List of All Telecom News
| Verizon to Spin-Off Yellow Pages Division as Idearc Inc.
19/10/2006
Executives with Verizon Communications approved a decision yesterday to spin-off the company`s Yellow Pages and directories business.The spin-off will result in the creation of a new public corporation, called Idearc Inc., which will be headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and have a total of 7,100 employees.Verizon Information Services, as the directories division is currently called, generated $3.45... |
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| Verizon Wireless Deal Fuels Surge in Bridgewater Stock
15/09/2009
Manitoba’s incumbent telecom carrier, MTS, announced yesterday that it had obtained regulatory approval for a plan to build a shared mobile broadband network with larger rival, Rogers Wireless.MTS and Rogers will share the cost of the new network, which will offer UMTS/HSPA mobile data service to cell phone users in Manitoba. Under the terms of the deal, Rogers will also sign a wholesaling... |
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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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| Verizon’s Last Minute Offers Halted by FCC
24/06/2008
America’s second-largest telecom operator must not use databased contact information to make special offers to former customers who have signed up for cable phone services, the Federal Communications Commission ruled yesterday.This verdict is a victory for Comcast, Time Warner, and Bright House Networks, three cable companies who complained that Verizon was contacting users who chose to... |
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| Videotron to Launch 3G Wireless Network in Quebec
23/12/2009
Verizon Wireless has added the popular cable network, TLC, to its V CAST mobile television service, strengthening its lineup of wireless video content.Already available on V CAST are TV networks such as ABC Mobile, CBS, CNBC, Comedy Central, the Disney Channel, ESPN Mobile, Fox Mobile, MSNBC, NBC, and Nickelodeon.The V CAST network is based on Qualcomm’s MediaFLO technology, which delivers... |
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| Videotron to Offer Garmin-Asus A50 GPS Smartphone
10/09/2010
Telus Mobility has added a new member to its growing family of Android-based smartphones, releasing LG’s Shine Plus device.Virtually identical to the LG Ally (which is offered by Verizon Wireless in the U.S.), the Shine Plus features a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, sliding QWERTY keyboard, built-in Wi-Fi and 3G mobile data capabilities, and a Google Android 2.1 operating system. It also... |
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| Virgin Media Brings Quad-Play Service Bundles to the UK Market
10/02/2007
British entertainment and communications giant, Virgin Media, announced this week that it will begin offering quadruple-play service bundles to customers throughout the UK.The Virgin group is the first British communications operator to release a quad-play package of home and mobile phone service, broadband internet, and cable TV. The company says it will extend the reach of its television... |
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| Virgin Mobile and Rogers Wireless Spar Over User Fees
06/11/2009
Burnaby, B.C.-based telecommunications giant, Telus Corp., reported a decline in third-quarter revenue and profit today, as increases in wireless and IPTV sales failed to offset an ongoing decline in landline telephone revenue.The company earned $280 million in the summer quarter, down 2.1% from the same period a year earlier. Overall revenue fell 1.6% to $2.41 billion.Telus Mobility added a net... |
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| Virgin Mobile Brings HTC Legend to Canada
11/06/2010
Industry Minister Tony Clement is seeking public feedback on plans to relax foreign ownership restrictions on Canadian telecommunications carriers.Industry Canada released a consultation paper earlier today outlining current rules and proposing a number of courses of action. The paper asks Canadians to consider three options — increasing the foreign ownership limit from 46.7% to 49%,... |
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| Virgin Mobile to Offer Apple iPhone in Canada
18/11/2009
Bell Mobility will soon follow its main rivals, Rogers Wireless and Telus Mobility, in scrapping the $6.95/month system access fee charged to postpaid cell phone customers, according to an internal company memo leaked on TheMobileNinjas.com.Bell is the last Canadian carrier to charge the controversial fee, and is likely worried about alienating customers if it continues appearing on monthly phone... |
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