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BUSINESS / NEWS Fri May 23, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Larry Page presses the FCC to make slivers of wireless spectrum available for unlicensed public use, as opposition mounts Google co-founder Larry Page made a rare trip to Washington this week. No, he wasn't lobbying for net neutrality or being grilled.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu May 1, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

BusinessWeek -- The telecom equipment maker has been hurt by a weak dollar and a lack of competitiveness in wireless. But the outlook for the sector overall is stronger In an industry buffeted by slowdown, Alcatel-Lucent may be taking more than its share of lumps... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Feb 21, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Verizon Wireless offers unlimited calls for $100 a month, others follow suit, and Wall Street shudders at the prospect of a price war As a communications consultant, Carlyn Taylor knows her way around a wireless bill. So when her mobile-phone provider,.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Jun 18, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

FOX News -- NASCAR filed a $100 million counter claim against AT&T Inc. on Sunday, accusing the wireless provider of interfering with its exclusive sponsorship agreement with rival wireless company Nextel. The suit also asks that NASCAR be granted the right to kic.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Jun 5, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

BusinessWeek -- With a Verizon-Alltel deal, the wireless industry is poised for a new round of mergers—and declining competition Verizon Wireless is close to buying Alltel in a $28 billion deal that would create the nation's biggest cell phone provider with more tha.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed May 21, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Angry consumers are filing lawsuits against wireless companies, reflecting a wave of discontent with new, mostly Web-focused, services Consumer grievances against wireless companies are taking on a new dimension. For more than a decade, mobile-phone cu.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Apr 21, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Critics charge that the auction helped AT&T and Verizon Wireless solidify their industry dominance. Some call for tighter regulation As far as Kevin Martin is concerned, the government's recent auction of wireless airwaves that fetched a record $19.12.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Apr 3, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Companies are introducing services with new ways for consumers to buy, sell, and carry out other transactions using wireless handsets Western Union just wanted a way to make it easier for immigrants in the U.S. to remit funds to relatives abroad. So la.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Apr 2, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

BusinessWeek -- CEO Hesse introduces a new iPhone rival, packaged with unlimited data and calling services, to help reverse the wireless carrier's decline. Is he too late? Sprint Nextel Chief Executive Dan Hesse is becoming his company's biggest pitch man. First he ki.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Mar 31, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

BusinessWeek -- New attitudes among handset makers and carriers are leading to an era of choice In the past few months, the big buzz in the wireless world has been all about openness. Apple (AAPL) is opening up the iPhone to people who want to write their own programs.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Mar 14, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Wireless services in airports, cafés, and hotels are often not encrypted. So user beware You have an hour before your flight, so you log in to the Wi-Fi network at the airport. You look up some stock prices, check your e-mail, pay a couple of bills on.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Feb 29, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- You’ll pay a hefty contract termination fee. Contracts typically last one or two years from the day your phone is activated, but some consumers find they’re in for a much longer period of time because their wireless company automatically renews their.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Dec 5, 2007 @ 9:46am neoform

BusinessWeek -- S&P likes the telecom giant's rising market share in broadband and wireless, and rates the shares strong buy AT&T Inc. (T; recent price, $38) will be hosting an analyst day in New York on Dec. 11, and we expect a positive message will be shared, includ.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Nov 15, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Its purchase of Firethorn, a provider of mobile banking solutions, reflects another step into wireless technologies Qualcomm is branching out. Long one of the leading makers of chips that run cell phones, Qualcomm (QCOM) in recent years has been expand.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Sep 4, 2007 @ 3:52pm neoform

MSNBC -- Discount wireless phone service provider MetroPCS Communications Inc. on Tuesday offered to buy rival Leap Wireless International Inc. in a stock deal valued at about $5.12 billion. MetroPCS, which offers prepaid phone plans, said it would also assume.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Jun 12, 2007 @ 12:11am neoform

BusinessWeek -- CEO Randall Stephenson talks about the challenges of getting the iPhone to market Randall L. Stephenson is the new king of telecom. On June 3 he took over as chief executive of AT&T Inc. (T) from Edward E. Whitacre Jr. Right off the bat, he faces a sti.. Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Fri Mar 23, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

BusinessWeek -- A buyout of the troubled wireless company would be twice as large as any such deal so far. But it could offer tempting financial returns Just a few years ago, a leveraged buyout of a company as big as Sprint Nextel (S) would have been unthinkable. The.. Read More