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Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:15 am
With Hurricane Katrina headed toward the Gulf Coast region, Verizon Wireless has mobilized its emergency operations teams to ensure reliable wireless phone coverage before, during and after the storm for residents and local emergency agencies.
Local efforts include:
- Pre-arranging fuel delivery to the company's network switching facilities in Baton Rouge and Covington, and to generators at permanent cell sites to keep the network operating at full strength even if power is lost for an ext... [Continue reading Verizon Wireless Prepares for Hurricane Katrina]
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Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:46 am
Most people have one technology tool they can't live without. For financial executives, it's the cell phone. In a nationwide survey of chief financial officers (CFOs), cell phones topped the list as the most indispensable portable technology device, with 44 percent of the response. Laptop computers came in close second, cited by 39 percent of executives polled.
Similar surveys in 2002 and 1999 also found the cell phone to be CFOs' tool of choice, as 46 percent and 51 percent of respondents, r... [Continue reading Bosses Can't Live Without Cell Phones]
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Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:42 am
Centennial Communications today announced that it has entered into a new long-term roaming agreement with T-Mobile USA, Inc.
"We're excited to provide an enhanced GSM customer experience in our U.S. markets," said Michael J. Small, Centennial's chief executive officer. "Historically, we've had only a limited roaming relationship with T-Mobile USA, and we look forward to a valuable long-term partnership with this national wireless carrier. The impact of this roaming agreement was considered wh... [Continue reading T-Mobile Expands Network Coverage through Roaming Agreement]
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Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:37 am
Samsung Electronics today announced that it is sampling Gigabyte (GB) MultiMediaCards (MMCs) with customers: 1GB and 2GB MMC plus cards, and the industry's first 1GB MMC mobile card. The higher densities and faster speeds of Samsung's Version 4.1 memory cards will allow consumers to gain higher performance from advanced mobile consumer devices, such as mobile phones, digital still cameras (DSCs), PDAs, MP3 music players and PMPs (portable multimedia players).
The new cards are capable of tran... [Continue reading Samsung Adds GB Densities to MMC Line-Up]
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Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:35 am
The communications industry has returned to profitability but developments in Internet technology are challenging the role and business model of traditional telecoms companies, creating pressures for a new approach to industry regulation, according to the OECD's Communications Outlook 2005.
The growing popularity of Internet telephony, or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), threatens the fixed-line revenues of traditional carriers, especially for international calls, the OECD report conclude... [Continue reading VoIP to Threaten Cell Phones]
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Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:16 pm
The Associated Carrier Group (ACG), an alliance of independent tier two and tier three CDMA wireless carriers, and Kyocera Wireless Corp., a leading global manufacturer of CDMA wireless phones and devices, today announced the domestic debut of the highly-anticipated Kyocera Slider Remix KX5 wireless phone. The feature-rich, music-enabled handset is exclusively offered for a limited time by the recently united ACG, and is also the first phone offered by the alliance.
"By forming the ACG allian... [Continue reading ACG First to Debut Kyocera KX5 Slider Remix]
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Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:58 am
The number of aggregate digital images captured per month continued to grow another 18 points in 2005, largely driven through cheaper flash memory card prices and increased capacities, IDC found in a new study of U.S. digital camera owners' usage habits. As a result, the total number of average monthly prints is expected to increase by 29% in 2005. However, printing behavior is changing with home printing continuing to decline in favor of retail locations.
"Variability in printing behavior is... [Continue reading Consumers Favor Printing Photos at Retail Stores]
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Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:52 am
The CDMA Development Group (CDG) reported today that the number of CDMA2000 (3G) subscribers grew by 17 million in Q2 2005 to reach 185.6 million worldwide. In the first six months of 2005, CDMA2000 added more than 39 million new users and 73 million since June 2004. In addition, the CDG announced that CDMA is growing at a rate of 27% annually and garnered 13.6 million new users in the last quarter and close to 58 million in the past year, bringing the worldwide CDMA subscriber base to more than... [Continue reading CDMA Expands by 27% Over the Last Year]
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Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:47 am
Yankee Group today revealed the results of the 2005 European Mobile User Survey. The results show that price has established itself as the number-one criteria for selecting a mobile service provider. However, advanced mobile data services are becoming more popular and will ultimately drive market leadership. Young people spark data adoption rates with more than one-third of 18 to 24 year olds spending 5 euros or more per month on data services.
Additional compelling findings from the Yankee G... [Continue reading Data Services Will Drive the Mobile Market in Europe]
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Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:41 am
Worldwide mobile phone sales totaled 190.5 million units in the second quarter of 2005, a 21.6 percent growth from the same period last year, according to Gartner, Inc. In the second quarter of 2005, the mobile phone market experienced the second strongest quarter on record (in the fourth quarter of 2004 worldwide sales surpassed 195.3 million units).
"All the regions recorded growth this quarter apart from Japan that saw a small decline in demand compared to the second quarter in 2004," said... [Continue reading Nokia and Motorola Account for Nearly 50% of Worldwide Sales]
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