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Verizon Communications Wants To Buy Out Vodafone’s Verizon Wireless Stake - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 27 Jun 2008 06:11 AM PST

Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) wants to take full control of Verizon Wireless and buy out the 45 percent stake Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) owns in the network operator. Verizon chief executive…

Mobile Operators See Triple Play Emerging For Content And Advertising - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 26 Jun 2008 12:57 PM PST

Companies like AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) are starting to explore content and advertising plays that span their three networks—mobile phones, broadband and TV, reports the WSJ. Early…

Mobile IM Firm Miyowa Raises $8 Million To Expand To The U.S. And Asia - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 26 Jun 2008 08:26 AM PST

Paris-based mobile IM firm Miyowa said today it has raised $8 million in a second round of venture capital from Techfund and Credit Agricole Private Equity. To date, the company…

Mobile Content Bits: CNBC; Unilever; Loopt; ShoZu; SI; Quattro - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 26 Jun 2008 03:59 AM PST

— NYSE Real-Time Quotes Go Mobile: CNBC has launched a new service that provides real-time quotes for NYSE-traded stocks on CNBC Mobile and CNBC.com. The business broadcaster is using the…

France To Tax Mobile, Internet And TV Revenues To Fund Public Broadcaster - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 25 Jun 2008 01:34 PM PST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made good on his promise to shake up the country’s media industry. Starting on January 1 next year prime-time advertising on public television will be…

T-Mobile Launches Home Phone Service For $10 A Month - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 25 Jun 2008 11:31 AM PST

About a year ago, T-Mobile USA launched Hotspot@Home, a service that encourages people to drop their landline by allowing customers to roam on to Wi-Fi to get unlimited phone calls…

SK Telecom-Helio-Virgin Mobile Deal Done; Helio To Be Injected Into VMUSA: Report - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 24 Jun 2008 07:17 PM PST

So reports FT this evening, citing sources. We first broke the news on the deal talks last month, and after hiccups in valuation and other issues, the deal has been…

Google Insists That Android Is On Time - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 24 Jun 2008 01:44 PM PST

Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) Android platform is probably on time—that is, if you define “during the second-half of this year” as the very last few days of December. Google is denying…

Symbian As We Know It Dissolves On Its 10th Anniversary; More Details On Nokia’s $410 Million Buyout - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 24 Jun 2008 01:17 PM PST

Nokia announced this morning that it will pay $410 million to buy the remaining shares of Symbian that it did not already own and then turn the assets into a…

Virgin Mobile Launches Unlimited Monthly Plan - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 24 Jun 2008 03:11 AM PST

Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) is rolling out an unlimited calling plan for $79.99 a month. The MVNO joins Sprint (NYSE: S), T-Mobile, AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless (NYSE:…

UPDATED: Nokia Offers $410 Million To Buy Up Partners’ Stakes In Symbian - 1 Comment
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 23 Jun 2008 08:50 PM PST

UPDATED: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) wants it all. The Finnish handset maker said today that it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian that it…

Alltel CEO Says Carriers Need National Platform; Tried To Buy AT&T Wireless, Sprint And T-Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 23 Jun 2008 05:09 PM PST

Alltel’s (NYSE: AT) CEO Scott Ford said in an interview with the Arkansas News Bureau that a carrier must be nationwide in order to be relevant in today’s industry, and…

FCC Pushes For Free Broadband Network Despite Mounting Wi-Fi Failures - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 23 Jun 2008 01:49 PM PST

The FCC is sticking with its idea of auctioning off a swath of airwaves that will require the buyers to provide free broadband internet, which will be filtered to exclude…

Softbank Shifts Strategy With iPhone; Prices Device Starting At $215 - 1 Comment
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 23 Jun 2008 04:32 AM PST

Japan’s number three carrier released prices and tariffs today, saying it would sell the iPhone starting at 23,040 yen ($215), according to Reuters. Customers will also have to take out…

Google’s Android-Based Phones Delayed Until Q4; Integration Challenges - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 22 Jun 2008 10:42 PM PST

Google-backed mobile OS system Android is facing delays in its rollout, after handset companies and operators are having trouble integrating the system...the original launch with T-Mobile USA was scheduled for…

@ London Calling: Bundled Music Services “Commoditizing” Music? - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 20 Jun 2008 03:07 PM PST

At the London Calling music conference on Thursday, there was little doubt among the panel assembled to discuss the value of music on mobiles that cell phones would one day…

Wild Rumors Flying About Helio Store Closures And Potential Virgin Mobile Tie-Up - 6 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 20 Jun 2008 02:37 PM PST

A slew of rumors about Helio and Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) are emerging this afternoon ... none of these seem to be vetted for truthfulness, but that hasn’t stopped a…

Sprint Makes It Possible To Be An Email Addict Without A BlackBerry - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 19 Jun 2008 04:37 PM PST

If you were using the excuse that you couldn’t read your corporate email while on-the-go because you didn’t have a BlackBerry, you are now out of luck. Sprint (NYSE: S)…

Analyst Estimates That AT&T Is Discounting The iPhone By $325 - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 19 Jun 2008 12:19 PM PST

AT&T (NYSE: T) is paying a subsidy of about $325 per 3G iPhone to get the price of a 8 gigabyte down to $199, according to Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner…

Industry Moves: T-Mobile USA Hires Starbucks SVP as New CMO - 4 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 19 Jun 2008 09:43 AM PST

T-Mobile USA, which almost went into a lawsuit fight with Stabucks over Wi-Fi in the the coffee stores, has now snagged away former SVP of global food and beverage at…

T-Mobile USA Hit With Yet Another Class Action Over Texting - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 18 Jun 2008 01:57 PM PST

T-Mobile USA has been hit with a new class action lawsuit over unwanted text messaging, reports RCRNews.com. The suit is similar to one brought against the operator in January, and…

Sprint’s iPhone Rival Is Cheaper, But Is It Better? - 7 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 18 Jun 2008 08:35 AM PST

The Samsung Instinct, which is being deemed the most viable iPhone knock-off at the moment, is coming out first, and now as of today, we are hearing it will also…

Apple and AT&T Settle Patent Lawsuit Over Visual Voicemail - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 18 Jun 2008 02:49 AM PST

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and AT&T (NYSE: T) have settled its lawsuit with patent-holding company Klausner Technologies, which alleged that the iPhone’s “visual voicemail” technology had infringed patents it held, reports…

Mobile Content Bits: MMS Search; FusionOne Backup; Knovolo Real Estate Text; Loopt On Blackberry - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 17 Jun 2008 12:42 PM PST

-- Text Pics To Search: 23half said today that its so-called Thrrum MMS Search is available to Sprint (NYSE: S) wireless subscribers, which allows them to find information on something…

AT&T Launches JuiceCaster And Buzzwire Mobile Apps - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 17 Jun 2008 09:51 AM PST

AT&T (NYSE: T) said today it launched two new social media and entertainment applications—JuiceCaster 6.0 and Buzzwire. JuiceCaster lets you upload videos and photos to communities, like YouTube and Flickr,…