Category: mobile network operators

I’ve had an iPhone 3GS for nearly two years. For a while now, I’ve also had a Nexus One. I’ve mostly used the iPhone, of course, but I took a renewed interest in the Nexus One with the release of …

I’ve seen more pontification on the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile. Unfortunately, most of it falls into one of two categories: shilling by AT&T (or lobbyists paid by AT&T) or from companies like Sprint, who have come …

Something I’ve been meaning to try out for a while, but haven’t had the chance to, was to see if I could make my iPhone 3GS on iOS 4.2.1–jailbroken via PwnageTool 4.2 and unlocked via ultrasn0w via Cydia–work …

From Post Tech – Verizon Wireless pays FCC $25M for years of false data charges:
The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it has reached a record $25 million settlement with Verizon Wireless for wrongly charging subscribers “mystery” Internet fees over the …

From ARS: Who “ruled the air” in 1910? (and who rules it now?) « Center for Innovation News Study:
Revolutionary, democratic, unprejudicial—Verizon’s [Rule the Air] campaign comes as Americans debate whether the wireless broadband airwaves really represent any of these wonderful …

From CHART OF THE DAY: If AT&T Is So Bad, Why Is It Beating Verizon Every Quarter?:
If the conventional wisdom is that AT&T wireless blows, why is it beating Verizon Wireless — supposedly the best carrier of them all — …

I was reading a study from Chadwick Martin Bailey and iModerate Research Technologies about smartphones and mobile data plans (warning: PDF link). While people are really interested in smartphones, people aren’t really thinking about the data plans that go …

While the prices aren’t exactly where I’d like them to be, it appears the major US mobile operators are finally starting to get a clue about mobile data services and are at least offering something approaching reasonable. I realize there are …

“We are Apples largest customer in Australia, yet with Apple we are still working through some areas in how to work,” [Telsra chief executive David] Thodey told a lunch held by the Australia-Israel Business Council last week.
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In OTIs study, we researched cell phone voice, text and data services for prepaid, regular postpaid, and unlimited postpaid plans provided by prominent cell phone carriers in 11 countries. We consider unbundled services using rates available to individual consumers.[1]  To …