T-Mobile USA's merger with MetroPCS, announced early Wednesday, promises to create the "leading value" wireless carrier in the U.S., according to officials from both companies. Their claim is based primarily on the premise that the merger ...
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BT has revealed it is making its One Voice app globally available, encouraging users to make calls on their smartphones via their corporate virtual private network (VPN). Initially launched in the Asia-Pacific region, the app runs on ...
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UK users download the most data on their mobiles, according to a new report from UK telecoms regulator Ofcom. The International Communications Report for 2011 compared 17 countries around the globe, but found the average 424MB download by ...
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Mobile operators are rapidly adopting new network software, called EPC (Evolved Packet Core), that will give them more control over service quality but also new tools for metering data usage. EPC is the next generation of software for ...
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MetroPCS said late Tuesday it had launched a commercial voice-over-LTE service, claiming a win in the international race for the next generation of mobile voice. The fifth-place U.S. carrier said it was making VoLTE-capable phones ...
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The Japanese government on Wednesday hosted a panel in Tokyo on allowing emergency "911" calls to be placed through social networks such as Twitter during natural disasters. The national Fire and Disaster Management Agency held the event ...
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Samsung remained the most popular phone maker in the U.S. in the third quarter, but Apple is slowly closing in, the latest comScore MobiLens report finds. With a couple of successful smartphones under its belt this year, such as the ...
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Apple today unveiled the iPhone 5, the newest entrant into its smartphone line-up. The iPhone 5 has a larger screen than its predecessors and support for high-speed LTE wireless networks. All of Apple's phones so far have had ...
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Orange has launched an application that gives mobile users free international calls and could prove to be a potential rival to Skype. The voice over IP-based Libon app is designed for the Apple iOS mobile platform, with a Google Android ...
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Web usage on Research In Motion(RIM)BlackBerrys accounts for just one per cent of mobile traffic data,representing a 25 per cent drop since September 2011.The figures come from online ad network Chitika following research into mobile market ...
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Orange today launched a new application called Libon, enabling users to make calls and send texts for free. Initially just for iOS, but with an Android version due in the first quarter of 2013, the application can be used by customers of ...
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Anyone who finds it hard to believe that the average U.S. mobile subscriber sent 696 text messages per month in the second quarter of this year may be relieved to know that this figure fell to 678 per month in the third quarter. It was ...
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IDG News Service-Marten Pieters,MD&CEO,Vodafone Essar,says IT has helped the company serve more customers,conquer rural India,and make Vodafone India's second largest mobile service provider. CIO:What do you think of the low tariff rates ...
The U.S.Federal Aviation Administration is taking a new look at the use of portable electronics on airplanes,seeking public comments starting this week and forming a government-industry group to study when smartphones,tablets and other ...
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Sony began sales today of unlocked versions of its Xperia NXT series of smartphones in the U.S., with prices ranging from $299.99 to $559.99. The three Android 2.3 smartphones -- the Xperia S, Xperia P and Xperia U -- all work over HSPA ...
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