Archive for January, 2007

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Cingular Introduces Pay-Per-Use Push to Talk Services

January 31st, 2007

Cingular Wireless, sorry, Wireless Service Powered by AT&T is now offering its powerful Push to Talk service on a pay-per-use basis; allowing customers to use the service with out the need of a additional monthly service charge.
Business and consumer customers across the country have been enjoying the enhanced features of our Push To Talk […]

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Retiree wins fight with cell phone company over $30,000 bill

January 29th, 2007

A Florida retiree has won a battle with Cingular Wireless over bills for about $31,000 in calls from Nicaragua he says he never made. The former bank executive says his bill is normally about 150 dollars and he says he hasn’t been to Nicaragua. Oliver DeSofi complained he was defrauded; the company disagreed, tried to […]

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The iPhone is No Smartphone

January 29th, 2007

Apple’s iPhone was the talk of the town after its January 9 launch. Industry observers were by and large impressed with the new device, praising its user interface, innovation, and seamless integration. But two senior ABI Research analysts — wireless research director Stuart Carlaw, and principal mobile broadband analyst Philip Solis — point out that […]

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ACCESS Renames Palm OS to Garnet OS

January 26th, 2007

ACCESS has announced the new ACCESS Powered logo and announced it is renaming Palm OS to Garnet OS. The new ACCESS Powered logo replaces the Palm Powered logo and is now used with products from both ACCESS and PalmSource, Inc. (now known as ACCESS Systems Americas, Inc.).
ACCESS’ technology and software product portfolio cover a wide […]

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Cingular Q4 profit nearly quadruples on customer growth during winter holidays

January 25th, 2007

The wireless division of AT&T posted a net income of $782 million a 283% increase over 2005–and its best ever net subscriber additions.
Low churn and strong gross additions of 5.5 million led to net subscriber growth of 2.4 million, a record for Cingular Wireless.
Fifty-three percent growth in data ARPU helped overall ARPU increase approximately 1%, […]

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Alltel Releases Palm Treo 700p

January 25th, 2007

Alltel Wireless and Palm announced today availability of the Treo 700p smartphone.
The Treo 700p adds another Palm OS Treo smartphone to our product portfolio, and joins the Windows Mobile based Treo 700wx. With its robust feature set and ease-of-use functionality, the Treo 700p will meet the demands of Alltel’s business customers who need to remain […]