Clearwire Launches 4G Service in 3 More Markets
Clearwire announced the
availability of its CLEAR 4G mobile broadband service in three new markets
for the company: Providence, RI; Boston, MA; and Daytona Beach, FL. CLEAR
4G service is currently available in 69 US markets, with more launches
planned throughout the year.
Global Crossing Connects to
4,000 Video Suites Worldwide
Global Crossing announced
connectivity to 4,000 executive video suites that enable enterprises to
conduct business via videoconferencing from locations around the world.
The suites include more than 500 high-definition public video conference
rooms and 400 court reporting facilities, the company said. The video
suites were brought online through Global Crossing's expanded agreement
with Affinity VideoNet.
AT&T Completes Sale of
Japanese Outsourcing Operations
AT&T said it has completed the sale
of its domestic Japanese outsourcing services operation to Internet
Initiative Japan (IIJ). The companies originally announced the transaction
in June 2010. As part of the sale, AT&T will transfer approximately 1,600
domestic Japanese business customers and approximately 245 employees to
IIJ.
WSJ: Amazon Pitching IPTV
Plan
The Wall Street Journal
reported that Internet retail giant Amazon
is working on a service that would deliver TV shows and movies over the
Internet, jumping into a field that includes Netflix and
Apple. The Journal said Amazon has been
pitching its plan to major media companies in recent weeks, and would make
programming available on computers as well as Internet-connected
televisions, Blu-ray players, and Xbox 360 consoles. Meanwhile, Apple's
CEO yesterday unveiled an overhauled Apple TV.
China Now Requiring ID for
Mobile Phone Numbers
China's Global Times
English-language news site
reported
that China’s government has begun to require cellphone users to furnish
identification when buying SIM cards, a move officials said is necessary
to curb cellphone spam, pornography, and fraud schemes. According to the
report, the government’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
said that about 40 percent of China’s 800 million cellphone users
currently are unidentified. Those users will be ordered to furnish an ID
by 2013 or lose their service. The new regulation will be implemented
largely by the three government-controlled telecoms that provided cellular
service: China Mobile,
China Unicom,
and China Telecom.
AT&T U-Verse Unplugs Hallmark
Channel
With carriage-contract negotiations stalled over pricing, AT&T's U-verse
service has pulled the plug on the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie
Channel programming. "We are very disappointed that Hallmark has refused
to provide AT&T and its customers with a
fair deal - one that is no worse than similarly-sized and smaller
providers - and refused to adhere to key obligations under our current
deal," AT&T said in a press release.
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