Verizon 3Q Profit Falls, Revenue Rises
Forbes - Verizon’s other growth engine, though still much smaller than the wireless division, is the fiber-optic network that it is building out to replace its copper phone lines. It added 229,000 fiber-optic subscribers during the quarter, up from 203,000 in
Backup equipment will give Adams County two emergency centers
Quincy Herald-Whig - Rowlands said 911 officials appreciate the difficult situation T-Mobile is facing, but they also want compliance with FCC rules. “As 911 director, in my mind everybody in Adams County that has a wireless phone should be able to dial 911 and we should
China TechFaith shares rally after co. unveils pocket PC phone
Forbes - BOSTON (Thomson Financial) - Shares of China TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd. rallied Monday after the company unveiled Gallic, a Windows-based dual mode dual standby pocket PC phone. The company said it has already received an order
RadioShack profit beats forecast and shares jump
Reuters - sales have declined for the past year. Sales at stores open at least a year, a key measure of retail performance, dropped 8.6 percent. The company said weaker sales trends in post-paid wireless was partly offset by strength in prepaid wireless phone
North Jersey Media Group
NorthJersey.com - Qualcomm’s engineers developed this particular brand of Mobile TV technology, which enables the transmission of multiple channels without clogging either cellular phone or wireless broadband networks. The scheme requires specialized internal phone
FCC: 8M Wireless Users Keep Cell Numbers
Newsday - NEW YORK - Nearly 8 million mobile phone users have switched carriers and kept their cell numbers since a new rule allowing that flexibility went into effect one year ago, according to the Federal Communications Commission. Almost 750,000 more people
Wireless jailbreak debuts for iPhone, iPod touch (Updated)
Ars Technica - Today, ladies and gents, is a great day for hacking the iPhone and iPod touch to run third-party applications (note, however, that for the sake of simplicity, we’ll just use “iPhone” when referring to both devices unless otherwise stated). Though we
Verizon Not Worried About the iPhone
CIO Today - AT&T’s introduction of the iPhone had a minimal on Verizon’s wireless business so far, said Denny Strigl, Verizon Communications president and chief operating officer Denny Strigl. Verizon has an aggressive plan in terms of introduction of new
Linksys Scores a Homerun With a Cost-Effective Triple-Play Router
Forbes - Division of Cisco Systems, Inc., the leading provider of VoIP, wireless and networking hardware for the consumer and small business environments, today broadened its wireless routers product line with the Wireless-G Broadband Router with 2 Phone
Skypephone Set To Disrupt Wireless Market
CIO Today - The phone makes Skype calls and conventional wireless calls, and can be used to access 3’s Internet services. “Skype is now truly mobile,” Michael van Swaaij, acting CEO at Skype, said in a statement. “It couldn’t be simpler — put Skype in your