The looming U.S. GSM monopoly

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	The looming US GSM monopoly It's been a week of intense speculation over the fate of the U.S. mobile landscape, should AT&T's proposed takeover of T-Mobile USA actually pass regulatory approval. The move, significantly, would reduce the number of players with GSM-based networks in the U.S. to one. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Wi-Fi Provides RX for Healthcare Challenges This paper looks at how healthcare providers are using wireless LANs creatively to improve patient care and to realize much-needed cost efficiencies. Read now! In this Issue Tablets of CTIA Microsoft scheme sniffs out unused wireless spectrum Hot technology at the annual CTIA wireless show in Orlando AT&T-T-Mobile merger widely panned Nokia looks to make Windows Phone 7 hottest mobile OS on the planet RIM bows to pressure, yanks BlackBerry DUI checkpoint app Windows Phone 7 owners rage at Microsoft over update no-shows UPDATE: Best Buy to resell LightSquared 4G service Google funds tools to expose government attempts to censor, shut down the Internet Quakes called signal of danger to cell networks iPhone, Android, Windows and Linux: Microsoft now manages them all WHITE PAPER: Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall for Dummies eBook This book provides an in-depth overview of next-generation firewalls. It examines the evolution of network security, the rise of Enterprise 2.0 applications and their associated threats, the shortcomings of traditional firewalls, and the advanced capabilities found in next-generation firewalls. Read now! Tablets of CTIA We round up the hot (and not so hot) tablet computers that are being launched or shown off at the CTIA show in Orlando. Read More Microsoft scheme sniffs out unused wireless spectrum Microsoft researchers have designed a scheme for measuring whether licensed radio frequencies are actually being used so unlicensed devices can use it, something that may become necessary as demand for wireless applications grows. Read More Hot technology at the annual CTIA wireless show in Orlando From HTC's HD7 Windows Phone 7 handset to Sprint's HTC EVO View 4G, CTIA attention grabbers Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Copeland Toyota Saves 70% in Data Protection Costs By replacing their tape backup solution with comprehensive cloud data protection from Iron Mountain, car dealer saves 70% in data protection costs and achieves instant point-in-moment restores. Read Now! AT&T-T-Mobile merger widely panned The proposed AT&T-T-Mobile merger has many different groups standing athwart recent telecom history and yelling, "Stop!" Read More Nokia looks to make Windows Phone 7 hottest mobile OS on the planet Nokia fully expects, and plans, to do what Microsoft and its handset partners have so far been unable to do: make Windows Phone 7 a must-have mobile platform. Read More RIM bows to pressure, yanks BlackBerry DUI checkpoint app Research in Motion said Wednesday that it would comply with a request made by four U.S. senators and will pull BlackBerry apps that alert drivers of police drunk-driving checkpoints. Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom Maximizing ROI with the Microsoft-Polycom UC Solution Read how Microsoft and Polycom's partnership offers customers an end-to-end, fully interoperable unified communications (UC) solution that combines real-time instant messaging, voice, video, and data to lower business costs, improve productivity, and more. Read More Windows Phone 7 owners rage at Microsoft over update no-shows Windows Phone 7 users are not happy about the slow pace of updates to their smartphones. Read More UPDATE: Best Buy to resell LightSquared 4G service Satellite-LTE startup LightSquared has made a deal for national electronics retailer Best Buy to resell its service, LightSquared CEO and Chairman Sanjiv Ahuja said on Wednesday at the CTIA Wireless trade show. Read More Google funds tools to expose government attempts to censor, shut down the Internet In the wake of Internet blackouts in Egypt and Libya, Google has announced it is awarding at least $1 million to Georgia Tech researchers working on tools that will immediately reveal when governments are trying to shut down or censor use of the Internet. Read More Quakes called signal of danger to cell networks Mobile networks were damaged more by the Feb. 25 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, than by the 2010 quake that devastated Haiti, according to the chairman of a company that owns carriers in both countries. Read More iPhone, Android, Windows and Linux: Microsoft now manages them all Steve Ballmer and crew aren't going to miss a moneymaking opportunity, even if that means managing iPhones, iPads, Androids and, yes, even Linux computers. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS Hot technology at the annual CTIA wireless show CTIA Wireless offers a look at the evolving mobile landscape, from handsets and apps to core network systems. Here's a few of the things that are hot at the show in Orlando. First look at Firefox 4 Firefox 4 has finally arrived, after months of delays and after rival Web browsers Internet Explorer 9 and Chrome 10 already shipped. The browser gets a speed boost and several feature enhancements that are so significant that they all have their own proper names, like Panorama, JaegerMonkey and Firefox Sync. Were they worth the wait? Let's take a look. MOST-READ STORIES Microsoft pays Nortel $7.5 million for IPv4 addresses Wireless carriers delay Japan's text-to-give donations Microsoft now manages iPhone, Android, Windows, Linux Update Java and you may get annoying McAfee scanner too Nokia looks to make Windows Phone 7 hottest mobile OS Programmer fired for eating pizza Microsoft warns of hack attempt on Windows Live, Google Lots of "people" you interact with online are sockpuppets Is EMC/RSA poised to buy NetWitness? Can LTE really do it all?
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