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- Wal-Mart said to sell iPhones for holidays
In a move that analysts say hints at Apple's mulling whether to offer a lower-priced, lighter-featured iPhone, the company will reportedly sell the devices in an undetermined number of Wal-Mart outlets this month. "One of the key things Apple needs to do to drive broader iPhone adoption is to build a more complete product line" with low-end, mid-range and high-end products, said Shaw Wu, an analyst for Kaufman Bros., in a research note. Bloomberg
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- "Sprint 4G" new face of CDMA/WiMAX offerings
With the "Xohm" brand officially gone, Sprint Nextel said it would market products and services derived from its national WiMAX venture with Clearwire at its stores under the "Sprint 4G" brand, and expects to begin selling CDMA/mobile WiMAX modems in Baltimore by year-end. Sprint will act as a MVNO in its deal with Clearwire, which last week established its own WiMAX service under the "Clear" brand. RCR Wireless News
(12/5)
- Developers offered unlocked Android G1 phone
Google is hoping to spur cell phone developers' creative juices by selling them an unlocked Android G1 handset for $399 that can work with any SIM and includes a system image fully compatible with the operating system. To accommodate demand, Google's Android Open Handset Alliance Project -- which should also prove a boon to developers who don't live in a T-Mobile service area -- is limiting sales of the Android Dev Phone 1 to one per customer. I4U News
(12/6), CNET
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- U.S. Cellular subs gain easy access to coupons
U.S. Cellular is offering its customers mobile access to local, regional and national coupons thanks to a deal with Cellfire. The mobile carrier is offering the coupon service via its easyedge To Go, nWeb browser, and its new Mobile Browser. IntoMobile
(12/5)
- Carphone Warehouse founder, director resigns
David Ross, the co-founder of Carphone Warehouse, has resigned as a director after using millions of his shares as collateral for personal loans and keeping the information to himself. Ross, who owns 19.4% of the U.K.-based retailer's shares, said he was not in default on any loans and had no intention of selling any shares. BBC
(12/8)
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- Nokia Siemens lands Tata contract for Indian GSM network
India's Tata Teleservices has tapped Nokia Siemens Networks as one of its "main vendors" for its proposed national GSM network, NSN said, adding, without disclosing any financial details, that it expected the work to last five years. Other than managed services, NSN said the deal included such services as network planning, project management, network rollout, systems integration and local supplies across Tata's network. Cellular-News.com (U.K.)
(12/8)
- Intel sensors can power phones from "free" sources
Intel has made strides in discovering how to harvest "free" energy from the environment through tiny sensors and use them to power personal consumer-electronics products such as cell phones. Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner said the company did not view marketing the technology as practical in the near future, but more as an avenue to study how sensors can harvest energy on a wider range of devices. Techworld (U.K.)/IDG News Service
(12/8)
- Truphone software gives iPod Touch its voice
Developers have given iPod Touch the ability to make phones calls and send messages under a Wi-Fi freeware application that is based on technology Truphone made for smartphones and iPhones. Truphone, which said it would soon add instant messaging as well as the ability to use wireline phones to the software program, has joined a line of companies offering VoIP-based services, including Skype and Unlicensed Mobile Access. BBC
(12/6)
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- Despite savings, executives still wary of FMC
IT executives have yet to embrace so-called "fixed-mobile convergence" technology, part of the trend toward unified-communications services that is designed to eliminate costs and simplify the lives of enterprises that need to keep their office networks linked seamlessly with the legion of mobile devices employees hold in the field. "You have to compromise on which handsets you can use, on which PBX systems are supported or not supported, you can't mix and match Wi-Fi gear, or the Wi-Fi vendor hasn't implemented the 802.11r fast-roaming standard, or the phone features the vendor supports aren't the ones you specifically need," commented ABI Research Vice President Stan Schatt. Network World
(12/8)
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- Obama sees broadband expansion as part of economic recovery
In a radio and Web address over the weekend, President-elect Barack Obama promised a broadband expansion during his administration. Pointing out that the U.S. ranks 15th in the world in terms of broadband adoption, Obama said "every child should have the chance to get online, and they'll get that chance when I'm president." Broadcasting & Cable
(12/7)
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December WOW -- Wireless and the Holiday Season
The December edition of WOW is focused on showing you some new wireless initiatives that can help you celebrate the holiday season in a much safer fashion as well as some tried and true initiatives that help you give to your fellow man. We also will feature two interviews: one with Ed Evans from Stelera Wireless discussing how the digital divide is being bridged in rural Texas and the second with Cyriac Roeding showing how wireless is having a profound social and economic effect all over the world. Click here to watch WOW now!
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