Suspected Maoists derail train in India Nov 20, 2009
In addition to targeting police, alleged police informers and people they call "class enemies," the rebels are also attacking infrastructure such as roads, bridges, railways, and power and telecommunication networks. Share this on. (CNN -- International)
Integral Systems Opens Facility in UK to Provide Turnkey Earth Station System Integration Capability Nov 2, 2009
The new facility will provide ESIS for the telecommunication networks satellite ground segment, as well as Telemetry, Tracking and Control (TT&C) ground systems. A typical turnkey system might also include the following products from Integral Systems subsidiaries. (Primezone Releases)
Senate panelists told about NASA's health, tech value Oct 22, 2009
"We are dependent upon GPS signals for transportation. We coordinate our telecommunication networks, Internet infrastructure and electric grid and financial systems through the timing signals available from GPS," he said. "Our weather forecasts are based upon satellite observations. We have information on what is happening everywhere in the world at all times, in large measure due to satellite communications and observations.". (Florida Today)
India prepares new assault on its 'biggest threat' Oct 7, 2009
Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram said recently that Maoists had improved their operations, from making increasingly sophisticated bombs to "laying greater emphasis on attacking economic and development infrastructure such as roads, bridges, railways, power, and telecommunication networks.". A Maoist strategy report, recently leaked to the government, calls for attacks on Indian security forces and efforts to prevent multinational companies taking over mines in central and eastern India. (Christian Science Monitor)
Zita And Co. To Be Sacked? Sep 26, 2009
Just last two weeks, a Deputy Minister of Information, Mr. Okudjeto Ablakwa announced an sms facility to enable people text information and to request for information from any of the telecommunication networks. She has also hinted that the Ministry is also in talks with the telecommunication companies for the public to elicit information and give information to Government through a toll free number. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Leak reveals India Maoist threat Sep 22, 2009
Besides targeting the police, alleged police informers and so-called class enemies, the rebels are "laying greater emphasis on attacking economic and development infrastructure such as roads, bridges, railways, power and telecommunication networks," he said. He also warned that the Maoists were making and deploying increasingly sophisticated bombs. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Nokia faces wrathof Iran's protesters Jul 17, 2009
"So, for example we don't sell telecommunication networks to countries like North Korea or to Burma [Myanmar], and also we know very little and see very little information coming out of those countries.". Going global The announcement of a landslide victory by incumbent President Mahmud Ahmadinejad in the June 12 election led to an outpouring of popular anger, leading the Iranian government to quickly ban all foreign media from covering the protests. (Asia Times Online)
Biomed company may bring jobs Jul 17, 2009
Metro Atlanta s expansive logistics infrastructure a globally connected airport and strong interstate connectivity and its robust telecommunication networks make it a magnet for advanced manufacturing firms, said Eric Tomlinson, co-chairman of Georgia Bio and CEO of Atlanta-based. The state scored a major coup when it convinced to move its global headquarters from Dayton, Ohio, to Duluth. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
Infosys Technologies (NASDAQ: INFY) Announces Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2009 Jul 10, 2009
The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, industry segment... (Canada Newswire)
Editor apologises for calling parliament "den of thieves" Jul 1, 2009
00 from telecommunication networks in the country. A member of that Committee and the Minority Chief Whip, Frederick Opare Ansah outraged by the publication filed a complaint before the leadership of parliament for appropriate remedies. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Engineers Tune A Nanoscale Grating Structure To Trap And Release A Variety Of Light Waves Mar 1, 2009
And they can hasten the advent of faster all-optical telecommunication networks, in which light signals transmit and route data without needing to be converted to electrical signals and back ... " An article in the Feb. 14 issue of the British journal New Scientist said the results obtained by Bartoli's team "suggest that one day we might be able to slow down light long enough to store it as a 'rainbow' or colors an advance that would revolutionize computing and telecommunication networks. (Science Daily)
SARS spurs China to act on AIDS Feb 14, 2009
Guiding light into a tapered trap could revolutionise computing and telecommunication networks. FEATURE: 22:56 13 February 2009 1 comment. (Yahoo News -- SARS)
(More)Verizon completes $3 million upgrade Feb 10, 2009
The digital switch is basically a large-scale computer which supplies dial tone and routs customer calls and data transmissions across telecommunication networks. Verizon crews have worked on the upgrade project for the past several months. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Accelerating the modern age Feb 7, 2009
The internet, mobile phone networks and fixed line phones now all use the principles Davies and his team established to cram as much data as they can down the cables and wires making up the world's telecommunication networks. Clogged pipes. (BBC News -- Technology)
