Verizon Donates $60,000 and Free Calling Services to Aid Victims of Southern California Wildfires (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Verizon is stepping up with a $60,000 grant to assist Southern Californians forced from their homes amid devastating wildfires that have swept across the region....more...Mossberg: Free the iPhone (MacNN)
Lashing out at the wireless carrier cadre, Walt Mossberg says that the United States federal government has been duped into allowing AT&T, Verizon, Spring and others to lock consumers into terms unprecedented by any other industry. Mossberg makes an analogy to the desktop computer market: you don't need the permission of your ISP to replace a Dell ... ...more... Wireless wiggle room may be on the horizon (Deseret Morning News)
I recently watched a YouTube clip of a young man removing the memory chip from his iPhone with his teeth, in an attempt to "unlock" the device for use on a network other than the AT&T system for which the phone was exclusively sold. His gyrations were a particularly vivid reminder of the limits imposed on cell phones by the companies that run national wireless networks in the United States....more... Frequency auction may open wireless market (International Herald Tribune)
There are signs that the existing order in the wireless world may finally be changing, especially after the upcoming FCC frequency auction....more... AT&T Offering Napster Music Catalog (Wireless Newsfactor)
AT&T Inc. is making Napster Inc.'s entire music catalog of more than 5 million songs available for wireless download starting early next month. The service, which AT&T is unveiling Monday, will expand the company's over-the-air download offerings beyond the independent music it offered through eMusic.com and allow it to compete with offerings from rivals Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel ......more... 2 Windows Mobile phones released by Verizon Wireless in USA (MS Mobiles)
October 18, 2007 [Pocket PC phone] | By Edward J. Rutkowski....more... The Fight for the Future of Mobile Broadband (E-Commerce Times)
Ultra-hip fashion designer Nanette Lepore, famous for her saucy minis and sky-high platform shoes, has added one more item to her "It" list this fall: a hot new wireless technology. Her fashion house recently began using an advanced wireless technology called "WiMax" in two Manhattan offices. The service by Towerstream provides fast broadband and Internet phone calling for 110 users....more... In Search of Wireless Wiggle Room (New York Times)
Will the F.C.C. open new doors to spectrum access?...more... Skype goes mobile (America's Network)
Skype's new cell phone will deliver mobile access to its service. The beleaguered carrier hopes to jump-start revenues overseas...more... |