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- Carrier
- (1) An organization that provides communications and networking services. A communications and networking "service provider." See common carrier and private carrier.
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- Top 50 US ad carriers in October 2008
- Rank Property Audience, 000 Reach 1 Platform-A 173,713 91% 2 Yahoo! Network 164,080 86% 3 Google Ad Network 158,928 83% 4 ValueClick Networks 155,356 82% 5 Specific Media 150,176 79% 6 Tribal Fusion 144,354 76% 7...
- Tags: Advertisement, Media, Carrier, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Will the Motorola gamble hurt open source
- I don't want to see Android blamed if it can't turn things around. Motorola's problems run deep and go back decades. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Motorola Inc., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn, Google Android, Carrier
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- Top US ad carriers in September 2008
- 1 Platform-A 171,692 91% 2 Yahoo! Network 161,996 86% 3 Google Ad Network 156,355 83% 4 Specific Media 153,435 81% 5 ValueClick Networks 150,395 79% 6 Tribal Fusion 141,850 75% 7 Yahoo! 140,200 74% 8 Google...
- Tags: Advertisement, Media, Carrier, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-10-19
- Chicken, egg and mobile open source
- Chicken, egg and mobile open sourceExtrapolating from a pointDana, you're looking at this from a very parochial point of view. The carriers only have a say in one country on Earth: the United States, and the US is very very far from leading the mobile space. As in,...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, mobile, mobile open source, carrier, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- 30% of iPhone 3G buyers switched to AT&T from other carriers
- 30% of iPhone 3G buyers switched to AT&T from other carriersOverall customers"47% of new AT&T iPhone customers that switched carriers switched from Verizon Wireless, another 24% switched from T-Mobile, and 19% switched from Sprint"If one subtracts out AT&T, aren't those percentages roughly the same as the their overall percentages of...
- Tags: Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., carrier, Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- 30% of iPhone 3G buyers switched to AT&T from other carriers
- 30% of US consumers who purchased Apple iPhone 3G in the summer of 2008 switched from other mobile carriers to join AT&T, the exclusive mobile carrier for the iPhone in the US. 23% of consumers, on average, switched carriers between June and August 2008. 47% of new AT&T iPhone customers...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone 3G, Carrier, 3G, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, AM
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Blackberry Storm, 'Application Center' info leaked
- Wow, a whole lot of Blackberry-related news surfaced this weekend. First, the user's guide to the highly-anticipated Blackberry Storm was leaked by the ever-intrepid BoyGeniusReport, who posted exclusive images on their website. Second, and more importantly, news of the Blackberry Application Center has emerged....
- Tags: Application, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Carrier, App Center, Handhelds, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Top 50 US ad carriers in August 2008
- Rank Property Audience, 000 Reach % Total Internet : Total Audience 188,937 100% 1 Platform-A 170,728 90% 2 Google Ad Network 156,415 83% 3 Yahoo! Network 156,212 83% 4 Specific Media 152,501 81% 5 ValueClick Networks 150,813...
- Tags: Advertisement, Media, Carrier, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- ISPs keep their distance from deep packet inspection
- ISPs keep their distance from deep packet inspectionIm sure everyone will back away except..Comcast. Anything they can do to line their pockets with more revenue from their "happy" customer-base and make their experience as "COMCASTIC" as possible - they will do. So while Verizon, TWC, and AT&T backaway, Comcast sees...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, packet inspection
- Discussion threads 2008-09-26
- Asus adds 3G connection to Eee PC; Will carriers subsidize it?
- Asus on Thursday said it is adding 3.75G wireless broadband support to it popular Eee PC in a move to lure carriers as partners. In a statement, Asus said its Eee PC will no longer depend solely on hotspots for connections and that all 901 models made...
- Tags: ASUS, Carrier, 3G, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Broadband Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Telecommunications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- Americans Hate Flying - Consultants Must Really Loathe It
- Can't We Have a More Civilized Flying World? c Several media outlets picked up on a study released by the Travel Industry Association last week that indicated that 41 million Americans are forgoing air travel due to the hassles involved in doing so today....
- Tags: Security, Southwest Airlines Co., Beverage, Entertainment, Carrier, Food & Beverage, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Marketing, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Nortel whacked by currency, carrier spending, delays
- The technology confession season continues. Next up to bat is Nortel, which lowered its third quarter revenue targets because it is seeing "significant pressure" as telecom carriers cut back on spending and enterprise customers curb IT spending. Bottom line: Nortel all resources is now expecting revenue of...
- Tags: Revenue, Nortel Networks Corp., Carrier, Ethernet, Operational Accounting, Telecommunications, Networking, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Sen. to carriers: Why do text messages cost $1,300 per meg?
- Sen. to carriers: Why do text messages cost $1,300 per meg?I don't get it[i]If cell phone users don't like it, call the person, it doesn't cost anything extra. [/i]How does this save me from having to pay for the SMS that some marketer sent me, or the one that was...
- Tags: Cellular phones, carrier
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
- Sen. to carriers: Why do text messages cost $1,300 per meg?
- Did you see CrunchGear on AT&T's text charges? I found it via Ars It seems at 20 cents per message, AT&T is charging $1,310.72 per megabyte at those rates. The rising rates for texting prompted Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) to write a letter...
- Tags: Text Messaging, Carrier, Ars, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- OzLINK Shipping for Quickbooks Enterprise (exe)
- OzLINK is a multi-carrier shipping solution for QuickBooks. It seamlessly integrates all four major carriers into your current QuickBooks environment. Address and order information is automatically sent to the appropriate carrier while tracking numbers and delivery charges are automatically posted back to QuickBooks.This easy and automated process allows you to...
- Tags: Intuit QuickBooks, Carrier, OZ Development, OzLINK
- Software downloads 2008-09-02
- OzLINK Shipping for Quickbooks Premier (exe)
- OzLINK is a multi-carrier shipping solution for QuickBooks. It seamlessly integrates all four major carriers into your current QuickBooks environment. Address and order information is automatically sent to the appropriate carrier while tracking numbers and delivery charges are automatically posted back to QuickBooks.This easy and automated process allows you to...
- Tags: Intuit QuickBooks, Carrier, OZ Development, OzLINK
- Software downloads 2008-09-02
- Comcast takes broadband cap plunge; Other carriers likely to follow
- Comcast will implement a 250 GB data monthly cap on customers starting Oct. 1. The move, reported first by DSL Reports, was confirmed by Comcast today Techmeme. On its site, Comcast posted its amended user policy: We've listened to feedback from our customers who asked that...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Broadband, Customer, Carrier, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Cerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over again
- Vint Cerf, one of the co-inventors of the underlying technology that makes the Web work, now Google's Internet evangelist, has issued a call for throughput-based pricing by ISPs. This in response to the Comcast ruling by the FCC, which ordered the cable carrier to stop interfering with certain kinds of...
- Tags: Vint Cerf, Network, IP Television, Net Neutrality, Pricing Strategy, Carrier, Cerf, 6MBps, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Federal Government, Internet, TVs, Pricing, Broadband Internet, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Government, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Telecommunications, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Delta rolls out Wi-Fi across U.S. fleet
- In the not too distant future your corporate VPN will follow you on any plane you fly. Delta Air Lines said Tuesday that it is rolling out Aircell's broadband Wi-Fi access across its 330 planes in the U.S. and rest assured other carriers will follow suit. After...
- Tags: Delta Air Lines Inc., Plane, Carrier, Aircell, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- What people hate most about health insurance
- In a public system bureaucracy is just waste. But in a private system, bureaucracy is a profit center. As the debate over health care heats up, this is the point I'll remember most. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Bureaucracy, Carrier, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
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