Technology Report: Regulators take step toward broadband rules

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Good afternoon Bit, FRI 18 Jun 2010    Regulators take step toward broadband rules iPhone 4 sets record sale pace despite gaffe Nintendo sees life yet in the Wii Motorola and Sprint to sell Windows phone to businesses Cuba reports little Internet and telecom progress Dutch Layar signs global augmented reality deals Fujitsu and Toshiba to merge mobile businesses Broadcom eyes U.S. providers for tablet chip sales Sprint plans range of embedded devices for holidays AT&T nears FCC OK for Verizon spectrum buy: report The science in Milk Yamaha's next note New gaming battle brewing Regulators take step toward broadband rules June 18, 2010 11:24 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Communications authorities on Thursday took a small but significant step toward regulating high-speed Internet in a bid to reclaim oversight, setting the stage for an eventual legal showdown with industry heavyweights. Full Article iPhone 4 sets record sale pace despite gaffe June 17, 2010 12:27 AM ET LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sales of Apple Inc's latest iPhone blew away expectations in its first day on the market despite shortages and an embarrassing online ordering glitch that thwarted many shoppers. Full Article Nintendo sees life yet in the Wii June 16, 2010 08:41 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd, confident that its Wii will stand up against rivals Microsoft Corp and Sony Corp, says it feels no pressure to reinvent the pioneering motion-sensing games platform. Full Article Motorola and Sprint to sell Windows phone to businesses June 17, 2010 02:50 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc said on Thursday that it would launch a new phone based on Microsoft Corp software and that No. 3 U.S. mobile operator Sprint Nextel Corp will sell the phone to corporate customers. Full Article Cuba reports little Internet and telecom progress June 18, 2010 11:25 AM ET HAVANA (Reuters) - Cubans' ability to communicate with one another and the world remained well below the norm for the Caribbean and Latin America in 2009, according to a government report released this week. Full Article Dutch Layar signs global augmented reality deals June 18, 2010 12:52 PM ET AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Netherlands-based Layar, a provider of augmented reality software, signed deals to be distributed on a third of smartphones worldwide and predicted a boost in the use of its technology, which combines real-world images with computer-generated images on a screen. Full Article Fujitsu and Toshiba to merge mobile businesses June 17, 2010 02:58 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fujitsu Ltd and Toshiba Corp unveiled plans on Thursday to merge their mobile phone businesses in October to create Japan's second-biggest cellphone maker in a rapidly shrinking market. Full Article Broadcom eyes U.S. providers for tablet chip sales June 17, 2010 04:48 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Broadcom Corp, whose chips power Apple Inc's iPad, expects more tablet computers using its chips to hit the U.S. market as early as this year, an executive for Broadcom said on Thursday. Full Article Sprint plans range of embedded devices for holidays June 16, 2010 06:06 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp hopes win new customers using devices other than cellphones with new wirelessly-connected gadgets coming on the market starting later this year, an executive for the company said on Wednesday. Full Article AT&T nears FCC OK for Verizon spectrum buy: report June 17, 2010 10:35 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is close to granting AT&T Inc approval for its $2.35 billion purchase of rural U.S. wireless licenses from rival Verizon Communications Inc affiliate Verizon Wireless, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. Full Article

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