Archive for August, 2009

Rubin: Google Okay with Skype on Android

August 26th, 2009 | Category: Satellite Phones

Andy Rubin, Vice President, Mobile Platforms, says in a Google Blog post that last Friday’s USA Today was inaccurate when it said that Android phone users can’t use Skype:
The article stated:

“Consumers who use Android, the Google-developed operating system for wireless devices, can’t use Skype, a leading Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service. A pioneer in [...]

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KeyOn Applies for $150M to Expand 3.65 Ghz WiMAX

August 19th, 2009 | Category: Satellite Phones

KeyOn, a wireless broadband provider in Omaha, Neb., said this morning that it’s applied for $150 million in broadband stimulus funds in order to expand its WiMAX network and cover an additional 4 million people — a cost of $37.50 each, reports Stacy Higginbotham.
KeyOn uses WiMAX on 3.65GHz from Airspan and provides broadband, satellite television [...]

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U.S. Pays More, Gets Less in Telecom

August 12th, 2009 | Category: Satellite Phones

Cell phone users in the U.S., Spain, and Canada pay more for mobile phone service than cell phone users in other parts of the world, according to a survey published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
For a medium-use package that provides about 780 voice minutes, 600 short text messages, and eight multimedia messages, [...]

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CEA Reflects on DTV Transition

August 05th, 2009 | Category: Satellite Phones

C/Net interviewed Gary Shapiro, president of CEA, about the DTV conversion in the United States:

Q: You said last week that the DTV transition was “the equivalent of putting a man on the moon.” That’s quite a comparison. Can you explain why you think this was such a dramatic feat?
A: We first started this in the [...]

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