Clearwire claims to have 173,000 Wimax subscribers
Clearwire has claimed that they had around 173,000 Wimax subscribers at the end of September this year.
The company is now aiming to cover areas having 120 million potential customers by the end of next year.
Clearwire said that this figure include customers of their Clear branded services in [...]
Southwest Airlines to equip all of their planes with internet connectivity
Southwest Airlines is the latest airline company with plans to offer wireless internet connectivity on their planes.
The airline company has said that they aim to test the services and price points throughout this year.
They have already been testing the wireless internet services on four [...]
Wi5 Wi-Fi service launched in Chennai by Zylog Systems India
Zylog Systems India has announced the launch of their Wi5 wireless internet service in the Chennai city.
The company said that this service launch has made Chennai the first Wi-Fi enabled city in the country.
They are using mesh network architecture to provide seamless wireless internet connectivity to [...]
Time Warner plans to spin off AOL
Time Warner has revealed their plans to spin off internet division AOL.
The company revealed some of the details about their upcoming plans in documents submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Time Warner has hinted in the past that they wanted to separate AOL from their core operations.
Company [...]
Bharti Airtel to have nine different divisions with individual CEOs
India’s leading telecom company Bharti Airtel has announced that they are going to restructure their business operations into nine divisions with individual CEOs.
The company said that this has become necessary as they are expanding into new markets outside the telecom sector.
Some of these divisions [...]
Alaska Airline offers Wi-Fi service in-flight
Alaska Airline has become the latest airline company to offer in-flight wi-fi internet access to its customers.
They are currently offering this service on some of their Boeing 737-700 planes.
For now, the service is available for free on the flights between Seattle and San Jose.
The airline company said that after the [...]
IAC/InterActiveCorp posts a profit
IAC/InterActiveCorp has posted a fourth-quarter profit. The company gained from the sale of 30 percent stake in Jupiter Shop Channel.
The company however is struggling due to the weakening economic conditions. They have now adjusted earnings.
The revenues failed to match the market expectations.
The company posted earnings of $227.4 million [...]
Yahoo posts a loss as they still look for ways to survive
Internet media giant Yahoo has posted a fourth-quarter loss.
The company continues to suffer from shrinking demand for online ads.
Yahoo has posted a loss of $303.4 million in the most recent quarter.
This is a pretty bad performance when compared to profits of [...]
Qwest told to restore services to SkyWi customers
New Mexico regulatory bodies have now ordered Qwest to restore services to Internet service provider SkyWi.
Qwest had disconnected the services provided to SkyWi claiming that the company owed them money.
State’s Public Regulation Commission met for an emergency meeting and decided to place this order.
Qwest has been given [...]
Verizon wins a big cybersquatting judgment against OnlineNIC
US based mobile service provider Verizon has won a major cybersquatting judgment against OnlineNIC.
Verizon had filed a lawsuit against this company claiming they had registered 663 domain names which the end user could confuse with their name.
Verizon is however going to find it hard to recover this [...]
