http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/carriers.html The latest carrier news and analysis from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070709-chinas-grip-on-web-prevents.html Beijing's Internet clampdown appears to have succeeded in shutting out dissenting views over deadly riots in western China that claimed at least 156 lives. Owen Fletcher 2009-07-07T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070609-report-doj-reviewing-us-telecom.html The U.S. Department of Justice has begun to look into the way that large operators form exclusivity agreements for popular handsets over concerns that the practice is anticompetitive, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. Nancy Gohring 2009-07-06T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070209-when-your-phone-rings-the.html A digital rights group is contesting a U.S. music industry association's assertion that royalties are due each time a mobile phone ringtone is played in public. Jeremy Kirk 2009-07-02T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/063009-cisco-wont-take-on-amazon.html Cisco Systems won't try to compete with pay-as-you-go cloud computing providers such as Amazon, and instead will sell its infrastructure to those companies and provide its own software as a service. Stephen Lawson 2009-06-30T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/063009-group-pitches-linux-for-free.html Mobile carriers may start giving away netbooks for free, and Linux-based application stores could help them profit by doing it, the head of a Linux advocacy group told Chinese companies on Monday. Owen Fletcher 2009-06-30T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/062609-china-telecom-in-talks-to.html China Telecom is in talks with Research In Motion (RIM) about offering the BlackBerry in China, as the carrier looks to expand the handset selection for its next-generation mobile network. Owen Fletcher 2009-06-26T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/062409-china-mobiles-td-scdma-services-off.html China Mobile's 3G services are off to a slow start. So far this year, fewer than 3 percent of new China Mobile subscribers have signed up for the operator's 3G service based on a locally developed mobile technology called TD-SCDMA, with the rest opting for 2G services. Sumner Lemon 2009-06-24T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/062409-femto-forum-wants-to-simplify.html The industry organization the Femto Forum has announced a new initiative that aims to provide a common applications environment and standardized APIs to enable developers to create applications that work across femtocells from different vendors, it said on Tuesday. Mikael Ricknäs 2009-06-24T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/062309-satellite-launch-will-lead-to.html AT&T Mobility should achieve true nationwide coverage by the end of this year after it introduces a planned service that utilizes both satellite and cellular service. Stephen Lawson 2009-06-23T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/062209-trans-atlantic-internet-cables-may-be.html Voracious Web surfers, e-mailers and downloaders will use up the trans-Atlantic cables that were overbuilt early in this decade within the next five years, forcing carriers to invest in new ones in a market that's become used to adding bandwidth cheaply, according to research company Telegeography. Stephen Lawson 2009-06-22T12:00:00-04:00