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

  
  Job Vacancy (Lowongan Kerja) — Authority: 137
  PT Smart TelecomSMART Telecom, part of Sinar Mas group, has been established to provide the most innovative, advanced and high quality cellular sevice in Indonesia. Supported by CDMA2000 1x EVDO REV-A Technology, we provide high quality voice and high speed internet (mobile broadband) to our customers. Nowadays Smart ...
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• New code at /tmp/lab: ss7calc

  
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  You certainly know about ipcalc, this simple but pretty utility that enables people to calculate netmasks and IP addresses notations easily? What about ss7calc ( download )? Well, to start with, SS7 is even more complicated than IP netmasks. SS7 is the network protocol that enable you to send SMS, to receive calls on ...
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• Warid Telecom has not become the official Cellular company of the University of the Punjab, Lahore.

  
  PakPoint — Authority: 445
  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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• Arrests made in massive, $390/hour Video Relay Service scam

  
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  Dealing with some technology is challenging enough for the hearing-impaired without scammers taking advantage of federal dollars meant to help them. That’s exactly what has happened with the Federal Communications Commission’s Video Relay Service (VRS), however, and 26 people were arrested Thursday for scheming to ...
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• Arrests made in massive, $390/hour Video Relay Service scam

  
  Ars Technica — Authority: 756
  Dealing with some technology is challenging enough for the hearing-impaired without scammers taking advantage of federal dollars meant to help them. Thats exactly what has happened with the Federal Communications Commissions Video Relay Service (VRS), however, and 26 people were arrested Thursday for scheming to steal ...
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• Get Ready for the South Korean Smart Grid Firms

  
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  Back when I was a broadband reporter for Red Herring magazine, I took a trip to Seoul and did the classic story on how South Korea kick-started its economy with government investment into blazing-fast broadband pipes that created its world-leading mobile and web industries. South Korea’s broadband buildout may hold ...
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• Get Ready for the South Korean Smart Grid Firms

  
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• FCC outlines seven biggest barriers to broadband adoption

  
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  Almost two-thirds of adults have broadband connections at home, but thats a long way from the ultimate goal: universal adoption of high speed Internet throughout the United States. Depending on which study you believe, were everything from number 11 to 24 in international broadband penetration rankings . So how do ...
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• Internet: A threat to government or the other way around?

  
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  The answer is, maybe both. The Internet has plunged government institutions into a very steep learning curve, creating new frontiers that many bureaucrats believe help how they run the country.
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• Investor Letters: Bill Gross

  
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• The Palm Margin Squeeze (PALM, S, AMZN, WMT)

  
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• Palm Pixi Perfectly Priced

  
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  Contributor Gary Krakow looks at the new, smaller Palm Pixi smartphone and likes what he sees - especially considering the bargain-basement, Black Friday price offered at a large retailer.
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• Crackdown launched on cell phone porn

  
  China Trade Information — Authority: 148
  China Mobile, the country’s largest wireless carrier, is coming under pressure to shut off access to pornography through its cell phone network. The move comes as online sites accessible only through mobile phones are becoming a popular new method for distributing porn, since the technology makes it harder for ...
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• Net Neutrality Regulation: Consequences for Investment and Consumer Welfare

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 742
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• Keynote Speaker: Futurist Patrick Dixon – industry trends – management, marketing, customers, lifestyles, motivation, change management and leadership development. Corporate event keynote speaker: video and slides.

  
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• Nokia to Cut 330 R&D Personnel

  
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• Telstra CEO confirms iPhone tethering coming soon

  
  TECHGEEK.com.au — Authority: 128
  Since the launch of iPhone OS 3.0, only Optus, Vodafone and 3 have offered tethering, allowing an iPhone owner to connect their computer to the internet via the iPhone’s 3G connection. Now, Telstra iPhone customers are no longer left in the dark, as CEO David Thodey has confirmed that they are working with Apple to ...
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