Archive for January, 2007

Stratos International Awarded US Patent for RFID Technology in …

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Yahoo! News (press release) - USA 7165728) for a new technology that utilizes RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) for on-device storage of performance test information for fiber optic …

Car companies create interior ambience with illumination

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA The glow of bulbs, LEDs, and, on a few models, fiber optics, are like a road-going version of the under-cabinet lighting that is now practically required in …

Government partners with US company in fibre optic cable project

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Capital FM - Nairobi,Kenya The Government on Monday signed an agreement with Tyco Inco. of the USA to carry out a marine survey which will identify channels used to lay a fiber optic …

Prince George’s County Gets FiOS TV

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Multichannel News (subscription) - New York,NY,USA Verizon Communications is now offering its FiOS TV service in more than 30 communities in Prince George’s County, Md. The telco said the video service is …

United States: Federal Communications Commission Strikes Down …

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK This includes the premises exclusively demised to a tenant under a lease or owned by a condominium unit owner, but not the common areas outside the leased …

Verizon Continues to Invest Heavily in Fiber-Optic Broadband Network

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Teleclick.ca - Victoria,BC,Canada The new fiber optic network is intended to compete with cable companies, such as Comcast. “You have to believe that the money that they’re spending is …

French Open might be hard to find on TV

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA Verizon’s FiOS offers the channel in the Nyack area, TTC’s Web site says. FiOS and Time Warner Cable also offer the channel elsewhere, but a representative …

Textile majors turn towards design studios

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

BharatTextile.com (subscription) - Mumbai,India The textile production houses like Ashima limited, Jindal World Wide and S Kumar have developed specialised innovation units up within the premises. …

Telecom firm shows Pakistan some backbone

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong QUETTA, Pakistan - Telekom Malaysia announced this week that the company is set to complete its US$100 million countrywide fiber-optic-backbone project in …

Verizon adds cell service as bundle option

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA Verizon customers may be offered bundles featuring fiber-optic service, called FiOS, and cellular service in the future. FiOS customers can have their …