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50 Years Later: Godzilla SatPhones WiMAXed

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 19th, 2008

“This is the President of the United States speaking. Through the marvels of scientific advance, my voice is coming to you via a satellite circling in outer space. My message is a simple one: Through this unique means I convey to you and all mankind, America’s wish for peace on Earth and goodwill toward men [...]

Samsung Android: 2nd Quarter

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 19th, 2008

Samsung will release its first Google phone in the second quarter of the next year via Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA, say industry insiders. The Google phone will feature the Google Map based location information service, messenger G-Talk, the G-mail application and Google Search.
Sprint organized a task force team a year ago to develop [...]

Sprint 3G/4G USB Modem

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 17th, 2008

Sprint announced today the first 3G/4G dual-mode device, which operates on both the Sprint 3G and 4G networks. It will be available in retail stores Dec. 21.
The Sprint 3G/4G USB Modem U300 works with Sprint’s mobile EVDO 3G network, while also harnessing the turbocharged speeds of WiMAX on the new Sprint 4G network (and presumably [...]

Big 3G & WiMAX Wins

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 16th, 2008

Motorola today announced bagging a CDMA network upgradation order from China Telecom, spreading across nine provinces in 42 cities.
As part of the deal, Motorola will provide solutions for China Telecom’s CDMA 2000 1X network and replace the older equipment at numerous cell sites. The project is to be completed by early 2009.
“The deployment of next [...]

Cox Cable Wireless Plans

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 16th, 2008

Cox Communications Wireless Vice President Stephen Bye, talked with Fierce Wireless and defended the cable operator’s decision to plow full steam ahead with its own mobile wireless play in 2009.
During an interview with FierceWireless, Bye touched on subjects such as spectrum, Cox’s relationship with Sprint and how Cox is doing something different than what [...]

Mobile Phone Sales to Decline

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 16th, 2008

Mobile phone sales will shrink next year as consumers cut spending, according to a Reuters poll, while analysts are increasingly concerned about unsold phones piling up in stores.
On average, the poll of 36 analysts shows global market volumes shrinking 6.6 percent next year and 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter — traditionally the strongest [...]

Traffic Cameras and ITS

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 15th, 2008

Workers are still trying to restore power to more than half a million homes in the Northeastern U.S. after a powerful winter storm gripped the United States.
The week ahead could go into the record books as the longest stretch of freezing weather since the arctic blast of December 1990.

The US Department of Transportation [...]

China Makes Big 3G Move

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 12th, 2008

China is set to hand out three 3G licenses in the coming weeks, possibly before the end of this year, says Unstrung. The move is expected to kickstart a massive round of wireless infrastructure spending.

According to various reports from China, including this one from Bloomberg, Li Yizhong, China’s minister for Industry and Information Technology, told [...]

Prepaid Phones

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 12th, 2008

The Wall Street Journal has a story on prepaid, or pay-as-you-go, phones. Lately, a growing number of people looking to trim household budgets appear to be discovering them. Prepaid phones eliminate the monthly bill. You buy a card with minutes.
The phones are sold at mass retailers like Wal-Mart (right), with service provided by carriers such [...]

Acer Network: $99 (with $1500 Data Plan)

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 12th, 2008

AT&T is offering a $99 portable PC in a promotion with Radio Shack, although you need to sign up for a two year contract using their $60 per month data service. A leaked flyer indicates the deal will be offered from December 14 to December 20, 2008 .
AT&T cut the first netbook deal, bundling mobile [...]