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Amber Alerts head to cell phones
May 17, 2005
Nearly a dozen cell phone carriers will start to broadcast missing-children alerts to customers, starting Tuesday.
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Regional carriers offer wireless alternatives
July 11, 2006
To compete against the big guys, smaller carriers are offering special plans that may give customers more flexibility, value.
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Alltel Corp.
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This week in Net telephony
May 20, 2005
Both the FCC and Congress take steps to ensure the availability of 911 to Net phone subscribers. Also: Ambert alerts head for your phone.
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'Push to talk' meets Wi-Fi
August 11, 2004
FCC says cellular carriers are working on extending the walkie-talkie feature to Wi-Fi networks--which could mean to VoIP phones.
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Nextel Communications Inc.
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Verizon Communications
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Treo delay dents Palm earnings
November 27, 2006
Company says results will fall short of estimates because it won't be able to ship its Treo 750 on time in the U.S.
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Cingular Wireless
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Cingular sings along to mobile radio
November 15, 2005
Cell phone carrier has teamed with MobiTV to offer about 40 channels of streaming music.
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AT&T Corp.
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Splitting up with your cell phone carrier
July 6, 2007
Sprint Nextel's breakup with some customers may not be popular, but it could make financial sense.Images: Sprint's Dear John letter
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Western investors eye Russia's wireless market
October 21, 2004
Rapid growth of the country's cell phone market has companies dreaming of a speed-dial to success. But the risks are high.
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Conflicting technologies may stall cell mergers
February 18, 2004
Cingular's planned $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless puts new merger pressure on U.S. cell phone carriers, but incompatible back-end technologies could make it difficult for would-be pa...
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Verizon Wireless brings 3G to more cities
September 22, 2004
Nation's largest wireless carrier says it's leading the race to cover the United States with a third-generation network.
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Cisco to enable advanced wireless services
December 6, 2005
Cisco upgrades its products to offer IMS, enabling wireless carriers to offer services like dual-mode phones, mobile IM, group chat and gaming.
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A virtual vault for personal data
July 20, 2005
EverNote database holds your most valuable documents: It's like a cigar box for data files.
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Faster XML ahead?
March 23, 2005
The W3C is closer to tackling sluggish XML performance, but not everyone agrees with the group's approach.
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QuickTime won't make quick time to cell phones
October 26, 2004
Apple's Frank Cassanova will talk about QuickTime's stealth infiltration of cell phone networks, but not about a rumored wireless iPod.
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Motorola Inc.
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Apple iPod
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server
Year in review: Going mobile, in a big way
December 22, 2006
Mobile services were hot in 2006 as carriers offered people access to everything from music to TV to e-mail.
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Disney Corp.
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ESPN
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BellSouth Corp.
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AT&T Corp.
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Year in review: Price drops make it a TV year worth watching
December 28, 2005
Prices plummeted below $1,000 mark for large plasma TVs, and viewers gained a multitude of avenues to tap into TV content.
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Texas Instruments Inc.
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PC
Liberty Alliance tackles phone privacy
June 20, 2005
Aims to develop spec to keep cell numbers from ring-tone makers and other wireless content providers.
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Vodafone Group Plc.
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Europe
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Will more courts frown on SMS ads?
October 19, 2005
SMS messaging is a popular marketing tool but lawyer Eric Sinrod explains how a recent court ruling could upend it.
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New phones put world in palm of the hand
September 14, 2004
But are they a niche device for business travelers or a bombshell set to rattle the wireless industry?
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Verizon Wireless
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AT&T Corp.
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Samsung Electronics
Handheld market: Rising or falling?
July 29, 2004
Shipments of handhelds were either hot or cold. It just depends on who was doing the counting.
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Gartner Inc.
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RIM BlackBerry
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Research In Motion Ltd.
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Palm Inc.
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