The long-awaited CDMA femtocell (once dubbed the Samsung Ubicell) essentially acts as a super in-house signal booster, or, if you'd prefer, a mini Sprint tower sitting right beside your router.

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And he added that "within six months there is going to be a clearer need to signal the exit strategy from this super-loose policy" of keeping rates low.

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This is despite people in rural Wales being less likely to have access to super-fast broadband connections, a 3G phone signal and a choice of suppliers.

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Early on, it did not help that her first policy pronouncements were to signal a retreat from Kevin Rudd's mining super profits tax, which made her look weak, and to ditch her predecessor's "Big Australia" policy, which went down well with the tabloids but seemed indicative of a lack of national ambition.

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The Giants' signal-caller had just been awarded his second shiny Super Bowl MVP trophy, and as he rode an elevator up to collect the new Corvette that went with it, he said none of it would have happened without Coughlin's version of rookie boot camp.

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