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Articles tagged with: Boost Mobile
Texting delays mar popularity of $50 Boost plan
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. more
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$50 Plans From Boost Roils Market
Boost Mobile may be the proverbial cat with nine lives as far as Sprint Nextel goes. In its latest iteration, Boost Mobile is shaking up the wireless industry with $50 unlimited calling rate plans, as are its rivals MetroPCS and Leap Wireless. more
Related Tags: metropcs, leap-wireless, sprint-nextel, vas, USA
Mobile Services to Capture More Advertising Revenue in Emerging Markets
As market penetration rates for mobile services continue to soar in emerging markets, advertisers are expected to dramatically increase their spending on "third-screen" ad campaigns targeted specifically to users of mobile data services, providing a potentially huge new revenue stream for operators of mobile networks, according to the latest report by Pyramid Research. more
Related Tags: 3g, sms, mobile-data, ict, pyramid-research, mobile-advertising
StarHub Tripple 3G Data Upload Speeds
Singapore's StarHub has upgraded its HSPA network nationwide to 5.76Mbps on the uplink, tripling its current mobile broadband upload capacity of 1.9Mbps. When completed in end December 2008, the upgrade will make StarHub the first operator in Asia to have a nationwide High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) network at 5.76Mbps. more
Related Tags: base-station, mobile-data, social-networking, hspa, hsupa, mobile-broadband, base-stations, starhub, hsdpa, Singapore
T-Mobile USA Still Expecting Google Phone in October
Despite various (denied) reports of delays, T-Mobile USA is still expecting to launch a smartphone powered by the Google promoted OS, Android this coming October. Sources have told the New York Times that the phone is expected in October, but will certainly be on sale before Christmas. more
Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, t-mobile, windows-mobile, t-mobile-usa, apple, wind, ericsson, touchscreen, sony, fcc, USA
Strategy Analytics 2009 Wireless Trends Outlook
Strategy Analytics is getting in early with the annual end of year prediction game and has already released its top predictions for 2009. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, analytics, smartphones, driving, strategy-analytics, hspa, mobile-advertising, backhaul, femtocells, andrew, flash
Google Android Developers Battle Bugs, Frustration
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Google claims its Android mobile phone software will usher in a new era of wireless communications. But for developers such as Adam MacBeth, Android has so far brought nothing but headaches and frustration. more
Related Tags: android, google, seattle, cisco, text-messaging, in-stat, tim, landline, google-android
2nd UPDATE: Sprint 3Q Net Down 77%; Sees More Subscriber Woes
(Updates throughout starting in the sixth paragraph with additional comment from executive and analysts.) more
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Virgin Mobile Tops US Customer Satisfaction Ranking - Again
The 2007 Wireless Prepaid Customer Satisfaction Study is based on responses from 2,925 wireless customers who currently subscribe to prepaid service plans. Findings are based on the past two reporting waves, which were conducted in January 2007 and April 2007. more
Related Tags: at&t, text-messaging, virgin-mobile, j.d.-power-and-associates, j.d.-power
Jobs Boost for Sprint Nextel PrePay Division
Accent Marketing Services has announced plans to create some 550 new call center jobs to provide inbound customer service and technical support for the PrePay division of Sprint Nextel, Boost Mobile. The 320-seat facility will open in mid-August, create 550 new jobs and generate an annual payroll of US$11.4 million. More than 700,000 customer calls per month will be handled on behalf of Boost Mobile at the new facility. more
Related Tags: prepay, contact-center, call-center