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May 31, 2006

Sprint PCS Kicks Off LG Fusic Handset

Sprint, which has certainly been on the rise since the aquisition of Nextel for US$35Billion Last August, has just announced the launce of a new music salient phone driven by the increase in demand for handsets with music capabilities. The LG Fusic will be exclusive to Sprint, and will support Sprint’s music store for over […]

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May 23, 2006

Digicel and VP to Provide Real Tones to the Caribbean

VP Records, the leading record label/distribution company in reggae music, and Digicel, the largest Caribbean Communications provider, have solidified an agreement that will offer music features for Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean.
Subscribers can look forward to adding realtones from their favorite artistes, the biggest hits and the most popular songs, as well as […]

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NTL Virgin Mobile UK Aquisition Details

NTL, the UK based cable operator announced this month to aquire Virgin Mobile UK for $1.68 billion. Virgin Mobile UK is the nation’s largest MVNO (Virgin uses the established T-Mobile network) with a base of 4.3 million customers. Virgin at first declined the sale, however NTL raised their bid earlier this month which led to […]

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MVNO Explained

A Mobile Virtual Network Operator is a company that does not own a licensed frequency spectrum, but resells wireless services under their own brand name, using the network of another mobile phone operator. The first was Virgin Mobile, launched in the United Kingdom in 1999. Although Virgin Mobile is the first recognized MVNO, a similar […]

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May 19, 2006

Sony Ericsson Announces W710i and W850i handsets

The Sony Ericsson W70i is a unique athletic approach to handset design. One of it’s exclusive features is a motion sensor that tracks speed, distance and time. It also includes many health conscious consumer friendly applications that can help improve and track your fitness. Other standard features include;

Quad Band EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
Main display: 176×220 pixel screen […]

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May 5, 2006

Helio Launches Cell Phone Services and Devices

Since the inception of Helio last year by a joint venture with Earthlink and SK Telecom Korea - Their plan to introduce new multimedia geared 3G phones to the U.S. market fully capable of impressing all your cell phone mongering friends.
Helio is an MVNO of Sprint Nextel and uses their wireless infrastructure. However they do […]

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May 2, 2006

Mobile Broadband Pricing On The Decline

With Broadband over mobile devices becoming more of a rage, and to accomodate all the new media applications as well as wireless television. International mobile carriers are dropping thier mobile broadband rates signifigantly.
Vodafone, a New Zeland wireless provider, recently announced a 66% drop in thier mobile data rates - from $ 149-00 per GB to […]

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