Carrier networks
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How will the Verizon-Alltel deal affect mobile marketing?
June 6, 2008
Verizon Communications’ decision to buy wireless carrier Alltel for $28.1 billion has set many tongues wagging. Three industry analysts weigh in on the deal’s implications for the mobile ecosystem.
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Virgin Mobile USA allies with Best Buy, Kyocera for new phone
May 30, 2008
Virgin Mobile USA has partnered with Best Buy Co. and handset maker Kyocera Wireless to promote a new special edition of its popular Wild Card phone.
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Verizon Wireless ranks highest in customer satisfaction: J. D. Power
May 27, 2008
A J.D. Power and Associates report claims that Verizon Wireless ranks highest in customer satisfaction for wireless data services.
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Sprint, Samsung approve mobile WiMAX tech for commercial use
May 19, 2008
Samsung Electronics Corp.’s mobile WiMAX infrastructure and devices have passed muster with wireless carrier Sprint’s commercial acceptance standards.
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Verizon jilts Google’s Android for rival open handset platform
May 15, 2008
Verizon Wireless spurned Google’s Android open handset platform for a Linux-based consortium in a move that effectively ensures that power is not concentrated in one entity’s hands.
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Virgin Mobile syncs with Burger King, Warner Music for $1 ringtone
May 9, 2008
Virgin Mobile USA has partnered with Burger King Corp. and Warner Music Group to make ringtones available for $1.
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T-Mobile partners with Nokia to offer new services
May 5, 2008
T-Mobile and Nokia are collaborating to produce Internet services and personal social communities on mobile devices.
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Verizon, AT&T shrug off economic turmoil with impressive Q1 results
April 29, 2008
Verizon recorded rapid growth in its wireless business, driving the company's revenue up 13 percent in the first quarter of this year.
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Carriers, online giant partner to create common platform for widgets
April 25, 2008
Wireless carriers China Mobile and Vodafone, along with Internet investor Softbank, have partnered to create a common platform for widgets.
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Flexibility is key to Virgin Mobile’s success, CTIA delegates told
April 2, 2008
LAS VEGAS - The ultimate goal of any company should be to end up with a brand that consumers trust. That's the Virgin Mobile philosophy.
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Virgin tackles postpaid market with similar monthly benefits
March 25, 2008
Virgin Mobile USA is now offering consumers new monthly and pay-as-you-go plans without annual contracts as part of its customer acquisition strategy.
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Cellular South opens integrated online, retail stores
March 21, 2008
Wireless carrier Cellular South debuted a hybrid retail model for customers, launching an online store and a bricks-and-mortar version of cellularsouth.com.
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T-Mobile Sidekick sponsors Grammy Tour
March 13, 2008
T-Mobile USA Inc. and The Recording Academy have teamed up for the 50th Grammy Celebration Concert Tour presented by T-Mobile Sidekick.
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Sprint trumps competition with flat-rate voice and data plan
February 29, 2008
Sprint is now offering a domestic unlimited pricing plan with unlimited voice, data, text, e-mail, Web-surfing, Sprint TV, Sprint Music, GPS Navigation, Direct Connect and Group Connect for $99.99 a month.
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Alltel offers celebrity voicemail personalization
February 28, 2008
Alltel Wireless introduced a new application to let customers personalize outgoing voicemail greetings with the voices of Hollywood actors, comedians, singers and celebrity endorsers.
