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  • June 2008

    • Sprint Tries to Open Up to Customers

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 9, 08 10:19 AM CDT

      Sprint Tries to Open Up to Customers

      You won’t get Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse if you email “Dan@Sprint.com,” but you will get the company’s attention, reports the New York Times. In an ad campaign designed to get Sprint in touch with its customers, Hesse asks “If you could change the way wireless companies did things, what would you do?” The address then appears on the screen. More »

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      Sprint Nextel  • Sprint  • wireless industry  • customer service  • Dan Hesse

    • Verizon Seeks Alltel Deal, Challenge to Top Dog AT&T

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 4, 08 4:06 PM CDT

      Verizon Seeks Alltel Deal, Challenge to Top Dog AT&T

      Verizon Communications is in negotiations to buy wireless carrier Alltel, a merger that would cover 80 million US subscribers and create the nation's biggest cell-phone company, the Wall Street Journal reports—though the potential $27 billion deal could easily fall through. But if it's consummated, and the feds see no antitrust problems, the new company would surpass AT&T, with 71 million customers, as No. 1. More »

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      cell phones  • Verizon  • AT&T  • wireless industry  • wireless service  • Alltel

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • Wireless Drives AT&T Growth

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 22, 08 2:43 PM CDT

      Wireless Drives AT&T Growth

      AT&T posted a 22% increase in net income during the first quarter, thanks to strong growth in its wireless unit. Its wireless earnings nearly doubled, while landline earnings dropped 2.1%. The company’s net income was $3.46 billion (57 cents a share), compared to $2.85 billion (45 cents a share) a year ago, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      AT&T  • quarterly earnings  • telecom industry  • telephone  • wireless industry  • land lines

    • Whew! Google Saved by the Highest Bidder

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 4, 08 1:02 PM CDT

      Whew! Google Saved by the Highest Bidder

      Google nearly became the unenthused owner of a $4.71 billion slice of wireless airwaves in a recent Federal Communications Commission auction, the New York Times reports. Its bid was part of a deal with the FCC to open some spectrum to third-party services, but for much of the bidding, Google had the top price—until Verizon swooped in with the $4.74 billion winner. More »

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      Google  • FCC  • Verizon  • cell phone industry  • wireless industry  • spectrum auction  • AT&T Wireless

    • FCC Boss Nixes Bid to Open Up Wireless Networks

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 2, 08 6:42 AM CDT

      FCC Boss Nixes Bid to Open Up Wireless Networks

      The head of the FCC has rejected a request from Skype to open up wireless networks to outside devices, AP reports. The Internet phone provider wanted wireless operations included in a 1968 FCC decision that required AT&T to open up its network beyond its own devices that paved the way for the introduction of things like fax machines and modems. More »

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      FCC  • Verizon  • wireless  • telecommunications  • Kevin Martin  • wireless industry  • Skype  • networks  • Michael Copps

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Sprint May Go Lower Than $99.99

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Feb 20, 08 10:42 PM CST

      Sprint May Go Lower Than $99.99

      With both AT&T and Verizon unveiling $99.99 flat-rate unlimited calling plans this week, Sprint's is expected to undercut its rivals by up to 40%, plunging the wireless industry headlong into a price war. Sprint isn't telling yet, but analysts predict it will offer unlimited calling for roughly $60 a month, more than enough to rattle the market, Reuters reports. More »

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      Verizon  • AT&T  • Sprint Nextel  • wireless industry  • price war  • unlimited calling plans

    • Patent Battle Breaks Out Between Motorola, RIM

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 19, 08 11:45 AM CST

      Patent Battle Breaks Out Between Motorola, RIM

      A patent battle has flared between BlackBerry maker RIM and Motorola after the two failed to agree on terms to renew an existing licensing agreement, reports the Wall Street Journal .The friction comes as each company is intruding into the other's turf: Motorola by building Blackberry-like email devices, RIM by developing cell phones. More »

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      cell phones  • BlackBerry  • Motorola  • wireless industry  • Research In Motion  • RIM  • patent infringement

    • Microsoft Will Buy Maker of Sidekick

      newser  |  CNET  |  Feb 11, 08 7:56 PM CST

      Microsoft Will Buy Maker of Sidekick

      Microsoft is poised to buy Danger, the maker of the T-Mobile Sidekick, in a move that follows on the heels of Yahoo's rebuff of the software behemoth's $44 billion buyout offer. Microsoft hasn't said how much it's forking over, but called Danger the "perfect complement to our existing software and services," CNET reports. Danger's founder now runs the Android mobile project for Microsoft competitor Google. More »

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      Microsoft  • wireless industry  • Windows Mobile  • Sidekick

  • January 2008

    • AT&T's 4Q Numbers Bolstered by Cell Sales

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 24, 08 7:53 PM CST

      AT&T's 4Q Numbers Bolstered by Cell Sales

      AT&T's quarterly numbers indicate strong wireless sales, the Wall Street Journal reports, though unimpressive figures from its landline and Internet divisions have left some analysts and investors concerned. AT&T enjoyed a quarterly revenue of $3.14 billion—up from $1.94 billion this time last year—bolstered by the highest quarterly gain for a US cellular provider. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • AT and T  • quarterly earnings  • telephone  • wireless industry  • ISP  • land lines

  • December 2007

    • Teenagers Still Addicted to POTS

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Dec 20, 07 7:39 PM CST

      Teenagers Still Addicted to POTS

      Internet use among teenagers continues to rise—93% of teens have some sort of access, and 64% contribute some kind of content on a regular basis. But, despite the proliferation of cell phones and a myriad of bleeding-edge choices, the No.1 communications tool for teens remains the land line, USA Today reports, citing a Pew Internet Project study. More »

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      Internet  • cell phones  • teenagers  • wireless industry

    • Deutsche Telekom Wins Back iPhone Locking Rights

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Dec 4, 07 2:40 PM CST

      Deutsche Telekom Wins Back iPhone Locking Rights

      T-Mobile regained the right to sell iPhones in Germany that use their network exclusively, in a reversal of an injunction last month that forced them to start selling an unlocked version, the AP reports. T-Mobile’s parent, Deutsche Telekom, will link the phones to a two-year contract in an arrangement similar to AT&T’s stewarding of the iPhone in America. More »

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      Apple  • cell phones  • iPhone  • wireless industry  • T-Mobile  • Deutsche Telekom  • Vodafone

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