Verizon Communications will lay off 336 employees in New Jersey, installers who work in homes and businesses on traditional telephone lines, the company said on Friday.

www.topix.net | 2/4/12 10:11 AM

Rogers Communications Inc. has vowed to phase out the practice of slowing some of the Internet traffic on its sytem, a move that should hearten those sharing movies and music or playing online games.

www.topix.net | 2/4/12 6:01 AM

The Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a settlement with former Qwest Communications International Inc.

www.topix.net | 2/4/12 1:42 AM

The maker of BlackBerry phones is delaying or even abandoning what has been rumored to be a plan to license its new operating system to Samsung Electronics, Jefferies & Co.

www.topix.net | 2/3/12 9:32 PM

Research in Motion is trying to woo developers by giving a free BlackBerry Playbook tablet to coders who port their Android application for its BlackBerry Tablet OS.

www.topix.net | 2/3/12 5:18 PM

A Long Island gun shop owner is now facing criminal charges after police say he was illegally selling guns that were ending up on the streets.

www.topix.net | 2/3/12 1:03 PM

Phone and data network equipment maker Acme Packet Inc. said Thursday that its net income for the final quarter of 2011 fell as revenue growth failed to keep pace with higher sales and research costs.

www.topix.net | 2/3/12 8:59 AM

Corning Incorporated and Samsung Mobile Display Company on Thursday announced they are beginning an equity joint venture in Korea that focuses on making the glass substrate for Organic Light Emitting Diode displays.

www.topix.net | 2/3/12 4:49 AM

Time Warner Cable is backing its 'Enjoy Better' brand platform with local buys in the Super Bowl as part of a multimedia campaign, which includes a consumer sweepstakes.

www.topix.net | 2/3/12 12:44 AM

A major revamp at Nokia that includes a deal to use Microsoft Corp software in its smartphones will impact the earnings of the Finnish handset maker throughout most of this year, Chairman Jorma Ollila said on Wednesday.

www.topix.net | 2/2/12 8:35 PM

Clearleap, a provider of Internet-based video-on-demand systems for service providers, has hired former Cisco Systems and Scientific Atlanta exec Bob Van Orden as vice president of product marketing.

www.topix.net | 2/2/12 4:25 PM

The " Nuvola It Home Doctor " system developed by Telecom Italia is enabling chronic patients who are being treated at the Molinette Hospital in Turin to monitor their physiological parameters via mobile phone from their own homes.

www.topix.net | 2/2/12 12:16 PM

Research in Motion will be pinning its comeback hopes on the first generation of BlackBerry phones to run its BlackBerry 10 operating system, and it seems to have settled on a design.

www.topix.net | 2/2/12 7:46 AM

AltaGas Ltd. is buying natural gas businesses in Alaska and Michigan in a deal worth more than US$1.1 billion, as part of the Alberta-based company's plan to become a leading player in the North American energy infrastructure sector.

www.topix.net | 2/2/12 3:36 AM

Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski are challenging schools and companies to get digital textbooks in students' hands within five years.

www.topix.net | 2/1/12 11:17 PM

A big legal win for Optus means customers can record and watch free-to-air sports on their mobile phones.

www.topix.net | 2/1/12 7:07 PM

The European Union on Wednesday blocked the Deutsche Boerse's planned merger with NYSE Euronext, a $10 billion deal that would have created the world's largest financial exchange operator.

www.topix.net | 2/1/12 2:58 PM

Prem Watsa, a savvy yet private investor thrust into the limelight for his faith in embattled Canadian tech darling Research In Motion Ltd.

www.topix.net | 2/1/12 12:48 PM

A four-year-old, $2.5-billion lawsuit pitting former Cablevision Systems-owned satellite TV service Voom HD against No.

www.topix.net | 2/1/12 8:38 AM

Nortel Networks Corp. was poised to post a profit for the last quarter of 2002 that "didn't make sense," Nortel's former director of financial planning told the fraud trial Tuesday of ex-executives at the fallen telecom giant.

www.topix.net | 2/1/12 4:29 AM

Avon Products, Inc. fired its vice chairman, Charles Cramb in the middle of an investigation by the company and the U.S. Securities and Exchange inquiry into bribery and disclosure improprieties.

www.topix.net | 2/1/12 12:19 AM

As Verizon Communications Inc. pushes for more cable-television and high-speed Internet subscribers, a new competitor is emerging: its own subsidiary, Verizon Wireless.

www.topix.net | 1/31/12 8:10 PM

Nokia Siemens Networks says it will cut some 2,900 jobs in Germany this year as part of a global restructuring effort.

www.topix.net | 1/31/12 6:05 PM

"Stankey, who has led nearly every major AT&T business unit during his 27-year career, will be responsible for developing the roadmap to maximize future growth opportunities," AT&T said in a statement on Monday.

www.topix.net | 1/31/12 6:05 PM

Stocks edged lower on Monday on stalled Greek debt talks, but an afternoon rally cut losses in a sign of the underlying resilience the market has shown early in the year.

www.topix.net | 1/31/12 2:55 PM

MONTREAL - Research In Motion's new marketing campaign to attract more consumers in the United States only calls attention to its lack of new smartphones and its vulnerable position in the marketplace, analysts said Monday.

www.topix.net | 1/31/12 10:40 AM

AT&T Inc. said Monday it is reshuffling the responsibilities of four executives in an effort to sharpen the telecommunication company's focus.

www.topix.net | 1/31/12 6:31 AM

General Motors Co. said Monday that AT&T Inc. plans to buy 1,200 of its Chevrolet Express compressed natural gas cargo vans for use at AT&T service centers around the country.

www.topix.net | 1/31/12 2:21 AM

Verizon Communications Inc., Comcast Corp. and other big telecom companies are lobbying Florida lawmakers to exempt a host of digital items from the state's communications tax, in an overhaul the industry says is needed to adapt to rapidly evolving technology but which some others warn could eventually rip a huge hole in government finances.

www.topix.net | 1/31/12 2:21 AM

Apple's expansion to two additional carriers in China could bring in an extra 40 million iPhone buyers next year, according to a new analyst note.

www.topix.net | 1/30/12 10:17 PM

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www.topix.net | 1/30/12 5:57 PM

Rostelecom has been granted permission by Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service to acquire a 100% stake in Siberian broadband operator Enter.

www.topix.net | 1/30/12 1:42 PM

It lives in a powered mount, which can be incorporated into an intercom system and charges the main unit.

www.topix.net | 1/30/12 9:43 AM

Nokia already came clean about the Lumia 800 battery bug, but evidently that just wasn't enough to appease the masses.

www.topix.net | 1/30/12 5:28 AM

Memo to Toronto Hydro executives: Try cutting back on your perks before claiming your company is in a crisis and trying to jack up rates.

www.topix.net | 1/30/12 1:14 AM

Former RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis gave a lengthy exit interview to The Record yesterday where he explains his next move after stepping down last week. Forex Reviews.

As far as we can tell, this is the only interview either he or RIM's other co-CEO Jim Balsillie have given since they stepped down a week ago.

www.topix.net | 1/29/12 8:54 PM

26 million. That's how many new 3G smart-phone subscribers were signed up last year by China Unicom Hong Kong, the second-largest Chinese cell phone company. Logo Design .

After previously courting high-end customers with pricey Apple iPhones, Unicom in May started selling models from local firms that cost less than $158, a fifth the price of an iPhone without a contract. The low-end strategy helped make Unicom the best-performing stock on Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index last year, up a sizzling 47 percent.

www.topix.net | 1/29/12 4:44 PM

Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins is pictured during an interview with Thomson Reuters in New York, January 27, 2012.

www.topix.net | 1/29/12 12:35 PM

In this May 13, 2010 photo, Bruce Springsteen performs during the Rainforest Fund's 21st Birthday Celebration benefit concert at Carnegie Hall in New York.

www.topix.net | 1/29/12 8:20 AM

Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry signage hangs above the company's booth at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

www.topix.net | 1/29/12 4:06 AM

A high-density, environmentally sustainable community has been given the nod by the Municipal Government Board of Alberta despite the consternation of councillors in the nearby town of Okotoks.

www.topix.net | 1/28/12 11:56 PM

Here's another item that crossed my desk recently, and it sounds like a great opportunity to chase away the winter doldrums.The annual New York If you are looking for a good cure for the winter blues and don't mind a little driving, let me recommend the 30th annual Rochester Boat Show, I've always known that safety comes first when I step afield to ... (more)

www.topix.net | 1/28/12 7:51 PM

Cablevision Systems is running a limited trial of an application that lets subscribers watch live TV on PCs and Macs over a home Wi-Fi network, using Microsoft's Silverlight media-delivery technology.

www.topix.net | 1/28/12 3:37 PM

Research In Motion Ltd.'s Thorsten Heins, five days into his job as chief executive officer, pledged to regain lost ground in the U.S. smartphone market and said he held talks with rivals eager to license its software.

www.topix.net | 1/28/12 11:22 AM

Mitt Romney's enemies have unleashed a torrent of attacks in Florida over Medicare fraud conspiracy committed by a company Romney helped run in the 1990s.

www.topix.net | 1/28/12 7:03 AM

Google's revised privacy policy is raising new concerns about consumers rights to their information on the Internet and other connected products Google's revised privacy policy is raising new concerns about consumers rights to their information on the Internet and other connected products Harnessing the technology inside smartphones, a new range of ... (more)

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