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Towers of babble: Sprint probably ISN’T buying T-Mobile
Bloomberg reported today that Sprint is in talks to buy T-Mobile, the U.S. wireless division of Deutsche Telekom, according to the usual unnamed sources. As a result, shares of both companies are...
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Will AT&T buying T-Mobile make jailbroken and unlocked iPhones finally legal?
So AT&T is buying T-Mobile USA for $39 billion in a deal that makes perfect sense if you are an RF engineer or a fat-cat telco tycoon, but my question is what happens to all the jailbroken and...
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AT&T needs T-Mobile most for its WiFi
In the 36 hours or so since AT&T and Deutsche Telekom announced that the American carrier would be buying the U. S. subsidiary of the German phone company, there has been plenty of speculation...
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Ivan the Terrible?
If you were Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg, faced with suddenly becoming the number two mobile phone company in America following an AT&T/T-Mobile merger, what would you do? You could try to buy...
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MotoGoogle
Driving Miss Sadie Last week I announced that I’m planning my own Android phone and the next thing you know Google does the same thing! Coincidence? I think not. Our motivations are somewhat...
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Mobile Carriers Are Trying To Control Your Texting
Who owns your telephone number? According to Section 251(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, you own your number and can move it to the carrier of your choice. But who owns your texting phone number?...
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Will AT&T buying T-Mobile make jailbroken and unlocked iPhones finally legal?
So AT&T is buying T-Mobile USA for $39 billion in a deal that makes perfect sense if you are an RF engineer or a fat-cat telco tycoon, but my question is what happens to all the jailbroken and...
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AT&T needs T-Mobile most for its WiFi
In the 36 hours or so since AT&T and Deutsche Telekom announced that the American carrier would be buying the U. S. subsidiary of the German phone company, there has been plenty of speculation...
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Ivan the Terrible?
If you were Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg, faced with suddenly becoming the number two mobile phone company in America following an AT&T/T-Mobile merger, what would you do? You could try to buy...
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MotoGoogle
Driving Miss Sadie Last week I announced that I’m planning my own Android phone and the next thing you know Google does the same thing! Coincidence? I think not. Our motivations are somewhat...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mobile Carriers Are Trying To Control Your Texting
Who owns your telephone number? According to Section 251(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, you own your number and can move it to the carrier of your choice. But who owns your texting phone number?...
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What yesterday’s Apple satellite announcement really means
I took the summer off to move with my family from California to Virginia, thus escaping the inevitable fires of doom. I deliberately left my Apple/Globalstar column up so it would be still staring at...
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