Nortel's new forays into corporate sales and wireless-Net gear are led by India-born Clarence Chandran, chief operating officer.
At issue in particular are upcoming Internet advances, including video over the Net and wireless Net-based communications.
Handheld computers and wireless net-phones would also benefit from a less chatty protocol, more efficient use of their limited battery power, the ability to cope in noisy environments, and an easier way to send files while on the move (from, say, digital cameras).
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The company saw a 6.3% increase in wireless revenue, as it added 1.89 million net new wireless customers, including 906, 000 post-paid net adds.
In sum, the FCC should publicly state that it has no interest in micromanaging or micro-regulating the wireless market to literally an inch of its life by applying nonsensical, Lilliputian-esque, net neutrality obligations on one-inch-range Near Field Communications that involve no wireless network at all.
MetroPCS says it added 249, 000 net new customers in the third quarter, doubling its year-earlier increase, and Leap Wireless says it gained 156, 000 net customers, more than tripling its year-earlier growth.
The company had 734, 000 wireless net adds in the quarter, including 501, 000 post-paid net adds.
Among Americans who did not finish high school, 38 percent have wireless net access and 20 percent report being cell-only wireless users.
The company noted that wireless service revenues were up 6%, but post-paid net subscribe adds of 410, 000 fell short of Street expectations.
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In fourth-quarter 2012, Verizon Wireless delivered the highest number of retail postpaid net additions of any quarter in its history, strong growth in revenues, an increase in smartphone penetration, and continued low retail postpaid churn.
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Wireless net adds were 726, 000, including 187, 000 post-paid.
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The San Diego-based wireless technology company will report a 24.43% jump in net income for the quarter ending in September from a year-ago period Thursday, according to a poll of Wall Street analysts conducted by Thomson Financial.
Last quarter, the second largest wireless carrier in China saw its net profits rise by almost 90% year-over-year as 3G revenues grew strongly and subsidies were reigned in by lower dependence on expensive smartphones such as the iPhone.
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The company added 2.8 million net new wireless subs overall, including 1.5 million new non-phone devices, but just 400, 000 post-paid subs, below Street expectations.
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Verizon Wireless added 2.2 million net retail connections in the fourth quarter, including a record-high 2.1 million retail postpaid net connections.
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SFLan and similar efforts such as Consume.net (in London), Guerrilla.net (in Cambridge, Massachusetts), and Seattle Wireless are reminiscent of the open-source movement, whose members contribute to free software such as the operating system Linux.
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