Telecom

Telecom is the shortened name for telecommunications, which, according to the Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary is the science and technology of transmitting voice, audio, facsimile, image, video, computer data, and multimedia information over significant distances by the use of electromagnetic energy in the form of electricity, radio, or optics.

The modern telecom industry really begin on January 1, 1984 when AT&T's local operations were split into seven independent holding companies and were prohibited from participating in certain markets. This led to a surge of competition in the long distance market by companies such as Sprint and MCI. This in turn led to a whole host of smaller telecom companies and after-market products such as those provide by independent billing companies who formed to help service this growing industry. Further, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 removed the statutory and court-ordered barriers to competition between segments of the telecom industry, enabling participants to compete head-to-head.

Technology keeps pushing the telecom industry in new ways from iPhones, to streaming media, to Global Positioning Satellites. From the smoke signal, to Alexander Graham Bell, from the cell phone to the Internet, weighing in at in excess of $1.2 trillion dollars a year, the telecom industry will continue to help drive the world's economy.

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• Telecom Jobs Mumbai | Idea Cellular Ltd, Aditya Birla Group requires Manager in Mumbai

  
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  Idea Cellular Ltd - IDEA Cellular Limited was incorporated in 1995 and is one of the leading GSM mobile services operators. Headquartered in Mumbai, it has licenses to operate in all 22 service areas across the country, though commercial operations are currently in 16 services areas. With a customer base of over 47.1 ...
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• Down The Street Or Across The Country This Thanksgiving, Verizon Wireless Makes Account Management Easy As Pie

  
  Cell Phone News and Cell Phone Reviews: HotCellularPhone.com — Authority: 147
  My Verizon For Verizon Wireless customers, taking phones to grandma’s house this Thanksgiving means they are not only taking the nation’s most reliable wireless voice and 3G network with them, they are also bringing tools they can use to manage their wireless accounts .  In a matter of minutes, customers can ...
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• TouchStar Announces Release of CrudePac 3.0

  
  Cell Phone News and Cell Phone Reviews: HotCellularPhone.com — Authority: 147
  TouchStar CrudePac 3.0 TouchStar announced today the release of CrudePac 3.0 , the latest version of its in-cab computing software designed for an array of wellsite services that seamlessly links with oil company or collection contractor accounting, planning and dispatch systems.  TouchStar, a Tulsa, OK based ...
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• Santa Goes Digital: AT&T Connects Families with Holiday Wishes and Fun from the North Pole Via Texting and U-verse TV

  
  Cell Phone News and Cell Phone Reviews: HotCellularPhone.com — Authority: 147
  Good little boys and girls across the country can text their holiday wish-list to Santa and track Santa’s sleigh journey faster than ever this year, thanks to the bearded man in red and some of his helpers, including AT&T . According to the North Pole, Santa has decided to use the latest digital tools to spread ...
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• 8X optical zoom for iPhone to come in December

  
  Cell Phone News and Cell Phone Reviews: HotCellularPhone.com — Authority: 147
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• Motorola Acquires RadioFrame Networks’ iDEN Business

  
  Cell Phone News and Cell Phone Reviews: HotCellularPhone.com — Authority: 147
  Motorola, Inc. today announced the acquisition of RadioFrame Networks’ iDEN business. RadioFrame is a provider of lower cost, power efficient iDEN technology. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. RadioFrame Networks’ iDEN business will be integrated into Motorola’s Home & Networks Mobility ...
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• Windows Live Messenger comes to a homescreen near you via Nokia Messaging

  
  Cell Phone News and Cell Phone Reviews: HotCellularPhone.com — Authority: 147
  The world’s most popular instant messaging service, Windows Live Messenger, is now available via Nokia Messaging , a push email and chat service that mobilizes consumer email and IM communities. Accessible through the Nokia Messaging Chat application, people worldwide can have multiple conversations simultaneously, ...
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• New – Pocket Trainer Mobile Fitness App Now Available on BlackBerry App World

  
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  BlackBerry Pocket Trainer Mobile Fitness App Core Interaction, Inc. , a leading digital fitness company,  today announced the launch of its new Fitness app, “Pocket Trainer.” The new Pocket Trainer Mobile Fitness App is now available for download on BlackBerry App World , for use on BlackBerry smartphones. ...
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• Cell users can ditch operator for Rs 19

  
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  From New Year, the countrys 500-million mobile phone users will be allowed to retain their numbers while switching service providers,with the telecom regulator clearing number portability, a move that could intensify an ongoing price war that has already hit the sector’s profits and revenues.Mobile users unhappy ...
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• AT&T to Launch Pantech Impact

  
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  Beginning Sunday, Pantech Wireless, Inc., – the U.S.-based subsidiary of Pantech Group, one of Korea’s largest mobile phone manufacturers – will bring “Impact” to AT&T customers. The second Pantech handset to hit shelves this holiday season debuts in two cool colors – bright blue and soft pink – ...
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• Sprint Launching SANYO Incognito SCP-6760, a Striking Combination of Glow-Through Keypad with Multimedia Functionality & Style

  
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• Suicides At France Telecom

  
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  France Telecom is undergoing a major restructuring in which the goal is to cut billions of dollars in expenses. The process has led to an epidemic of suicide. Sheila macvicar reports.
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• Dead Zones Phone Home

  
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• Lowongan Kerja Medan Sumut Desember 2009, Job Telkom PT Smart Telecom

  
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• New code at /tmp/lab: ss7calc

  
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• (CHL) Wireless Carrier China Mobile Outlines 4G Plan

  
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• Warid Telecom has not become the official Cellular company of the University of the Punjab, Lahore.

  
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  There are some so called IT related blogs and websites spreading the IT related rumours and contoversies. Recently these websites have published on 19 Nov, 2009 that ” Warid Telecom becomes the official cellular company ... {PakPoint.com Copyrights Notice : If you are looking this text on any website other than ...
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• Global Mobile Voice Service Revenues to Start Declining in 2011, Says ABI Research

  
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  Mobile voice service revenues are on a trajectory to reach their peak in 2010, after which they are likely to start declining, according to the latest forecasts from ABI Research.
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• Moodys Cuts Sprint Nextel Rating To Ba2

  
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• Apples iPhone set for South Korean launch

  
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  Filed under: International markets , Products and services , Apple Inc (AAPL) Apple ( AAPL ) continues to bring the iPhone to countries outside the U.S. Although its launch in China didnt generate as much fanfare as the company had hoped, things take time to roll into a big ball of success. Apple wont be ...
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