Archive for December, 2009

FCC Not Satisfied with Verizon’s ETF Explanation

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Mignon Clyburn, a member of the Federal Communications Commission, has called Verizon's official response to the FCC's query into the companies' recently revised early termination fees "unsatisfying" and "troubling." In November, Verizon Wireless doubled the ETFs for advanced devices ...

FCC Moving Forward with Spectrum Reallocation Plan

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

The Federal Communications Commission is more seriously considering reclaiming certain bands of spectrum from television broadcasters and making it available to entities willing and able to operate wireless broadband networks. The spectrum reallocation effort will be bundled into the ...

Video Tour: Nokia 2330

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Nokia is offering its entry-level 2330 monoblock phone through both AT&T and T-Mobile. The 2330 is simple, but has style and comes with a decent camera and Series 40.

Two Kyocera Phones Launch with MetroPCS

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Today Kyocera announced the availability of both the Laylo and Domino from MetroPCS. The Laylo is a slider with a 1.3 megapixel camera, mirror and Bluetooth 2.0. The Domino is a candy-bar phone, also with Bluetooth 2.0. Both have ...

RIM Blames Outage on Messenger Update

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

BlackBerry users in North and South America experienced an interruption in their services on December 22, making it impossible to communicate via BlackBerry Messenger and delaying email delivery. Phone calls and SMS features weren't disabled. RIM said in a ...