Wireless Service
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Enterprise guide to saving on wireless
News As mobility becomes increasingly entrenched in the corporate environment, businesses need to manage wireless service costs smartly and diligently, say analysts.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Communications, International Data Corp., wireless service, Wireless, Gartner Inc., phone, unified communications
Service restored in Silicon Valley after fiber cut
News AT&T said that service is back up in the San Jose, Calif., area after four of the company's four fiber-optic cables there were cut last week.
Tags: Cable, Twitter, Sprint Communications, Fiber, landline phone, Wireless, Cable, phone, AT&T Corp., network
FCC chairman revises wireless broadband plan
News Kevin Martin has dropped Web filtering for porn from his proposal that would create a free wireless broadband service.
Tags: Cable, Politics, Federal Government, Regulations, Wireless Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless, Broadband, Cable, T-Mobile
M'sian broadband wars heat up
Blogs Consumer broadband service in Malaysia has been around for almost 10 years now, but it wasn't until 2005/2006 that the s...
Telefonica, China Unicom in US$1B stock swap deal
News Stock swap and business collaboration agreement will give China Unicom a foothold in South America and Telefonica a chance to reach China's massive mobile audience.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Business Strategies & Functions, Telecommunications, wireless service, China Unicom, Stock, Latin America, 3G, China, analyst
In-flight broadband 'to take off this year'
News The fledgling in-flight broadband market is set for serious growth this year, with the number of Web-enabled aeroplanes to surge from 25 in 2008 to 800 by year's end.
Tags: Business broadband, Smart Phone, wireless service, Broadband, handheld, British Airways Plc., SMS, handheld device, analyst, accounting
Apple, AT&T, Samsung, Verizon and others sued over Shazam app
News Tune Hunter claims it holds the patent on the technology behind Shazam's music identification and discovery service, suing Apple, AT&T, Samsung, Verizon and others.
Tags: Music, Apple Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Patent, Mobile, Napster Inc., wireless service, Wireless, phone, Amazon.com Inc.
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 service, Wireless, Verizon Wireless, phone, AT&T Corp.
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 industry, wireless service, Wireless, T-Mobile, CEO, financial, network, industry
Verizon completes initial 4G wireless test
News Wireless provider has successfully completed the first test of its 4G wireless service in the first two markets: Boston and Seattle.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Next-generation technology/networks, Verizon Communications Inc., Wireless, Service, Cable, Clearwire Corp., Seattle, 3G, 4G
Android's spread could become a problem
News With more handset makers adopting Android, there's a danger of multiple versions of the operating system.
Tags: Google Android, Phone, Operating System, software, mobile, handset, Google Android, Android, Device, Carrier
Sony's e-reader goes wireless
News With the new 3G-equipped Reader Daily Edition joining two other models, Sony reinforces the message that it's not ceding the market to Amazon.
Tags: Consumer Technology, GPS, Sony Reader, E-book Reader, E-book, Wireless, Touch Screen, Sony Corp., GPS, Consumer Technology
Nokia's netbook gamble
News PC companies have already stepped on Nokia's smartphone turf, and now Nokia is taking them on in the Netbook market with the Booklet 3G.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Phone, cell phone, laptop computer, Smart Phone, Device, Wireless, AT&T Corp.
Clearwire to bring WiMax to 10 more markets
News Company will add 10 WiMax markets starting September 1 in its effort to blanket the United States with 4G wireless broadband service.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Wireless Broadband, Wireless, Broadband, Cable, Clearwire Corp., 3G, 4G, WiMAX, Mobile platforms/communications
Apple to FCC: We're still studying Google Voice app
News Apple tells the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that it acted alone in deciding to continue to review an iPhone application that works with Google's voicemail service.
Tags: Mobile applications, Apple Inc., 3G Network, phone, AT&T Corp., Wi-Fi, network, VoIP, FCC, Apple iPhone
