Nuance has licensed and will be integrating Rovi's rich entertainment data with Dragon TV to provide TV manufacturers and cable service providers the ability to access the wide variety of Rovi-indexed content for TV shows, movies and cast and crew details just by speaking.

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According to internet and network analysis firm Renesys, the cable lit up with activity last week with data flowing through it between Telefonica and the nation's state telecom company, Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A. (ETECSA).

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But if I were to replace my Comcast cable subscription with an Internet-only service, I would then begin to cut into my Comcast Internet data cap.

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Six telecommunications companies have formed a consortium to build a submarine cable system linking Malaysia, Singapore, India and Sri Lanka with the Middle East, which could boost data connectivity significantly in the region as operators expand their data offerings to boost earnings.

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