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...These benchmarks will help investors to prepare for the future possible inclusion of China in global indices, an event Mr Lystra says will be similar to including “another USA”....
...Chile’s LAN, in consultation with the country’s aviation authorities, also suspended the operation of its three 787s....
...Other airlines operating the 787 include LAN, the Chilean carrier, and Ethiopian Airlines....
...Earlier this year, after its $39bn takeover bid for T-Mobile USA was blocked by regulators, AT&T acquired additional spectrum from Qualcomm....
...For more on the experience, there are hands-on reviews at Macworld, Daring Fireball, the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and USA Today....
...US consumers will have access to a new range of “super Wi-Fi” wireless services next year after the Federal Communications Commission removed the final obstacle to the commercial use of the so-called “white...
...The iPhone’s 3G is off, the Wi-Fi is shut down and my flamboyantly sadistic 19-year-old son has taken custody of my iPad for the next week....
...Meanwhile, AT&T, the mobile operator, has proposed a $39bn deal to buy T-Mobile USA, as the companies struggle to meet the costs of developing next-generation networks....
...Wi-Fi on steroids? Try Wi-Fi on a walker. But the sensational inefficiency is that the FCC seeks to protect over-the-air television broadcasting from “interference.”...
...The Wi-Fi Alliance entered the fray on Monday with a cooperation agreement with the Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Alliance on specifications for the development of a Wi-Fi certification program in the 60 GHz...
...In theory, the version of HSPA+ that T-Mobile USA is rolling out supports download speeds of up to 21Mbps (megabits per second) and upload speeds of 5.8Mbps....
...Motorola console controls Lans Motorola has introduced AirDefence Infrastructure Management, which aims to take the headaches out of supporting wireless Lans supplied by different vendors....
...Other limitations of the device include the short battery life, which undoubtedly suffers because of the power-hungry screen and the addition of the 4G technology (on top of the 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and...
...(A rival technology called UMA (Universal Mobile Access) used by T-Mobile USA in some of its handsets, routes in-house calls over a local Wi-Fi network to a router then via the internet but tends to drain...
...It has built a wi-fi network in its home town of Mountain View, California, to test the potential for city-wide uses for this short-range communication technology....
...Nokia’s Nuron 5230, which was launched this week by T-Mobile USA – a similar model, the Nokia 5230, is available in Europe – epitomises this new sub-category....
...Like other Android handsets, the Nexus One comes with GPS navigation, a digital compass and built-in Wi-Fi networking....
...The Bold 2 I have been testing runs on T-Mobile USA’s 3G network and performance has been good. Web browsing is also refreshingly fast over Wi-Fi, but disappointing over the patchy 3G network....
...The 3G and Wi-Fi enabled handset, called the Motorola Cliq in the US and the Motorola Dext elsewhere, is the first of a raft of new devices aimed at reviving the struggling US mobile maker’s fortunes....
...UMA-based services such as those offered by BT and T-Mobile USA could change telecommunications – and provide yet another reason to abandon that old landline....
...Both methods leave most of the iPhone’s functions, including its built-in camera and the ability to access Wi-Fi networks, intact....
...Paul Wickert, Milwaukee, WI, USA Paul Horsnell: We are expecting the Chinese economy to stay robust in 2008, with the main question marks at this stage as to the pace of growth relating more to developments...
...While making speeches and sponsoring task forces to sing the praises of cordless phones and Wi-Fi, the Federal Communications Commission dithered in putting cellular licenses (with exclusive spectrum rights...
...“Only 9 per cent of our clients say they have no plans to implement wireless Lans.” Growing just as fast as the wireless networks, however, are fears over its security....
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