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U.S. mobile users unplugging landlines (IT World)
More than one-quarter of mobile-phone users in the U.S. have effectively stopped using their fixed-line phones for voice calls, according to a survey by research company J.D. Power and Associates.
Source: www.itworld.com

T-Mobile Sees Huge Demand For G1 (InformationWeek)
The wireless carrier said it sold out of preorder Android-powered G1s despite tripling the amount of inventory.
Source: www.informationweek.com

GSMA’s mobile broadband sticker (telecomasia.net)
Despite Microsoft’s repeated denials it plans to release a converged Windows Mobile/Zune multimedia-enabled phone, CEO Steve Ballmer revealed in an interview with CIO that the firm plans to adapt the Zune software platform for implementation in the Windows Mobile OS.
Source: www.telecomasia.net

Telstra readies 21Mbps 3G+ in late 2008 (MacNN)
Australian cell carrier Telstra this morning said it was on track to be one of the first providers in the world to use Enhanced HSPA, or eHSPA. Also known as HSPA+, the feature will give peak Internet download speeds of about 21Mbps per second, or about three times the best 7.2Mbps speed on regular HSPA devices. The move is made possible in part by having a new Ethernet-based network backbone …
Source: www.macnn.com

Verizon bets big on network infrastructure (CNET)
While other companies try to scale back the bandwidth their customers use, Verizon is going the other way, spending billions to get people the high-definition content they want everywhere they go.
Source: news.cnet.com

Posted in Broadband Phones on October 6th, 2008
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