Archive for March, 2008

In a press release today, Nokia-Siemens Networks has announced the availability of base stations and cell site equipment built around preliminary LTE standards which will work with AWS spectrum on the 700Mhz and 1700Mhz bands.
The intent of the announcement is twofold: Provide spectrum winners such as Verizon and T-Mobile USA with possible equipment that can [...]

Leap Wireless, the parent company of the Cricket brand of flat-rate unlimited wireless service has announced that Oklahoma City will be the first of its new AWS markets. The regional carrier specializing in unlimited flat-rate service will be utilizing its new spectrum holdings acquired as a result of the 2006 FCC AWS spectrum auction
The [...]

Regional carrier Metro PCS has announced in a press release today that it has launched service in the Las Vegas and surrounding Clark County area utilizing its new AWS spectrum it won in 2006 as a result of the AWS FCC auction.
The carrier will begin offering three recently launched AWS 1700 compatible phones in order [...]

Sony Ericsson has revealed the Sony Ericsson Z750a today on their corporate website.
The clamshell phone will be the first 3G phone from Sony Ericsson for AT&T when it is expected to release in April, following the cancellation of the K850a CyberShot high-end cameraphone, which was expected to be the first 3G phone from the aforementioned [...]

AT&T announced just a few days ago that they would begin offering its new MediaFLO-based mobile television service with the introduction of two new devices along with a variety of channels.  Two exclusive unannounced channels on the AT&T network were also going to be revealed at a later date and now one of them [...]

According to a new press release, AT&T Wireless has given details for the early termination fees which were covered by PhoneNews.com back in October of 2007.
Come May 25th, customers who enter a service agreement will have $5 deducted each month from the early termination fee of $175. Customers who enter a service agreement before May [...]

Motorola today launched the Q9c on both Alltel and US Cellular. While identical in functionality and price ($99.99 with contract) as the Sprint Q9c, the Alltel and US Cellular versions will be in a lime green color.
 
Phone Encyclopedia: Motorola Q9c

We have a full look at the range of phones Verizon Wireless will be announcing at CTIA. The list is long, and a few of these phones have leaked out in the past. But, we have compiled the full 13 phones that Verizon will be announcing tomorrow at the show. Read more to see the [...]

Qualcomm today announced that they are launching a new service called BREW Managed Service. The service is aimed at regional carriers, enabling them to easily offer BREW applications to customers. Specifically, Qualcomm is targeting smaller carriers that have struggled with offering data applications to consumers.
The managed service offers BREW application catalog hosting, as well as [...]

Sprint has been trialing their femtocell-based Airave for months. Now word comes that Verizon is preparing to launch a similar product.
Femtocell technology works by creating a tiny wireless base station for phones to access. Using GPS, the device checks to verify that there are no other femtocells nearby, and then it uses a small portion [...]