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Network World: Virgin Media to trial fiber broadband over telegraph poles
Virgin Media will use telegraph poles to extend the reach of FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) in a test in the U.K. village of Woolhampton, it said on Thursday.
AME Info: Moody's places Qtel ratings under review
Moody's Investors Service has said it has placed the ratings for Qtel under review, following change in outlook to negative from stable of the Ba1 Corporate Family Rating for PT Indosat Tbk (Indosat), in which Qtel has a 65% stake. The A1 long term ratings for Qtel, the A1 rating for Qtel International Finance Limited and A1-rated bonds issued under Qtel's G ...
Network World: A couple of books and a lot of time
Gibbs reviews a couple of books that have impressed him and then gets all geeked out over the eZ430-Chronos Wireless Watch system.
 Financial Times: Mexico's Slim heads Forbes rich list
Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecommunications billionaire with a net worth of $53.5bn, has been crowned the world's richest person by Forbes magazine – the first time in 16 years the post has been held by a non-American.
Financial Times: Beijing faces 'triple play' rivalries
China's three big telecom operators prepare for competition from companies outside the industry as convergence between telecoms, broadcasting and the internet looms
Financial Times: China Mobile seals stake in Pudong
China Mobilehas agreed to pay Rmb39.8bn for a 20 per cent stake in Pudong Development Bank, closing a deal that unsettled investors when news of it started leaking two weeks ago
Network World: Data issue hits BlackBerry devices for second day
Some BlackBerry users are complaining of an inability to use data services for the second day in a row.
Forbes: The Hacker-Proof Network
Quantum computing will become a huge threat to computer security. Is there a way to secure tomorrow's networks?
AME Info: Viva Kuwait extends roaming to 176 countries
Kuwait's telecoms service provider Viva has announced it will extend its roaming coverage to a total of 176 countries and more than 420 operators including the US, Canada, England, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, GCC, Egypt and Lebanon. The company also said it now supports GPRS roaming in 75 countries with more than 123 operators.
Network World: 8 Creative Weekend Printer Projects
Think your home inkjet printer is just for printing out boarding passes and driving directions? Give it a new lease on life. Here's how to use your printer to label things, play games, design a clothing line, and more. Whether you're feeling productive, playful, crafty,or creative, there's a project here for you--and it won't require specialized (or expensiv ...
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·Moody's places Qtel ratings under review
Moody's Investors Service has said it has placed the ratings for Qtel under review, following change in outlook to negative from stable of the Ba1 Corporate Family Rating for PT Indosat Tbk (Indosat), in which Qtel has a 65% stake. The A1 long term ratings for Qtel, the A1 rating for Qtel International Finance Limited and A1-rated bonds issued under Qtel's GMTN programme have been placed under review for possible dow ...
·Viva Kuwait extends roaming to 176 countries
Kuwait's telecoms service provider Viva has announced it will extend its roaming coverage to a total of 176 countries and more than 420 operators including the US, Canada, England, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, GCC, Egypt and Lebanon. The company also said it now supports GPRS roaming in 75 countries with more than 123 operators.
·Orascom Telecom's tax appeal rejected by Algeria
Orascom Telecom has said its appeal against claims its Algerian unit, Djezzy owed back taxes and penalties from 2004 to 2007 has been rejected by Algerian authorities, Reuters has reported. The company said it 'intends to appeal the rejection according to the Algerian rules and regulationswhich dictates a three-tiered appeal process'. To do so it will have to pay 20% of the remaining balance of the taxes and penaltie ...
·Qatar Telecom '09 profit rises 21%
Qatar Telecom posted a 21% jump in full-year profit as it added new customers and expanded operations, Bloomberg has reported. Net income rose to 2.78 billion riyals ($764m) from 2.31 billion riyals a year earlier, the company said. Fourth-quarter profit dropped 7.9% to 431 million riyals as 'non-operational provisions' hurt earnings, it said, without giving further details.
·Sawiris to cede control of Orascom
Naguib Sawiris is preparing to cede control of Egypt's Orascom Telecom, the international mobile operator he founded in 1998, The National has reported. "People like me need to start thinking, 'I cannot keep controlling my company, I need to cede control in exchange for shared control'," he said. "But I don't want to be an insignificant shareholder." Orascom is the world's eighth-largest mobile company by subscribers ...
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·Weekend Gadget Watch: Nokia N900
Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? Check out the latest in our series of gadget mini-reviews, courtesy of silicon.com's sister site CNET.co.uk, the home of technology reviews. For the full review and details, click on the link below. What is it: Touchscreen smartphone with Qwerty keyboard
·Photos: The top Christmas apps for the Apple iPhone
Feelingfestive? Then you need silicon.com's seasonal guide to the best Christmas apps for Apple's iPhone. First up is the Solar System app, a cosmic take on the advent calendar that lets you journey to the earth's neighbouring planets.
·Facebook, Google, eBay urge Mandelson to abandon copyright plan
Web heavyweights have hit out against the Digital Economy Bill, claiming clauses in the legislation could put the UK's digital future at risk. In an open letter to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Peter Mandelson, published yesterday, representatives of eBay, Facebook, Google and Yahoo! call on the government to abandon "measures which risk stifling innovation and damaging the government's v ...
·Plenty of life ahead for RFID and NFC
Radio and tagging technologies have loads of promise - though the applications may not be quite what you were expecting, says Quocirca's Rob Bamforth. RFID and its close cousin near field communications (NFC) have both been touted for great and sexy futuristic applications. These range from the tagging and tracking of all consumer goods to the conversion of mobile phones into all purpose 'super wallets' where simply ...
·Android phones, Firefox history, Google Wave and datacentres galore
This month saw California's Hacker Dojo host the Random Hacks of Kindness event, which brought independent coders together with developers from Google, Microsoft, Nasa, Yahoo! and other organisations to work on projects to help with disaster relief. See more photos from the hackathon here.
·Anti-ageism legislation isn't working, say IT pros
Anti-ageism legislation isn't working and the IT industry continues to discriminate against older techies. That's the verdict of the exclusive 2009 silicon.com Skills Survey. The majority (51 per cent) of survey respondents agreed or strongly agreed that the IT industry discriminates against older workers, compared with less than a fifth (18 per cent) who held the opposite view.
·Mini laptops, codebreaking, Wikipedia and why there's no 'British Google'
November's top stories on silicon.com tackled some big questions: does my business need an office? Can I work solely on a netbook? Will the UK ever create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle of its very own? November also dealt with the perennial question of will the UK's ID cards programme ever run to plan?
·Peter Cochrane's Blog: Can I become faster and smarter?
Compiled on the M6 driving to Liverpool and dispatched to silicon.com a couple of weeks later via a free wi-fi connection in my hotel. I just cannot work any faster or smarter - I seem to have exhausted every degree of freedom, every element of efficiency improvement I can muster.
·eBay app lets users bid from a BlackBerry
eBay has released an app for BlackBerry. Theapplication, co-developed by the auction site and RIM, lets users search, track and buy items using their smartphone.
·Photos: The new gadgets and tech services up Orange's sleeve
At Orange's biannual La Collection event in Paris, the mobile operator gives a sneak peek at the technology set for future release. silicon.com went along to the 10th La Collection event last week to take a look at the gadgets and services set to make their way into consumers' hands in the coming months and years.
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