So, Sprint's announcing that Sprint's WiMax network has officially passed Sprint's own tests for being ready for commercial service (and awesomeness). The criteria...
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Sprint Says WiMax Is Officially Awesome, Ready for Service [WiMax]
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Cell Phone Security: Using your Phone to Monitor your Home
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By JR Raphael Contributing Writer, [GAS] This week, we’re talking cell phone secrets — easy-to-use services that can help you unlock the hidden powers of your...
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Globacom and Alca-Lu sign network deal
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French-US vendor Alcatel-Lucent has announced the inking of a contract with Nigerian second national operator (SNO) Globacom to increase the capacity and performance of...
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Aircom wins GSM job in Vietnam
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UK vendor Aircom International has won a contract with Vietnamese cellco Vinaphone, to provide network planning and design to assist with the expansion of its GSM...
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New Jawbone headset is sexy
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The new Jawbone, made by Aliph, is 50% smaller than the original Jawbone. This Gen 2 Jawbone Bluetooth headset enhances the original Jawbone's claim-to-fame capability -...
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Study: Number of Wireless-Only U.S. Homes Grows
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More Americans are cancelling their landlines and using only wireless phones, according to a new study from the National Center for Health Statistics. In the last half of...
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Alltel Adds 1 Million Subscribers, Makes Sprint Feel Even Worse [Cellphones]
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Alltel, the runt of the nationwide carriers, added 1 million customers this past quarter, totally now over 13 million subscribers. Even though the CDMA-based carrier says...
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AT&T 3G wireless to hit 20Mbps by 2009
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AT&T plans to upgrade its 3G wireless network to improve data transfer speed to 20 megabits per second by 2009. AT&T claimed to have a version of HSPA 3G network...
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Alltel 3rd carrier to pick LTE for 4G data
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Alltel will use Long Term Evolution (LTE) for its next-generation phone network, according to statements made during a conference call discussing the provider's latest...
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Entel PCS becomes Vodafone Partner
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Vodafone has announced that Chilean cellco Entel PCS will become a Partner Network, bringing to 43 the number of such agreements the Newbury-based firm has sealed with...
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Intracom Telecom signs EUR40m deal with SWO
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Greek telecoms equipment maker Intracom Telecom has announced that it has signed a EUR40 million (USD61.8 million) contract to supply the Syrian Wireless Organization...
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BT and O2 announce new managed access agreement
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BT has announced a new managed network solutions agreement with O2 that will see BT Wholesale provide and manage high speed connectivity between the majority of O2’s...
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i2 awarded MVNO licence
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The Telecoms Regulatory Commission (TRC) of Jordan has awarded Saudi Arabia’s i2 an individual licence that will allow it to operate as a mobile virtual network...
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Claro to focus on 3G expansion this year
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BNamericas, quoting commercial director Fernando del Rio, reports that Argentinean cellco Claro expects to focus on the expansion of its 3G network in 2008. Claro...
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MegaFon to apply for Iran licence
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Russian cellco MegaFon intends to bid for Iran’s fourth national mobile licence when it becomes available, following the opening of a branch office in Tehran (reported...
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Mobile sales reach USD130 million in 1Q-2008
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Paraguay’s economy ministry says the country’s four mobile operator billed a total USD130 million in the first quarter of this year, up 14% from the same period in...
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Eye-Fi adds two new wireless memory cards to their product line-up
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Eye-Fi announced two new wireless memory cards today, and they’ve dubbed their original card with a new name. The new line-up: Eye-Fi Explore: The Explore card...
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Comparing 3G Networks
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bsk_cw writes "Brian Nadel got hold of cellular network cards from AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon, and tried them out with a Lenovo ThinkPad X300 notebook. He watched...
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The Art of Finding Internet Access on the Road
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As I write this post, my internet access is intermittent at best. The wireless router that I’m supposed to have access to seems to work in spurts, and not very big...
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Dish Network Wants to Go Mobile [Cellphones]
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Oh the irony. A wireless content distributor (Dish Network) needs somewhere between $500 million and $2 billion to support mobile (wireless) TV. Dish owns a chunk of the...