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Hong Kong shares sharply lower on China bank share sales, commodities slide - Forbes.com
Forbes | 1 hour 43 minutes ago
HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices were sharply lower mid-morning as China banks were hit further by news of more share sales by strategic investors and commodity stocks slumped after crude oil prices fell 12 pct overnight.... (more)
Goodbye Chad, Hello Verizon Test Guy
Tampa Tribune (Fla.), The | 2 hours 11 minutes ago
Alas, the perky Chad and his My Circle friends at Alltel are about to get hung up on.... (more)
Clearwire woes hit big backers - NYTimes.com
New York Times, The | 2 hours 27 minutes ago
Financial charges taken by both Intel and Time Warner Cable on Wednesday put the spotlight on the tough prospects for Clearwire, the company that aims to build a national mobile broadband network using WiMax technology. Intel, the biggest backer of the fledgling technology, said it will take a non-cash charge of US$950 million [m] to its fourth-quarter earnings, which are due to be announced Jan. 15. The announcement came as part of a warning that Intel will miss its revenue forecast for the...... (more)
Netgear Focuses on the Connected Experience
Dealerscope | 7 hours 6 minutes ago
Netgear's CES product launches this year expand upon its focus of digital connectivity throughout the home by targeting the user's TV viewing experience.... (more)
Verizon picks Microsoft search over Google and Yahoo (Reuters) by Reuters: Yahoo! Tech
Yahoo! | 7 hours 28 minutes ago
NEW YORK/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc has chosen Microsoft Corp to provide Internet search services for cell phones, in what is seen as a blow to rivals Google Inc and Yahoo Inc. Verizon Chief Executive Ivan Seidenberg said on Wednesday that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer would announce the deal later in the day at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Seidenberg, speaking at a Citigroup conference, gave no further details.... (more)
Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road (AP) by AP: Yahoo! Tech
Yahoo! | 7 hours 28 minutes ago
LAS VEGAS - More options for watching TV in the car are on the way.Audiovox Corp. said Wednesday it will make an in-car receiver for Qualcomm Inc.'s subscription-based mobile TV broadcasts, previously available only on AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless cell phones.... (more)
Verizon picks Microsoft search over Google
MSNBC | 7 hours 29 minutes ago
Verizon Communications Inc has chosen Microsoft Corp to provide Internet search services for cell phones, in what is seen as a blow to rivals Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.... (more)
Clearwire Demonstrates Live Streaming Video Over WiMax
mocoNews.net | 7 hours 31 minutes ago
At Clearwire s event celebrating the launch of its first mobile WiMax market in the U.S., it provided a number of live demonstrations to get a sense of what a wireless 6 mbps download was really like. From a townhome right on the river that runs through the city, Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) showed how you can stream TV over the Internet from a site like Hulu.com to a laptop with an embedded WiMax chipset. The laptop was connected to a large, roughly 40-inch, flatscreen TV. The streaming quality wa...... (more)
Clearwire Shareholders Approve Merger With Sprint s WiMax Division
mocoNews.net | 7 hours 31 minutes ago
Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) shareholders approved the company s merger with Sprintā??s WiMax business today during a special meeting. Clearwire said itā??s on pace to close the transaction by the end of the year, at which point the new Clearwire will receive $3.2 billion in fresh capital from Intel (NSDQ: INTC), Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable, Bright House Networks and Trilogy Partners. The vote was one of the final steps the company needed following the ...... (more)
WiMAX Provider Sues Sprint/Clearwire
Wi-Fi Planet | 7 hours 34 minutes ago
A Texas WiMAX service provider has filed suit against Sprint Nextel and Clearwire claiming the carriers have infringed on six of its communications-related patents.... (more)
Harris Stratex Networks Confirms Second Quarter Revenue Guidance - Press Releases: PR Newswire: Aerospace/defense - SunHerald.com
Sun Herald (Biloxi-Gulfport, Miss.), The | 7 hours 44 minutes ago
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Stratex Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSTX), a leading specialist in backhaul solutions for mobility and broadband networks, today confirmed revenue guidance for its second quarter ended January 2, 2009. The company anticipates that revenue will be between $185 million and $195 million, as provided in the company's October 29, 2008 earnings press release.... (more)
Audiovox to make in-car receiver for Qualcomm's subscription TV service -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 7 hours 44 minutes ago
LAS VEGAS (AP) — More options for watching TV in the car are on the way.... (more)
Videotron Widens Wideband Footprint
Light Reading | 8 hours 8 minutes ago
MONTREAL -- Videotron begins rolling out its Ultimate Speed Internet 30 and Ultimate Speed Internet 50 services to Montreal South Shore today, making speeds of 30 Mbps and 50 Mbps available to 377,000 more households via DOCSIS 3.0 technology. To deliver the best possible customer experience, Videotron is also upgrading transfer limits to 70 GB for Ultimate Speed Internet 30 and 100 GB for Ultimate Speed Internet 50.... (more)
Qualcomm, Starent, Cogo to gain from Chinese 3G - Forbes.com
Forbes | 9 hours 43 minutes ago
The Chinese Government's decision to grant new 3G, or third-generation, wireless licenses should give a boost to network equipment makers Starent Networks Corp. and Qualcomm Inc., as well as cell phone designer Cogo Group Inc., a Piper Jaffray analyst said Wednesday.... (more)
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