North Carolina: Cable TV, ATT Cellphone Users Caught Up In Widespread Outages
TMCnet News Time Warner Cable and AT&T customers in the area may have found their high-tech communications offline Wednesday as the two companies reported unrelated service problems here. Topics: Time Warner, outage, AT&T, telecom, cellular, United States, North Carolina, cellphone
Sprint Cleverly Beats AT&T to the iPad with Case for 4G Hotspot Gadget
Los Angeles Times With versions of Apple’s iPads that can connect to AT&T’s 3G wireless Internet still yet to hit the market, Sprint Nextel has beat Apple to the punch by hacking together a new package and a clever marketing campaign for its 3-month-old Wi-Fi device. Topics: 3G, AT&T, cellphone, 4G, wireless, telecom, iPhone, Apple, [...]
Debate Grows on in-flight VoIP Calls
United Press International A debate over in-flight cellphone usage, made possible by Voice over Internet Protocol, has erupted among U.S. travelers, airlines and regulators, experts say. Topics: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, cellphone, voip
Comcast Pushing TV To Phones
InformationWeek Comcast said Wednesday it planned to bring television shows to cell phones and smartphones as part of its push to offer more mobile services. Topics: Comcast, 4G, Verizon, Canada, U-Verse, AT&T, cellphone, wireless, telecoms, telecommunications
AT&T 2Q Net Down Despite IPhone Strength
Wall Street Journal AT&T Inc.’s (T) second-quarter profit fell 15% as more customers opted to cut their cords, with many of them opting to go solely with a cellphone such as the iPhone. Topics: telecom, telecommunications, AT&T, iPhone, Apple, cellphone
Verizon Puts Cellphone Customer Through the Wringer
Los Angeles Times, CA We’ve all found unexpected charges on our phone bills at one time or another. But nothing compares with the nearly $10,000 hit that Aliso Viejo resident Mark Elliot took from Verizon Wireless. Topics: wireless, Verizon, cellphone, telecommunications, telecom, Los Angeles
Tax Man’s Target: The Mobile Phone
Wall Street Journal The Internal Revenue Service proposed employers assign 25% of an employee’s annual phone expenses as a taxable benefit. Under that scenario, a worker in the 28% tax bracket, whose wireless device costs the company $1500 a year, could see $105 in … Topics: cellphone, wireless, telecom, telecommunications, tax
GreatCall Unleashes the Jitterbug J
CNET News, CA GreatCall is also planning to introduce a MyCalendar service that lets you access appointments on the MyJitterbug.com Web site, and your phone can be updated with a view or an event reminder. The company has also introduced more affordable rate plans … Topics: telecom, cellphone, USA, wireless, telecommunications
Richardson’s MetroPCS plans to Build On Niche with Frugal Cellphone Users
Dallas Morning News, TX The 7-year-old company, which offers flat-rate, no-contract phone service, said in its first-quarter earnings report in early May that sales rose 20 percent to $795 million and it added 684000 net new customers in the quarter. Topics: telecom, cellphone, USA, telecommunications
Quick-Messaging Phones Set to Grow, AT&T Says
Wall Street Journal An “in-between” line of cellphones that have full keyboards and allow some data use but are cheaper than smart phones will play an increasingly important role in at&t’s handset lineup, said the marketing chief for its wireless unit. Topics: handset, USA, telecommunications, AT&T, telecom, wireless, smartphone, cellphone
Cell-phone Service Surprises & Portion Sizes
PC World America’s poor cell-phone networks have been a source of frustration and puzzlement for years — how can such a technologically advanced country end up with “service” that routinely garbles messages and drops calls? Topics: USA, telephone, cellphone, telecommunications, telecom, wireless
Find Out Who Is Eligible For Free Cell Phones
WPXI, Pittsburgh, PA Viewers have been calling the Channel 11 hotline asking if ads touting free cell phones are legitimate. Channel 11 looked into the ads and found out the offer is a real government program. The program is called SafeLink and is for low-income families and anyone receiving Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income and other [...]
Audit Questions UMDNJ’s Cell Phone Service Costs
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA It also showed the school was paying for phones and pagers for dozens of employees who no longer work there and questioned why it was paying for expanded services , such as cell phone picture messaging , on some phones. Topics: telecommunications, telecom, cellphone
Cost Cuts Help Qwest’s Profit
Wall Street Journal But the Denver company continued to see a drop in revenue, underscoring the difficulties that traditional phone services face as consumers and businesses cut the cord in favor of cellphone or cable phone service. Topics: telecommunications, cellphone, USA, telecom, Qwest
Bills Crack Down on Cell Phone Use on the Road
Phone+ News, USA Michigan lawmakers again are targeting drivers who yak or text on cell phones. And with almost half of the House members new this year, supporters hope they’ll have better luck than in 2008, when similar legislation fizzled. Bills to ban the use … Topics: laws, telecom, cellphone, USA, telecommunications, Michigan, legislation
