Deutsche Telekom Ownership of T-Mobile USA Under Investigation
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the FCC has sent a letter of inquiry to T-Mobile USA regarding the German parent conglomerate Deutsche Telekom and its 30% stake in the aforementioned carrier. Â Under current regulations, foreign corporate entities cannot own more than 20% of an American company controlling a common carrier license for wireless [...]
FCC Reveals Nokia N85 with US 3G Support
The FCC has revealed the first images of the US version of the first N-Series device with an OLED main display in the N85. Â Â Â Â Â Â Besides the display, the device is functionally identical to the N96 with a dual slider body, quadband GSM/EDGE, triband W-CDMA with HSDPA support, front-mounted VGA camera, 5 megapixel main camera [...]
Sprint Reaffirms Commitment to iDEN Network
In a move stemming from the possible failure to find a buyer for the iDEN network, Sprint has announced its renewed commitment to the long-term operation of the network. The carrier also reiterated plans to release 9 new iDEN devices from the fourth quarter to the first half of 2009, including the BlackBerry Curve 8350i and [...]
Verizon Launches LG VX5500
Verizon has launched the LG VX5500. The phone features a VGA camera with video recorder, external display, Bluetooh, GPS support through VZ Navigator, and speakerphone. Â The phone is available online for $219.99 Retail/Month to Month, $169.99 on a 1 year agreement and $99.99 on a 2 year agreement, before an additional $50 mail-in rebate, bringing [...]
FCC Reveals Samsung i770 Saga
The FCC has revealed the first images of the forthcoming Samsung Saga i770 smart device for Verizon. The device will feature Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, EVDO Rev. A, quadband GSM/EDGE for international roaming, QVGA resolution touch display, optical mouse/directional pad combo, 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, QWERTY keyboard, microSDHC expansion slot, Wi-Fi radio, Bluetooth [...]
Alltel Lists Samsung Delve with TouchWiz UI for Pre-Order, Launches November 6th
Alltel has posted the CDMA version of the GSM Samsung Tocco for pre-order. The Samsung Delve will be the first Samsung handset sold in the US with Samsung’s TouchWiz widget-oriented user interface. The complete featureset of the device consists of a 3 inch widescreen WQVGA resolution touch display, 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, Bluetooth [...]
Sprint 11/2 Plan Changes Add ETF Proration, No Plan Fire Sale
On November 2, Sprint will finally implement the year-long-delayed promise of prorating Early Termination Fees (ETF). This will only benefit customers that sign up on or after November 2. The proration will begin five months after the customer activates service (as such, customers that cancel after the first month, but before month five… will pay [...]
Cox to Launch MVNO with Sprint and 3G Network in 2009
Cox has announced in a press release (PDF)Â that it will launch its own wireless service in 2009, first utilizing Sprint’s network to bundle branded services together in a quadruple-play package similar to the failed Pivot initiative launched in 2005 and subsequent collapse in 2007 with the provider winning 700Mhz spectrum in last year’s FCC auction. [...]
