The failure by the congressional Super Committee to reach agreement on a proposal to trim the national deficit means public-safety officials will have to pursue other legislative avenues to get the 700 MHz D Block reallocated and secure the billions of dollars necessary to build out a stand-alone, nationwide LTE network for exclusive use by [...]
Nokia Siemens Networks announced last week that it could lose more than 17,000 staff, and it may go beyond the 17,000 if the company sells any business lines it no longer regards as key to its future. Nokia Siemens CEO Rajeev Suri said in a letter to staff that parent companies Nokia and Siemens will [...]
Amazon’s one-cent sale on smartphones sounds like a bargain, says John Moe on NPR’s Tech Report Phones that normally go for $200 or $300 being offered for one cent. The offer is valid between midnight PDT November 21, 2011, through 11:59 p.m. PDT November 28, 2011, while supplies last. But before you go digging out [...]
LG’s list of Android 4.0 phones is about to get a little longer, reports Engadget. LG says the Optimus Black, Optimus 3D and Optimus LTE will all receive updates to ICE, Google’s latest OS, along with the previously announced Optimus 2X. The company also said that it’s “continuing to evaluate the ICS OS to determine [...]
AT&T announced last week that it has withdrawn its merger application at the FCC in order to focus its efforts on obtaining antitrust approval for the deal. AT&T also announced it will take a pretax accounting charge of $4 billion ($3 billion in cash and $1 billion in spectrum) in the fourth quarter “to reflect [...]
ComScore says Black Friday online sales of $816 million was the biggest online spending day to date in 2011 and a 26 percent increase over 2010 ($648 million spent). The 2009 to 2010 increase in Black Friday spending was only 9 percent. Thanksgiving Day saw an 18 percent increase in online spending to $479 million. [...]
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