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Skype signs agreement with S'pore ISP
News Users of the popular VoIP service in the island-state will be billed based on local charges, and receive local customer support.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony
T-Mobile Germany stops selling unlocked iPhones
News A German court has decided to grant T-Mobile exclusive rights to sell the iPhone in Germany, overturning a previous temporary injunction granted against the operator.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications
Google's Android phone to go on sale in September?
News Despite reports of delays with Google's Android mobile OS, the rumor du jour is that T-Mobile USA will start offering its HTC Android phone next month.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile/Wireless, 3G (Third Generation), Mobile platforms/communications, Google Inc., Service, Touch Screen, phone, software, 3G
Tiered AT&T pricing to target heavy data usage
News Wireless chief Ralph de la Vega says the company will soon offer new pricing for wireless-data services to curb heavy usage.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Data Usage, Smart Phone, network, mobile, Wireless, AT&T Corp., New York, FCC, broadcaster
Big marketing budget drives Moto Droid sales
News Verizon and Motorola are spending big bucks--US$100 million--on marketing new smartphone, and it looks like it will pay off with 1 million devices sold by year's end.
Tags: Smart phones, Google Android, Verizon Communications Inc., Motorola Droid, Motorola Inc., Phone, network, Google Android, Device, Sales
RIM profit and BlackBerry sales disappoint
News Quarterly sales of Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphones came in lower than analysts had expected. And earnings were low due a legal charge.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, RIM BlackBerry, Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Stock, Sales, Apple iPhone, strategy, analyst
The Google Android party has begun
News Two years after Google announced Android, phone manufacturers are launching new devices sporting the mobile operating system and mobile operators are lining up to sell them.
Tags: Google Android, Google Inc., Motorola Inc., Phone, Operating System, U.S., mobile, Google Android, Device, Wireless
Is AT&T losing its grip on the iPhone?
News Financial analyst predicts AT&T's exclusive deal to offer the iPhone in the United States could end within the year, which will likely mean bad news for the carrier.
Tags: Cellular phones, Network infrastructure, 3G (Third Generation), Apple Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Wireless, Sales, AT&T Corp., Verizon Wireless, network
Acer execs downplay Android, hint at Verizon netbook deal
News Acer executives say Android isn't ready for prime time on netbooks and say another U.S. operator will soon be offering its netbooks with its 3G wireless service.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Open source, Operating systems, Verizon Communications Inc., Acer Inc., Smart Phone, Wireless, operating system, Windows Netbooks, AT&T Corp.
Verizon Wireless netbook expected this week
News Wireless industry blog reports Verizon Wireless will begin offering a Hewlett-Packard netbook this week, but will consumers find the service plan too pricey?
Tags: Handhelds, Hewlett-Packard Co., Verizon Communications Inc., Device, Cell Phone, Wireless, wireless service, phone, AT&T Corp., Verizon Wireless
Mobile companies chasing Apple's App Store
News Apple iPhone users have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications, and competitors are hoping to replicate the success. But will they hit app gold, too?
Tags: Applications and tools, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Mobile, Smart Phone, Google Inc., device manufacturer, Microsoft Windows, mobile application, Apple iPhone
T-Mobile announces second Google phone
News Summer 2009 is shaping up to be the season of the smartphone, as one device is launched after another. Next up is T-Mobile's Google Android phone, the myTouch.
Tags: Development/design, Open source, Apple Inc., Smart Phone, Apple iPhone 3G, Device, Google Inc., phone, T-Mobile, Google Android
CEOs see wireless as answer to economic crisis
News Verizon and T-Mobile USA's CEOs say that wireless is a growth engine for the economy and could help pull the United States out of crisis.
Tags: Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc., Wireless, wireless industry, wireless service, T-Mobile, CEO, financial, network, industry
Skype to create joint Chinese venture
News Skype has signed a joint venture deal with wireless operator TOM Online to develop, create and distribute a Chinese-language version of its VoIP software.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony
