List of All Telecom News
| Quebec Government Proposes Regulation of Cell Phone Contracts
15/06/2009
American cell phone giant, Verizon Wireless, expects to begin offering a number of new smartphones, including touchscreen BlackBerry devices, in the coming months, according to a recent statement by Verizon CEO, Lowell McAdam.“Over the next six months or so, you will see devices like the Palm Pre and the Cousin on our network from Palm. You will see a second-generation [BlackBerry] Storm.... |
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| New BlackBerry and Android Smartphones Coming to Verizon Wireless
14/06/2009
Canada’s three leading wireless carriers are making good on a three-year-old promise to launch a universal mobile payment service, allowing customers to send, request, and receive money using their mobile phones.The new service, known as Zoompass, will be available starting tomorrow on Rogers, Fido, Bell, Solo, Telus, and PC Mobile networks.Those who install the Zoompass software will be... |
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| Rogers, Bell, and Telus Launch Zoompass Mobile Payment Service
06/06/2009
The CRTC decided this week that it will not attempt to regulate new media content, and will maintain its current hands-off attitude to the internet for at least another five years.CRTC regulators have held public hearings on the matter in recent months at the behest of Canadian labour and arts groups, including the National Film Board (NFB). These groups argued for new rules giving preferential... |
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| Internet Regulation would Squelch Innovation, Says CRTC
05/06/2009
American cell phone giant, Verizon Wireless has announced plans to launch Research In Motion’s clamshell smartphone, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230, beginning on June 19.Verizon will follow T-Mobile and Alltel in offering the Pearl Flip, which features 3G wireless connectivity, a spacious SureType keyboard, and a 2-megapixel digital camera.Verizon’s Pearl Flip will sell for $129.99,... |
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| Verizon Wireless to Offer BlackBerry Pearl Flip, Beginning June 19
02/06/2009
Apple’s iPhone device accounted for just 8% of smartphone shipments last year, but its users are already responsible for 40% of mobile internet usage, according to AdMob’s recent Mobile Metrics Report.That puts the iPhone far ahead of Symbian-based devices, which made up 52% of the global smartphone market in 2008, but accounted for only 26% of mobile web traffic.The first Google... |
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| Apple iPhone Accounts for 40% of Mobile Internet Traffic, AdMob Reports
01/06/2009
T-Mobile UK received the highest overall customer satisfaction ratings in a recent survey of 2,083 British wireless broadband users.The independent YouGov study found that T-Mobile was ahead of the competition in terms of network coverage (reflecting the company’s substantial investment in this area), as well as ease-of-use, installation, and billing. The company tied for first place in the... |
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| T-Mobile UK Receives Highest Wireless Broadband Satisfaction Ratings
31/05/2009
Apple has added number of popular American TV shows to its iTunes store in Canada, significantly increasing the amount of video content available to Canadian iPod and iPhone users.The newly-available shows (added this past Thursday) include ABC’s Lost, Fox’s 24, and NBC’s 30 Rock. Single episodes of these and other U.S. shows are now available for $2.49 a piece ($3.49 in... |
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| Apple Adds U.S. Television Content to Canadian iTunes Store
30/05/2009
North America’s flat-screen television market has expanded over the past year, despite the troubled economy, according to a recent report by iSuppli Corp.A total of 7.8 million flat-panel TVs were sold in Canada and the U.S. in the first three months of 2009, up 17% from the same period a year earlier, according to the report. This data should come as a pleasant surprise to the industry,... |
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| Flat-Screen TV Shipments Increase, Despite Economic Uncertainty
22/05/2009
Canada`s leading cell phone operator, Rogers Wireless, has revealed plans to launch two Google Android-based smartphones on June 2.Rogers has not yet released pricing details for the HTC Dream and HTC Magic devices, but they will likely cost less than an Apple iPhone or comparable BlackBerry, given that Android is an open source operating system provided by Google at no up-front cost.We [offer]... |
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| Rogers Wireless to Launch Two Google Android Smartphones on June 2
20/05/2009
American wireless giant, AT&T, may soon offer another tier of mobile broadband service for Apple iPhone customers, according to a recent BusinessWeek article citing people with knowledge of the company`s thinking.AT&T currently only offers an unlimited iPhone data plan for $30 a month, but is contemplating a cheaper alternative plan, with bandwidth limits, for a monthly price of around... |
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