Investor's Business Daily - The efforts of Google and others to push open-source software in cellular networks are nothing new and won't have a big impact, say executives with Microsoft and Nokia, the largest providers of smart phone software. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:00:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Instead of a battle over 4G wireless technologies, consumer confusion needs to be avoided with the next generation of wireless broadband, Intel's Sean Maloney said. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:49:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - T-Mobile USA is suing Starbucks,
saying the coffee shop chain secretly colluded with AT&T to
offer free WiFi Internet access in its cafes despite an
exclusive agreement with T-Mobile. -- read full article
Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:32:12 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 11:46:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
NewsFactor - Verizon Wireless and Alltel are merging in a $28.1 billion deal that analysts said could have a ripple effect through the U.S. wireless industry -- if the integration goes smoothly. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:29:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
PC World - Verizon reached a deal to buy Alltel for US$28.1 billion, which would make the combined company the largest wireless carrier... -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:40:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
NewsFactor - A free wireless Internet proposal by the Federal Communications Commission has been put on hold. According to Reuters, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said Thursday that he would delay a vote on his proposal to auction a 25-MHz spectrum with the specific condition that the winner provide free Internet access. Martin said he wanted more time to investigate concerns by wireless carriers that there could be interference with frequencies already in use. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:23:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
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.
