However, wireless data traffic dropped 7.4% sequentially and average revenue per user declined from 71 to 63 RMB, suggesting that many of the 3G additions may not have been of the highest quality.
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Unless we want a market characterized by higher prices, failed data sessions, dropped calls and stifled innovation, policymakers need to implement a cohesive spectrum policy with a large degree of urgency.
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Unlike the data we use to surf the Internet and check our e-mails, which can be slowed down and not affect the results, streaming video services need to be able to stream at a certain data rate and while some dropped packets can be tolerated, at some point the movie becomes jerky on the screen, and sometimes entire sections drop out.
According to Revere Data, inland waterways shipping companies dropped prices 4.1% over the past three months.
Fresh EU economic data released overnight showed EU exports dropped by 0.9% in the fourth quarter, compared to the third quarter.
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In December (the most recent month with good data), the volumes had dropped to 1.2 million bpd of oil and 4.35 billion cfepd of gas.
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For voice the difference will be a clean completed call or a noisy dropped call, for data services the better the signal strength the higher the data rate you will obtain in both directions.
Bearish feeling was aggravated by data indicating that the Empire State index dropped by 11.72 points.
Over in Iceland, though, data showed that the jobless rate had dropped in the third quarter, to 6.0% from 9.1%.
Durable goods dropped sharply, and the data on manufacturing was also disappointing.
The line movement data linked above shows that the Mirage dropped its initial -3.5 Pats line to -3.0 points within 12 hours of the initial line posting.
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The latest batch of durable goods data revealed that orders for military aircraft dropped 63.8% in January, as the government tightened its defence spending, while orders for non-defence aircraft fell 34%.
Jones uses eight years of data from ITG to show how this dropped significantly with the introduction of automation, spiked during the crisis of 2008, and either because of, or in spite of, the rise of HFT, has dropped by 2011 to near the pre-crisis lows.
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Yet over the past 12 months, earnings of gold and silver miners have dropped 8%, according to data from Multex.
According to the article, Census data shows the percentage of married adults has drastically dropped in the last 50 years: from 72% in 1960 to 54% in 2010.
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According to April 12 OPSIS data, the water level of the Guri dam dropped only 4 centimeters (about 1.6 inches) over the past 24 hours while the water intake increased by 723 cubic meters per second over the same period.
When Lexis Nexis revealed the massive loss of personal data shares in its parent company, Reed Elsevier, dropped in value by only one per cent.
U.S. data were also in focus, as initial jobless claims dropped by 35, 000 to a seasonally adjusted 353, 000, which was a larger drop than expected.
American's on-time rate climbed to 75.7% from 68.6%, according to FlightStats, and the rate at which it mishandled checked luggage dropped by 25%, according to DOT data for the first 10 months of 2009, the most recent numbers available.
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The story goes that the older versions have faulty power control software in their radios, forcing base stations to connect to phones at higher powers than they'd normally have to, which in turn leads to base stations running plumb out of power -- and once that happens, you get dropped calls, bad reception, and lousy data rates, among other UMTS ails.
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The data reveals that, overall, the proportion of custodial sentences dropped over 10 years by 1% - from 4.8% in 2001, to 3.8%, in 2011.
While Apple has dropped the price of the phone in many markets, data plans for the device typically cost extra.
This currency swing significantly impacted Indian gold imports, which dropped 56 percent in the fourth quarter, according to data from the Bombay Bullion Association.
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Consumer watchdogs were slow to grasp the implications of the Abacus deal and of the fact that, in its wake, DoubleClick had quietly dropped from its website its pledge to keep users' data completely anonymous.
The other sharp equities move in Asia was in the Philippines, where the PSE Composite dropped 3.2% as strong first quarter growth data beat expectations, triggering profit-taking in a market that has already gained 21% so far in 2013.
The rate at which airlines lost luggage dropped a sharp 26%, according to Department of Transportation data.
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On Aug. 12, Track Data announced a 22% drop in quarterly revenue, and its stock dropped 32% over two days.
U.S. small business employment increased 0.11% in January, while overall revenue dropped 0.4% in December, according to new data from Intuit Inc.
According to the data provided, the two forces also had the highest percentage of "dropped calls" - those where people hang up or are disconnected.
However, the average price for polysilicon imports during the period dropped 47.5% compared to the previous year, the data showed.
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