Category: Network

Singapore SingTel network down

SingTel, Singapore based service provider with operations in 20 countries. SingTel subscribers were not able to access their mobile phone network on Jurong Island on Monday.

Viewers told Channel NewsAsia the problem started as early as 9am.

Responding to queries, Singtel said the glitch is due to damage on its fibre infrastructure, caused by a third-party building contractor doing piling work.

The telco said this affected some mobile, voice and broadband services on the island.

It added the incident happened at about 9.45am.

SingTel engineers are working to repair the damage.

The telco said it expects to restore the network by 9pm on Monday. Continue reading “Singapore SingTel network down”

AT&T, Verizon Shared Data Plans Spark Debate

Smartphone homeowners are crying foul over AT&T and Verizon’s new shared information pricing structures that allow you share one bucket of information with up to ten devices. PCWorld readers commenting on AT&T’s new Mobile Share plans described the news as “atrocious,” “insane,” and “ridiculous.” Verizon introduced its Share Everything plans in June.

Harry Thomas, T-Mobile’s director of public selling, additionally arrived on the shared information bashing, saying in a very statement to PCWorld that the new plans were expensive, sophisticated, and punitive for shoppers. “T-Mobile doesn’t set up on introducing shared family information plans and believes shoppers won’t like that model,” Thomas said. Continue reading “AT&T, Verizon Shared Data Plans Spark Debate”

Salesforce Radian6 drinks from the Twitter firehose with global alliance

Salesforce and Twitter have announced a world alliance that allows customers using Radian6 to access public tweets in real time.

This deal is completely different from different deals with Twitter and agreements with firms like Datasift. Datasift provides historical access to knowledge from Twitter for its customers going back to January 2010.

This agreement is completely different. It sees Twitter pushing all of its four hundred million tweets per day on to Radian6 for its customers to access and analyse. Continue reading “Salesforce Radian6 drinks from the Twitter firehose with global alliance”

US judge lets Microsoft continue to sell products with disputed patents

A U.S. decide has declined to raise an uncommon order that stops Motorola Mobility from imposing a ban in Germany on the sale of Microsoft’s Windows seven OS and XBox 360.

The federal decide in Seattle said Monday he might revisit his order that the German ruling not be enforced if circumstances modification, representatives from Microsoft and Motorola said. Continue reading “US judge lets Microsoft continue to sell products with disputed patents”

MasterCard, startup PaidPiper tap into credit cards for mobile payments

PaidPiper, a startup which will debut at the CTIA Wireless show in the week, is developing a mobile cash transfer system suited to developed economies where the credit-card infrastructure is dominant.

Money transfers via mobile are common in several developing countries where ancient banking and credit cards are scarce. PaidPiper, based mostly in San Francisco, is putting credit-card numbers at the middle of its payment system, that is because of become obtainable this summer. It says these is easier each to offer and to pay than gift cards or virtual coupons. the corporate is using APIs (application programming interfaces) from MasterCard WorldWide, that the corporate is creating obtainable to 3rd parties to develop new uses for credit-card infrastructure. Continue reading “MasterCard, startup PaidPiper tap into credit cards for mobile payments”