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Source: www.moreover.com --- 3 days ago
The Metro system in Washington, D.C., just got a little more connected. The subway system had, since 1997, allowed only Verizon Wireless customers to get cell phone service while riding the trains beneath the capital of the United States. ...
Source: www.theregister.co.uk --- 27 days ago
Be like Google CTIA Wireless John Stanton - co-founder of US Wireless pioneer McCaw Cellular and a three time head of the national Wireless association - has urged the big-name Carriers to restore their vice-grip on the American airwaves.… ... Source: www.pcworld.com --- 14 days ago
M2Z Networks says mobile Carriers are trying to stop a free, nationwide Wireless network through interference complaints. ... Source: www.businesswire.com --- 28 days ago
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ontela, Inc. (http://www.ontela.com), provider of an award-winning camera-phone picture-saving service for ... Source: www.informationweek.com --- 26 days ago
Opening up the Wireless Carriers' networks to devices will be beneficial to consumers, executives said, but optimization and security remain issues. ... Source: www.informationweek.com --- 35 days ago
Some cell and landline services have been affected by the storm, but the impact is far milder than that of Hurricane Katrina, Carriers in the area report. ... Source: www.infoworld.com --- 14 days ago
Mobile telephone service providers are trying to block a plan to create a free, nationwide Wireless broadband network by insisting on protections from interference that would make it impossible to deliver Wireless broadband, according to the company proposing the network. Mobile Carriers, led by T-Mobile, are insisting on interference protections for their existing spectrum that goes beyond any current protections and would disqualify several widely used products that currently emit low levels of energy in the radio spectrum, including microwave ovens and Wi-Fi equipment, said officials with M2Z Networks , a startup that proposed building a free Wireless network on unused spectrum. [ Your source for the latest in government IT news and issues: Subscribe to InfoWorld's Government IT newsletter . ] The two sides are now arguing about the interference questions before the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, which has released its own proposal to auction spectrum for a free, nationwide network. Mobile Carriers don't want a free broadband network that would compete with their own services, John Muleta, M2Z's CEO, said at a Monday press briefing previewing an M2Z filing to the FCC. Some of the devices that would essentially be prohibited under the interference rules that T-Mobile and other mobile Carriers want are devices the Carriers themselves sell, Muleta said. If a T-Mobile handset operates at -105 dBm (the ratio of power in de ... Source: www.internetnews.com --- 25 days ago
Study illustrates that nonvoice features are paying off big time. ... Source: www.dailytech.com --- 8 days ago
New plan would reduce providers to "dumb pipes" telecoms say... ... Source: techblog.dallasnews.com --- 5 days ago
Shortly after Sen. Herb Kohl asked Wireless Carriers to justify rising SMS prices , lawyers began filing antitrust suits, RCR Wireless News reports. I can't find the story online, but the Wireless industry trade magazine uncovered five suits in just the first few days after Kohl began asking Carriers why they've doubled the price of text messages over the past few years. (Text messages, when paid for individually, generally cost about 20 cents apiece these days -- even though many analysts think they cost Carriers well under a penny to deliver. High profit margins aren't illegal, of course, but when all the companies in an industry hike the price of a service that's only getting cheaper to provide, people start thinking about collusion and antitrust suits.*) RCR thinks the lawyers smell blood and expects them to pool their resources into a massive class action. As the lawyers start proceedings in court, Sen. Kohl appears intent on moving forward with some sort of investigation. Americans currently send about 75 billion text messages a month, so SMS is clearly a big revenue and profit generator for the Wireless industry. (Carriers generate about $28 billion a year in data revenue, which includes SMS.) It will be interesting to see how this plays out. *As I was writing that sentence, it occurred to me that airlines often float a price increase, see if competitors match and then back off if others don't raise rates. Why, I wondered, ... Source: consumerist.com --- 27 days ago
This week, Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) asked the top Wireless Carriers—AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and T-Mobile—to explain why they doubled the cost of sending text messages over the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ... Source: www.mcall.com --- 25 days ago
With Hurricane Ike bearing down on the Texas Gulf Coast, telecommunications providers are getting a quick opportunity to reprise the preparedness plans they activated last week to cope with Hurricane Gustav. ... Source: www.telecomweb.com --- 14 days ago
Current research says Europe's Wireless operators remain strong despite fears about the impact of the global credit crunch. "It is business as usual for Europe's mobile operators," says Emeka Obiodu, senior analyst at Ovum. "Whereas the markets expected them to take a hit from reduced (subscriber) spending... ...
Source: www.xconomy.com --- 28 days ago
Today marks the start of CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008, the world’s largest Wireless-data event, in San Francisco. A host of local Wireless companies are peddling their products there, and at least one of them has some interesting news. Seattle startup Ontela, which makes software to transmit digital photos from camera phones, is announcing [...] ... Source: www.fwicki.com --- 4 days ago
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Wireless Telecommunications Carriers Industry Report" report to their offering. ... Source: www.linka.co.nz --- 8 days ago
When you buy a phone in the United States today, you typical have to sign a contract that prevents you from using that phone with more than one provi 1 Buzzdup(s) ... Source: telecomweb.com --- 3 days ago
Business Logic Systems says it can help Wireless Carriers increase revenues from prepaid customers while building long-term loyalty. InTelestage Revenue Optimiser, a managed service now being offered by the company (which develops business-intelligence and marketing-campaign software for... ... Find more results for Wireless Carriers on RSSMicro.com |
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The global credit crisis and resulting turmoil on world financial markets have not phased Europe’s mobile phone industry, according to a new report by consulting firm, Ovum. “It is business as usual for Europe’s mobile operators,” commented Ovum senior analyst, Emeka Obiodu. “Whereas the markets expected them to take a hit from reduced consumer spending in their operational market, Europe’s mobile operators have continued to grow their revenues, with the economic downturn having little impact. Apart from isolated cases, the operators are more susceptible to their usual competitive dynamics than to any credit crunch.” Continent-wide revenue from mobile services continued to grow steadily since economic problems became apparent in 2007, and in some markets (including France, Germany, and Italy), growth rates appear to have increased. In explaining the factors that have protected the Wireless industry from economic troubles, Ovum noted that mobile voice service has become a quasi-utility that consumers cannot do without. Although this commodification of mobile voice service has led to a gradual decline in the price of Wireless calls, this has been offset by the massive growth of mobile data services. Going forward, it is not the impact of financial conditions, but the effects of regulatory changes that European mobile network operators need to worry about. “In many of the markets where revenue is falling, we have observed that cuts i ...
American handset giant, Motorola Inc., has started testing Long-Term Evolution technology in partnership with Wireless operators, including Verizon Wireless, with the ultimate goal of commercializing LTE products sometime next year, according to Ray Owen, Motorola’s head of technology for the Asian market. Owen claimed that WiMAX, the 4G Wireless broadband standard being commercialized by Clearwire and Sprint Nextel in the U.S., is not a rival technology to LTE, contradicting many industry analysts. Motorola is currently investing money in both technologies, and will a hardware platform based on both, Owen explained. Wireless Carriers are planning to begin promoting LTE networks within 12 to 18 months, so as to improve their mobile broadband performance, according to Owen. ...