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.

by T. Michael Testi Are you a writer, passionate about this or any other topic? Join Blogcritics!

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Telecom”

• AT&T Files Legal Complaint Against Verizon Over 3G Coverage Map Ads

  
  Daring Fireball — Authority: 669
  Funny to read a legal filing that references Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Abominable Snow Monster.  ★ 
  7 hours ago

• Tech Giants Now Hold ~$265 Billion Cash To Spend (HPQ, COMS, INTC, AMD, MSFT, CSCO, AAPL, GOOG, ORCL, JAVA, QCOM, EMC, YHOO, DELL, AMZN, EBAY, ONT, BRCD, JDSU, STAR, VMW)

  
  24/7 Wall St. — Authority: 693
  You have already seen the Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) buyout of 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS).  But this week before that deal was announced we covered how mergers in the technology sector have been very slow to develop over the scale in which we and others think is possible for the sector.  After the Intel ...
  9 hours ago

• Vodafone Teams up with Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan

  
  The Mobile Fun Blog — Authority: 444
  Vodafone ( NYSE: VOD ) has expanded their marketing reach in Taiwan. They’ve signed yet another co-branded marketing deal with Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom… Under terms of the deal Chunghwa will get exclusive access to many Vodafone devices, services and products from the good folks at the big V. Richard Daly, the ...
  9 hours ago

• JDS Uniphase Gets A Boost From the Cramer Effect

  
  The Razor's Edge — Authority: 132
  JDS Uniphase ( JDSU ) is having a terrific morning on Thursday as it has gained nearly 11%.  When a stock breaks out like this, we always look for a catalyst for the move and in this case the primary reason seems to us to be an endorsement from Jim Cramer.  We often cover Cramer’s Mad Money show on our blog ...
  9 hours ago

• C / C++ CODER JOB CAREERS BANGALORE-BROCADE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

  
  VFRESHERS — Authority: 157
  C++ Coding Software Job Opening at Brocade Communication Systems BangaloreJob Title : Software EngineerCompany Name : Brocade Communication Systems Pvt Ltd.About Company :Brocade is an industry leader in data center networking solutions and services that enable organizations to manage their most vital information ...
  9 hours ago

• Interxion Appoints Frederik Dewulf as MD Belgium

  
  The Web Hosting News — Authority:
  (The Hosting News) – Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, has appointed Frederik Dewulf as Managing Director of Interxion Belgium. Dewulf brings a wealth of management, sales and financial expertise to Interxion. Dewulf has held senior, international management positions in France ...
  10 hours ago

• SIFY INDIA JOBS-SOFTWARE DEVELOPER OPENINGS 2009-DELHI/NCR

  
  VFRESHERS — Authority: 157
  Sify Technologies Ltd Freshers Lamp Job Opening at Delhi / NCRJob Title : Software Developer – LAMPCompany Name : Sify Technologies LtdAbout Company :We are India’s pioneer & leader in Internet, Networking and e-Commerce services, and the first Indian Internet company to be listed on the Nasdaq National Market ...
  10 hours ago

• Wateen Telecom is Under Serious Financial Crisis ?

  
  PakPoint — Authority: 145
  Wateen Telecom Pakistan is being hit by a financial crisis. This WiMax provider is touching its lower end in terms of cash in hand. This situation is also effecting the company work force as salaries ... {PakPoint.com Copyrights Notice : If you are looking this text on any website other than your RSS reader/Face book ...
  10 hours ago

• JPMorgan Upgrade Causes Tw Telecom Shares to Jump

  
  Free Mobile downloads — Authority: 158
  Tw telecom Inc shares have hit a yearly high propelled by a JPMorgan upgrade on expectations for a recovery in the business telecommunications market reports an article over on google.com . Mike McCormack a JPMorgan analyst in a note to investors raised the company to “overweight” from “neutral” and called ...
  11 hours ago

• Developing countries falling into ‘broadband gap’

  
  PakPoint — Authority: 145
  (Source: Scidev.Net) [CAIRO] Limited access to broadband Internet is crippling the spread of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the developing world and widening the already significant digital divide, a report has warned. Bandwidth availability ... {PakPoint.com Copyrights Notice : If you are ...
  11 hours ago

• Broadcom goes open source and hell freezes over

  
  Open Source — Authority: 585
  When the rock group Eagles broke up in 1980 they said they would get back together “when hell froze over.” They did get back together, in 1994. The album was called Hell Freezes Over . Point is you can promise you will never do something — never, ever, ever — but business is business. It’s with this in ...
  12 hours ago

• XOX has successfully upgraded to Computaris’ Convergent Charging System

  
  Your Story — Authority: 159
  9 November 2009 – Kuala Lumpur – Computaris, a specialist in consultancy, system integration and software development for the mobile telecom industry, announced today that XOX Com sdn Bhd, Asia’s first next-generation regional integrated telecommunications service provider, has upgraded to Computaris Convergent ...
  13 hours ago

• Jr. Accounts Officer, BSNL Recruitment for JAOS, Syllabus, Application Form, last date 15th December 09

  
  CareerGuruz.Com — Authority: 148
  Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. [BSNL] will recruit 1000 Junior Accounts Officers (JAOs) through an open competitive examination to be held on All India basis.  The examination is likely to be held in February/March 2010 and the exact date of the examination will be announced later on.Junior ...
  13 hours ago

• Oct 09: India Adds 10.32M GSM Connections

  
  MediaNama: Digital Media in India — Authority: 509
  October saw an addition of 10.32 million connections, highest in the last three months (9.03 million in September; 9.75 million in August and 9.47 million in July) taking the total to 355.25 millions GSM connections in India.Company-Wise Additions Bharti Airtel added 2.02 million connections taking its total to 113.22 ...
  15 hours ago

• Viaccess inks Macedonian DTT deal

  
  Broadband TV News — Authority: 518
  France Telecom’s Viaccess is to secure the programming broadcast by BoomTV, a pay DTT service operated by the telco On.net in Macedonia.On.net, which has been a subsidiary of Telekom Slovenije since April 2006, hopes to have over 200,000 subscribers – equivalent to 10% of Macedonia’s population – by the end of ...
  18 hours ago

• India’s Telecom Space – A Case Of Lofty Targets & Inflated Numbers?

  
  WATBlog.com - Web, Advertising and Technology Blog in India — Authority: 566
  There are targets and then there are targets! Some targets make you smile and some targets make you wonder. Now dont get me wrong.. I may be sarcastic and a cynic sometimes but by and large I feel very bullish about the Telecom space in India. But it pains me when I see a larger than life picture being painted about ...
  18 hours ago

• Globe: Our Tattoo is Faster Than Your Bro, Smart!

  
  Technograph — Authority: 558
  Remember when Globe said that they’re the fastest growing broadband ? Here’s the test data backing up their admittedly self-serving conclusion. In a media presentation yesterday, Globe outlined why their wireless broadband speed test was more detailed and thus more accurate than Smart ’s. Smart recently ...
  18 hours ago

• Streamlined US Broadband Grant Process Promised

  
  TelcoNews.com - Telecom and VoIP Industry News — Authority: 435
  The Obama administration said Tuesday it will streamline the application process for $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus grants in response to criticism from applicants and lawmakers that the program isn’t getting money out quickly enough. Officials at the Commerce and Agriculture Departments outlined plans to ...
  19 hours ago

• Daily Market Notes November 12, 2009

  
  Finance Manila - Philippines, business, tech, travel, life in the metro — Authority: 130
  PSEi    3,073.92         UP     26.78value php      5,104,499,810.00DOW      44.29 +0.43% 10,291.26NASDAQ 15.82 +0.74% 2,166.90S&P 500   5.50 +0.50% 1,098.5PX contributes 1B pesos to total value turnover, wall street flutters slightly higher, Asia sideways to slightly lower.Today, ALI ...
  19 hours ago

• Airtel loses top slot in SingTel profit charts

  
  RoboXpress — Authority: 441
  NEW DELHI: The ongoing tariff war among mobile operators in India over the past three months, which has had a major impact on both the profits and revenues of the telecom sector, has resulted in Bharti Airtel being replaced by Indonesia’s Telkomsel as the largest contributor to Singapore Telecommunications’ ...
  19 hours ago

Comments about Telecom