Articles Written by:    BRAD REED     

Verizon chief trashes net neutrality

"There is a false dichotomy out there right now that network providers like Verizon and application providers like Google occupy different parts of the Internet," he says. "That is an analog idea in digital universe. It understates the role of sound ...

From BRAD REED, NetworkWorld,  21 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Federal Communications Commission

Verizon chief rips net neutrality

Seidenberg attacked the idea that carriers should be considered "dumb pipes" whose sole job is to neutrally push traffic from content providers. "There is a false dichotomy out there right now that network providers like Verizon and application ...

From BRAD REED, ComputerWorld,  21 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Federal Communications Commission

Verizon fires shots across iPhone's bow with Droid smartphone

Verizon late last week issued a direct challenge to the iPhone with the launch of its advertising campaign for the Motorola Droid, the carrier's first smartphone based on Google's open source Android platform. The first ad for the device popped up ...

From BRAD REED, ComputerWorld,  19 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Motorola, Inc.,  Texas Instruments,  T-Mobile

BlackBerry Storm sequel seen keeping click screen

Rumors are swirling that Verizon and Research in Motion could officially release the sequel to the BlackBerry Storm this week with its trademark "clickable" touchscreen still intact. According to the Wall Street Journal, RIM founder and co-CEO Mike ...

From BRAD REED, NetworkWorld,  14 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Mike Lazaridis,  Research in Motion,  Wall Street Journal,  New York Times Company

Data center consolidation runs rampant

While it used to be common for every enterprise to have its own data center for delivering and receiving Web traffic, a new study from security vendor Arbor Networks suggests that this is no longer the case. In its Internet Observatory report, Arbor ...

From BRAD REED, NetworkWorld,  13 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Facebook Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  AT&T Inc.

T-Mobile sidelines Sidekick in wake of data debacle

Network World - T-Mobile USA Inc. has for the time being pulled all of its Sidekick phones off the market after the phones were hit by massive data outages. According to T-Mobile’s mobile phone shopping page, every Sidekick model is now “temporarily ...

From BRAD REED, ComputerWorld,  12 Oct 2009
Related Topics: T-Mobile,  Microsoft Corporation

One by one, carriers succumb to Google Voice

The biggest potential pitfall for carriers is that widespread adoption of Google Voice could render their networks "dumb pipes" that don't offer users any value-added services. Google Voice was designed in part to make it easier for users to change ...

From BRAD REED, San Francisco Chronicle,  9 Oct 2009
Related Topics: AT&T Inc.,  Federal Communications Commission,  Skype,  Gartner, Inc.,  Julius Genachowski

Google, Verizon teaming to develop Android devices

During a teleconference Tuesday, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam and Google CEO Eric Schmidt outlined the companies' new strategic partnership that will see them working together to develop Android-based smartphones, PDAs and netbooks, and to deliver users ...

From BRAD REED, San Francisco Chronicle,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Federal Communications Commission

Samsung Android phone gets a name, release date

After weeks of anticipation, Sprint today said that starting on November 1 it will sell Samsung’s first Android handset available in the United States. The new Samsung Moment will run on Sprint's EV-DO Rev. A 3G network and will sell for $179.99 after ...

From BRAD REED, NetworkWorld,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  AT&T Inc.

Alcatel-Lucent, Equinix debut Ethernet 'exchange'

Network World - Alcatel-Lucent and data services provider Equinix have developed a program aimed at helping Ethernet carriers interconnect their networks. The Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange platform is being billed as an easier way for carriers to ...

From BRAD REED, ComputerWorld,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Equinix, Inc.,  Alcatel-Lucent

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