The Senate Commerce Committee, headed by Sen. John Kerry, (D-Mass.), is holding hearings on whether carrier exclusivity deals are good for the telecommunications industry. The most obvious example is Apple's deal with AT&T. If you want an iPhone in the U.S., you have to use AT&T as your carrier. Want a Palm Pre? You're stuck with Sprint. Like the Android G1? Hope you like T-Mobile. Skip to next paragraph More News From IDG IMPACT, ITU Calls for Borderless Effort on Cybersecurity-Network ... Telecom Tower Construction May Be Suspended Rules for New EU Telecom Networks a Political Football? As...
Qualcomm Now Sampling Industry's First Dual-carrier HSPA+ and Multi-Mode 3G/LTE Chipsets for Global Markets
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
AT&T Disputes Network Criticism
The New York Times
The New York Times
AT&T is disputing a financial analyst's criticism of its wireless capital spending, saying there is more to its mobility investments than was represented in the report. On a conference call Tuesday, Gerard Hallaren of...
Verizon to Offer Ethernet Service Delivery to Global Carriers Using CENX Carrier Ethernet Exchange in New York City
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Managed Interconnection Simplifies Carrier Ethernet Delivery...
HyperCube Selected by TSI for Carrier Termination Services
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
LANCASTER, Texas, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- HyperCube Telecom, LLC, a premier provider of local and national tandem services to carriers across the United States, today announced its services have been selected by TSI, a...
For Wireless Carriers, iPad Signals Further Loss of Clout
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
By NIRAJ SHETH AT&T Inc. won the right to carry Apple Inc.'s high-profile iPad in the U.S., a coup for the company but on terms that further erode the wireless industry's carrier-centered model. Just a half-decade...
Dead Zones Forever
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
Apparently, the road to beating AT&T isn't on Verizon's map. While consumers relentlessly hammered AT&T over the past six months about dropped calls and capacity problems, they still handed the carrier the most...
Roaming Agreements Could Expand the Wi-Fi Renaissance
Gigaom
Gigaom
Thanks to the iPad, expect to see a lot more written about Wi-Fi over the next few days. The still-unattainable device (you can buy one in late March) is already being credited for bringing back the importance of fixed...


