Sprint WiMax Phone Rumors Abound, Carrier Stays Mum (PC World via Yahoo! News)
One thing's for certain: Sprint will introduce a fourth-generation (4G) wireless phone at some point this year. When exactly? The wireless carrier isn't saying, despite ongoing rumors that the official launch will happen next week at the CTIA Wireless trade show in Las Vegas.
Sprint WiMax Phone Rumors Abound, Carrier Stays Mum (PC World)
Sprint may introduce a fourth-generation (4G) wireless phone as soon as next week — at the CTIA Wireless trade show in Las Vegas.
Nexus One from Google Coming to Sprint; Availability Date Announced Soon (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.----Nexus One, the first wireless phone sold through Google™’s web store, is planned for Sprint’s 3G Mobile Broadband Network. Sprint will announce pricing and an exact availability date soon.
NBP: inside the FCC's spectrum revolution (and its problems) (Ars Technica)
In the months preceding the release of the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan , the agency made clear that it wants to broker a huge transfer of licensed spectrum away from the television broadcasting sector and toward the wireless phone/broadband industry. FCC Chair Julius Genachowski has long called for 500MHz of bandwidth to be found in the TV bands and elsewhere ...
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-16 06:31 Telkom makes way for Mondi in JSE Top-40 index (Interactive Investor)
JOHANNESBURG, March 16 (Reuters) - South African paper maker Mondi will enter the Johannesburg JSE's blue chip Top-40 on Friday, replacing fixed-line phone group Telkom , index compiler JSE Limited said on Tuesday. Telkom will be demoted to the mid cap stocks, having lost a major part of its valuation after selling and spinning off its stake in wireless phone group Vodacom Group, its main ...
Ignition device detects alcohol of driver (UPI)
SHIRLEY, N.Y., March 15 (UPI) -- A breath alcohol ignition interlock device measures breath alcohol concentration in vehicles and uses a wireless phone to send the results, a U.S. firm says.
NBP: Broadband for everyone by 2020, but who foots the bill? (Ars Technica)
"Everyone in the United States today should have access to broadband services supporting a basic set of applications that include sending and receiving e-mail, downloading Web pages, photos and video, and using simple video conferencing," opens the chapter of the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan titled "Availability." What would that mean in terms of performance? "An ...
AT&T to sell energy-efficient wireless charger (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
AT&T Inc. is introducing a cell phone charger this spring designed to be more energy efficient by eliminating the so-called phantom use of electricity in standby mode.
Mexico in Need of Investment to Fight Poverty, Carlos Slim Says (Bloomberg)
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s Carlos Slim , who beat Bill Gates and Warren Buffett for the top spot on Forbes magazine’s annual list of richest people, said his country must battle poverty by creating jobs through infrastructure spending.
AT&T wants to plant trees - and kill vampires too! (Market Watch)
Attention AT&T customers: The company wants you to give up monthly paper bills. Oh, and buy its new vampire-killing phone charger, too.
