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NewsSupreme Court rejects T-Mobile request
T-Mobile USA received a big blow today as the Supreme Court rejected the company's appeal in three cases involving the legal remedies available in millions of cell phone contracts. At issue is Read more...
Is China finally moving to 3G?China reportedly is ready to issue 3G licenses after six years of promises and delays. While announcing it plans to restructure China's telecom service providers, China's regulators also announced Read more... FCC may cap early termination fees
According to the Associated Press, the FCC is quietly negotiating with wireless carriers to reduce termination fees that carriers charge customers when they cancel their contracts. Many carriers Read more...
No deal: Earthlink pulls plug on Philly WiFiFollowing up on our report earlier this week, Earthlink has pulled the plug on its $17 million municipal WiFi network in Philadelphia after failing to reach an agreement with the city to take over Read more... Earthlink to Philly: We will pull the plug
Earlier this year Earthlink announced that it was no longer interested in the municipal WiFi business, but after investing $20 million in a metro-wide WiFi network project in Philadelphia back in Read more...
Report: Huawei to sell mobile devices unit
Huawei is mulling a sale of a multi-billion dollar stake in its mobile devices unit to a foreign investor that could connect it with U.S. carriers. The renewed interest in such a deal comes after Read more...
Vodafone inks 10-market iPhone deal
Apple announced an iPhone carriage deal with Vodafone Group for ten countries, including one market where Apple already has a carrier deal in place. Vodafone will sell the iPhone in Australia, the Read more...
APC buys bankrupt MVNO Movida
Latino-focused and recently bankrupt MVNO Movida has been acquired by Cozac, a subsidiary of APC Wireless, Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: GSA awards $93 million in contracts
Booze Allen Hamilton, iSys and Avalon Technologies have been awarded contracts to help the government agencies manage and track their wireless devices. The firms will help agencies review their Read more...
Alltel wins first round of Verizon ad suit
According to a statement from Alltel, late last week a U.S. District Judge in Richmond, Va. denied Verizon Read more...
| Press ReleasesPress Release: Motorola and China Mobile Announce Contracts Worth US $394 MillionMotorola and China Mobile Announce Contracts Worth US $394 Million Expansion of GSM networks lets China Mobile maximize network assets, increase subscriber base and grow revenue BEIJING, Aug. 12 -- Read more... |