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Mobile Service Providers Want to Reduce Device Subsidies: Only Question is How
Explore FierceWireless (May 17 2012)
...n wireless in 2011 * Wireless in the first quarter of 2012 * Sound Off: Will Nokia's Lumia 900 from AT&T be a hit? * Will today's next-generation MVNOs shake up the U.S.
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Comment Mentions: Microsoft Verizon Communications AT&T
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YouTube to pay for your mobile data charges? Carriers betting on it
Explore FierceWireless (May 10 2012) Applications , Business Models , IP Telephony , Mobility
... change their cost structure and business model.
And Melone isn't alone in considering this idea. AT&T's (NYSE:T) John Donovan, the company's senior executive vice president of technology and network op......es. Moreover, such a strategy may not pay off anyway--if mobile Internet searches were free through Microsoft's Bing, for example, I think most users would still pay for the few megabytes it would take ...
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Comment Mentions: Microsoft Google Virgin America
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Cincinnati Bell puts cloud services into the hands of the SMB customer
Explore FierceTelecom (May 1 2012) Applications
...ld have the same access to cloud services as larger enterprises, with the launch of its cloud-based Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Communication and Collaboration Solutions. Delivered through a partnership with bo...... hands of the SMB customer * Strategy Analytics: Verizon FiOS poised for continued growth in 2012 * AT&T investors nix proposal to separate CEO and chairman roles * The 15 highest-paid CEOs in wireline * ... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Microsoft AT&T Cincinnati Bell
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Lowenstein's View: Is the mobile M&A binge crazy or justified?
Explore FierceWireless (Apr 26 2012) Marketing , Mobility
... are doing much of the buying is relatively concentrated: Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft, eBay, Intuit, Visa, SAP, Oracle, Disney, Comcast. Many of these companies are in multiple, overlap......n wireless in 2011 * Wireless in the first quarter of 2012 * Sound Off: Will Nokia's Lumia 900 from AT&T be a hit? * Will today's next-generation MVNOs shake up the U.S. (Read Full Article)
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Google Driving into the Enterprise
Explore No Jitter (Apr 25 2012)
...the problem was already being addressed by several providers including DropBox, Box, SugarSync, and Microsoft's SkyDrive. All of these, including Google now, follow a freemium model with some unique twists, bu......he carrier subsidy model, and pulled back. Like last time, the phones are unlocked and suitable for AT&T or T-Mobile. Unlike last time, Google is now providing end user support. The phone (Galaxy Nexus by... (Read Full Article)
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Analysts debate whether carriers will cut Apple's iPhone subsidies
Explore FierceWireless (Apr 24 2012)
...hen Apple, which reports it earnings after the market closes today, and Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ), AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) and Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) reveal how many iPhones they sold and how their margin......her carriers will cut Apple's iPhone subsidies * Google turns to Motorola's Webtop to battle Apple, Microsoft * Huawei's 2011 profit drops 53% despite jump in revenue * Huawei's Plummer: Our products are ... (Read Full Article)
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Nokia's Q1 sales plunge as company posts $1.2B loss
Explore FierceWireless (Apr 19 2012) Marketing
Nokia (NYSE:NOK), struggling to gain traction in its planned smartphone turnaround using Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Phone platform, reported a wider than expected $1.75 billion operating loss......ding specific sales figures, Elop said that sales of the Lumia 710 at T-Mobile USA and Lumia 900 at AT&T Mobility had exceeded expectations. Elop also said that while Lumia sales in markets like the U.K. ... (Read Full Article)
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AT&T to Spend More Heavily on Lumia than iPhone Launch
Explore IP Carrier (Apr 9 2012) Marketing
...umia might have key market share and operating cost implications. It might require less spending on AT&T's part in the form of device subsidies. Also, Nokia and Microsoft have limited enough market share that the possibility of upside arguably is far greater than the do... (Read Full Article)
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Microsoft to Pay AT&T Employees to Sell Windows Devices
Explore IP Carrier (Jan 26 2012) Marketing
...nes. Verizon Wireless can do what it wants, of course. But consumers should also do what they want. Microsoft to Pay AT&T; Employees to Sell Windows Devices Windows Phone had just a 2.7% share of the global market at the ...
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Mobility Demands Drive Need for Cloud Communications Services
Explore Information Technology (Jan 26 2012) Applications
...erators invested $13.5 billion in cloud service initiatives. This includes global operators such as AT&T, NTT, Telstra (News - Alert) and Verizon as well as Tier 2 operators such as Windstream and Century......unterPath’s Bria softphone as the chosen solution for voice and video cloud communications. RT: Can Microsoft make a splash with its promised integration of Window Phone and Windows 8? TC: Certainly much of th...
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The Worst News Day so far for Google and Apple
Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Jan 20 2012) Marketing
...tepped Down - Jan 18, 2012 Will Companies Be Forced into Google+? - Dec 24, 2011 Keep Bing at Microsoft - Jul 26, 2011 Will AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Slow Wireless Innovation? - Jul 25, 2011 TrackBacks | Comments | Tag with del.i... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Microsoft Google Communications and Technology Blog
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Consumerization of IT: Is It More than Just Bring-Your-Own (Mobile) Device?
Explore No Jitter (Jan 19 2012)
...ti interfaces with Gmail but has no interface with business platforms such as GoToMeeting, Webex or AT&T Connect. The Nokia Lumia with Windows Phone debuted with only a future promise of a Skype client, d......t. The Nokia Lumia with Windows Phone debuted with only a future promise of a Skype client, despite Microsoft's ownership of Skype and close relationship with Nokia. Even with the potential for integration ... (Read Full Article)
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Why Windows Phone is making waves at CES
...Lumia handsets: T-Mobile for the 710 (a great little $49 phone I’ve used for the past week) and now AT&T for the 900. And now you can’t talk about Nokia without also discussing Microsoft or Windows Phone. From a buzz perspective, it’s a win for both companies, even though pricing and a...
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Comment Mentions: Steve Ballmer Microsoft AT&T
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AT&T Promises Superfast 'Blended 4G'
Explore Light Reading (Jan 9 2012)
...ast HSPA+ footprint to fall back on. The keynote helped to clarify that Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) are working cheek-by-jowl with AT&T in a bid to break the Windows phone and reverse Nokia's fortunes in North America. Both Nokia CEO S... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Steve Ballmer Microsoft LTE
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TDS to bring IPTV to 19 more markets
Explore FierceTelecom (Jan 6 2012) Applications , Marketing , Unified communications
...another me-too TV service, TDS Telecom will improve the user viewing experience of IPTV. Similar to AT&T's (NYSE: T) U-verse service, TDS plans to leverage Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Media Room platform in its new IPTV markets. "If you look at the consumer rating... (Read Full Article)
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Nicoll: LTE, VoLTE and HSPA+42 will highlight 2012
Explore FierceWireless (Jan 3 2012) Business Models , Marketing , Mobility
...sers' attention. We wrap up (no pun intended) a tumultuous year filled with the carriers, including AT&T, MetroPCS, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon, investing in intelligent services equipment related to th......rops, but carriers, competitors aren't cashing in * Year in review 2011: Nokia forges alliance with Microsoft as Android dominates * Year in review 2011: Google buys Motorola amid raging patent wars * Year in ... (Read Full Article)
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Report: RIM prepares to name new chairman amid investor pressure
Explore FierceWireless (Jan 3 2012)
...rops, but carriers, competitors aren't cashing in * Year in review 2011: Nokia forges alliance with Microsoft as Android dominates * Year in review 2011: Google buys Motorola amid raging patent wars * Year in ......view 2011: Sprint, Clearwire pick LTE, focus shifts to network size, scope * Year in review 2011: AT&T/T-Mobile deal highlights fight for spectrum * The price of AT&T's failed acquisition of T-Mobile will be bigger ... (Read Full Article)
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2011 in Review, Reviewed: Telco 2.0 News Review
Explore STL Partners (Jan 3 2012) Business Models
...nalyst making a play for attention by predicting Apple will "lose its cool" in 2012. Ars Technica's Microsoft blog expects that 2012 will be a very important year for MS strategically, as many new products are......sagreeing with a re-org that centralises more power in the CEO's office. T-Mobile walks from the AT&T deal with $3bn in cold cash, plus a handsome chunk of AWS 1700MHz spectrum ... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Qualcomm IMS Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Verizon hit with third LTE outage in December
Explore FierceWireless (Dec 29 2011) Mobility
...erizon says LTE network outage fixed * Verizon hit with third LTE outage in December * FCC approves AT&T's $1.93B purchase of Qualcomm's 700 MHz spectrum * MVNO Republic Wireless to go truly unlimited, ......rops, but carriers, competitors aren't cashing in * Year in review 2011: Nokia forges alliance with Microsoft as Android dominates * Year in review 2011: Google buys Motorola amid raging patent wars * Year in ...
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Is Windows Phone's consumer focus killing it?
Explore Ars Technica (Dec 28 2011)
Charlie Kindel, a 21-year Microsoft veteran who left the company in September 2011 to start his own company, described on Monday his vi......a handset like the Samsung Galaxy S II had three "exclusive" releases in the US, as each of Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile had their own minor variation on the same base model (in fact, AT&T has released the handset in no fewer than three different ...
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IPTV vs. Cable - What's the difference?
Explore TELEPHONY Online (Dec 26 2011) Applications
...of multiple Webcasts, I think what Verizon announced with its second generation of FiOS TV and what Microsoft added to its IPTV platform with the integration of Xbox 360 and Xbox Live elevates IPTV above the o...... a big reason why it's important that IPTV continue to evolve and improve -- not to mention deploy. AT&T has fallen behind its own schedule for rolling out U-verse. Verizon's new ...
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Congress, please don’t kill white spaces
...for delivering Super Wi-Fi or white spaces broadband. Readers might recall efforts by Google, Dell, Microsoft and others to create a wireless standard that could be used to deliver long-range fixed wireles......und who could bid on this spectrum or set parameters that would keep the existing spectrum kings of AT&T and Verizon from buying these airwaves. Thus, it might lock up more airwaves in the hands of the ...
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The Things That Made Me Go Hmmm in 2011
Explore No Jitter (Dec 13 2011) Applications
By Zeus KerravalaThe rise of sessions and tablets, Microsoft-Skype, Cisco's new focus, and more. ount=horizontal&lang=en&text=The Things That Made Me Go Hmmm in......disappoint. There were some major news items, including the passing of the legendary Steve Jobs and AT&T announcing the intention to acquire T-Mobile, and then not acquiring them--just to name a couple. B... (Read Full Article)
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Why Entertainment Video Has to Go “Over the Top”
Explore Razorsight (Dec 13 2011) Applications
...mers or people who do not watch much television. Greenfield thinks Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Sony, Twitter, Yahoo or Wal-Mart could be interested. But he also thinks AT&T, Dish Network or Verizon Wireless culd be interested as well. Virtual video distirbutors in 2012? E... (Read Full Article)
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