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Articles tagged with: Verizon Wireless and Motorola
Verizon says iPhone challenger goes on sale Nov. 6
Verizon Wireless will start selling its answer to the iPhone - the Droid - for $200 next week as the company taps into the growing appetite for smart phones that go far beyond making calls. more
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Motorola shares up as Verizon launches ad
Shares of Motorola surged Monday as Verizon Wireless launched an aggressive ad campaign to promote a new Motorola phone. more
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Flagship Phones are Driving Sales on Network Operator Websites
Industry analytics firm, comScore has published data from its monthly wireless e-commerce dashboard, which tracks consumer shopping and purchasing behavior, including handsets and mobile data plans, at all of the major wireless carrier sites. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, iphone, mobile-data, analytics, samsung, apple, verizon, iden, vas, comscore, lg, htc, blackberry, sprint, USA
Ericsson Rumoured to have Won $2 Billion Deal from Sprint Nextel
Ericsson is reported to have won a huge US$2 billion service contract from US operator, Sprint Nextel. Citing sources, the business news magazine, Affarsvarlden said the contract is said to be a surprise considering that Ericsson no long supports the CDMA technology used by Sprint Nextel. The complex integration with the Motorola supplied iDEN network can only add to the headaches, although any deal could lead to speculation that Motorola might try to offload their entire iDEN platform to Ericsson. more
Related Tags: sprint-nextel, lte, outsourcing, cdma, ericsson, verizon, iden, sprint, network-management, USA
Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Down by 5% in Q4 '08
The global economic downturn had a significant impact on the mobile phone industry as worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 314.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2008, a 4.6 per cent decline from the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Manufacturers continued to struggle against low consumer confidence in both emerging and mature markets. more
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Verizon Wireless Upgrades to Motorola MMS Center
Motorola has announced that its newest Multi-Media Messaging Service Center (MMSC) is now in commercial service on the Verizon Wireless network more
Related Tags: mms, sms, social-networking, wimax, lte, core-network, verizon, iden, wireless-broadband, mmsc, ev-do, USA
Verizon Wireless Launches Motorola Touch-Screen Phone
Verizon Wireless has secured the exclusive rights to a touch-screen Motorola phone - the Krave ZN4, featuring two layers of touch -- on the interactive clear flip outside and the full touch-screen inside. more
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Motorola Starts LTE Trials on Verizon Wireless Network
Motorola has started testing a LTE deployment in the USA with Verizon Wireless, according to Ray Owen, general director of Motorola Vietnam and Motorola's head of technology, Asia. He added that the company is also testing with other network operators worldwide. more
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Spirent 1st Half Revenue +6%; Full-Year Outlook in Line
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Spirent Communications, the telecommunications testing company, Tuesday reported a 6% rise in first-half revenue, and said its outlook for the rest of the year continues to be in line with its expectations. more
U.S. Mobile Phone Unit-Sales Declined 22% YoY in Q1
According to The NPD Group, mobile phone handset sales to consumers in the USA reached nearly 31 million units in the first quarter of 2008, which is a 22 percent decline since the same period a year ago. NPD estimates total first quarter 2008 consumer sales of nearly $2.7 billion, down from $2.9 billion a year ago. more
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