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Verizon Wireless Rolls Out Cheaper Pricing Plans
If those ATT and Verizon Wireless television commercials were fighting words, the fight may now have really begun with the announcement that Verizon has cut rates on its wireless plans, effective Monday.The company’s nationwide unlimited voice plan has been slashed from $99 all the way down to $69.99 per month. …(188 words) Related Topics: cheap,... »
Verizon Wireless Rolls Out Cheaper Pricing Plans
If those ATT and Verizon Wireless television commercials were fighting words, the fight may now have really begun with the announcement that Verizon has cut rates on its wireless plans, effective Monday.The company’s nationwide unlimited voice plan has been slashed from $99 all the way down to $69.99 per month. …(188 words) ... »
Verizon Looks to Shake Up Wireless Pricing
Larry Dignan (ZDNet) submits: Verizon Wireless (VZ) is going on the offensive as it tweaks pricing plans, pares its device portfolio and markets heavily with its “there’s a map for that” ad campaign. The grand plan for Verizon Wireless: Grab customers, get them using a lot of data and then upsell them to 4G... »
Virgin Media’s Blaze of Glory
James Enck submits: I’ve previously sung the praises of Virgin Media’s (VMED) top-notch treasury team, and once again they’ve shown what they’re made of. On Monday the company announced a £500m offering of senior secured notes, following on from the senior facilities amendment process of last year, which allowed the company to issue bonds ranking... »
Verizon Wireless: Metered 3G, LTE Billing ‘the Future’
Metered billing for wireless data, be it 3G or 4G, is not only the future, but it’s simply more fair. That’s the latest word from the ever-quotable Verizon Wireless CTO, Dick Lynch. He pointed out to the Washington Post that the end of flat-rate pricing is simply inevitable:”The problem we …(452 words) Related Topics: 3g,... »
Ufone Background Music Service
Ufone Background music lets you play music and sound effects in the background of your call. You can play your favorite song in the background, or the sound of the beach, a market place and many more. So stop making those boring calls and personalize your conversations by playing music that matches the mood in... »
Views of the public sought on Australian wireless spectrum
A crucial piece of wireless spectrum needed to advance the nation’s mobile broadband services could soon be added to the government’s “digital dividend” auction block after the communications watchdog put out a public call for how the spectrum band should be best used. After the government’s announcement last week that it would auction off a... »
Siemens, Shared Technology team to bring OpenScape to enterprises
Siemens and distribution partner Shared Technology are joining forces and targeting enterprises looking to migrate from legacy to IP/UC on an incremental basis. The offering will allow companies to expand their IP systems on a seat-by-seat license basis with incremental pricing. Buying OpenScape by the seat will mean initial cost savings for cash strapped businesses... »
Palm Confirms Verizon Partnership for Pre, Pixi
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — As expected, Palm today announced a new partnership with Verizon Wireless to sell new versions of the Palm Pre and the Palm Pixi. And you won’t have to wait long – they’ll go on sale Jan. 25. No pricing details are available just yet, but …(196 words) Related Topics: consumer,... »
Palm Confirms Verizon Partnership for Pre, Pixi
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — As expected, Palm today announced a new partnership with Verizon Wireless to sell new versions of the Palm Pre and the Palm Pixi. And you won’t have to wait long – they’ll go on sale Jan. 25. No pricing details are available just yet, but …(196 words) ... »
Google Nexus One Review
The Nexus One. In the modern climate of hyped (and over-hyped) smartphone launches, Google’s official entry into the phone-sales game has excelled in a department where many find difficulty: generating legitimate excitement. Of course, long before the name Nexus One or the recent bounty of pictures and details existed, the very concept of a... »
Ufone Offers The Most Solid Offer in The Country [PR]
Now Ufone consumers can talk for an hour while paying for only three minutes. With its historic new ‘Solid Offer’ Ufone has once again taken the industry by storm. This offer shall definitely leave both the Ufone consumers and its competitors in awe. According to this offer, the customer has to pay for the first... »
Are You Buying More Than You Need?
Gizmodo has a very interesting piece today about consumer Internet connectivity in the USA from the major providers. In the post they point out how the broadband providers are overselling higher priced services to consumer by exaggerating what kind of pipe someone needs to download, connect or use services. First off, we're beginning to see... »
PTA Annual Telecom Report 2008-09
Every year Pakistan Telecommunication Authority publish a PTA Annual Report covering all the major sectors of our telecommunication industry. The report is very useful for all those people who are either part of the telecommunication industry or are associated with it. This report also helps analyst in their analysis of Pakistan Telecom sector since... »
AT&T: ‘No Decision to Eliminate Flat-Rate Data Pricing’
“We have not made any decision to implement tiered pricing.”That’s what Ralph de la Vega, president and chief executive for mobility and consumer markets at ATT Inc. told the Wall Street Journal this week. In the wake of statements that the carrier plans to “encourage” mobile data-hogs to scale back …(353 words) ... »
4G Mobile Service Debuts: What You Need to Know
A Swedish telecom firm has become the first carrier to offer 4G wireless service, albeit on a very limited basis. TeliaSonera announced Monday that its 4G/LTE network for data services would be available initially in Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The carrier plans to expand... »
Say Hello To The Skype Pipe
Skype for SIP is now live and in my view Skype just created a massive pipe into the corporate market. While some may immediately want to draw unfair comparisons to SIP Trunking, I'd dubbed this the "Skype Pipe" as in all reality now Skype has the pipe into the business phone market that have for... »
Skype for SIP Beta Now Open!
Skype today announced that their Skype for SIP beta program is now “open” to everyone. I was invited to their private beta to test it and have been pleased with the results so far. Though if you read my article you will see I do have some price concerns. Check out the news… LUXEMBOURG, 2 December... »
Whose MiFi is It?
Novatel Wireless pioneered the concept of the MiFi, introducing it for the first time at CES in January, 2009. Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant, a year earlier had introduced a similar product idea, but it was Novatel who pushed the idea of MiFi to the limits, and pretty much built the market for PocketSpots as... »
The State of Cloud: Startup Heroku Now Hosting 40,000+ Apps
IMPORTANT POINTS Heroku is adding about 1,000 apps to its platform every week Heroku is seeing interest from non web developers. Heroku has built its platform as a service cloud cheaply using Amazon’s web services. Heroku, the San Francisco-based startup that offers a Ruby-focused cloud platform as a service, last week saw the number of apps... »
Truphone Offers Free Calling on Thanksgiving
Truphone is in a giving mood this holiday season, offering free calling on Thanksgiving. Only way to top that offer for Christmas is to pay you to make call on their network on December 25th. Now that would be sweet! Check out the news: Truphone to Give Away Free Calling on Thanksgiving12 hours of free calls... »
EU cracks down on mobile services
Websites mis-selling mobile ringtones and other services have been forced to clean up their acts, following a European Union crackdown. Some 301 sites were investigated, resulting in the closure of 54 and the correction of 159. The biggest problems were unclear pricing and misleading advertising suggesting ringtones were free. The investigation was a direct response to hundreds... »
Real competition in New Zealand rings changes
After years of phony war by the Vodafone-Telecom duopoly, real competition has broken out in the New Zealand mobile phone market with the entry of a new operator willing to throw disruptive pricing into the marketing mix. Add a regulator who looks increasingly intolerant of the major companies gaming the system, and it’s an interesting... »
Citrix Adds Toll-Free Option to GoToMeeting
Citrix Online today announced they have added integrated Toll-Free audio to GoToMeeting Corporate and GoToWebinar. With this addition, meeting participants now have several audio options to choose from, including integrated toll-free, a toll-based number, or VoIP for audio over the Internet. Each participant in the same online meeting can select their own audio option. Customers... »
FCC Wants Industry’s Input on Special Access Pricing
The FCC is opening an inquiry into special access pricing, a move the industry has expected for several weeks. On Thursday, the agency kicked off a 45-day comments process; it wants input on how to analyze the wholesale pricing, or special access, the Bells charge for allowing competitors to use …(182 words) ... »
Reflections on The MiFi
The MiFi from Novatel Wireless, one of San Diego’s leading technology companies, is hands down my product of the year. As an avid road warrior, their MiFi Pocketspot has become my hotspot anywhere I need Internet access, not only in the USA, but around the globe, as I have both an unlocked GSM device... »
How Apple Sets Smartphone Industry Pricing
The below is from our principal analyst and partner, David Eller Conclusion We believe Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone sets the bar for smartphone pricing. This presents a significant challenge for competitors and carriers alike. We expect accelerating price declines to begin in Q4/2009 and smartphone margin pressure through 2010. Smartphone stocks may not... »
Microsemi Launches Captain Marvel-proof PoE Midspan
Today, Microsemi is launching a new line of midspans which feature integrated lightning protection. This marks the first time a PoE midspan features lightning protection. As more and more PoE devices are used outdoors, including outdoor wireless Access Points (APs), outdoor security cameras, and more, having lightning protection is critical. One... »
Comcast launches HomePoint VoIP Phone/Router, some ask ‘why?’
In an extremely limited release, Comcast is putting its HomePoint VoIP phone/router converged device on the market. The new device integrates Comcast’s VoIP service with its cable Internet service combining a wireless router with a VoIP phone in an all-in-one device. Comcast customers in Fort Meyers, Fla. will be the first to get the... »
The Real Answer to Closed Carrier Networks Is More Competition
BlindReason submits: So no question a little strong arming from the FCC chairman went a long way to persuade AT&T (T) to unban some of the applications from its network. While I think an argument can be made to limit access by some applications such as Slingbox, VOIP is much more limited in terms... »