Archive for February, 2009
Who’s the ding-dong now, Verizon? My Circle stays.
In a message to employees, Verizon Wireless eased the mind of Alltel subscribers, announcing it will let them keep their My Circle calling plans and will even extend the social-networking inspired plans to its subscriber base. Complete story >>
Blog RSS Feed: Telephony Unfiltered
Topics: Verizon, wireless, SMS
Meraki Announces $1500 “N” Node
Meraki says the weatherproof MR58 provides five times the capacity and speed of standard 802.11b/g wireless devices, delivers high bandwidth across multiple hops, and supports mesh links up to several kilometers long. Complete story >>
Blog RSS Feed: Daily Wireless
Topics: reseller, USA, Ethernet, wireless, convention
Marvell’s $99 Wall Wart Computer
Marvell today introduced a new kind of personal computer, called SheevaPlug. The $99 ultracompact computer plugs right into a wall power socket, like a wall wart. It draws only 5 watts so it can be left on all the time. Complete story >>
Blog RSS Feed: Daily Wireless
Topics: Ethernet, embedded, wireless
Why $5 Phone Service Is A Good Idea
Verizon is considering a $5 phone line option for its broadband customers — that’s a very smart idea and here’s why. Complete story >>
Blog RSS Feed: Telephony Unfiltered
Topics: satellite, outage, VoIP, Verizon, broadband, telecom, wireless
Will Apple Increase iPhone Value with Rumored Verizon Deal?
Only a rumor at this moment, but according to sources at Apple (AAPL), the company will soon announce Verizon (VZ) to be an iPhone provider, thus ending with a punctuation mark Apple’s exclusivity agreement with AT&T (T). Complete story >>
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Topics: wireless, AT&T, iPhone, Apple, 3G, telecom, Verizon
Fixing US Broadband
Just a quick note to mention an interesting interview by Yankee Group CEO Emily Green entitled How do we Fix Crappy US Broadband? Complete story >>
Blog RSS Feed: Fiberevolution
Topics: broadband
Ring! Ring! Hot News, 23rd February 2009
In Today’s Special Mobile World Congress Issue: Nokia cooperating with Qualcomm – dogs, cats sleeping together; dire forecasts for Motorola’s future; VZW taps ALU for LTE RAN RFP; here an app, there an app, everywhere an app store; the Telco API cometh; everything is a Web page; the peaceful rise of LiMo; 3’s triumph with [...]
Tranzeo: Go for Indonesia WiMAX
Tranzeo Wireless and partner Teknologi Riset Global (TRG), a subsidiary of leading telecommunication infrastructure provider the Indonesian Tower Group, are moving forward to produce WiMAX subscriber units for the Indonesian market. Complete story >>
Blog RSS Feed: Daily Wireless
Topics: convention, telecommunications, government, WiMax, broadband, regulation, telecom, spectrum, wireless, 3G
Industry to VoIP: ‘Show Us the Money’
At the beginning, the biggest issue concerning the migration to VoIP was cost. A company had to consider the savings against the perceived shortcomings of the new platform, which were considerable in the early days. More recently, the tide turned in Complete story >>
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Topics: VoIP
Jailbreaking App Makes VoIP over 3G Work on iPhone
I’m not endorsing the concept of jailbreaking your iPhone as there are alternatives like the Nokia N and E series that let you accomplish this without doing anything at all but a new piece of software for jailbroken iPhones lets you trick your handset into thinking 3G is WiFi. Complete story >>
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Nortel exiting mobile WiMAX completely
Nortel is ending its short-lived WiMAX partnership with Alvarion, announcing today it would exit the Mobile WiMAX business entirely to focus on its other businesses. Complete story >>
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Topics: Nortel, WiMax
Fiber mushrooms in Britain
The Communications Consumer Panel (which I understand is what used to be called the Ofcom Consumer Panel) has just published an interesting paper listing all fiber projects in the UK. Complete story >>
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Verizon VoiceWing Exits VoIP Business
Verizon VoiceWing customers received letters in the last couple of days saying, “We regret to inform you that effective March 31, 2009, Verizon will no longer offer VoiceWing. At that time, all VoiceWing service will be terminated”. Complete story >>
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Topics: Verizon, VoIP
Video Tour: Verizon Hub
We take an in-depth look at the new Hub from Verizon. See how it integrates with Verizon’s wireless services. Complete story >>
Blog RSS Feed: Phone Scoop
Topics: wireless, Verizon
Free Calls to China
At VOIP Guide, we track every festival season for Free VOIP Offers. The CNY is over the weekend and we have some great free voip deals coming in from several VOIP Providers. Today, we look at how to… Complete story >>
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Topics: China, VoIP, free VoIP
