| Virgin America Launches Gogo In-Flight Wi-Fi Service
25/11/2008
Virgin America is hoping to lure new passengers to its airline, with a new in-flight Wi-Fi service available on board its Airbus A320 aircraft.Gogo, as the service is called, allows passengers to surf the web, use email and instant messaging, download files, and connect to secure networks. Internet-based VoIP calling has been blocked by the airline, however, in an attempt to spare passengers the... |
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| Verizon - Alltel Merger Gets Green Light
25/11/2008
Verizon Wireless is poised to get bigger, as its bid to purchase rival Alltel has won approval from the U.S. Justice Department. The purchase of Alltel, which serves mostly rural areas in the U.S., comes with strings attached, however.The Justice Department said it will require Verizon to divest assets in 100 areas in 22 states in order to proceed with its $28 billion acquisition. The government... |
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| Best Buy stocking green-phone cards
20/11/2008
A thousand Best Buy stores across the nation began stocking Green Your Phone cards. Developed by Boulder-based Renewable Choice Energy, each $10 card will offset the electricity use of two cell phones for two years, the company says.The cards are loaded with 500 kilowatt hours of certified renewable energy credits, and purchases support the development of renewable energy projects such as wind... |
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| Apple Now No 2 in Worldwide Smartphone Sales
14/11/2008
Apple is now the world`s number-two smartphone manufacturer, according to a new Canalys study, which confirms that Apple`s popular iPhone device outsold Research In Motion`s entire BlackBerry franchise in the third quarter of this year.Finland`s Nokia continued to lead the smartphone market in Q3 by a convincing market, but saw its lead erode somewhat with the global launch of the iPhone 3G, as... |
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| 60% of Germans to Use 3G Wireless Services by 2012
14/11/2008
Germany`s 3G wireless penetration rate will reach 60% in 2012, by which time mobile data services will generate annual revenues of 5.7 billion in the country, according to a recent report from Goldmedia.The German mobile population is still growing, according to the report, but total revenues have been dropping off in recent quarters, as the price of mobile voice services continues to decline.... |
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| Apple iPhone Gradually Entering Corporate Smartphone Market
14/11/2008
Apple`s much-hyped iPhone device, already a big hit with consumers, is starting to make small but steady inroads into America`s corporate smartphone market, which is currently dominated by Research In Motion`s BlackBerry products.Although most companies are unwilling to abandon their trusted BlackBerries, analysts claim to see the beginnings of a grassroots movement, where employees attempt to... |
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| Google Brings Voice-Based Search Software to Apple iPhone
14/11/2008
Google is pushing the limits of speech recognition technology with the latest update to its mobile search application for the Apple iPhone device.The free software (available for download at the iTunes store) will allow users to ask verbal questions like Where`s the nearest Starbucks? or How tall is Mount Everest. Within seconds, Google`s servers transmit search results to the phone over a 3G... |
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| Cricket Kicks Off Holiday Season Early with Launch of MOTO VE240
14/11/2008
With the holiday shopping season quickly approaching, Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of unlimited wireless services and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc. Delayed quote dataAdd to portfolio Analyst Create alertInsider Discuss Financials today announced the MOTO VE240 will be available tomorrow at Cricket retail stores in Tulsa, Okla., and will be... |
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| American Airlines trials mobile phones as boarding cards
14/11/2008
Imagine - instead of a piece of card that always finds its way to the bottom of your bag, and is also very easy to leave at home, youll soon be able to check onto a flight using your mobile phone. American Airlines is trialling mobile boarding passes for domestic passengers travelling out of certain US airports. The airline hopes that if this technology works, it will not only cut down on paper... |
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| British Telecom announces 10000 job cuts. India left untouched
13/11/2008
UK-based telecom major British Telecom Group (BTG) Thursday announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs at home and overseas, but said this would not affect the Indian operations of the company. The Indian operations would not see any retrenchment. The majority of the job cuts are UK based. It is too early to know country specific job cuts, a company spokesperson said. British Telecom has 600 employees in... |
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