LightSquared's network will provide a robust, open-access network that will permit reliable and affordable service to customers across the country in every market segment.

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In a separate survey question, 46% of respondents said the authorities should have open access to data about social network users to prevent organized criminal activity.

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The so-called open access rules mean whoever runs the spectrum will have to keep the network open to companies peddling all kinds of devices.

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OpenAIRE builds on well-known and low cost technology for an Open Access infrastructure and bases its activities on the European network of institutional and thematic repositories.

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That will help pry open the last-mile jam, letting future devices provide instant access to the best network and cheaply adapt to new standards that allow signals to carry more data or travel longer distances.

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CenterPoint's network was engineered by ibm and runs on open-source software, meaning anybody can access the underlying code to develop new products to ride on the communications system CenterPoint is building.

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Carnegie made one decision and it was widely regarded as one of the greatest philanthropic decisions of all time to open a network of public libraries to reverse the notion that if you were poor you can get access to books.

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After they had won access to one computer, the attackers may have used that as a lever to pry open other parts of the network.

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