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: carrier, Virgin Mobile, wireless, Verizon, United States, prepaid, telecom, cellular
Philippine Telecom Industry Profit Slips in First Half
TMCnet News PROFITABILITY of the Philippine telecom industry slipped in the second quarter amid a drawn out price war and regulatory restrictions on the load validity of prepaid plans, heretofore the main income source of leading players. Topics: United States, telecom, cellular, broadband
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: outage, cellular, North Carolina, Time Warner, cellphone, AT&T, telecom, United States
Telco Chiefs In Pakistan to Face Action Over User Verification
TMCnet News The home ministry has threatened action against the heads of telecom service providers operating in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) if their firms issue mobile phone connections without properly verifying the identity of the users. Topics: Airtel, cellular, United States, telecom, Bharti
Business As Usual for Alltel Customers
TMCnet News Customers of one Upstate cellular provider will do business as usual despite the company changing hands. Alltel customers in 13 counties in northwest South Carolina — including Union County — will see no change in their service or who provides their cellular coverage even though the Alltel assets in those counties have been [...]
Mobile Towers Being Taken Over by the “Mafia” In India
Times of India This shocking revelation has come to the fore in the recent probe by the IG. It is enough to show that companies engaged in installing towers of cellular mobile service providers are worried over the increasing influence of miscreants and mafia in their projects. Topics: cellular, voip, India, telecom
Telecom Plan in Thailand Draws Fire
Bangkok Post Telecom academic Anuparp Thiralarp said he doubted a 3G auction – already years behind schedule – would take place as scheduled for September. he cited questions about the authority of the NTC in the absence of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), and the fact that three NTC commissioners will finish their [...]
Lightyear Network Solutions Names New President
TMCnet News Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc., a provider of telecommunication services to large, medium and small businesses, as well as residential consumers across the United States, announced that Stephen Lochmueller, industry veteran and former member of the senior management teams at Leap Wireless and Nextel Partners, has been promoted to President at Lightyear Network Solutions. [...]
Mexico Extends Deadline for Cell Phone Registration
TMCnet News Mexican telecommunications regulator Cofetel extended a deadline for all cell phone users to register their telephones with the National Registry of Mobile Phone Users, or Renaut. Topics: cellular, Mexico, United States, wireless, telecom
Woman Operated Illegal Call Center Out of Apartment
TMCnet News A 34-year-old woman operated an illegal call center out of an apartment in the Arbor Lakes complex on Memorial Highway, authorities say. Rosa C. Ramirez-Arias is accused of using “cloned” cell phone information to steal phone service, allowing customers of her business to make free international phone calls. Topics: cellular, United States, telecom
Intelsat, Turksat Sign Satellite Capacity Deal For Middle East
TMCnet News Intelsat S.A., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, today announced an agreement with Turksat A.S., the leading satellite operator in Turkey, which will result in enhanced satellite capacity serving the Middle East region. Topics: broadband, cellular, United States, satellite, telecom, Intelsat
SpaceCom Buys Capacity on Intelsat 902 Satellite
TMCnet News SpaceCom International has signed a contract for capacity on the Intelsat 902 satellite, operated by Intelsat, increasing SpaceCom’s inventory of more than 400MHz combined C-Band and Ku-Band capacity. Topics: telecom, satellite, Intelsat, United States, GSM, cellular, voip, Ku-band
Government O.K.’s Trial Use of Cell Phone Jammers
TMCnet News The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) authorized the first federally sanctioned test of cell phone signal jamming technology inside the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, MD using CellAntenna technology. Topics: government, cellular, wireless, telecom, jamming, United States
Zain Shareholder Group Alleges Mismanagement
TMCnet News Leading minority shareholder group in Zain Nigeria, Broad Communications Limited, said at the weekend that its recent legal battle against the management of the company was to safeguard the investments of shareholders in view of the alleged gross mismanagement and financial indiscretion of the Zain Group. Topics: Zain, cellular, telecom, United States
Man With Meat Cleaver Robs Cellular Store
TMCnet News A man wielding a cleaver robbed a cellular phone store this afternoon, police said. The robbery occurred at Metro PCS in Martinez, California. The robber walked inside about 4:30 p.m. carrying a 10-inch non-serrated cleaver and headed for an employee. “He threatened to kill the employee if the employee called the police department,” [...]
