Sprint announced that they will start to offer a GPS and data bundle on their service plans. This would allow subscribers with GPS-enabled cellphones to actually use the feature without an extra heavy surcharge for doing so. Sprint’s Power Vision Navigation pack subscribers will be able to pull down unlimited data and GPS coordinates for…
Broadcom Wants Qualcomm Chips Banned
What’s with all this corporate angst recently? Patent infringement seems to be on everyone’s mind these days. Take Broadcom for example. The Broadcom top exec. Scott McGregor pleaded for the US International Trade Commission to ban imports of cellphones with Qualcomm chips. The issue at hand? What else, another case of patent infringement.
Texas to be among the first to try out Sprint Nextel’s WiMAX network
The initial build-out of Sprint Nextel’s mobile WiMAX network has started. The first market to serve is good ol’ Texas. Citizens of Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin should be able enjoy all the beauty of high-speed WiMAX access somewhere in the first half of 2008. After that, Sprint Nextel will continue to build…