Friday - June 26, 2009
Three months after unveiling its Google Voice application, Google unveiled a limited public roll-out on Thursday. The application's home site says the tool is available by invitation only. Anyone can sign up for an invitation, though they must then wait for a go-ahead from Google. Google has added several features to the application since March. It's not yet clear how Google will monetize the service, but there has been speculation that Google might sell ads. Asking for an invitation to participate in the limited roll-out is easy, though it appears one will have to wait on Google.
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Monday - June 22, 2009
Nortel Networks has agreed to sell its two advanced wireless technology business units to Nokia Siemens for $650 million. The companies hope to close the sale by Q3 of this year. It is an ignominious end for the telco, which at one time was one of the dominant players in the global marketplace. In January, however, the Toronto-based company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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Monday - June 8, 2009
Qwest Communications International on Monday said it was calling off the auction for its nationwide long-haul data and telephone network. The Denver-based phone company said the network was more valuable than the amount it would raise in a sale. Qwest did not say how much the bids it received were worth.
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Thursday - June 4, 2009
U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker on Wednesday dismissed dozens of lawsuits against telecommunication companies that cooperated with the Bush administration's so-called warrantless wiretapping activities several years ago. The once-secret program allowed government agents to listen in on U.S. citizens' telephone conversations without having to get a warrant as required by law.
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Wednesday - May 6, 2009
The buzz around Apple has been deafening this past week. The latest rumor is that Apple might buy Twitter. Meanwhile, the NPD Group has announced that Research In Motion's BlackBerry Curve outsold the iPhone in the first quarter of this year. With the next-generation iPhone widely expected to make an appearance in June, the competition is heating up.
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Friday - May 1, 2009
A new $50 unlimited-calling plan sold under the Boost brand has been a badly needed success story for Sprint Nextel, luring hundreds of thousands of new customers, by industry estimates. However, dealers and customers report widespread problems with texting on the Boost network. Messages are frequently delayed by hours, in many cases reaching their recipients early in the morning.
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Wednesday - April 22, 2009
By some measures, AT&T's Q1 earnings report was lackluster, at best. The company reported a nearly 10 percent profit decline for the quarter ending March 31, compared with the same period a year ago. However, the drop was not as steep as analysts had expected. Furthermore, certain segments of AT&T's business lines picked up significant momentum.
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Wednesday - April 22, 2009
EU lawmakers voted Wednesday for a new price cap that will cut the cost of sending some text messages by nearly two-thirds. Phone users will pay a maximum of 11 euro cents, or about 14 US cents, for sending text messages from another European Union nation starting July 1, down from the current average cost of 28 euro cents.
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Wednesday - April 15, 2009
eBay is planning to spin off Skype in a public offering next year. While Skype has been successful in terms of growing its user base since being acquired by eBay over three years ago, the VoIP service has proven to be a less-than-perfect match with the Internet auction powerhouse.
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Tuesday - April 7, 2009
Motorola said Monday it expects to take additional charges for the first quarter, bringing the total to $229 million before taxes. The company, which is laying off thousands to cut costs, said in a regulatory filing that $216 million of the total charges are for severance costs related to roughly 5,600 employees.
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Friday - April 3, 2009
Job insecurity combined with financial fear-mongering has consumers slashing their budgets. Cell phone and premium TV services look like easy items to eliminate. Typically, however, those services tie users to contracts as well as three ugly words: early termination fees. Can customers break those contracts and avoid significant financial hits?
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