Carriers Dally on Wi-Fi Phones
...ar network or a Wi-Fi network for voice calls.
Cost is a real factor in all of this. If you're in a Wi-Fi setting on a cell phone, it's fast and it's cheap, said Neil Strother, senior analyst at In-Stat, who doesn't expect the technology to gain a large following for another year or two. Among early......more...Tech Stocks: What's Left to Buy?
...hich invests in the information technology sector, believes most tech stocks trading today have a fair market valuation -- neither too pricey nor too cheap. The trick to beating the market, she says, is to find stocks that are logging faster earnings growth than their peers.
The fund has had some su......more... Aussies Pull Broadband out of Air
...a manager who did the ultimate test, Langmaid said. He jumped on the bus and used his laptop all the way home without interruption.
The service isn't cheap. The PC cards that receive the signal cost about AU$500, with a monthly subscription of AU$150. Per-megabyte fees apply to downloads in excess o......more... Free Downloads? Hold the Phone
...le are not wise to it or not interested in participating and will purchase their games like good citizens. (Anyway) in our business, the games are so cheap that it does not make sense to go out of your way to get a free copy.
This is a commonly held view. But one contributor to the message boards of......more... Websites Fake Out Travel Industry
...ght agency WIPO revealed the existence of a raft of fake Web addresses that divert customers of airlines, hotels and car hire firms to a site selling cheap travel deals.
The revelation came in a report from the agency on a ruling from its Internet dispute settlement center that one of the phony site......more... Palm's New PDA Gets Rave Reviews
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Palm's new Tungsten T. The wireless industry's latest sidekick in the (losing) battle against local number portability.... Americans prefer cheap cell phones to fancier, more expensive handsets.... all in Unwired News. By Elisa Batista.
By Elisa Batista
2:00 a.m. July 24, 2003 PDT
As part ......more... Telcos Duke It Out Over Iraq
...imated it will cost $1 billion to repair the country's landline system.
Iraq has never had a cell-phone system, but analysts say it would be easy and cheap to install.
What makes the most sense is having a GSM network put in place, Bhattacharyya said. The problem ... is the U.S. has more experience ......more... Longer Loo Lines in the Offing
...ation technology they already have.
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India's powerful Reliance conglomerate wants to break into the country's booming mobile phone market with a cheap wireless service, but it's a tough market to crack.
The group, known for putting together huge projects from petrochemicals to refining, is aimi......more... Iraq: First Guns, Now Butter
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Iraq first needs basics like food, electricity and a government, but big money is at stake in rebuilding its telecom infrastructure. Sprint offers a cheap cellular camera phone to drive revenue.... Microsoft's newest server operating system is finally hitting the market.... and more.
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