Category: mobile network operators

4 February 2012

Living Mobile and the Post-PC Era

I’m just going to come right out and say it: most of my personal computing is done on a mobile device. A mobile device being a tablet or a phone either with WiFi or some kind of mobile Internet connection. …

16 December 2011

Nokia Launching Lumia 710 on T-Mobile USA, Won’t Kickstart WP7 Sales

Filed under: mobile network operators,mobile phones,nokia - 16 Dec 2011

It’s no secret that a number of outlets are reporting that the Nokia Lumia 710 will launch on T-Mobile USA sometime in January. This phone is one of two devices Nokia has produced with Windows Phone 7 …

9 August 2011

Verizon Following AT&T Yet Again, This Time on “Illegal” Tethering

Filed under: mobile network operators - 09 Aug 2011

From Verizon Stops Illegal Tethering, Follows AT&T – Mobiledia – The Mobile Future – Forbes.
Verizon today began blocking customers from tethering their data through jailbroken apps, following in AT&T’s footsteps as the company fights to stay on top of the …

6 August 2011

Securing Mobile Devices May Be Impossible

Filed under: mobile network operators,mobile phones,security - 06 Aug 2011

From via Securing Mobile Devices May Be an Impossible Task:
Attacks against smartphones such as BlackBerrys, iPhones and Android phones have become quite prevalent in recent years and many of them have focused on getting malicious apps on users phones. Thats a …

13 June 2011

My Tipping Point Between iOS and Android

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 …

29 March 2011

The AT&T/T-Mobile USA Merger: A Balanced View

Filed under: mobile network operators,telecom - 29 Mar 2011

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

26 March 2011

T-Mobile Prepaid and an Unlocked iPhone 3GS

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 …

28 October 2010

Verizon Wireless pays FCC $25M for years of false data charges, Affected Customers Get Pennies

Filed under: mobile network operators,telecom - 28 Oct 2010

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 …

Who “ruled the air” in 1910? (and who rules it now?)

Filed under: mobile network operators - 28 Oct 2010

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 …

27 October 2010

Why is AT&T Adding More Subscribers than Verizon?

Filed under: mobile network operators - 27 Oct 2010

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 — …

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