We’re not sure if we should chalk up Voce as just another MVNO gone belly-up or an incredibly unreliable network operator. You see, the luxury MVNO, leasing AT&T’s spectrum, has apparently ceased all operations on the start of the new month. Voce customers are reporting that they woke up Feb. 1 to find that their…
Into Mobile Voicemail #2: More clothes edition
As requested from the comments of Voicemail #1 and a plethora of user emails, I’m wearing a shirt:
T-Mobile forces SMS text messages on customers, charges customers, sued by customers
It’s one thing for a wireless operator to encourage its subscribers to use SMS text messaging services – the most profitable of wireless services, afterall. But, it’s a completely different (wrong) thing for a wireless provider to force its customer to accept incoming SMS text messages and consequently pay for them. It’s unfortunate, but in…
Mobile social network Mig33’s raises some serious cash to make feature phones more powerful
Mig33 convinced its existing investors — Accel, Redpoint and TVP — to pour out additional money (Series B) along with DCM which lead the deal, into the mobile social network. The company will use the whooping $13.5 million to expand in the U.S. and internationally. Those not familiar should know Mig33 works via dedicated Java-based…
Into Mobile Voicemail #1
I’m trying something new here. Using QiK technology I plan to make a quick and dirty, one shot, zero edit, video podcast recapping what has happened over the past 24 hours. Let me know what you think of episode 1, this one is less than 7 minutes, but blame that on me getting everything setup.
Make your Japanese school girl fantasy come true with just an SMS
Last week several junior and senior high school girls were arrested in Tokyo and Saitama for running a prostitution ring. The girls would send ads out to prospective customers that looked something like this: IkebLURV1700Yukichi2JC1 Deciphering the message is quite simple: Ikeb = Ikebukuro. The neighborhood that the girl is in. LURV = “I will…
Buongiorno puts it’s backing behind Bing
Buongiorno has revealed plans to roll out it’s Mobile Social Networking service (called ‘Bing’) in several countries, including Australia, New Zealand, India, and Indonesia. This is after successful trials in South Africa and Austria, where 380,000 users were sending over 5m messages/week, and registering over 850,000 downloads – impressive numbers! The Java app apparently combines…
Sprint and Clearwire come to terms on WiMAX roaming
Sprint and Clearwire barely started talking to eachother again and it looks like they’re rearin’ to tie the knot. After calling off negotiations, then getting back together again, Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff has announced that Clearwire and Sprint have come to terms on how the two companies will handle roaming customers between their WiMAX networks.…
American Airlines launches mobile website
Jet-setters looking to quickly check in and manage their American Airlines itinerary can rest easy. American Airlines has recently launched a mobile version of their website that allows travelers on-the-go to check their flight status, itinerary, check-in, etc. directly from their mobile phone. Of course, you’ll need access to a web-browser to access the American…
FCC 700Mhz frequency spectrum auction meets $4.6 billion “C” block reserve price – Open Access baby!
With previous anonymous bids (the FCC is keeping bids secret until end of auction) on the coveted 700Mhz “C” block hovering below the $4.6 billion reserve price required to ensure “open access” rules are enacted, we were starting to get a little nervous about giants like AT&T or Verizon Wireless snatching up the spectrum and…