Read more telecommunications stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/13831/telecommunications.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:09:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72697/swine-flu-wary-telecommuters-could-floor-internet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTelecommuters hunkering down at home because of swine flu could overwhelm Internet networks in the coming weeks, a federal watchdog reports. The report earlier this week found that no guidelines are in place to deal with any surge in demand caused by a spike in workers telecommuting and students going...http://www.newser.com/story/72697/swine-flu-wary-telecommuters-could-floor-internet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 6:06:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72377/cell-refuseniks-hail-independent-life.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMost of the remaining few Americans who don't have cell phones are elderly or unable to afford one—but a tiny minority within that minority actively refuse to get one. Life without interruptions and being a slave to a tiny screen is preferable, the "refuseniks" tell the New York Times...http://www.newser.com/story/72377/cell-refuseniks-hail-independent-life.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 3:36:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71777/internet-access-now-a-legal-right-in-finland.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn Finland, broadband access isn’t a privilege, it’s a right. The Ministry of Transport and Communications has pushed through a law requiring telecom companies to offer speeds of at least 1 megabit per second to all of the country’s 5.3 million citizens. While 96% of Finland’s population is already...http://www.newser.com/story/71777/internet-access-now-a-legal-right-in-finland.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 8:57:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56210/ebay-to-spin-off-skype-in-ipo-next-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEbay plans to end its uneasy relationship with Skype by offloading the ill-fitting acquisition through an IPO early next year, Bloomberg reports. Analysts say the move could raise up to $1 billion for eBay, depending on how much equity the auction powerhouse wants to give up. The company declined to...http://www.newser.com/story/56210/ebay-to-spin-off-skype-in-ipo-next-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Apr 2009 5:00:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55926/skype-guys-trying-to-buy-it-back-from-ebay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe European wunderkinds who gave the world Skype have been approaching private equity firms in an attempt to buy their creation back from eBay, the New York Times reports. Niklas Zennstrom of Sweden and Janus Friis of Denmark sold the Internet phone service for $2.6 billion in 2005, but...http://www.newser.com/story/55926/skype-guys-trying-to-buy-it-back-from-ebay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Apr 2009 9:00:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55419/new-google-voice-offering-a-dutiful-but-klutzy-secretary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGoogle’s Voice feature, offered in free beta for now, bundles all your phone numbers into one “Google number,” and records, transcribes, emails, and archives voicemails, allowing you to respond via texts sent from your computer. It “has some brilliant features,” Courtney Banks writes in the Wall Street Journal , but probably...http://www.newser.com/story/55419/new-google-voice-offering-a-dutiful-but-klutzy-secretary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 8:28:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53200/google-voice-buggy-but-brilliant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGoogle's new VoIP service could be more of a "life-changing experience" than a mere Skype substitute, Larry Magid writes in CNET. Google Voice—currently only available to former GrandCentral users but expected to soon cause sleepless nights for the whole telecom industry—offers users a single number to which they...http://www.newser.com/story/53200/google-voice-buggy-but-brilliant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 7:05:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52243/free-market-rings-up-4b-cell-phones-worldwide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe global explosion in cell phone use is a timely reminder of what free markets can achieve, David A. Gross writes in the Christian Science Monitor . There are now more than 4 billion mobile connections worldwide, two-thirds of them in developing countries, according to a new UN report. This leap...http://www.newser.com/story/52243/free-market-rings-up-4b-cell-phones-worldwide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 2:37:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49747/iran-launches-first-satellite.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIran last night sent its first domestically built satellite into orbit, the BBC reports, timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of its revolution. The program's aims are peaceful, said state TV, with the satellite intended for research and telecommunications. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said it was meant to promote...http://www.newser.com/story/49747/iran-launches-first-satellite.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Feb 2009 7:39:44 CST