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Rural roadblock awaits cell phone switchers

May 12, 2004 Two events Thursday will highlight how cell phone customers in rural areas probably won't be allowed to switch providers and keep their telephone numbers any time soon. TAGS: number portability, rural area, CTIA, cell phone, provider, Verizon Wireless, service provider, event, U.S.

EC proposes using TV spectrum for WiMax

June 13, 2007 U.K. spectrum freed as TV converts from analog to digital could be allocated to WiMax, shrinking digital divide, commissioner says. TAGS: spectrum, digital divide, dividend, rural area, wireless broadband, broadband, analog, 3G, TV, representative, U.K., Europe

Wireless broadband may get more spectrum

April 15, 2004 The FCC signals a willingness to let unlicensed devices share some spectrum devoted to satellites to spread broadband across the country. But some claim it will only create interference. TAGS: spectrum, rural area, interference, mobile network, wireless broadband, mile, broadband, satellite, Sprint Nextel, service provider

Emerging markets fuel cell phone growth

February 14, 2007 The next wave of growth will come from poor, developing nations, leaders in the wireless industry say at 3GSM. TAGS: Telenor, Vodafone Group Plc., rural area, emerging market, mobile operator, India, Barcelona, fuel cell, subscriber, operator, Africa, Brazil, handset, region, cell phone, China

Wireless Web activates in small towns

June 3, 2002 Wireless Web service providers are bringing broadband Internet access to rural areas, a market largely overlooked by larger Web providers. TAGS: IPWireless, W-CDMA, rural area, wireless Web, Conrad Burns, Montana, Internet access, broadband Internet, town, service provider, telecommunications, broadband, cell phone

Broadband divide widens in U.K.

January 20, 2006 Subscription rates for high-speed Internet access still skew in favor of prosperous areas. TAGS: British Telecommunications, broadband, density, DSL, rural area, cable broadband, high-speed Internet access, Internet access, U.K., London

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