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    Verizon Wireless agrees to buy Alltel for $5.9B (AP)
    AP - Verizon Wireless has agreed to buy Alltel Corp. for $5.9 billion, which would make it by far the largest cellular carrier in the U.S. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:57:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Verizon Wireless to buy Alltel for $28.1 bln (AFP)

    The Verizon logo at a Verizon Wireless store in San Francisco, March 2005. Verizon Wireless has agreed to buy mobile carrier Alltel in a deal worth 28.1 billion dollars, including debt assumption, the companies have said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Verizon Wireless agreed Thursday to buy mobile carrier Alltel in a deal worth 28.1 billion dollars, including debt assumption, to leapfrog AT&T and become the biggest US wireless group.


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    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:22:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Businesses, City Launch Free Public Wi-Fi in Harvard Square (PC World)
    PC World - Authorities in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are launching free Wi-Fi access in Harvard Square, home to Harvard University. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:00:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Verizon Wireless to buy Alltel in $28.1 bln deal (Reuters)

    The sign for the Verizon Wireless store is seen in Lakewood, Colorado September 11, 2007. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Thursday it would buy rural mobile service provider Alltel Corp for $28.1 billion including debt, which would vault it to first place in the U.S. market ahead of AT&T Inc .


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    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:18:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    HTC Hopes Smartphone Will Touch Business Users (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - HTC's Touch Pro features a five-row sliding QWERTY keyboard, a touch screen, 3G support, and integrated Wi-Fi and GPS. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:34:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Yahoo Opens Address Book API (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Developers of sites with social networking features will now be able to give their users the ability to import contacts from Yahoo! Mail, Messenger, and the Go mobile application, thanks to Yahoo's choice to release its API on Wednesday. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:35:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    AT&T Boosts Cell Data Speeds (PC World)
    PC World - AT&T tries to steal some of Verizon and Sprint's thunder with somewhat faster downstream and much faster upstream rates on its newly updated 3G cell data network. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:57:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    T-Mobile gives families a break on unlimited plan (AP)
    AP - T-Mobile USA on Wednesday said it would let subscribers to its "unlimited" calling plan include family members for half price, adding another wrinkle in a cross-carrier scramble to define new pricing models. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:19:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Starbucks Launches Free-Wi-Fi Rewards Program (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Up until this week, people looking for free Wi-Fi were reduced to seeking out independent coffee shops that offered the service. That's been OK for folks seeking to go online in their own communities, but at Starbucks -- the ubiquitous purveyor of coffee at airports, shopping centers and on city streets -- the cost of Internet access was virtually prohibitive. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:47:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Verizon Offers Push E-Mail For Regular Cell Phones (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - Companies that use Microsoft Exchange Servers can manage e-mail, calendar, and contacts in real time on many popular cell phones with an application called RemoSync. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:54:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Japan's Softbank To Offer Apple's 3G iPhone (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Japan's third-biggest mobile carrier has announced it will begin distributing Apple's new 3G iPhone later this year. What makes Apple's latest iPhone deal with Softbank so significant is that the Japanese have a long history of preferring locally made products over imports. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:40:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Phone study confirms people are creatures of habit (Reuters)

    File photo shows person on cell phone. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Researchers who spied on 100,000 people using their cell phone signals confirmed on Wednesday that most human beings are indeed creatures of habit.


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    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:41:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Apple iPhone Heading To Tough Japanese Market (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - This latest deal is important for Apple in reaching its goal of selling 10 million iPhones, or about a 1% share of the global cellular phone market this year. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:28:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    AT&T speeds up 3G network (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - AT&T said Wednesday it has upgraded its 3G wireless network to reach downlink speeds of up to 1.7Mbps, a 20 percent increase over previous top speeds. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:33:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Verizon Reportedly In Talks To Buy Alltel For $27 Billion (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - The potential deal would make Verizon Wireless the largest carrier in the United States with potentially 78.9 million subscribers. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:53:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
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