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EU Regulators Set Texting-Without-Borders Fee Caps
news date: 22 April 2009
EU lawmakers voted Wednesday for a new price cap that will cut the cost of sending some text messages by nearly two-thirds.
Phone users will pay a maximum of 11 euro cents (14 US cents) for sending text messages from another European Union nation... AT&T`s Q1 Losses Tempered by Wireless Gains
news date: 22 April 2009
By some measures, AT&T`s (NYSE: T) Q1 earnings report was lackluster, at best. The company reported a nearly 10 percent profit decline for the quarter ending March 31, compared with the same period a year ago. However, the drop was not as steep as... AT&T Pours $1B Into Global Network Buildout
news date: 23 February 2009
AT&T (NYSE: T) announced Monday that it will invest US$1 billion in its global network in 2009 to better serve businesses in the U.S. and overseas.
The communications giant has invested more than $3 billion in its network since 2006.
The latest... Will Rural Broadband Goose the Economy?
news date: 20 February 2009
With the first concerted federal program to subsidize high-speed Internet services in rural areas, the new economic stimulus package will create some jobs and could get hundreds of thousands of households online.
Yet there`s some question whether the... Asset Write-Down Translates to $5B Loss for Alcatel-Lucent
news date: 04 February 2009
Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) reported Wednesday a massive 3.89 billion euro (US$5 billion) loss in the fourth quarter after the world`s largest provider of network technology for fixed and mobile telecommunications operators took its latest -- and largest... Apple`s Saber-Rattling, Capitol Hill`s Ruckus, Big Blue`s Silence
news date: 31 January 2009
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) may have just thrown a big bucket of cold water all over the Palm (Nasdaq: PALM) Pre love fest, courtesy of the U.S. Patent Office.
The company has officially secured the rights to the technology behind the distinctive... iPhone Rolls In AT&T Subscribers, Drags Down Earnings
news date: 28 January 2009
Earnings at AT&T (NYSE: T) fell 23.6 percent in the fourth quarter, narrowly missing analyst estimates, as rising costs offset strong performance in the wireless business.
The country`s largest telecommunications provider said Wednesday it earned... Wireless, Fiber Optic Services Propel Verizon to Q4 Growth
news date: 27 January 2009
Verizon Communications posted a 15 percent earnings increase for the fourth quarter on Tuesday, as the shrinking economy did little to dampen consumer appetites for wireless, Internet and TV service.
The country`s second-largest telecommunications... Verizon Launches VoIP House Phone Hub
news date: 26 January 2009
In an effort to rekindle some love for the old-school kitchen telephone, Verizon Wireless is getting set to roll out a brand-new touchscreen VoIP phone that offers visual voicemail, calendaring, text alerts, local traffic, weather reports and the... Boost Boasts $50 Unlimited Cell Phone Plan
news date: 15 January 2009
Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) subsidiary Boost Mobile announced it will begin offering a flat rate plan that includes unlimited calling, wireless Web, texting and walkie-talkie services for US$50 per month, available Jan. 22.
Roughly half the price of... Read all news →
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