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...
The Ultimate Jailbreaker, Part 2
TechNewsWorld
TechNewsWorld
Part 1 of this three-part series discusses the "positive feedback loop" tying the evolution of mobile device technologies to the evolution of cloud computing. For decades, U.S. cell carriers have crippled the American...
Death Of Phone Calls: What Does It Mean To Mobile Phones?
mediabistro
mediabistro
I remember that when I turned 15 one of my birthday presents was a phone extension in my bedroom. My parents made a really big deal out of the fact that I was being given the phone because I was growing up, and I...
Lantiq Samples Industry's Lowest Power, Smallest Footprint VDSL2 Chipset to Drive Broadband Innovation
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
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Wireless Is Not Different. You Can't Be Half-Open
techcrunch
techcrunch
Last week, a firestorm erupted after Google and Verizon jointly proposed new rules to lawmakers for protecting the “open Internet” and net neutrality. When Google and Verizon professed their love for the open...
Verizon Customers Eager for iPhone
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
The Verizon iPhone is still speculation, but a survey says the arrival of a CDMA iPhone would steal a sizeable chunk of AT&T and Sprint customers. Over half of current Verizon customers say they intend to get an...

