News: Standards & Legal

• China Unicom 3G growth seven times faster than China Mobile
  Owen Fletcher
  Nov 20 2009

  China Unicom's next-generation mobile service won more than 1 million users in its first month, a number that took rival China Mobile seven months to reach with its homegrown 3G standard.China ...

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• OECD throwing weight behind NBN cost-benefit analysis calls
  Trevor Clarke
  Nov 19 2009

  Intentional or not, the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD) appears to have subtly thrown its weight behind shadow communications minister, senator Nick Minchin's calls for the Federal ...

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• Android vs. iPhone: Which Has the More Advanced Users?
  JR Raphael
  Nov 19 2009

  It seems the mobile world is full of silly little battles these days. You've got the AT&T-Verizon ad assault. There's that ever-popular Droid-iPhone rivalry. And then, of course, everyone's ...

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• $2,000 tablet a perfect fit for Apple, says analyst
  Gregg Keizer
  Nov 19 2009

  Reports that Apple will produce a $2,000 tablet next year fit the company's historical pattern of going for the luxury end of the technology market, an analyst agreed today. According to reports ...

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• Company selling 'free' Web auction kits settles with FTC
  Grant Gross
  Nov 19 2009

  An online marketer offering supposedly free Internet auction kits has settled a complaint filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for charging consumers US$59.95 a month for enrollment in an ...

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• Google goes for speed, security in Chrome OS
  Juan Carlos Perez
  Nov 19 2009

  Google released its Chrome operating system to the open-source community today and said it has designed the netbook OS to be faster, simpler and more secure than existing ones. However, Google also ...

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• Mobility to change the enterprise communication landscape
  John Mark V. Tuazon
  Nov 19 2009

  In the increasingly connected world of the enterprise, mobility is fast becoming the key driver in ensuring the business process goes through its course uninterrupted, executives from a ...

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• Setback For AT&T in Suit Over Verizon Ads
  David Coursey
  Nov 19 2009

  AT&T claims Verizon is misleading customers by showing its 3G network (wide coverage) and comparing it with AT&T's coverage map (comparatively limited coverage). AT&T told an Atlanta ...

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• What's Stopping Mobile Apps From Taking Next Step?
  Tom Kaneshige
  Nov 19 2009

  With the arrival of the Motorola Droid and the Apple App Store milestone of surpassing 100,000 apps, the buzz around mobile apps has never been louder. All of this, mind you, in a little more than a ...

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• New AT&T TV Ad More Misleading Than Verizon's Claims
  David Coursey
  Nov 19 2009

  Firing back at Verizon, AT&T has released a new ad that talks about the wonders of the iPhone--and then promotes two Samsung handsets. How misleading is that? The AT&T "Side-by-Side" spot ...

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