AT&T, BellSouth Merger Approved After Concessions End Stalemate
As has been reported on several media outlets throughout the day, the merger of AT&T and BellSouth was approved yesterday after concessions made by AT&T ended the 2-2 voting stalemate at the FCC. One of the concessions of interest in the wireless industry was the frequency spectrum that is to be given up by AT&T [...]
Google Maps for Mobile Updated
Google has once again quietly updated their Maps for Mobile application. Version 1.4.2, like all previous versions, does not have a change list indicating what was added or updated. Google Maps for Mobile
T-Mobile Launches Wiki, Sponsors Web Page
T-Mobile has launched a wiki page for Sidekick users, along with sponsoring the page All Things Sidekick. The wiki will be maintained by users of the device and web site, but T-Mobile representatives will occasionally write and edit entries on the page, most likely to avoid mass confusion and prevent erroneous information, which is common [...]
Helio and Obopay Launch Mobile Payment Service
Helio has entered into an agreement with Obopay, a mobile payment services provider, to launch an application designed to help subscribers start and manage an Obopay account directly from the handset, facilitating money transfers, adding funds, making purchases by linking a prepaid MasterCard, checking an account balance, and transferring money between friends with Obopay accounts. [...]
Verizon Customers Get Free Ringtone on New Year’s Eve
Verizon subscribers are getting a gift from Verizon on New Year’s Eve: a free ringtone. By sending a text message with the word “tone” to short code 2007, subscribers will receive a message with instructions on how to claim the free ringtone, but are limited to those listed specifically on the Get It Now page [...]
Verizon To Spam Up Mobile Web
Verizon Wireless plans to add banner ads to their Mobile Web 2.0 service. The New York Times and Associated Press are reporting that the WAP gateway will attach small banner ads, but users will continue to pay $5/month for the same services. Verizon expects at-launch however to only run ads on their home portal, with [...]
Sprint Pulls the Plug on Fair & Flexible
In internal documents, sent from sources, Sprint appears to be ready to discontinue their highly-promoted Fair & Flexible plans. The “no huge overage” plans will be discontinued in the middle of next month. Read more for a complete list of changes to Sprint’s plan lineup. Also, Nextel data and messaging goes cheap.
Rumor: Sprint to Retire Fair and Flexible Plans On 01/07/07?
A poster on the HowardForums Sprint board has potentially revealed Sprint’s plan changes at the beginning of the new year. Starting off, we have the name change to Power Packs, likely to coincide with the “Power Up” ad campaign. Next, instead of the bucket of minutes for overage protection, customers would be relegated to a [...]
ACCESS Releases LocationFree Client for Pocket PC
The Japanese mobile systems company ACCESS Co. Ltd. known for its NetFront browser on Sanyo Sprint PCS phones and more recently as the owner of PalmSource, has released a client for Sony’s LocationFree unit that allows users to use their broadband connection to stream their cable or satellite feeds to their Pocket PC based devices. [...]
Verizon to Launch Samsung i760
According to a post with leaked photos on Engadget Mobile, Verizon will be launching the Samsung i760, a device similar to the BlackJack on Cingular, but with a few major differences. The first difference is the inclusion of an 802.11b/g WiFi radio. Also, similar to past Pocket PC phones from Samsung, the device has a [...]
