Motorola Elects David Dorman, Former Chairman and CEO of AT&T, to Serve as Non-Executive Chairman
April 09 , 2008
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced today that its Board of Directors has elected David Dorman to serve as non-executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Dorman will succeed Ed Zander, the company’s current chairman and former chief executive officer, who will retire as planned upon completion of his term at Motorola’s 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 5, 2008.
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NEW SANYO “PRO SERIES” MOBILE PHONES TO FEATURE NEXTEL DIRECT CONNECT
April 01 , 2008
With two models announced today (PRO-200 and PRO-700), the new “PRO Series” line by SANYO expands Sprint’s portfolio of Nextel Direct Connect devices, adding exciting new designs, advanced technology, and improved productivity features to the lineup. The PRO Series will offer instant call set-up times of less than one second and one to one interoperability with the world's largest established push-to-talk community. These new devices are expected to be available for purchase through the Sprint direct sales force in limited markets later this month, giving customers a wider selection of phones to instantly meet their productivity needs with connection in less than one second to millions of existing Nextel Direct Connect subscribers.
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Sprint Bolsters Industry-Leading BlackBerry Portfolio with Addition of the BlackBerry Curve 8330
April 01 , 2008
The BlackBerry Curve 8330 is the smallest BlackBerry smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard and strikes an attractive balance between functionality, design and usability, giving users access to phone, personal and corporate email, contacts, calendar, tasks, camera, multimedia content, GPS navigation, enhanced Web browsing and other capabilities.
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Verizon Wireless Expands its Moto Q Lineup with The Addition of the Moto Q 9c
March 31 , 2008
Ahead of CTIA WIRELESS 2008, Verizon Wireless, the owner and operator of the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced today the April availability of MOTO QTM 9c, the newest addition to Verizon Wireless' MOTO Q family, that comes equipped with Verizon Wireless' popular VZ NavigatorSM service. Customers may purchase MOTO Q 9c in April store.motorola.com.
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Vendors in battle of mindshare vs. market share
March 28 , 2008
Regional wireless operator Alltel Corp. posted a strong showing in J.D. Power and Associates latest rankings of wireless call quality, taking the sole or partial top spot in three of the report’s six regions.
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FTC approves AT&T-Verizon Wireless asset swap
March 28 , 2008
IThe Federal Trade Commission approved an impending swap of wireless assets between Verizon Wireless and AT&T. The agency gave the carriers early termination of the waiting period required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust law. The swap sees AT&T acquiring some of Rural Cellular's properties, licenses, network assets and subscribers in New York, Vermont and Washington.
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Regionals impressive in latest J.D. Power study
March 27 , 2008
Regional wireless operator Alltel Corp. posted a strong showing in J.D. Power and Associates latest rankings of wireless call quality, taking the sole or partial top spot in three of the report’s six regions.
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Media Alert: ZYTO Corp Text Messaging Scam under Investigation
March 27, 2008
In a recent text messaging scam, selected individuals around the United States have received a text message promoting ZYTO Corp stock (Pink Sheets: ZYTC) and requesting that the recipient purchase its stock. “This type of text message is illegal and ZYTO is not involved in its sending,” said Kami Howard, Chief Financial Officer.
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The iPhone and Social Networks: Fast Friends?
March 27, 2008
Social networking apps are likely to intersect with declining price points for the iPhone, predicts MocoSpace CEO Justin Siegel. "There will be steep adoption of the iPhone when it becomes more affordable," and with that wave of buying will come the availability of second- and third-generation mobile social applications.
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iPhone SDK Downloads Top 100,000
March 12, 2008
Apple® today announced that more than 100,000 iPhone™ developers have downloaded the beta iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) in the first four days since its launch on March 6.
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Top Emerging Global Wireless Markets
March 11, 2008
Multinational mobile operators looking to expanding into new regions will face challenges when entering emerging markets disturbingly similar to those they are currently facing in their home markets.
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Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta
March 6, 2008
Apple® today previewed its iPhone™ 2.0 software, scheduled for release this June, and announced the immediate availability of a beta release of the software to selected developers and enterprise customers.
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Wireless broadband network use on the rise
March 4, 2008
The number of mobile devices accessing the Internet via broadband wireless networking technology grew 154% in the fourth quarter of 2007 compared with the same period in 2006, according to research firm comScore Inc. 2,168,000 mobile devices accessed the mobile web via broadband technology during Q42007 compared with 854,000 in the year earlier period.
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SMS: The little engine that could
March 4, 2008
I’ve always found it odd that carriers charge for voice, charge for data and then charge separately for text messages. Isn’t text data? It’s words after all, from a user’s point of view.
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