| DAVE Wireless Signs Cell Site Licensing Deal with Bell Mobility
23/09/2009
Rogers Wireless has started training its employees to use the forthcoming BlackBerry Curve 8520 device, according to an internal email leaked on CrackBerry.com.“The National Sales & Service Training team is very excited to announce the launch of the new BlackBerry 8520 Smartphone E-Learning training program now available on Rogers FastTrack,” the company wrote in a message to... |
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| DAVE Wireless Successfully Tests New 3G Network
03/12/2009
The federal Cabinet could overturn a recent regulatory decision preventing Globalive from offering wireless services in the Canadian market, said Industry Minister Tony Clement in an interview today.“We do have the power through an order of council in cabinet to amend or vary the decision of the CRTC,” Clement explained after a speech to the Canadian Club of Toronto.The federal... |
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| DAVE Wireless to Rebrand Ahead of Launch
28/01/2010
Responding to consumer complaints about dropped calls and slow data speeds, American wireless giant AT&T has announced plans to spend $2 billion on network improvement this year.AT&T’s plans include building more cell towers and laying new fiber-optic cables between towers to improve data speed. This should help the carrier catch up to leading rival, Verizon Wireless, which has... |
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| DAVE Wireless Unveils New Brand Name: ‘Mobilicity’
01/02/2010
Canadian cell phone carriers have made good on a regulatory command requiring them to implement enhanced 911 technology on wireless networks.The new technology, which was ordered by the CRTC in early 2009, uses GPS and cell tower triangulation to pinpoint the location of a 911 caller and automatically transmit this information to emergency dispatchers. Although the pinpointing is not as precise... |
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| Declining Landline Revenue Pulls AT&T Profit Lower
22/07/2009
Canadian wireless operator, Bell Mobility, has begun training its employees in how to sell and service the Palm Pre.Bell will hold Pre training seminars in Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal over the next week, and is expected to launch the new smartphone around the end of this month.The Pre is Palm’s latest attempt at a comeback in the mobile device market. It was released in the... |
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| Deregulation Has Made Phone Market Fair, Says Bell Aliant CEO
17/09/2007
The federal government’s telecom deregulation policies are bringing more fairness and competition to Canada’s local telephone market, said the CEO of Bell Aliant Regional Communications at last week’s BMO Capital Markets Media and Telecom conference.“We can attack now on every front. We couldn’t before,” commented Stephen Wetmore, whose company lost more than... |
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| Deutsche Telekom CEO Refuses to Entertain T-Mobile Sale Suggestions
14/06/2007
Deutsche Telekom’s Chief Executive, Rene Obermann, has dismissed suggestions that T-Mobile USA should be sold off, stating that the American wireless business is crucial to his company’s long-term success strategy.Obermann said that selling T-Mobile would be shortsighted and detrimental to the European telecom giant’s future prospects. When asked if Deutsche Telekom would expand... |
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| Digital Broadcasting Transition to Create Opportunity in Mobile TV Market
08/03/2009
An increasing number of consumer are using Wi-Fi to access the internet via their mobile devices, according a recent ‘Mobile Metrics Report’ by AdMob, a leading wireless advertising agency.Worldwide ad views via mobile Wi-Fi connections increased 8% (month-over-month) to 6.8 billion in January 2009. Traffic from Western Europe showed the strongest growth, increasing a total of 132% in... |
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| EarthLink Launches New DSL Service for Small Business Users
12/08/2006
American ISP, EarthLink Inc., has launched a new DSL internet service for small office customers, which does not require a local phone subscription.Small Office DSL Plus, as the new offering is called, uses a separate line for high-speed data transmission, making it a more versatile option for small business VoIP users. Hardware and installation are included with the service at no extra... |
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| Embarq and Sprint Nextel Launch Bundled Calling Plan
16/02/2007
Overland Park, Kansas-based local telephone operator, Embarq, has launched an all-new bundled plan that offers unlimited domestic landline long distance and 350 anytime cell phone minutes for US$74.90 per month.For an additional monthly charge of $10, customers can double their wireless airtime to 700 minutes a month.Embarq is offering this new package in partnership with its former parent... |
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