http://www.telconews.com Telecom and VoIP Daily News Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:51:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Verizon, one of the biggest telephone companies in the US, early today apologised to President-elect Barack Obama over a security breach involving his phone bill records. Lowell McAdam, president of Verizon, issued a statement saying: "This week we learned that a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorisation, accessed and ... http://www.telconews.com/2008/11/21/verizon-apologises-for-obama-security-breach/ Publicly at least, Telstra is saying it is undecided if it will put in a bid for the national broadband network reports The Australian. It would be hard to believe Telstra has not already made up its mind, but it is saying it will “not enter the race unless the federal ... http://www.telconews.com/2008/11/21/telstra-undecided-on-nbn-bid/ BT is considering shelving its £1.5bn (US$2.2 billion) high-speed fibre optic broadband network. To read this PC Advisor article in full, see www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=107319 or pcworld.idg.com.au/article/268022/. http://www.telconews.com/2008/11/21/bt-to-kill-100mbps-fibre-broadband/ The GSM Association and several partners, including Vodafone and Huawei Technologies, plan to promote the use of 3G (third-generation) technology in cameras, cars and other devices that could link to mobile phones. The idea is to create technical standards for devices and popularize the idea of using embedded packets, including chips ... http://www.telconews.com/2008/11/21/mobile-group-to-lead-expansion-of-3g-beyond-phones/ A Taiwanese research institute on Friday revealed a folding display on a smartphone that allowed its screen to double in size to 5-inches. The mock-up smartphone, developed to showcase the screen, is styled like other smartphones and opens like a book turned on its side so when open the display is ... http://www.telconews.com/2008/11/21/folding-screen-for-mobile-phones-unveiled/ President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a change to Brazil's telecommunications law, allowing fixed-line telecoms to operate in more than one region of the country. To read this AP story in full, see www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/11/20/international/i134523S37.DTL. http://www.telconews.com/2008/11/20/rule-change-will-allow-telecom-mergers-in-brazil/ Residents in the Republic of Ireland spent the most time on their mobile phones and sent the most text messages per head in the world in 2007, according to a report which examines changes in the communications industry. Known for their 'gift of the gab' or talent for speaking, the Irish ... http://www.telconews.com/2008/11/19/ofcom-says-irish-the-heaviest-users-of-mobile-phones/ WiMAX company Alvarion on Monday said it will market a pre-packaged “kit” that allows African carriers or non-governmental organizations to quickly and inexpensively set up small high-speed networks. The kit--which includes equipment, support, and training for carriers and others to construct networks of 1 to 5 wireless broadband cells--will be marketed ... http://www.telconews.com/2008/11/19/intel-alvarion-take-wimax-kit-to-africa/ The deteriorating economic environment has had little effect on Optus. The telco's top-line revenues made their biggest jump for years, contributing to a small profit increase to $125 million for its first six months. The company also confirmed that its consortium, Terria, would bid for the federal Government's $10 billion-plus national broadband ... http://www.telconews.com/2008/11/19/optus-boosted-by-mobiles-boom-in-australia/ Worldwide mobile messaging grew nearly 10 percent in the third quarter compared to the second quarter of the year, fueled by new trends in the messaging market, according to VeriSign, which provides Internet infrastructure services and delivers messages on behalf of carriers and content providers. The company reported Tuesday that VeriSign ... http://www.telconews.com/2008/11/19/mobile-messaging-grows-globally/