Tag: TELECOM

Nortel, once one of the biggest telecoms company in the world but now in the death throes of bankruptcy, has selected Google's $900 million bid for its patent portfolio as the stalking horse bid. This doesn't mean that Google will automatically win Nortel's massive array of telecoms patents, but it does mean that Google is the preferred buyer. Google, which has a history of lobbying for patent ...

Somehow this passed us by: Information is Beautiful has a wonderful visualization of the current state of telecommunications court cases. It's actually a little out of date now -- Apple is now countersuing Motorola -- but otherwise the data is mostly up-to-date. The full image is after the break. The infographic also includes snippets of each law suit, which is handy for understanding the ...

To follow up on some earlier news about AT&T's possible deployment of a new, cross-platform app store, I received a clarification from AT&T about what the Wholesale Applications Community (that's what they're calling it) is and isn't. It's NOT an app store. It IS an international coalition of around 25 telecom companies that's aiming to create a platform open to all developers and selling ...

Working from anywhere in downtown Toronto was great for many wireless workers for the past nine months. There was no need to walk aimlessly looking for an open wireless signal, now that time has sadly come to an end. It was so easy to connect to one of Toronto Hydro Telecom's free OneZone urban Wifi network signals in the six square kilometer area that it covers. The area, centered on the cities ...