Category Archives: Phone

AT&T braces for T-Mobile deal collapse

By doris | Published: November 25, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — AT&T said it would take a $4 billion charge in case its takeover of T-Mobile USA fails, reflecting the dwindling chances for the deal seen as job-destroying by powerful political opponents. The telecommunications group and T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom, said they would continue to pursue anti-trust approval for the [...]

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RIM shares sink 16% on slashed outlook and layoff plans

By doris | Published: June 16, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion believes its white knight is coming. But while it waits, the company is drastically lowering its financial outlook and handing out pink slips. Very disappointing sales of BlackBerry smartphones and tablets during the last quarter led RIM to cut its full-year profit [...]

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Companies yank cord on residential phone books

By doris | Published: November 15, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com RICHMOND, Va. — What’s black and white and read all over? Not the white pages, which is why regulators have begun granting telecommunications companies the go-ahead to stop mass-printing residential phone books, a musty fixture of Americans’ kitchen counters, refrigerator tops and junk drawers. In the past month alone, New York, [...]

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PayPal dives into mobile payments

By doris | Published: October 27, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — PayPal’s online payment service is ramping up its focus on smartphones. Right now, it’s tough for mom-and-pop outfits to easily accept mobile payments. PayPal hopes to bridge that gap with a new project called “Titanium+Commerce,” announced Tuesday at a company conference.

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LightSquared’s big gamble: A brand-new wireless network

By doris | Published: July 23, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Watch out AT&T, Sprint and Verizon: A whole host of super-fast wireless services could be coming down the pike. LightSquared, a new 4G wireless network backed by private-equity firm Harbinger Capital Partners and to be built by Nokia Siemens, is set to roll out starting next year. [...]

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Your cell phone company’s dirty little secret

By doris | Published: February 10, 2010

Full Story atmoney.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Mobile phone companies have been lauded for slashing the cost of unlimited voice plans, but many wireless customers’ monthly bills are actually going to get a bit more expensive. Last month, both Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500) and AT&T (T, Fortune 500) lowered their unlimited voice plans by $30 [...]

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Obama wants company cell phone tax repealed

By doris | Published: February 1, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Ever make a personal call on your company cell phone? Did you record the value of that call as taxable income, as required by law? Join the club, but don’t worry. President Barack Obama will propose repealing the widely ignored requirement as part of his 2011 budget plan, a [...]

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Cell phone driving bans don’t work

By doris | Published: January 30, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — State laws that ban drivers from talking on hand-held cell phones seem to have no effect on crash rates, according to a study released Friday. The Highway Loss Data Institute compared collisions of 100 insured vehicles per year in four different jurisdictions before and after bans on [...]

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Verizon and AT&T dial up wireless plan wars

By doris | Published: January 19, 2010

Full Story atmoney.cnn.com Verizon cut its unlimited family talk and text plan from $229.99 to $149.99 and its nationwide unlimited voice plan was reduced to $69.99 from $99.99. An unlimited family voice plan will cost users $119.99, down from $199.99, and nationwide unlimited talk and text plans were lowered to $89.99 from $119.99.

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Trying to reconnect Haiti to itself and the world

By doris | Published: January 18, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com When disaster strikes, many people’s first instinct is to reach for the phone. When the earthquake struck Haiti on Tuesday, Trilogy International Partners’ first instinct was to make sure the phones would start working again. The Bellevue, Wash., company owns Voila, the second-largest cell phone operator in Haiti. The company, which [...]

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AT&T, Verizon face off in TV ads

By doris | Published: November 28, 2009

Full Story at  msnbc.com NEW YORK – What would the holidays be without bickering between siblings? AT&T and Verizon are swamping TV with ads attacking facets of each other’s wireless networks. While the ads stick fairly close to the truth, there’s a lot they don’t say. AT&T Inc. has been running ads with actor Luke [...]

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Does AT&T turn into a pumpkin in June?

By doris | Published: November 23, 2009

Full Story atBrainstorm Tech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com Broadpoint AmTech’s Brian Marshall, who has replaced Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster as the most bullish of the mainstream Apple analysts, made several assertions of fact in an Bloomberg TV interview Friday that — if true — struck me as newsworthy. Chief among them: * The contract that gives AT&T (T) exclusive [...]

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