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BusinessWeek
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The world's most sophisticated users of wireless technology may be unimpressed by Apple's high-tech gadget
The Japanese fell for the iPod. So why should they not embrace the iPhone, too? It's tempting to think that Japan's love affair with Apple's (AAP..
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BBC News
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Google has announced it is in the running for a slice of the US airwaves that would allow it to launch a nationwide wireless internet network.
Part of the spectrum, called the C Block, is being sold by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in..
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BusinessWeek
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The cellular provider's Any Apps announcement is both surprising and perhaps inevitable as the industry moves closer to open access
A move by Verizon Wireless to let customers use a broader range of cell phones and wireless features on its network was..
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BusinessWeek
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The king of search will bid alone at January's auction of wireless airwaves, but it's likely to need a partner to develop a network
Google is readying plans to make a big showing in a coming auction of wireless airwaves. And contrary to recent speculat..
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BusinessWeek
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Sprint and Clearwire have broken off plans to develop a national wireless network. Is it curtains for WiMAX?
For a time, it looked like there was no stopping WiMAX, a form of wireless broadband that can blanket whole cities for less than rival technolo..
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New York Times
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Saying it had the right to block “controversial or unsavory” text messages, Verizon Wireless has rejected a request from Naral Pro-Choice America, the abortion rights group, to make Verizon’s mobile network available for a text-message program.
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BusinessWeek
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Steve Jobs & Co. consider joining the FCC's auction of wireless spectrum, and a win would give Apple many intriguing options—for the iPhone and more.
Talk of the government's pending auction of valuable wireless spectrum has focused largely on one in..
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The Register
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Google is flirting with yet another effort to offer unfettered internet access over American airwaves, and as usual, it's facing endless back-and-forth with the FCC.
Last Thursday, the world's largest search engine sent a note to the good ol' Federal C..
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The Register
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Why did the FCC give a failing grade to a controversial Microsoft prototype that sends high-speed Internet signals over unused television airwaves? It was broken. At least, that's the word from Microsoft.
As we reported earlier today, on July 31 the Fe..
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FOX News
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The FCC approved rules Tuesday intended to give people greater choice when it comes to their cell phones and wireless devices following completion of a pivotal airwaves auction next year.
The vote clears the way for the auction of the current analog br..
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CNN
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Two people have been arrested and cautioned for using someone else's wireless Internet connection without permission, known as "piggy-backing," police said on Wednesday.
The practice, which sharply divides Internet users, has been fueled by the rapid g..
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BBC News
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The tangle of cables and plugs needed to recharge today's electronic gadgets could soon be a thing of the past...
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MSNBC
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A U.S. government auction of wireless airwaves ended on Tuesday raising a record $19.59 billion, but winners of the valuable spectrum were not immediately identified.
Analysts view Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications Inc. and Vo..
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MSNBC
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Verizon Wireless introduced an unlimited calling plan for $99.99 a month on Tuesday, a move that was quickly matched by AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA and weighed down stock prices for all U.S. mobile carriers.
Verizon Wireless was apparently the first..
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MSNBC
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Wireless industry players place their bets on the future during the four-day Mobile World Congress opening Monday in Barcelona, laying stakes on the next big thing with new product launches, services and alliances.
Is wireless broadband beamed into you..
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BusinessWeek
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With a burst of bids, the FCC's latest wireless auction will be its most profitable ever—and a mobile network open to any device or service is a virtual certainty
A sudden spurt of bidding has turned what was shaping up as a bust into the most robust..
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BusinessWeek
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As bidders watch their capitalizations melt, they may downsize their plans for the FCC's wireless spectrum auction
The bidding for a valuable new chunk of wireless airwaves the federal government is selling was expected to raise $15 billion—or more m..
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BusinessWeek
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The FCC's auction of wireless spectrum is swarming with participants, some of which you might not expect—including Chevron and Vulcan's Paul Allen
U.S. government auctions of wireless spectrum always attract plenty of established telecoms as well as..
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BusinessWeek
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Asia's wireless operators are looking to the U.S. market. Their experience in mobile data services could pay off stateside
Masaki Yoshikawa employs 80 people in an office on Manhattan's Park Avenue. All told, they serve only a few thousand customers, m..
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BusinessWeek
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AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and other big cellular carriers are dragging their feet on approving services that could compete with their own
Even as the wireless industry chants a new gospel about opening mobile-phone networks to outside devices and applica..
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