its first test bed for super-fast Internet service, the market looked poised to slingshot into a high-tech stratosphere. Two years later, as a few Kansas City neighborhoods plug into their light-speed fiber optics, the heights delivered by Google Fiber look less rarified. http://phys.org/news289132428.html Technology - Telecom 2013-05-30T13:40:01-07:00 Europe's Digital Agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes on Thursday proposed a radical shake-up of the mobile phone services market, including an end to roaming charges long denounced by consumer groups. http://phys.org/news289130754.html Technology - Telecom 2013-05-30T11:06:11-07:00 Is it really possible to get broadband coverage in the Arctic? "Yes, indeed!", say Telenor, the Norwegian Space Centre and the SINTEF company MARINTEK, who are currently looking into how they can make it happen. http://phys.org/news289116328.html Technology - Telecom 2013-05-30T07:40:11-07:00 Satellite TV operator Dish Network has raised its bid for Clearwire Corp., valuing the wireless network operator at $6.9 billion, in an attempt to outbid Sprint Nextel Corp. two days before Clearwire shareholders are meeting to vote on a deal. http://phys.org/news289107661.html Technology - Telecom 2013-05-30T04:41:06-07:00 Americans pay more for their cell service than Europeans, but they're getting a lot more use out of their phones, a global wireless trade group said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news289069499.html Technology - Telecom 2013-05-29T18:05:07-07:00 Cuban authorities said Tuesday that they will begin offering public Internet access at more than 100 cyber-salons across the island, though home Web service remains greatly restricted. http://phys.org/news288977141.html Technology - Telecom 2013-05-28T16:25:48-07:00 For decades we've been watching TV. Now a new generation of televisions is beginning to watch us. Technological advances are giving the old clunky "boob tube" an IQ injection. Some of the new breed of smart TVs comes equipped with facial recognition technology of the kind used by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, to "see" the images flickering on the screen and suggest new shows based on what you've been watching. http://phys.org/news288956159.html Technology - Telecom 2013-05-28T12:50:02-07:00 It's not enough these days to wonder what to watch on your TV; a growing question for many is how to watch. Just like any device in your life, TVs can now connect to the Internet. This lets you grab shows from the Internet and watch content whenever you want. Most new TVs come with the ability to connect to the Internet, but there are a number of ways to easily turn an existing TV into a so-called smart TV. Here's a primer. http://phys.org/news288956130.html Technology - Telecom 2013-05-28T11:00:01-07:00 Cuba is beginning a gradual rollout of digital television with trials next month in Havana, authorities said Monday. http://phys.org/news288888798.html Technology - Telecom 2013-05-27T15:53:23-07:00 Google has become deeply involved in a series of projects to build and operate wireless networks in emerging markets including sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, a report said Friday. http://phys.org/news288632212.html Technology - Telecom 2013-05-24T16:36:59-07:00