Denny Strigl, Verizon Wireless President and Chief Executive Officer, announced at the North American Wireless Leadership Summit that Verizon Wireless will begin pro-rating early terminal fees for customers. Verizon Wireless is the first major U.S. carrier to commit to a national policy to pro-rate the ETF. The company will include new terms in customer contracts […]
Cingular Wireless has turned on HSDPA coverage in the New York City and eastern New Jersey regions. With the release Cingular is now offering the Samsung ZX10 in HSDPA compatible regions.
According to coverage maps on Cingular’s Web site, the service covers much of Manhattan plus parts of Brooklyn and Queens and an area surrounding the […]
Nokia says that it has initiated a lawsuit in Beijing, China against two companies for manufacturing and selling mobile phones that copy the proprietary and legally protected industrial designs of the Nokia 7260 mobile phone model.
Two of the named defendants in the case are Shenzhen Telsda Mobile Communication Industry Developing and Song Xun Da Zhong […]
Verizon Wireless announced they have signed up with Lucent Technologies to deliver 1X EV-DO Revision A technology.
As part of the agreement, Lucent will provide incremental hardware and software upgrades to enable the deliver of the next-generation 1X EV-DO technology, which supports peak data rates of 3.1 Mbps on the downlink and up to 1.8 Mbps […]
Sprint announced today they have completed the acquisition of Nextel Partners for $6.5 billion. The Nextel Partners class A common stock sold for $28.50 per share. With the acquisition, Sprint Nextel has approximately 51 million wireless subscribers, based on first quarter 2006 reporting.
The acquisition of Nextel Partners marks another important milestone as Sprint Nextel executes […]
Rogers of Canada and Research In Motion (RIM) have released the all new EDGE powered 7130g BlackBerry handheld. Rogers is the latest provider to pick up the new 71xx series handset following short after Cingular and Verizon Wireless. The BlackBerry 7130g operates on Rogers Wireless’ GSM/GPRS/EDGE network, Canada’s largest high-speed wireless data network.
Rogers Wireless […]
