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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.

• Alltel launches LBS/Nationwide Roaming

  February 25, 2008

  Alltel Wireless customers now have access to GPS applications outside of their home network area with the carrier's introduction of LBS Nationwide Roaming.

• T-Mobile to offer landline services

  February 22, 2008

  Wireless carrier T-Mobile USA Inc. now offers landline service in Seattle and Dallas, a move that takes it into dual-line players AT&T Inc. and Verizon's territory.

• Analysys Mason buys peer consultancy Redbox

  February 21, 2008

  Analysys Mason Group has bought Redbox Consulting Services Ltd., a peer firm serving the telecommunications and media industries.

• Adoption of converged mobile devices slow: Survey

  February 21, 2008

  The wholesale adoption of a mobile device that combines several functions will take some time, according to a new dry-eyed survey of converged-instruments usage.

• Game changes with Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile flat-rate voice plans

  February 20, 2008

  Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA, the nation's leading wireless carriers, ratcheted up their rivalry with all-you-can-eat voice plans for $99.99 a month.

• BlackBerry maker, Motorola trade lawsuits

  February 20, 2008

  Motorola Inc. and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. are suing one another over mobile-phone patents, each claiming that the other is using handset technology without permission.

• Verizon, Vodafone plan compatible networks with China Mobile

  February 15, 2008

  China Mobile joins Vodafone and Verizon Wireless in Long Term Evolution trials to explore the performance of LTE with different spectrum types.

• British social network Bebo partners with Intercasting

  February 14, 2008

  British social media network Bebo has partnered with Intercasting Corp. to let Bebo's 40 million members produce and share content on their mobile phones.

• U.S. mobile subscriber growth to slow down

  February 11, 2008

  Expect to see a steady decline in the growth of mobile subscribers in the United States.

• Medio launches on-device portal for content

  February 11, 2008

  Medio Systems created a search and discover feature that can be embedded in handsets, giving users one-click access to content.

• FCC auction may spur mobile broadband networks

  February 7, 2008

  The FCC raised about $18.9 billion in its 700-MHz auction, exceeding its own early estimates of getting bids between $10 billion and $15 billion. Now expect some major changes in mobile.

• Virgin Mobile expects to report losses for 2007

  February 5, 2008

  Although Virgin Mobile USA's number of subscribers is increasing, the wireless unit of Virgin Group expects to report losses for 2007.

• Motorola said to mull new strategy with mobile unit

  February 4, 2008

  Motorola Inc. is considering the separation of its mobile device business from its other operations. The handset maker's new strategy is focused on recapturing global market leadership.

• Ditech Networks: carriers have voice quality issues

  February 1, 2008

  Ditech Networks' audit results from its Experience Intelligence (EXi) software found serious voice quality issues among 16 major carriers.

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