Google readies Pacific-spanning, Verizon-battling underwater comm cable
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Can you help? In yet another bid to free itself from the Verizons of the world, Google will soon drag a multi-terabit communications cable under the Pacific Ocean.â¦
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A high-tech consortium led by Intel (Quote, Chart) and HP (Quote, Chart) is looking to capitalize on an additional layer of protocol services they claim will streamline Internet traffic.
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U.S. telephone carrier Verizon  Communications Inc.  is set to sign an agreement as early  as Monday with five Asian telecoms companies to build the first  high-speed, transpacific undersea cable system directly linking  the United States and China, the Wall Street Journal reported  on its Web site on Monday.
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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Plans to lay an undersea fiber-optic cable off eastern Africa could be the beginning of the end of crackling long-distance calls, slow dial-up Internet connections and universities without e-mail.
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The nation's biggest cable company said it plans to roll out phone service nationally within the next year and a half in its bid to become the primary alternative to local phone companies such as Verizon Communications. -The Washington Post
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U.S. telephone carrier Verizon  Communications Inc. is set to sign an agreement as early as  Monday with five Asian telecoms companies to build the first  high-speed, transpacific undersea cable system directly linking  the United States and China, the Wall Street Journal reported  on its Web site on Monday.
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(InfoWorld) - Google Inc. has asked for the right to use as many as 1,500 San Francisco light poles for wireless equipment on a test network of its own, separate from the citywide Wi-Fi infrastructure that the company proposed along with EarthLink Inc. The search giant and EarthLink were chosen earlier this year through a request for proposals to build a wireless network around the city that would provide free Internet access as well as a faster, paid service. EarthLink, which would build and operate the network, is now in negotiations with the city on the details of the deal. The network is to be built at no cost to the city, which would provide light poles and other places to mount access points. The Wi-Fi plan, as well as the city's process for seeking proposals and input on it, have sparked protest from activists and public officials who are worried that the city is giving the private companies free rein and getting too little in return. They have asked for city ownership, more privacy guarantees for users and funding to help disadvantaged residents get on the Internet. EarthLink told the city earlier this month that Google wanted access to 450 light poles for a test network, with the option to expand it to 1,500 poles, as a condition of its participating in the project, according to a regular disclosure by the city about the negotiations. Google doesn't want a direct contract with the city for use of the poles, but would rather wrap those rights into the overall Wi-Fi contract, the disclosure said. However, Google's request may not get very far, according to a city official involved in the negotiations. "I don't think we'll be able to accommodate them through this RFP process," said Brian Roberts, a senior policy analyst for the city. The idea seems to go too far beyond the concept presented in response to the RFP, he said. The proposal surprised Kimo Crossman, a local activist who has been watching the negotiation process. Such an arrangement would give Google a valuable asset, he said. "It's all about real estate. It's about getting access to the poles and the buildings, and you'll figure out what you'll do with it later," Crossman said. Google executives could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Oil comany Chevron and leading carriers AT&T, Verizon want to join the bidders, which include Google.
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Internet search giant Google unveils software it hopes will power a variety of future mobile phone handsets.
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Google will unveil communications and productivity software aimed at businesses that will be accessible over the Internet.
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Preloaded with maps of North America and eastern and western Europe, the N&uuml;vifone will be Garmin's first device to include Google Local Search.
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Google Inc. on Wednesday plans to offer free, high-speed Internet access to everyone in its Silicon Valley home town &#151; a hospitable gesture that the online search leader hopes to see spread to other parts of the country.
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USA Signal Technology, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: USSG) (www.usasignal.com) has recently received interest in utilizing its Wireless Video Surveillance technologies in applications at remote oil field locations.
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Google Inc. on Thursday announced a new test service that allows people to use mobile phones or handheld devices to tap Google's Web search via text messages, or short message service.
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Perhaps it's not a handset but a slice of the wireless spectrum that Google is eyeing.
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Adapting Google's successful Web offerings for use on cell phones is an important work in progress--and unlikely to be easy.
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Google Inc. said on Wednesday it had created Web software that runs both online, and offline, marking a sea change for the Internet industry by letting users work on planes, trains, spotty connections and even in the most remote locations.