PC World - It's not often you read a book and find that, 10 years on, it remains central to your thinking. Ideas come and go, paradigms... -- read full article
Fri, 23 May 2008 19:10:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Wireless carriers such as Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and Sprint Nextel say the fees are needed to ensure they recover the subsidies they provide for handsets. -- read full article
Fri, 23 May 2008 21:24:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AP - The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Friday he wants to regulate fees charged to cell phone users who cancel their wireless contracts early. -- read full article
Fri, 23 May 2008 21:29:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Friday it
is trying to forge a deal with consumer groups and regulators
that would reduce the fees customers are charged when they
cancel their cell phone service early.
AFP - Merger talks between India's biggest mobile phone services firm, Bharti Airtel, and South Africa's flagship MTN Group have been called off, the Indian company said in a statement on Saturday.
Reuters - China will issue three licenses for
high-speed third-generation mobile phone services and encourage
a restructuring of leading telecoms companies, including a
merger of China Unicom (0762.HK) and Netcom (0906.HK), the
government said on Saturday.
NewsFactor - Consumer advocates have long argued that the steep early termination fees (ETF) that the U.S. wireless operators typically charge for an early cellular contract exit have made it difficult for consumers to change service providers. But that's about to change. -- read full article
Thu, 22 May 2008 22:37:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AP - British telecommunications company Cable & Wireless PLC said it was considering splitting its business units after it posted a 5.7 percent drop in annual profit on Thursday. -- read full article
Thu, 22 May 2008 17:17:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - Google Inc co-founder Larry Page was
in Washington on Thursday to promote the company's proposal for
a new generation of wireless devices to operate on
soon-to-be-vacant television airwaves.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - President Bush will announce a policy change on Wednesday to allow Americans to send mobile phones to family members in Cuba, the White House said. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 15:39:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - IBM's survey predicts nearly 1 billion mobile users will access the wireless Internet by 2011, representing $80 billion in Web services revenue. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 15:53:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
