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It is nice to hear a CEO admit to the fact that he might have over-hyped his offerings a bit too much, and without sweating the details. Charles Dunstone, the maverick CEO of UK-retailer Carphone Warehouse confessed to The Sunday Times of London that his company was struggling to meet the demand for free broadband, [...]

The upcoming AWS spectrum auction could be a desperate attempt for survival by EchoStar and DirecTV says the Denver Post. The companies are part of a consortium, with Rupert Murdoch and others, that was recently approved to bid for spectrum.
Proving the importance of the move, the group has put down an upfront payment of almost [...]

In sharp contrast to Google’s free model in Mountain View and Earthlink’s for pay model in the city of Anaheim, Boston, home of Red Sox Nation, is exploring another model for planned city-wide wireless broadband. The Boston mayor unveiled plans of the service that will be run and managed by a not–for-profit group. The organization [...]

Online video is the big story today… again. From CNN to AOL to Lulu.TV - everyone is talking about online videos, which begs the question - How many video sharing sites do we need.
We had asked this question nearly a month ago in the pages of Business 2.0 magazine. The frenzy clearly has gone to [...]

The ‘Broadband in the Sky’ concept is finding its way to India. Early next year, passengers aboard planes of several Indian carriers will be able to access the Internet to surf, chat and watch television on a broadband connection, reports The Financial Express.
India’s private carriers including Kingfisher Airlines, a JetBlue clone; and other fast growing [...]

Verizon is the first U.S. carrier to start selling LG’s hot new ‘Chocolate’ phone, which Verizon customers can buy online today and in stores starting August 7th. Verizon says the deal is exclusive, and that it will be the only carrier in the U.S. to sell the device. LG is trying really hard to [...]