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China Mobile exploring opportunities in Africa South China Morning Post - May 9, 2008 China Mobile Communications Corp, the parent of Hong Kong-listed China Mobile, remains interested in Africa as a wide-open market, despite not bidding for MTN Group, a leading telecommunications operator in Africa that is for sale....
Comcast signs 'Internet-on-the-go' deal Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania) - May 8, 2008 May 8--On a bus ride in January through Portland, Ore., Brian L. Roberts, chairman and chief executive officer of Comcast Corp., began to see the future of Internet-on-the-go. "We participated in a three-way videoconference call at 50 miles an hour. It was pretty incredible talking to people in the car behind you and to people in an office," Roberts said in an interview yesterday. He also watched ...
Chicago gets first crack at speedy WiMax Chicago Tribune - May 8, 2008 By year-end, Chicago is expected to be a launchpad for the next generation of wireless networks, blanketed with a fast Internet signal -- accessible to subscribers from homes, streets and traveling vehicles -- and capable of giving mundane home appliances a voice. In this Jetsonian vision of life, which could take several years to arrive fully, a washing machine embedded with a wireless chip would...
In Wi-Fi arena, a middle ground emerges on free and paid The International Herald Tribune - May 7, 2008 The battle between free and paid wireless Internet access is starting to look like a draw. Or more accurately, a third variation is winning: a combination of the two. Travelers want to log on everywhere at no charge, while hotels, airports and coffee shops are looking for a way to pay for their Wi-Fi networks as visitors increasingly use greater amounts of bandwidth. The compromise that is emergin...
Sprint to beef up wireless venture; Billions from partners would help create the fastest U.S. network. Los Angeles Times - May 7, 2008 Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to combine its costly wireless broadband effort with a smaller company founded by cellphone pioneer Craig McCaw in a $12-billion venture funded by Internet search powerhouse Google Inc., cable television companies and others. The combination would create the fastest nationwide wireless network for laptops, smart phones such as BlackBerrys and other mobile devices, as well...

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