Mobile companies need clearer 3G plans

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Verizon's Fiber Plans Become Clearer

Verizon's Fiber Plans Become Clearer 05/13/2004 06:34 PM
It's no secret that Verizon is betting big on fiber to the home, but more details are starting to come out. Business Week is reporting that they're soon going to TV services over fiber in parts of nine different states either by the end of this year, or early next year. This is (obviously) a move to fight back against cable companies who can already offer the triple play of voice, video and data services. Of course, once the fiber to the home is there it can be used for a lot more than just video. Verizon also expects to offer broadband services up to 30Mpbs, with lower tiered plans around 5 to 15Mbps - and the ability to upgrade speeds much higher. The cable companies say they're not worried because the Baby Bells have said similar things before. Of course, the technology has gotten much better, and Verizon seems fairly serious this time. Still, it's likely that the technology won't live up to it's initial billing and there will be problems. However, at this point they're aiming high enough that even if they're somewhat off the mark, it may be difficult for cable to keep up. What will also be interesting is to see how this higher speed offering eventually ties into their wireless plans through Verizon Wireless. They've been fairly aggressive on that front and it's not hard to see the two converging in some ways.

Game companies tweak online plans

Game companies tweak online plans 05/13/2004 09:21 PM
Game software and hardware companies are cooling on the idea of subscription-based games and instead see big potential in minitransactions.

CSO survey: Companies lack plans in case
of terrorist attacks

CSO survey: Companies lack plans in case
of terrorist attacks 06/09/2004 05:14 PM
A survey of 476 chief security officers and senior security executives by CSO magazine presented mixed results about whether companies are prepared to withstand unconventional attacks.

36% of UK Technology Businesses Still
without Disaster Recovery Plan …with One
in Four Companies Questioned Having No
Immediate Plans to Implement One

36% of UK Technology Businesses Still
without Disaster Recovery Plan …with One
in Four Companies Questioned Having No
Immediate Plans to Implement One 04/04/2005 02:33 AM
Research findings released today by specialist datacentre services company, IXEurope, have revealed that there is still widespread inertia from UK tech firms in putting in place plans that deal with technical or physical threats such as viruses and DDoS attacks. The in-depth research, which polled nearly 100 businesses across the UK, found that as many as 24% of companies have no intention of implementing a DR plan. [PRWEB Apr 4, 2005]

Gullickson Incorporated plans to offer
added services to domestic &
international companies.

Gullickson Incorporated plans to offer
added services to domestic &
international companies. 09/17/2004 02:34 AM
Among the Gullickson Incorporated’s mid and long term goals are plans to offer value added services to domestic & international companies expanding to different areas of the globe. Additionally, it plans to market products such as prepaid calling cards, wireless services, residential and commercial phone service, WI-FI services to the hospitality industry and bandwidth deployment throughout the world. [PRWEB Sep 17, 2004]

Mobile companies start 3G VAT battle

Mobile companies start 3G VAT battle 02/10/2004 06:56 AM
Netimperative Feb 10 2004 10:37AM GMT

Mobile companies to set standards for
Super 3G

Mobile companies to set standards for
Super 3G 01/04/2005 01:00 PM
Computer Shopper Jan 4 2005 4:28PM GMT

Cable Companies And Mobile Solutions...

Cable Companies And Mobile Solutions... 12/29/2004 04:10 PM
The fact that Time Warner is looking to add a mobile phone solution (via an MVNO arrangement) isn't a surprise. They mentioned it in March, confirmed it in June and talked more seriously about it in November. So, it's not entirely clear why everyone is making a big deal out of the fact that the company is now talking to Sprint about using their network. Sprint, of course, has jumped into the MVNO market in a big way, providing the network for most of these new offerings, from Virgin Mobile to the new ESPN mobile phone offering. It's also not surprising that cable companies are looking to add a mobile phone solution -- that too many people are calling a "quadruple play," when it's really more about making the triple play mobile. However, what's more interesting is that it finally appears that other carriers are waking up to the possibilities of the MVNO market. While lots of people picked up on the fact that T-Mobile USA wasn't looking to team up with any other carrier, it didn't receive quite as much attention that part of their strategy to stay relevant is to offer their network to cable companies in an MVNO-style relationship. For all of those who were afraid that the Sprint-Nextel merger was going to mean less competition, the market is rapidly filling up with new companies who are simply using existing networks to offer service. While it does raise questions about the network provider competing with its own virtual operators, it looks like there's still going to be plenty of competition.

Companies Push Security for Mobile
Devices

Companies Push Security for Mobile
Devices 03/22/2005 09:55 PM
A joint offering from Pointsec and Smartner pushes security updates to mobile devices in order to protect data.

Mobile companies argue against 3G
licenses anytime soon

Mobile companies argue against 3G
licenses anytime soon 10/31/2003 04:59 AM
Budapest Business Journal Oct 31 2003 4:07AM ET

Three Companies Hold Mobile Content
Contest

Three Companies Hold Mobile Content
Contest 03/29/2005 11:45 PM
ChinaTechNews.com Mar 30 2005 3:45AM GMT

Mobile companies go into a tizzy, alarm
bells ring for 3G

Mobile companies go into a tizzy, alarm
bells ring for 3G 12/22/2004 01:33 AM
Economictimes Dec 21 2004 10:22PM GMT

Mobile companies team to prevent handset
theft

Mobile companies team to prevent handset
theft 02/10/2004 02:51 AM
The initiative aims to allow operators to track stolen handsets and render them useless, even if the handsets are taken abroad.

Companies team on ubiquitous, secure
mobile/wireless system

Companies team on ubiquitous, secure
mobile/wireless system 04/27/2004 11:54 AM
Users of notebooks and other mobile data devices could benefit from a new chip-card based system offering ubiquitous, secure connectivity between mobile and wireless LAN (WLAN) networks.

Local Phone Companies Want To Block
In-Coming Mobile Calls

Local Phone Companies Want To Block
In-Coming Mobile Calls 08/16/2004 05:00 AM
The telephone system works because the owners of various networks agree to accept calls from other networks. What would happen if one network decided not to accept calls from certain other networks? It looks like folks in (or calling into) Iowa may find out at some point. The East Buchanan Telephone Co-op announced plans to block all calls from mobile phones to its customers, but he Iowa Utilities Board issued a two-week injunction to stop them from actually going through with it. Unfortunately, the AP article on the topic is a little short on details, but some good ones are provided over on the Interesting People list which gives some background on interconnect fees. Basically, what appears to be happening here (which is not at all clear from the AP article) is that the Co-Op in question is not satisfied with the interconnect rates they're receiving, and this is more or less a way for them to go on "strike" until the mobile carriers agree to pay up. Of course, you'd have to believe that the mobile carriers are in a much stronger position, having a lot more cash, and (in general) being somewhat less concerned if calls are getting through to certain landlines in Iowa. Meanwhile, the customers of the phone companies in the co-op would immediately blame their own phone company for blocking perfectly reasonable calls, and may even push them towards competing phone companies. It is a way for the Co-Op to make some noise to try to get the much bigger carriers to settle this business dispute, but they're clearly coming from a much weaker position. Of course, it also seems highly unlikely that regulators would actually let these phone companies block calls for very long, as the last thing they want to do is give other small telcos any ideas that might put up all sorts of walled gardens in the phone system. Of course, this wouldn't really be all that different from the VoIP world, where Adelphia and Frontier were recently (purposely or not) blockin g VoIP calls from AT&T.

Growth, Mortality of T. Rex Gets Clearer

Growth, Mortality of T. Rex Gets Clearer 08/12/2004 12:57 AM
Abcnews.go.com - Wed Aug 11, 09:36 pm GMT

MPEG-4 Becoming Louder, Clearer?

MPEG-4 Becoming Louder, Clearer? 11/25/2002 09:53 AM
FEATURE: A new component that halves the size of digital audio files is up for adoption the MPEG-4 standard but questions about licensing prices and DRM shortcomings still linger.

Clear Channel's Clearer Skies

Clear Channel's Clearer Skies 05/04/2004 04:49 PM
Equities sales juice the numbers again, but there's improvement in the core businesses, too.

Dashboard, Konfabulator differences
becoming clearer

Dashboard, Konfabulator differences
becoming clearer 06/30/2004 04:02 PM
Mac pundit John Gruber has written an excellent overview of the current snafu concerning Apple's new Dashboard and Arlo Rose's Konfabulator...

Updated T-Mobile Sidekick plans

Updated T-Mobile Sidekick plans 12/05/2002 09:51 PM
T-Mobile is now offering a $59.99 plan with 500 Anytime minutes and unlimited weekend and weeknight minutes....

Virgin Mobile Plans First Public IPO
(AP)

Virgin Mobile Plans First Public IPO
(AP) 07/07/2004 01:13 PM
AP - Virgin Mobile Holdings (UK) PLC, Britain's fifth-largest mobile phone company, plans to issue shares to investors for the first time in an offering that would value its business at up to 713 million pounds ($1.32 billion).

Picture is clearer on disc care
(USATODAY.com)

Picture is clearer on disc care
(USATODAY.com) 04/19/2005 06:59 AM
USATODAY.com - The emergence of DVD has spawned a cottage industry of products that grind scratches out of the plastic discs and polish them up like new. The repair industry began in the early 1980s but didn't really take off until movie rental stores needed to fix DVDs that were damaged from frequent use.

Vodafone forces T-Mobile to advance 3G
plans

Vodafone forces T-Mobile to advance 3G
plans 05/05/2004 11:09 AM
DMeurope.com May 5 2004 3:19PM GMT

China Mobile plans 60b yuan 3G capex

China Mobile plans 60b yuan 3G capex 08/19/2004 05:00 PM
The Standard Aug 19 2004 7:03PM GMT

Intel plans for mobile wireless future

Intel plans for mobile wireless future 02/19/2004 08:04 AM
ZDNet UK Feb 19 2004 12:11PM GMT

Virgin Mobile sets out flotation plans
(AFP)

Virgin Mobile sets out flotation plans
(AFP) 07/07/2004 10:59 AM
AFP - Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile set out its plans for a stock market flotation which will value the company at up to one billion pounds (1.50 billion euros, 1.85 billion dollars).

Analyst: AT&T mobile plans could face
hurdles

Analyst: AT&T mobile plans could face
hurdles 05/18/2004 07:23 PM
The phone company's planned cell phone service could have some interoperability problems if it draws on other carriers to create a "mixed" network, an analyst says.

London Underground plans mobile support

London Underground plans mobile support 03/31/2005 09:04 AM
Personal Computer World Mar 31 2005 1:05PM GMT

As cable players clash, a clearer
picture emerges

As cable players clash, a clearer
picture emerges 12/07/2003 07:10 AM
Boston Globe Dec 7 2003 6:08AM ET

Virgin Mobile plans stock market
flotation (AFP)

Virgin Mobile plans stock market
flotation (AFP) 06/30/2004 11:01 AM
AFP - Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile unveiled plans to float on the London Stock Exchange in July.

Microsoft plans to join mobile music
market

Microsoft plans to join mobile music
market 09/10/2004 11:16 AM
It appears Microsoft is yet again following Apple's lead...

Cingular Plans High-Speed Mobile for '05
(Reuters)

Cingular Plans High-Speed Mobile for '05
(Reuters) 06/22/2004 11:04 AM
Reuters - Cingular Wireless wants to move up the timetable for its high-speed Internet service to next year, but it will need to lean on equipment makers to succeed, a top executive told Reuters.

Regulation may slow plans for 3G mobile
network - Vodafone

Regulation may slow plans for 3G mobile
network - Vodafone 08/20/2004 02:25 PM
Marlborough Express Aug 20 2004 5:12PM GMT

Judge Seeks Clearer Market Definition in
DOJ-Oracle Trial

Judge Seeks Clearer Market Definition in
DOJ-Oracle Trial 06/11/2004 01:04 PM
Judge Vaughn Walker asked witnesses for a clearer definition between midmarket and enterprise software customer needs—a definition that goes to the heart of the case.

Operators and labels slam plans for
computer-to-mobile music transfer

Operators and labels slam plans for
computer-to-mobile music transfer 09/16/2004 02:58 PM
New Media Age Sep 16 2004 6:49PM GMT

Mobile phone companies and service
providers working hand-in-hand to lure
users

Mobile phone companies and service
providers working hand-in-hand to lure
users 09/05/2004 09:54 AM
TechTree Sep 5 2004 2:38PM GMT

Research and Markets : 31% of European
Enterprises Have Plans to Roll Out
Mobile Projects Within the Next Two
Years

Research and Markets : 31% of European
Enterprises Have Plans to Roll Out
Mobile Projects Within the Next Two
Years 06/24/2005 03:21 PM
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c19661) has announced the addition of The Enterprise Mobility Market Outlook: Fast growth in mobile solutions, devices, email and security to their offering. [PRWEB Jun 24, 2005]

At least 85 percent of money managed by
Coalition Provisional Authority going to
U.S. companies—not to Iraq
companies, as promised

At least 85 percent of money managed by
Coalition Provisional Authority going to
U.S. companies—not to Iraq
companies, as promised 08/04/2004 05:05 PM
pretty pathetic

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The Mobile Technology Webl0g - "Location
Based Services and all about Mobile
Marketing" - Porn 4 UR Mobile

The Mobile Technology Webl0g - "Location
Based Services and all about Mobile
Marketing" - Porn 4 UR Mobile 03/29/2005 04:35 PM
CARNIVAL OF THE CAPITALISTS .. week's edition

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