June 2, 2010 at 5:53 a.m.
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An AT&T kiosk at a mall in Peabody, Mass. AT&T Inc. will stop letting new customers sign up for its unlimited Internet data plan for smart phones and iPads. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, file)
Associated Press | In time for the widely expected launch of a
new iPhone model, carrier AT&T Inc. is pulling in the reins on data usage by its customers with smart phones and iPads.
The sole U.S. carrier of the iPhone is introducing two new data plans, starting June 7, with limits on data consumption. They’ll replace the $30 per month plan with unlimited usage that it has required for all smart phones, including the iPhone.
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Reuters | Four of five U.S. broadband users are unaware of the
speed of their connections, the Federal Communications Commission said
Tuesday.
A similar survey conducted by Abt/SRBI and Princeton Survey Research
Associates International from April 19 to May 2 also found that one in
six American mobile phone users have been shocked by surprise fees and
charges in their monthly bills.
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By Wailin Wong | Motorola Inc. has sweetened the terms of the employment agreement for
co-Chief Executive Greg Brown, increasing the value of stock awards he
will receive when the company completes its planned separation into two
independent businesses.
Motorola has targeted the first quarter
of 2011 for the split, with Brown leading the enterprise mobility and
networks business, which makes network infrastructure, as well as
communications gear for public safety agencies and businesses. Co-CEO
Sanjay Jha will lead the other company, comprising mobile phones and
cable television set-top boxes.
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From Information Week | Comments by Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha at an investor conference suggest the company may release this year an Android-based tablet computer 7- to 10-inches in diameter that would be a companion to a TV.
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Dow Jones Newswires-Wall Street Journal | Motorola Inc. has
reached a deal with Verizon Wireless to ensure some of its upcoming
smartphones will be heavily promoted by the largest U.S. carrier, a big
boost as Motorola tries to turn around its struggling handset business.
The new phones are a key test for Motorola co-Chief Executive Sanjay
Jha, who needs to demonstrate he can deliver a string of winners and
reverse losses as he tries to prove his mobile devices division can be
a stand-alone business.
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By Wailin Wong | AT&T said it has largely resolved an outage for subscribers of its U-verse Voice services. “Service has been restored for most U-verse Voice customers impacted by an earlier equipment issue,” AT&T spokeswoman Amy Grundman said in an e-mailed statement. “We continue work to restore service for a small number of customers still impacted.”
The company did not say how many customers were affected or how widespread the service disruption was, but online users of AT&T’s U-verse forums were reporting that the outage was nationwide. Subscribers to U-verse broadband Internet and television service did not appear to experience disruptions.
By Wailin Wong
| Google generated $3.2 billion for Illinois businesses in 2009, the
search engine said Tuesday as part of a nationwide announcement about
the company’s impact on state economies.
The publication of the “Google’s Economic Impact” report marks the first
time the company has released this kind of data. Google calculated its
figures by estimating the profits businesses derive from advertising though the
search engine.
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May 24, 2010 at 10:57 a.m.
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Telecommunications,
Wireless
By Wailin Wong
| Motorola said Monday it is exploring potential locations for the
headquarters of its mobile phone and cable set-top box business, which
is slated to be split off from the rest of the company next year.
“If Mobile Devices and Home make the decision to relocate its
headquarters, this would affect less than 200 people and would not occur
in 2010,” the company said in a statement.
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May 24, 2010 at 8:09 a.m.
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Computers,
M&A,
Software,
Telecommunications
Associated Press | IBM Corp. said Monday that it is buying
AT&T Inc.’s Sterling Commerce unit, which makes software that helps
businesses buy and sell to each other, for $1.4 billion.
The deal would be IBM Corp.’s largest acquisition since it bought
business software maker Cognos in 2008.
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May 21, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
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Telecommunications
Associated Press | AT&T is raising the fee it charges buyers
of the iPhone and other smart phones if they break their two-year
contracts. Starting June 1, those buyers will have to pay $325 for
breaking their contract, up from $175 currently. For buyers of regular
phones, the fee is being decreased by $25 to $150.
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Associated Press | Federal regulators have approved Google
Inc.’s $750 million acquisition of the mobile ad service AdMob despite
worries that the deal will enable Google to extend its dominance of
Internet marketing into the nascent field of wireless devices.
The Federal Trade Commission said Friday that its antitrust concerns
were overshadowed by Apple Inc.’s push into the $600 million mobile
advertising market in the U.S.
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Reuters | BlackBerry smartphones are firmly attached to the belt
loops of most business travelers, but there are signs Apple’s trendy
iPhone is making inroads into board rooms and offices.
Drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc has begun iPhone trials with some senior
executives and British bank Standard Chartered has given its corporate
BlackBerry users the option of switching to the iPhone, a move that
could result in thousands of bankers switching to the Apple device for
business on the go.
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May 20, 2010 at 11:51 a.m.
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Internet,
Telecommunications
By Jessica Guynn |
Google Inc. said the latest versions of its Android phones will run
faster, have more advanced capabilities and serve as Wi-Fi hotspots for
other devices. The Internet giant made the comments Thursday at its San
Francisco developers conference, where it touted the fast adoption of
smartphones powered by its software.
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May 19, 2010 at 7:43 a.m.
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Telecommunications
Dow Jones Newswires | Global sales of mobile handsets surged 17
percent in the first quarter driven by rising demand for smartphones
that also saw Research In Motion Ltd. and Apple Inc. grow market share
at the expense of Nokia Corp., IT research firm Gartner Inc.’s latest
market survey showed Wednesday.
Apart from smartphones, a rise in sales of cheaper, unbranded whitebox
handsets in some emerging markets such as India, also helped drive
mobile phone sales in the quarter, according to the research firm.
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May 18, 2010 at 8:45 a.m.
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Sanjay Jha, co-CEO of Motorola and CEO of Motorola Mobile Devices, speaking in San Francisco in 2009. Some of Motorola’s smartphones will now feature TV apps. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
By Wailin Wong | New applications for watching television shows and reading books are coming to the Android mobile operating system.
QuickPlay Media Inc. said PrimeTime2Go, a monthly mobile TV
subscription service, is now available on a small number of Motorola
devices, including the Cliq at T-Mobile and the Droid at Verizon
Wireless. More Motorola Android phones will be enabled for the service
in the “coming months,” QuickPlay said in a Tuesday statement.
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