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WHO |
WITH |
WHAT |
SCOOP |
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DOJ |
General Dynamics |
GD will build a wireless network for the DOJ, DHS and Treasury Department. |
The deal comes a few weeks after the department's inspector general issued a critical report on the executive branch's slow movements on the initiative. |
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Verizon, Sprint |
RIM |
World Edition BlackBerry |
Verizon Wireless and Sprint each announced separate deals with RIM for a BlackBerry "World Edition" that would allow the CDMA carriers' subscribers to roam on GSM networks overseas. |
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Time Warner |
FON |
TW subs can now turn their routers into hotspots. |
The deal is a big plus for Fon, which has had lots of success with European ISPs but so far has experienced limited traction in the states. |