Telecom operators are looking at telecom analytics solutions to better understand their customers and develop more [...]
While a select group of app developers and early adopters are paying $1,500 for prototypes of Google Glass, a [...]
17 May 2013 by Dan Meyer
Verizon Wireless continued to sweeten its prepaid offerings, announcing this week that it would double the amount of data available to customers selecting its $70 per month and quadruple the data bucket for customers selecting its $60 per month plan. The enhancement will see the $70 plan now include 4 gigabytes of data services to [...]
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17 May 2013 by Dan Meyer
Sprint Nextel said it has closed on its $480 million acquisition of a handful of markets from regional carrier U.S. Cellular. The deal included operations in Chicago, St. Louis and a handful of markets in the Midwest and spectrum assets in the 1.9 GHz band. The deal originally was to include approximately 585,000 customers when [...]
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17 May 2013 by Martha DeGrasse
Despite those hefty carrier subsidies that keep the iPhone affordable for smartphone buyers, many of those buyers are now choosing to pay full price for the iPhone and other top smartphones. NPD Group says that according to its latest Mobile Phone Track report, the iPhone is making big gains in the prepaid market, increasing its [...]
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17 May 2013 by Dan Meyer
MetroPCS’ future appears to be set as new parent company T-Mobile US said it plans to bolster the MetroPCS offering, focusing on urban markets. Speaking this week at the JP Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference this week, T-Mobile US executives noted plans to increase the footprint of the MetroPCS offering into a larger [...]
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17 May 2013 by Kelly Hill
Worldwide LTE network connections will pass 100 million this week, according to estimates by 4G Americas and Informa Telecoms and Media, with about 57 million of those coming from the United States and Canada. 4G Americas reported that there are now 172 operators in 70 countries with existing LTE networks around the world, in various [...]
17 May 2013 by Kelly Hill
The Global Certification Forum and the CDMA Certification Forum announced that they are working together to offer a single certification process for mobile devices that incorporate any combination of 3GPP and 3GPP2 wireless technologies. CCF is the official authority for certifying devices that use CDMA2000, a 3GPP2 technology. GCF is responsible for the certification of [...]
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17 May 2013 by Dan Meyer
Canadian telecom provider Telus said it plans to acquire regional rival Mobilicity for $370 million, picking up the carrier’s approximately 250,000 customers. Telus is currently one of the “big three” Canadian operators that along with Rogers and Bell Canada dominate the country’s wireless market. Mobilicity, which announced re-structuring plans last month, hinted that the move [...]
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17 May 2013 by Dan Meyer
The game of musical chairs among trade shows continued today as PCIA announced it was moving its annual get together from its traditional fall date to the spring for next year. This year’s PCIA event is scheduled for Oct. 7-10 in Hollywood, Fla., while the 2014 event will take place May 19-22 in Orlando, Fla. [...]
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17 May 2013 by Martha DeGrasse
While a select group of app developers and early adopters are paying $1,500 for prototypes of Google Glass, a competing set of digital eyewear is already making inroads with businesses and software developers who are focused on practical uses for the technology. Epson’s Moverio BT-100 glasses can be purchased for about $400, and the suite [...]
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17 May 2013 by Dan Meyer
There is nothing like desperation to make someone sweat. And there is nothing like the smell of sweat to tell when someone is desperate. Some may call it sweet, but I prefer to refer
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