Verizon to Sell Smart Phones for Prepaid Service, With Data Plan
TMCnet News Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced it’s opening up access to smart phones for customers who prepay for service, such as people with poor credit and those who don’t want to be tied down by long-term contracts. Topics: cellular, Virgin Mobile, carrier, prepaid, Verizon, telecom, wireless, United States
Donovan: AT&T Will Move ‘Heaven and Earth’ to Address Data Demand
FierceWireless AT&T’s (NYSE:T) John Donovan promised the carrier will move “heaven and Earth” in order to meet the data demands of its customers. However, during comments at VentureBeat’s MobileBeat 2010 conference in San Francisco, AT&T CTO Donovan said the carrier and the wider wireless industry in general face a range of challenges in preparing for [...]
AT&T’s Upload Bug Tied To Alcatel-Lucent Equipment
PC World In more than two dozen cities, iPhone 4 owners noticed over the weekend that their upload speeds were limited to 100 kbps, leading to allegations that AT&T was throttling its customers. In reality, certain conditions triggered a software defect in markets with Alcatel-Lucent equipment, AT&T said in a statement. Topics: telecom, USA, AT&T, [...]
Groups Protest AT&T Rate Hikes for Middle-mile Access
PC World The U.S. Federal Communications Commission must move quickly to set limits on the rates that large telecom carriers charge businesses and competitors for middle-mile access because AT&T is planning significant rate hikes in July, a group of competitors, consumer groups and business customers said. Topics: telecom, carrier, AT&T
Telarus Releases GeoScan for Multilocation Deals
Phone+ News, USA Master agency Telarus Inc. announced Tuesday the launch of GeoScan, a new carrier research tool to address the needs of agents who specialize in large and complex deals. The GeoScan tool, located in the Telarus agent back office, allows agents to identify the most qualified carriers for specific projects based primarily on [...]
Qwest May Relocate Headquarters
Phone+ News, USA Qwest Communications International Inc. will not renew the lease on its Denver, Colorado headquarters in a move that should help the struggling carrier save about $12 million per year. Topics: USA, telecom, carrier, Qwest, telecommunications
Google Will Build Network in Challenge to AT&T, Verizon
BusinessWeek Google Inc. is planning to build high-speed fiber-optic broadband networks in the U.S. to offer Internet speeds that are more than 100 times faster than what Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. sell today. Topics: telecom, Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, Google, carrier, broadband
Sprint Charging It’s Agents for Support
Phone+ News, USA Beginning Feb. 1, Sprint Nextel has imposed charges on its Business Indirect Partners and Business Solutions Partners for access to business indirect channel support managers, channel support managers and the programs they support. While optional, the charge has gotten mixed reviews from some of the carrier’s agents as well as elicited concerns [...]
Zagat Releases Survey of Major Wireless Carriers
TMCnet News Zagat has released the results of its first Wireless Carriers survey. The survey incorporates feedback from 2,319 wireless consumers who rated AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless on the key aspects of their performance: Reliability, Coverage, Products, Value and Customer Service. Topics: carrier, AT&T, Verizon, United States, telecom, wireless, T-Mobile
FBI: ISP Tried to Scam $15M Out of AT&T, XO, Others
Phone+ News, USA The FBI has arrested and charged the owner of Core IP Networks, a Dallas-based ISP, with conspiracy to commit fraud.The feds say Matthew Simpson, 25, of Red Oak, Texas, was part of a 19-person ring that planned to scam ATT Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., XO Communications and other carriers out … Topics: [...]
AT&T Wireless Threatened With Network Attack
ChannelWeb Journalist Dan Lyons, a.k.a. Fake Steve Jobs, wants AT&T’s iPhone subscribers to show their displeasure with the carrier’s attitude toward customer service by intentionally flooding AT&T’s network with data traffic. Topics: telecom, AT&T, telecommunications, iPhone, ISP, carrier
AT&T Set To Gouge Wireless Bandwidth Hogs
Los Angeles Times In a presentation to investors today, AT&T’s head of consumer services, Ralph de la Vega, acknowledged that just 3% of iPhone users accounted for a massive 40% of the data traffic on AT&T’s mobile network. Topics: smartphone, iPhone, AT&T, Los Angeles, Cisco, telecom, telecommunications, wireless, Apple, USA
Sprint Erases Debt, Gets Ratings Upgrade
Phone+ News, USA Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) stock surged Monday on positive financial news – the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier has paid off a chunk of debt, and received a subsequent ratings upgrade from an investment bank. Sprint said it has repaid $1 billion under its $4.5 billion revolving credit facility, leaving … Topics: [...]
Nicaragua’s Enitel Connects to Arbinet’s Wholesale Carrier Services
TMCnet News Leading mobile provider and Nicaraguan PTT, Enitel (Empresa Nicaragüense de Telecomunicaciones), will use Arbinet’s new wholesale Carrier Service interface for termination and origination of international calls. Topics: carrier, telecom, Enitel, Arbinet, United States, Nicaragua, fiber optic, broadband
Wirefly Offers Electronics Trade-In Program
TMCnet News Wirefly, the internet’s leading authorized retailer of cell phones and home services in the U.S., today announces the launch of its new and improved online trade-in program that allows consumers to trade in their unwanted electronics for cash or a charitable donation. Topics: telecom, cellular, United States, wireless, Wirefly, carrier
