Congress Will Auction Public Airwaves to Pay for Benefits
Feb 17, 2012 phones
“The need for revenue to partly cover the extension service of the payroll tax cut and long-terminus unemployment benefits has pushed Congress to embrace a generational shift in the country’s media landscape: the auction of public airwaves now used for television broadcasts to create more wireless Internet systems.”
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Clearwire Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results
Feb 16, 2012 phones
Clearwire Corporation (Nasdaq:CLWR – News), a leading provider of 4G wireless broadband services in the U.S., reported its financial and operating results for fourth quarter and full year 2011.
“Our steadfast efforts to drive strong top line growth and contain costs delivered a successful year both financially and operationally while securing our position as one of the fastest growing U.S. telecommunications companies in 2011,” said Erik Prusch, President and CEO of Clearwire. “During the year, we achieved
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Milestone: One Billion HSPA and LTE Mobile Broadband Connections
Feb 16, 2012 apple, consumer electronics, deals, news, phones, technology
4G Americas reports that the milepost of one billion connections for HSPA and LTE mobile broadband technologies is expected to be achieved at the end of March 2012 and in two years that number will double to 2 billion, based on data from Informa Telecoms & Media. The Americas area remains a key contributor to the rapidly approaching one billion milestone with more than 250 million HSPA and LTE subscriptions forecasted for the region by the
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Study Finds News Sites Fail to Aim Ads at Users
Feb 13, 2012 phones
“A new survey released Monday by the Pew Research Center Project for Excellence in Journalism looked at 22 news Web sites and more than 5,300 digital ads. It found that many of the sites had not attracted the same advertisers online as they did on other platforms.”
AT&T customers surprised by ‘unlimited data’ limit
Feb 13, 2012 phones
“Mike Trang likes to use his iPhone 4 as a GPS device, helping him get around in his job. Now and then, his younger cousins get ahold of it, and play some YouTube videos and games.”
German Court Dismisses Latest Motorola Suit Against Apple
Feb 10, 2012 business, latest, motorola, phones
“A German court Friday dismissed a suit brought by Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) against Apple Inc. (AAPL) over a mobile communications engineering patent, a spokesman for the court said.”
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Google plans home entertainment system
Feb 10, 2012 android, media, phones, software, technology
“Internet search giant reportedly planning move into consumer electronics with a new medicine streaming system controlled by Android smartphones.”
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LTE Deployment Starting to Make an Impact says Strategy Analytics
Feb 9, 2012 phones
Analysis of Mobile Broadband Tariffs from the Strategy Analytics Mobile Broadband Price Benchmarking Service, “Mobile broadband – prices falling piece download speed and allowances grow,” reveals that the average advertised level best download speed has increased dramatically over the last 3 months, due to LTE deployment and 3G upgrades to HSPA/HSPA+ technologies.
Author, Pawel Kmiec, says, “Strategy Analytics psychoanalysis shows that the average advertised maximum download speed now stands at over 14 Mbps, an increase of over
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Sprint Nextel Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results
Feb 8, 2012 phones
Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S – News) today reported Adjusted OIBDA* of $842 million for the fourth quarter and nearly $5.1 billion for the full year 2011. Wireless service revenues for the fourth quarter increased more than 7 percent year-over-year, driven by Sprint platform postpaid ARPU growth of $3.69 – the largest year-over-year increase on track record across the U.S. wireless industry. Strong revenue outgrowth and cost management partially offset the impact of increased equipment net subsidies
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Best Buy Offering Samsung Galaxy Note For Pre-Order, Free Flip Cover
AT&T has announced the Samsung Galaxy Note will be available on February 19th. However, you can get your custody-on earlier than that without have to line-up in social movement of AT&T stores. Best Buy is offering the Galaxy Note for pre-order start on February 5th through Best Buy’s website or any retail store.
If you pre-order the device via Best Buy, you’ll get a free flip cover for free. Unfortunately, Best Buy didn’t
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