https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com CommunicationsDirect is a free news and information service for global telecommunications professionals. CommunicationsDirect offers frequent updates onbusiness, policy, and technology issues. CommunicationsDirect also offers free daily and weekly newsletters. 2009 PricewaterhouseCoopers en-us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:45:02 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:45:02 telecom_direct_editor@us.pwc.com Saturday Sunday https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/130/36128?199 Following a public consultation period, the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) has published the Notice Of Funds Availability (NOFA; for full text, see here), which established the more specific eligibility criteria and conditions on which funding will be allocated. Funds will be awarded by the Rural ... https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/110/36126?199 Mobile search platform developer Getfugu has announced it has signed a distribution licensing agreement with Mexican entrepreneur Jack Kahan to sell its mobile search tool in 13 Latin American countries—Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.... https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/36124?199 It has been widely reported in local media that the United Kingdom’s second-largest mobile operator, Vodafone, is to drop its three-year exclusivity deal with Phones4U, and sign an agreement with Carphone Warehouse, with which it previously worked. Carphone Warehouse is the largest handset retailer in the country but in... https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/36122?199 Everybody is trying to do more with less these days. Teliris is extending this concept to the world of telepresence with a new platform that’s designed to require less bandwidth than existing immersive conferencing... https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/36121?199 Genoa Color Technologies has spent the last nine years improving the color on LCD televisions but is now refocusing its efforts on the mobile market, where screen sizes and battery drain are on the rise. The optical amplifier maker today introduced its Pixcale technology to address the challenges of delivering longer battery life... https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/130/36119?199 Our global, multilingual team of researchers constantly monitors and reports on the ever-changing tariff environment as new service providers enter the market, as existing operators adjust their pricing strategies and as new technologies alter the framework of telecom service... https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/36117?199 According to a report by Juniper Research, the number of smartphones shipped with open source operating systems will increase from 106 million this year to 223 million by 2014. The report found that operating systems and applications are playing an increasingly important role in the differentiation of new smartphones and a key... https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/36115?199 SAN FRANCISCO -- Yes, Cisco Systems Inc. will sell the gear that will go into network clouds, but the real opportunity for the company might be to help connect those clouds together. It's the first time the company has publicly explained a strategy for the really hot and really vague category that is cloud computing. Chief... https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/36113?199 As Nokia Siemens Networks prepares to revamp its mobile development strategy with the planned $650 million acquisition of Nortel Networks Ltd.'s key CDMA and LTE access wireless assets, the vendor has made another significant wireless strategy move -- it's scaling down its focus on WiMax. The Finnish-German vendor has...