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AT&T: “We’re Closing the Gap” in New York and San Francisco

John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 28, 2010 at 12:09 pm PT

AT&T’s overtaxed network has been the subject of considerable negative attention recently. No surprise, then, that the network figured prominently during the company’s earnings call this morning. The carrier everyone loves to hate would like us all to know that it’s making progress in New York City and San Francisco, two high-volume markets with equally high-volume complaints about AT&T’s wireless service.

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Android Will Live On, Get 'Sweeter' and More Social

Jessica Vascellaro, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 10, 2009 at 1:52 pm PT

After Google announced it was working on an operating system based on its Chrome Web browser this week, many wondered: Didn’t Google already build an operating system? And isn’t it called Android?

Sprint to Ericsson: Take My Network Operations…Please

John Paczkowski in News on July 9, 2009 at 12:00 pm PT

Sprint has found a novel way to improve its network operations: Turn them over to Ericsson. On Thursday, the wireless carrier announced a long-rumored plan to outsource its network to Ericsson.

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Rural Broadband’s Struggles

Amol Sharma, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 4, 2009 at 7:45 am PT

Critics have attacked municipal Internet projects, calling them taxpayer-sapping money-losers and ventures better served by the private sector. But if President Barack Obama is serious about wiring rural America with high-speed Web access, these efforts, like the central Vermont one we profiled today, will play a key role.