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Mobil Devices: The Explosion Heard 'Round the Globe

Paul Bloom | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Internet Technology, Wireless Carriers, Ibm-Smarter-Computing, Ibm, Mobile Devices, Mobile Technology, Bblog-Ibm7, Smarter Ideas, Technology News
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With more than half the world's population paying to use a mobile phone, and nearly a quarter using the internet, what's next?

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AT&T Gears Up For Rare Antitrust Fight With DOJ

AP | By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: T-Mobile, Wireless Carriers, Justice Department AT&T, Att, Att Antitrust, ATT Justice Department, AT&T T-Mobile Merger, AT&T, Timothy-Geithner, Business, Technology News

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Justice Department's rejection of AT&T's proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA will test new federal guidelines on challenging merger...

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New Bill Could Force Carriers To Come Clean About 4G Speeds

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: 4g Wireless, 4G Network, Wireless Carriers, 4g Speeds, 4g, 4g Bill, 4g Plan, Technology News

Though consumers may be excited about the idea of 4G networks that promise high speeds for wireless access, many of them might not know exactly what i...

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'Like, What's The Difference?': Users Weigh In On AT&T and T-Mobile

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo and Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cell Phones, T-Mobile, Verizon, Wireless Carriers, Dropped Calls, Acquisition, Poll, AT&T, Lily Fisher, Shana Fox, Variety, Ben, Manfred Leon, Jean Carislil, Malu Peoples, Customer Service, Technology News

NEW YORK –- Cell phone users are skeptical of AT&T's claims that their planned$39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile will result in faster service and...

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Prepaid Cell Phone Ban? Terrorism Cited By Senate Lawmakers

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House, Chuck Schumer, Civil Liberties, Senate, Wireless Carriers, Prepaid Cell Phone, Terrorism, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cell Phones, Eff, Politics News

NEW YORK — Alarmed by the use of hard-to-track prepaid cell phones by terror suspects, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and Texas Sen. John Cornyn ha...

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FBI And Cell Phones: Court To Decide If Feds Needs Warrant For Phone Tracking Records

Newsweek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wireless Carriers, Phone Tracking Records, Courts, Federal Government, Warrantless Wiretapping, Fbi, Warrantless Surveillance, Cell Phones, Politics News

The Justice Department is poised this week to publicly defend a little known law enforcement practice that critics say may be the "sleeper" privacy is...

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Are Wireless Carriers Blocking Free Nation-Wide WiFi Network?

Wired | Betsy Schiffman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wireless Carriers, Nation-Wide Wifi, Wifi Wireless Carriers, Wifi, Free Wifi, Business News

The FCC gave a nod to free WiFi on Friday, but it could be a very long time before this mythical free broadband network actually materializes -- and t...

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