100 Mbps Internet Access? The FCC Wants It To Happen
It looks as though the FCC is looking for a big change when it comes to the speed to and increasing the number of households that would have that access to higher speed internet access. FCC chairman Julius Genachowski recently announced an effort that would target of 100 million households to get 100Mbps internet access [...]
Telcom Carriers Want An Even Bigger Slice
With the success of Apple’s iPhone owed much to their App Store that touts over 100,000 apps available to their customers, many hardware and software providers have taken notice. Research In Motion has the RIM Application Center, Google – the Android Market, Qualcomm, Nokia, Handango and Microsoft to name a few have Mobile Application Stores [...]
1 in 3 Data Breaches From Mobile Devices
According to a recent article in Mobile Enterprise, more than one third of the 45 data breach cases studied by the Ponemon Institute in 2009 had a mobile device or laptop that was either lost or stolen. According to the study, “Data breaches concerning lost, missing or stolen mobile devices are more expensive than other [...]
Individual Liable versus Corporate Liable Phones, You Need To Consider These Six Facts.
Not too long ago I was asked about the pro and cons between corporate liable and individual liable wireless phones and what is the best way for a company to go. Mostly, I get this question because it is a way for a company to control costs and reduce the need to deal with their [...]
Don’t Want To Use Your Minutes? There’s an App For That
In a reversal of Apple’s original policy for blocking any applications such as Google Voice from being able to make phone calls using only the data connection charges from the iPhone carrier AT&T, Apple will allow the iPhone to make VoIP phone over their 3G network by releasing the iPhone SDK which will allow developers [...]
AT&T and Verizon Battle Move Toward Price
If you’ve been watching TV over the last few weeks you’ve no doubt seen the ads where Verizon pokes fun at AT&T and their alleged poor 3G network coverage. In turn, AT&T has been exposing problems that Verizon has with their service platform. Regardless of what happens, the next round seems to address pricing. According [...]
AT&T Security Flaw – Time To Open Your Eyes
We have the tendency to run around giving little thought regarding our private information on a daily basis. Our ATM PIN number is locked in our heads, your child’s birth certificate is in the bank’s security vault, where we keep the secret stash of Ho-Ho’s and Ding Dongs. In all seriousness, according to an AP [...]
This One is Worth Watching Magic Jack To Offer Free Cell Phone Calls
The founder of magic Jack, Dan Borislow the provider of cheap phone over the internet service for consumers is at it again. It looks as though they are looking to hammer your phone bills by using similar technology plugging a small device into a computer, essentially a small cellular tower for you home that would [...]
If You Have a Blackberry on Verizon – Did You Notice Something Change?
If you happen to use a Blackberry Storm 2 on Verizon’s network you just discovered how much control actually have over your choices. Where you could once search via the web using the search box and select search engines such as Google, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia etc. You now only have one choice – Microsoft’s Bing search [...]
Say Goodbye to AT&T’s Unlimited Mobile Data Plans
It was really a matter of time before this happened. The smartphone users with the flat-rate unlimited data plans of AT&T that people have become accustomed to are going to be going away in 2010. AT&T’s 3G network has had it’s pains with it’s network suffering from the increase of traffic primarily from the iPhone, [...]
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