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Sprint-Clearwire: First Reactions To JV Are Mixed: ‘Spaghetti-like Mess,’ Google, Intel ‘Good Signs’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 06 May 2008 08:00 PM PST

A joint-venture deal between Sprint (NYSE: S) and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) that includes investments of $3.2 billion coming from Intel (NSDQ: INTC), Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), Google…

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Mobile Content Bits: Springer; Frengo Mobile Apps; Coldplay Ringtone; Nokia Film Awards - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 06 May 2008 10:30 AM PST

-- The Jerry Springer Show has launched some mobile interactivity, with some features also available though a landline. It includes ringtones, a Jerry Springer Mobile Fan Club, leave a voicemail…

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AT&T’s Mobile TV Service Launches Today - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 04 May 2008 08:30 AM PST

AT&T’s (NYSE: T) MediaFlo-based mobile TV broadcasting service is launching today in about 58 markets in U.S. We will have more details and review later in the week. I have…

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AT&T’s MediaFlo Mobile TV Service To Launch Next Week; Pricing Will Make It DOA - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 Apr 2008 11:23 PM PST

AT&T (NYSE: T) Wireless will finally launch its much delayed mobile TV broadcasting service next week, and it has made all the necessary moves to make sure it never really…

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Online Ad Company Marchex Enters Mobile With Pay-Per-Call Service - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 30 Apr 2008 03:08 AM PST

Marchex, an online advertising company, plans to announce today that it is entering the mobile market via its subsidiary VoiceStar, which it acquired for about $20 million last August. As…

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AT&T To Subsidize The 3G iPhone By $200? - 2 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 29 Apr 2008 05:13 PM PST

Rumors of a 3G iPhone coming out in June have been around for a while...now Fortune makes the unsubstantiated report that AT&T (NYSE: T) plans to subsidize the device to…

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NextWave Wireless May Sell Spectrum Holdings That Could Create New Nationwide Carrier - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 24 Apr 2008 02:50 PM PST

Just when you think the chances of a new U.S. wireless carrier are slim to none, another opportunity seems to crop up. After the recent government spectrum auction ended with…

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Earnings: AT&T Q1 Revs Up 6.1 Percent; Net Income Up 21 Percent On Wireless Data - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 22 Apr 2008 04:57 AM PST

Helped by strong growth in wireless data, AT&T (NYSE: T) Q1 revs grew 6.1 percent to $30.7 billion, from $28.9 billion in the year-ago period. Net income was up 21.5…

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Update: AT&T To Cut 4,600 Jobs, Then Hire Back The Same Number For Wireless Expansion - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 18 Apr 2008 11:35 AM PST

AT&T is laying off 1.5 percent of its 309,000 workers, which will be reflected in a Q1 pretax charge of $374 million, WSJ reported, citing a 10-K filing on Friday.…

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AT&T’s MediaFLO Pricing Revealed; $13 Per Month For 4 Channels: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Fri 18 Apr 2008 09:46 AM PST

The possible prices and channel line-up for AT&T’s (NYSE: T) mobile TV service due May 4 has been leaked by an anonymous source, according to PhoneMag quoting The Boy Genius…

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UIEvolution Trying To Change The Way Carriers Sell Content; Starting With AT&T - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 15 Apr 2008 04:14 PM PST

Bellevue, Wash.-based UIEvolution, which has created a software platform that can run on mobile phones, TV set-top boxes and in cars, said it will be revamping the way people shop…

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Bundling And Marketing Ringbacks Increases Sales - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 14 Apr 2008 03:40 AM PST

Are ringbacks just not marketed properly? According to a slew of analysts ringbacks are poised to pick up the slack in the declining ringtone market, but they’ve got to be…

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What Is Really Meant By “Exclusive”? The AT&T-CNN Non-Deal - 1 Comment
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 09 Apr 2008 03:47 PM PST

One of the hardest parts of reporting on mobile content is working out exactly what companies are offering… the word most bandied about and misused is “exclusive”. For example, in…

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FCC Pushes For Emergency Text Message Alerts - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 09 Apr 2008 12:20 PM PST

The FCC is thinking about developing a nationwide emergency alert system that would send out text messages in a crisis, USA Today reports. The system would likely reach more people…

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Nokia Talks About An iPhone Look-Alike; 3G iPhone Coming In 60 Days? - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 07 Apr 2008 04:33 PM PST

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) may be the dominant handset-maker worldwide, but it too apparently feels the need to develop an iPhone wannabe, and is currently working on its first touchscreen phone,…

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@ CTIA: Interview: Verizon’s Open-Access Leader Tony Lewis: ‘You are going to hear a lot of Yeses.’ - 2 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 04 Apr 2008 01:37 PM PST

This week, I caught up with Tony Lewis, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless’ newly-appointed VP of Open Development, at CTIA to talk to him about what the company’s plans are for…

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AT&T Trumpets Its “Unencumbered” B Block Spectrum Win - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 04 Apr 2008 06:11 AM PST

AT&T (NYSE: T) wanted wireless spectrum in the 700 megahertz band auction “that was unencumbered by heavy regulation (read: open access requirements)”, as they were a better fit with the…

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AT&T Supporting Visual Search Marketing Service To Make Traditional Ads Interactive - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 04 Apr 2008 03:09 AM PST

AT&T (NYSE: T) has “quietly agreed” to support a marketing service that will allow mobile phone campaigns to link print ads, billboards and product packaging with digital media, reports Media…

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iPhone Shortage: Runaway Gray Market In Emerging Markets To Blame? - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 03 Apr 2008 03:09 AM PST

The mystery of the missing iPhones has reached a fever pitch, and several pundits including Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster have interpreted the shortage to mean that a 3G model…

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@ CTIA: AT&T Hints 3G iPhone ‘Months’ Away; Sprint’s Not A Threat; Android Is Good - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 02 Apr 2008 06:54 PM PST

Today, AT&T (NYSE: T) hosted a press conference to catch all the reporters up to speed on the carrier’s recent initiatives, and once the faucet started to open, the news…

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@ CTIA: AT&T And Verizon Talk About Importance Of Navigation; May Lead To Social Networking - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 01 Apr 2008 09:36 PM PST

Announcements made today at CTIA showed that navigation services are an increasingly important offering on the mobile phone, and conversations with both Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T),…

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@ CTIA: Mobile Bits: AOL Games; Vringo Calls Facebook; Verizon’s Five Phones; MySpace Mobile Alerts - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 31 Mar 2008 08:38 AM PST

—AOL (NYSE: TWX) Offers WAP Games: AOL plans to announce today that it is offering free WAP-based mobile games to wireless subscribers, so they don’t have to download anything to…

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Sony Pictures Television Launching Linear Film Channel PIX On AT&T’s Upcoming Mobile TV Service - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 31 Mar 2008 03:31 AM PST

Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures Television has struck a deal with AT&T (NYSE: T) and MediaFlo USA to launch the first movie network on mobile phones in the U.S, according to…

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Next Week: CTIA: Previewing The Week Ahead In Las Vegas - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 28 Mar 2008 03:04 PM PST

It’s that time of year when CTIA Wireless, the big U.S.-based wireless show, is getting ready to kick off. I’ll be heading down on Sunday to Las Vegas to start…

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AT&T Says MediaFLO Will Launch In May; About Four Months Late - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 27 Mar 2008 02:55 PM PST

AT&T (NYSE: T) said today that it will begin offering Qualcomm’s (NSDQ: QCOM) MediaFLO service in May. The company provided the details in an email today, saying more information will…

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