Telecommunications
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Raketu enables free long distance for Windows Mobile
January 31, 2008
Long distance service provider Raketu is cutting the wires on its VoIP technology with a new native application that lets Windows Mobile users make cheap phone calls to anywhere.
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Talkster partners with VoodooVox
January 31, 2008
Voice 2.0 company Talkster and advertising services firm VoodooVox have partnered to ad-enable Talkster calls.
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Sprint Nextel to redefine itself with new marketing strategy
January 31, 2008
Sprint Nextel has announced plans to attract more attention to its Nextel Direct Connect and Push-to-Talk services.
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Helio on course, reassures executive
January 30, 2008
Helio uses multimedia content and hip devices to appeal to young consumers. But can the mobile virtual network operator suffering recent bad press make up market share on data use alone?
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T-Mobile gains subscribers in U.S.
January 30, 2008
In sharp contrast to troubled rival Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA Inc. said it has posted year-on-year growth with 3.6 million net new customers in 2007.
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Verizon sees 11.3 percent growth in customer numbers
January 29, 2008
Verizon Wireless continued to be the most profitable domestic wireless company and the largest in terms of retail customers in the fourth quarter of 2007.
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Nokia achieves 40 percent phone market share
January 25, 2008
Finnish handset maker Nokia ramped up its device shipments last year despite new offerings from Apple Inc., Research in Motion and Samsung.
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Sprint cuts 4,000 jobs amid subscriber hemorrhage
January 22, 2008
Sprint Nextel Corp. may have gained subscribers in the last quarter of 2007, but it is shedding older ones at a rate alarming enough to call for a companywide restructuring.
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U.S. wireless subscribers to touch 297M: Study
January 22, 2008
Despite the current economic conditions, IE Market Research is maintaining its optimism in the growth of the number of U.S. wireless subscribers.
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Yahoo inks T-Mobile UK deal for banner ads on mobile
January 18, 2008
Web’n’walk is a T-Mobile mobile Internet portal with a Google search engine. Now it will offer graphical ads sold and served by Yahoo Inc.
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Google in the running for wireless spectrum
January 16, 2008
Search giant Google Inc. made the list of companies that the Federal Communications Commission cleared to bid in the coveted 700 megahertz wireless auction.
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Apple, China Mobile talks for iPhone stall
January 15, 2008
China Mobile Ltd. just didn’t bite. Apple Inc. may have to find a new way to enter the Chinese market as its initial negotiations with China Mobile have ended.
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New Touch offers competition to iPhone
January 10, 2008
Alltel Wireless has added the HTC Touch to its arsenal of multimedia phones to meet the growing demand for touch screen devices since the launch of Apple’s iPhone.
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Sprint taps new agency, debuts Xohm WiMAX deals
January 9, 2008
Making strides in its wireless network initiative, Sprint Nextel has announced new Xohm mobile Internet business agreements for Web portal services and WiMAX network access devices.
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Mobile phone customers want visual experience: Survey
January 9, 2008
A survey of Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile and Sprint customers shows that consumers want a more visual mobile phone experience.
