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Daylight Saving Time: All Together, Now

By Claire RobinsonOct 29th 2009 – 12:48PM

Elise Amendola, AP At 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, time falls back an hour throughout the U.S. -- except in Hawaii and most of Arizona. (Oct. 29) -- The hour we gain each fall is upon us. Whether you delight in the bonus or lament the loss of evening light, have you considered that you're joining an event along with nearly...

FallBack News From the Web

  • 11/18/11 LTE voice stop-gap: ZTE and CSL demonstrate Circuit... Source: TeleGeography ZTE Corporation and Hong Kong mobile network operator CSL have successfully demonstrated a solution to provide voice services for Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband data service users based on the Chinese vendor's 'Uni-Core' Circuit Switched Fallback (CS Fallback) using a commercial smartphone on CSL 's LTE network at the GSMA Mobile Asia Congress (MAC) in Hong Kong. CS Fallback is intended to support the migration from 3G to LTE /evolved packet core (EPC) without the requirement to upgrade infrastructure, enabling usage of both high speed mobile data services over LTE and high-quality circuit switched voice services.
  • 11/17/11 ZTE Showcases CS Fallback Service with CSL at 2011 MAC Source: TMCnet ZTE Corporation ("ZTE") (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today successfully demonstrated its Uni-Core based Circuit Switched Fallback (CS Fallback) services over Hong Kong CSL Limited's (CSL) LTE and 3G mobile networks with a commercial smartphone at the 2011 GSMA Mobile Asia Congress (MAC) in Hong Kong. ZTE Uni-Core solution supports a smooth upgrade path from 3G to LTE/EPC without the requirement to upgrade the infrastructure, protecting operators' investments.
  • 07/12/11 Credit Card Crunch Day: Brits Turn to Credit 21 Days... Source: PR Newswire card crunch day' - when people resort to using credit cards as a fallback for when cash in their current account runs low - is on average 21 days after they've been paid each month.
  • 06/29/11 3 fallbacks that coax customers to buy Source: Automotive News Europe If you want to boost product sales, it's always good to have a fallback position.

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