http://phys.org/technology-news/telecom/ en-us PhysOrg Team Phys.Org provides the latest news on telecommunications, telecom, telecom technology and telecommunications technology. Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique to efficiently divide the bandwidth of the wireless spectrum in multi-hop wireless networks to improve operation and provide all users in the network with the best possible performance. http://phys.org/news258025756.html Technology - Telecom 2012-06-04T10:49:30-07:00 (AP) — The CEO of AT&T Inc. said Friday that cellphone plans that count only data usage are likely to come in the next two years. In such a scenario, phone calls and texts would be considered as just another form of data. http://phys.org/news257798217.html Technology - Telecom 2012-06-01T19:37:04-07:00 When Debbie Klava's daughters come home from school in Elk Grove, Calif., she knows the minute they walk in the front door. Even though she's working in an office 90 minutes away, she gets an email or cellphone text when they arrive - or an alert if it's past their expected 3 p.m. arrival time. http://phys.org/news257767362.html Technology - Telecom 2012-06-01T13:50:01-07:00 Kansas City, beware the story of Vilnius. http://phys.org/news257767130.html Technology - Telecom 2012-06-01T13:00:01-07:00 (AP) — A rocket carrying an Intelsat satellite has successfully lifted off from the oceangoing Sea Launch platform on the equator. http://phys.org/news257744045.html Technology - Telecom 2012-06-01T05:00:02-07:00 (AP) — News Corp.'s Fox and other broadcasters went to court on Wednesday to try to pull the plug on a startup that takes live TV programming and sends it to mobile devices in New York for a monthly fee. http://phys.org/news257660725.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-31T05:25:36-07:00 Brazil's leading planemaker Embraer signed a shareholding agreement Tuesday with Telebras, the country's state-owned telecom provider, to set up a joint venture to launch a communications satellite. http://phys.org/news257574058.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-30T05:21:04-07:00 Internet penetration in South Africa, the continent's economic powerhouse, is low compared to other leading economies in Africa due to high broadband cost and a lack of infrastructure, a study said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news257522086.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-29T15:10:01-07:00 Intel Corporation has recently previewed its first DOCSIS 3.0 cable gateway solution that is capable of 1 gigabit per second (Gbps). The Intel Puma 6 technology solution will help enable service providers to meet consumer demand and offer new services while extending their extensive network investments. A test program by South Korea’s SKbroadband is targeting production deployment of 1Gbps in 2013. http://phys.org/news257406679.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-28T07:30:01-07:00 (AP) -- Broadcasters Fox, NBC and CBS sued Dish Network Corp. on Thursday over a service that offers commercial-free TV. http://phys.org/news257100535.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-24T17:49:05-07:00 Alcatel-Lucent today unveiled a new family of Internet core routers designed to address the major shifts that are happening in global networks. The 7950 XRS (Extensible Routing System) allows network operators to embrace the rapid adoption of ‘cloud’ applications, the explosion in video traffic and the widespread use of smartphones and tablets and prepare the core of their networks for the next decade of growth. http://phys.org/news256989148.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-23T10:52:47-07:00 (AP) -- Aereo, a startup that takes live TV broadcasts and sends them to mobile devices in New York for a monthly fee, has won a partial victory in court over the media companies that are suing it. http://phys.org/news256928642.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-22T18:04:13-07:00 (AP) -- The maker of a new DVR that lets consumers zap away broadcast TV commercials at the touch of a button suggested Tuesday that the networks are being short-sighted in opposing the technology. http://phys.org/news256928624.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-22T18:03:49-07:00 (AP) -- Cable TV companies are trying to give their customers another reason not to cancel their service: better access to Wi-Fi hotspots. http://phys.org/news256829089.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-21T14:25:13-07:00 Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) allow people in multiple, rapidly-moving vehicles to communicate with each other – such as in military or emergency-response situations. Researchers from North Carolina State University have devised a method to improve the quality and efficiency of data transmission in these networks. http://phys.org/news256818229.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-21T11:24:12-07:00 A Verizon official announced the company will begin forcing users with grandfathered-in unlimited data plans to choose data share plans when they migrate to the company's 4G network. http://phys.org/news256552574.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-18T09:50:01-07:00 (AP) -- Comcast, the country's largest Internet service provider, is going to start charging extra when customers go over a certain monthly data limit. http://phys.org/news256481572.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-17T13:53:02-07:00 Would you like to watch live network TV on your smartphone or stream a movie? The answer is probably yes to both. http://phys.org/news256464764.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-17T10:20:01-07:00 (Phys.org) -- Technology is helping communication companies merge telephone, television and Internet services, but a push to deregulate may leave some customers on the wrong side of the digital divide during this convergence, according to a Penn State telecommunications researcher. http://phys.org/news256465471.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-17T09:24:39-07:00 (Phys.org) -- Wednesday headlines trumpeted how "Japanese researchers smash Wi-Fi records" and "Scientists show off the future of Wi-Fi." The excitement is for good reason. A team of scientists have broken the record for wireless data transmission. They showed that they were capable of transmitting data at 3Gb/at frequencies up to 542GHz. They have done so in uncharted territory, so to speak, the terahertz band, a part of the electromagnetic spectrum that is currently unregulated. They reported success in making Wi-Fi twenty times faster. http://phys.org/news256410450.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-16T18:07:57-07:00 Germany's T-Mobile, the fourth-largest wireless telecommunications company in the United States, said Tuesday it would cut 900 jobs as part of a company-wide restructuring. http://phys.org/news256361524.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-16T04:32:12-07:00 (AP) -- Improvements in customer satisfaction at Sprint Nextel Corp. and AT&T Inc. have narrowed differences among the Big 4 wireless carriers to the point that they're basically even in terms of pleasing their subscribers, according to a study released Tuesday. http://phys.org/news256271243.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-15T03:27:28-07:00 LightSquared Inc., which hoped to create an independent wireless broadband network in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday. http://phys.org/news256234068.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-14T17:08:15-07:00 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 service to American customers. http://phys.org/news255954621.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-11T13:30:01-07:00 Cash, coins and credit cards are so Twentieth Century. At least, that's the opinion of the electronics manufacturers, phone companies, banks and credit card issuers that expect cellphones to be the main way consumers pay for purchases in the not-so-distant future. http://phys.org/news255892067.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-10T18:07:56-07:00 Europeans will pay less roaming charges when using their smartphones or tablets across EU borders from July 1 under new price caps adopted Thursday to end exorbitant bills for consumers. http://phys.org/news255885217.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-10T16:30:01-07:00 (AP) -- U.S. consumers have had their fill of expensive, contract-based phone plans. http://phys.org/news255856547.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-10T08:15:54-07:00 (AP) -- ABC and Yahoo will experiment on the season's last two episodes of "Revenge" with a smartphone and tablet application designed to encourage more people to watch television live. http://phys.org/news255805132.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-09T17:58:59-07:00 (Phys.org) -- The Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry group bent on making Wi-Fi access more available more easily, has announced that it will begin certifying devices and hot-spot providers (using the Hotspot 2 definition) starting next month as part of its Passpoint program, whose purpose is to allow Smartphones and other mobile devices to automatically connect to Wi-Fi hotspots without having to go through a login process. http://phys.org/news255775045.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-09T10:10:01-07:00 (AP) -- The head of AT&T's wireless business says he's looking to introduce plans that share a data allowance among family members, similar to the way it sells family calling plans. http://phys.org/news255702298.html Technology - Telecom 2012-05-08T13:25:12-07:00