Three Of Sprint’s Prepaid Execs Quit
MocoNews
A year after Sprint (NYSE: S) paid $480 million to buy Virgin Mobile USA, the carrier is seeing a trio of executive departures. Dan Schulman, Sprint’s president of prepaid, announced last week that he was leaving to join American Express as group president of enterprise growth. We have also learned that Peter Lurie, general counsel, [...]
Data Cap Twist
Telephony Unfiltered
First came Clearwire, almost daring users to tax its WiMax 4G network with a no-data-cap pledge. Now Clearwire partner Sprint is taking a similar approach as it rolls out its 4G services on that WiMax data network, saying it has no plans to put data caps in place.
Topics: embedded, Sprint, iPad, 3G, Clearwire, spectrum, [...]
Broadband Genie: Check How Much Mobile Broadband You’re Using
IntoMobile
Broadband Genie has recently conducted a small survey of more than thousand of their website visitors to find out how much data mobile broadband customers use. Results are kinda stunning with most users having no idea how much data they use each month.
Topics: wireless, broadband, USA
Apple iPhone 4 is Hot Alright; Hot Like Fire!
IntoMobile
It’s natural for our gadgets, including the Apple iPhone 4, to get a little hot every now and then. It’s normal with usage and especially when charging. While we’ve all heard the horror stories about our toys catching on fire, however, it’s still a little shocking to see it happen. One would imagine that engineers [...]
U.S. Government Launches App Store, Favoring iPhone
MocoNews
Despite Obama’s well-known preference for BlackBerry devices, the applications are only built for the iPhone. Consumers using any other devices, including Windows Mobile, BlackBerry or Android devices, will instead be directed to a mobile web version accessible from a phone’s browser.
Topics: government, Windows Mobile, USA, Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, telecom
It May Take 10 Years, But Obama Agrees To Increase Wireless Broadband
MocoNews
While this signing is a critical step to fulfilling that need, the plan could take up to 10 years to complete and many carriers feel there is already a shortage today. By signing the memorandum, Obama is making 500 megahertz of spectrum available for auction. For comparison, all of the U.S. carriers use a combined [...]
Bandwidth "Whose Fastest Report" Leaves Fastest Out
VoIP Watch
The report is far from all inclusive, as it is missing two ISPs that I personally have providing services, and whose speeds best the winners hand down, as well as others friend’s are using in the Bay Area with a great degree of satisfaction.
Topics: Covad, VoIP, USA, ISP, broadband
Why A Femtocell/Microcell Is of No Value Once Apple iOS Comes Out
VoIP Watch
Here are ten reasons why I don’t see the need for an AT&T Microcell… Net. Net. I don’t see the need for Femtocells. Do you?
Topics: hotspot, 3G, telecom, wireless, femtocell, mobile operators, USA, VoIP, Wi-Fi
As Data Caps Emerge in Mobile, AT&T Ends DSL cap-and-pay Trial
Telephony Unfiltered
Broadband Reports, which has been all over the story, noted that AT&T trials of metered DSL services in Beaumont, Texas, and Reno, Nev., have come to an end — and that AT&T looks more likely to not go for a broader rollout of DSL caps and overage fees, calling the cost “simply too great.”
Topics: [...]
AT&T Data Caps Extend to Femtocells
Daily Wireless
AT&T is enforcing the Data Cap on in-home femtocells, says Light Reading, although WiFi usage does not count towards a subscriber’s monthly data limit. AT&T’s in-home Microcell (connected via DSL), connects to your phone via 3G. But it counts towards a user’s monthly data limits, just as making voice calls over the Microcell counts [...]
AT&T Suspends iPhone Pre-Orders, Apple Pushes Back Ship Date
mocoNews
Early this morning, AT&T (NYSE: T) suspended pre-orders, according to its web site. Apple appears to still be taking “pre-orders,” but the earliest ship date if you manage to get through is July 2.
Topics: iPhone, telecom, USA, AT&T, Apple
Starbucks Goes All-In: Free, Unlimited Wi-Fi Starting July 1st
Wi-Fi Net News
This isn’t surprising, given that Starbucks is now in direct competition with a facet of McDonald’s business. McDonald’s switched from a paid service to free in January 2010, while Starbucks overhauled its free-with-regular-purchase option a month earlier. As with current Wi-Fi, company-owned stores are the ones covered by the announcement; that’s about 6,700 [...]
Sprint Says It Won’t Limit Data Use By Smartphone Customers
MocoNews
AT&T (NYSE: T) and T-Mobile USA have both promised to limit the “excessive use” of data on their networks, but in a bid to differentiate itself Sprint (NYSE: S) said it has no plans to limit data use from its high-volume smartphone customers, reports the WSJ.com. Starting in mid-July, however, it will cap data usage [...]
E-mail Addresses Of Early iPad Buyers Exposed By AT&T
MocoNews
This is not the way Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) wanted to cap off its big week: Gawker reports that the e-mail addresses of thousands of early iPad buyers were inadvertently exposed by AT&T (NYSE: T) in what the site is calling the “worst security breach” in Apple’s history. Apparently, the list of e-mail addresses included those [...]
Mobile Internet Trends
Daily Wireless
The latest Internet Trends report is up from Morgan Stanley’s Mary Meeker, who presented at the CN Summit today in New York. Paid Content pulled a few highlights from the full 53-slide presentation.
Topics: USA, wireless, smartphone, iPad
