TechWeb - InformationWeek - A smartphone's OS drives its productivity-enhancing powers. Here's a guide to choosing among Windows Mobile, Blackberry, iPhone, Nokia S60, and Google Android. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Verizon Wireless said Thursday that it would buy Alltel Corp. for $28.1 billion, vaulting the combined company
to first place in the U.S. mobile services market ahead of AT&T. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:00:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The semiconductor and display industries will see significant changes as more people rely on wireless devices to connect with friends, according to iSuppli. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:28:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
NewsFactor - In a move that will bring fierce competition to AT&T, Verizon Wireless on Thursday agreed to buy Alltel for $28.1 billion in cash and debt. The acquisition will make Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone, the largest mobile-phone company in the U.S. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:42:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AFP - Verizon Wireless announced plans Thursday to buy mobile carrier Alltel in a deal worth 28.1 billion dollars including debt, to leapfrog AT&T and become the biggest US wireless group.
Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Thursday it
would buy rural mobile phone 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.
Reuters - The top U.S. communications
regulator on Thursday postponed consideration of a plan to
auction a piece of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to
provide free broadband Internet service without pornography. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:21:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AP - A plan by the nation's top telecommunications regulator to provide free wireless high-speed Internet service hit a snag this week over concerns about possible interference and a proposed censoring feature that upset free speech advocates. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:19:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AP - Verizon Wireless' deal to buy Alltel Corp. for $5.9 billion was applauded by investors and should mean a greater range of choices for Alltel subscribers, but some worried that Alltel's commitment to rural coverage will get lost. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:36:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
USATODAY.com - NEW YORK - Verizon Wireless is in talks to buy Alltel Communications, the country's fifth-largest wireless carrier by subscribers, for $27 billion, according to news reports. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:32:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AFP - Verizon Wireless, the second biggest US mobile operator, is in advanced talks to buy American peer Alltel in a deal that would enable it to leapfrog market leader AT&T, Verizon part-owner Vodafone said Thursday.
AFP - Verizon Wireless has agreed to buy mobile carrier Alltel in a deal worth 28.1 billion dollars, including debt assumption, the companies said Thursday.
