Articles tagged with: Verizon and Sprint
Ecuador's Correa says AT&T, Sprint, MCI owe fees
Ecuador's leftist president on Saturday accused U.S.-based telephone companies including AT&T, Sprint and MCI of "swindling" his country out of millions of dollars in long-distance fees that he claims they owe. more
Related Tags: at&t, rafael-correa, Ecuador
Trump Tower Boosts Indoor Mobile Phone Coverage
ADC has announced that the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago has deployed its InterReach Fusion in-building cellular systems to provide clear and consistent cellular coverage for staff, visitors, and guests at the Chicago landmark. more
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Consumer Demand Steady for iPhone, BlackBerry - But What About the Palm Pre?
In recent years, ChangeWave consumer surveys have chronicled a seismic shift to smart phones, with Apple and Research In Motion locked in a two-horse race while most of their competitors have been caught in a downward spiral. more
Related Tags: 3g, sim, iphone, apple, steve-jobs, driving, tim, rcom, ovi, palm-pre, palm, htc, blackberry, compete, rim, sanyo, research-in-motion, blackberry-bold, apple-iphone, smart, operating-system, california, life
US Operators Sign-Up to Mobile Marketing Agreement
The USA's four largest mobile network operators, verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile USA have all signed up to abide by marketing guidelines from the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA). In addition to the four largest US wireless service providers, there was substantial help in securing this agreement from the major aggregators, brands and content owners. In specific, VeriSign, Neustar, Limbo, and Thumbplay, all played critical roles in the process. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, eu, t-mobile-usa, sprint-nextel, verizon-wireless, ovi, iden, vas, USA
Smartphone Market Share Increased Rapidly Worldwide According to AdMob
Mobile advertising agency, AdMob has reported that despite challenging economic conditions, smartphones continued to gain significant market share worldwide over the past six months, rising from 26 percent to 33 percent of hits to its adserver platform in February 2009. more
Related Tags: android, windows-mobile, nokia, iphone, smartphone, samsung, smartphones, wind, palm, htc, blackberry, rim, htc-dream, admob, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, symbian, operating-system, windows, storm
The Gap in Call Quality Performance among US Mobile Networks Narrows
As the wireless services industry becomes more competitive, the gap in call quality performance between the highest- and lowest-ranked carriers is smaller compared with previous years, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study. more
Related Tags: text-messaging, sprint-nextel, voicemail, verizon-wireless, iden, j.d.-power-and-associates, text-messages, u.s.-cellular, landline, seven, j.d.-power, nextel, text-message, USA
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, motorola, apple, verizon-wireless, iden, vas, comscore, lg, htc, blackberry, USA
Shareholders Pushing for Sale of US Cellular to Larger Rival
Further consolidation in the USA's telecoms market could be imminent as shareholders are reported to be pressuring U.S. Cellular to seek a buy-out from one of its larger rivals. The company is 81% controlled by Telephone & Data Systems (TDS), which is itself facing pressure from several large shareholders to put itself up for sale. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, eu, wcdma, ict, metropcs, sprint-nextel, lte, verizon-wireless, cdma, alltel, anti-trust, u.s.-cellular, gsm, 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: motorola, sprint-nextel, lte, outsourcing, verizon-wireless, cdma, ericsson, iden, network-management, USA
US Operator Subscriber Growth is "Optimistic"
A research note from Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffett has warned that the US operators are being optimistic about their subscriber growth forecasts. He warned that the operators are all anticipating subscriber growth of around 4.6% for 2009, which is lower than the 5.9% achieved in 2008, but is still unlikely to be achieved. more
Related Tags: sprint-nextel, nextel, USA
