Following in Verizon Wireless’s footsteps, AT&T and Frontline (and a handful of smaller companies) are appealing the FCC’s auction rules for the upcoming 700Mhz frequency spectrum auction in January. The petition is an appeal to the FCC to remove some stipulations to the auction that is seen as “an extreme penalty,” according to AT&T’s petition.…
AT&T preparing to upgrade 3G network with faster upload speeds
While iPhone owner’s are still working with the EDGE upgrades that AT&T rolled out to make EDGE-speeds more bearable (and surveys seem to indicate that iPhone owners are happy with the iPhone’s EDGE data speeds), AT&T is preparing to rollout an upgrade to its 3G network. President of AT&T network services, Richard Burns, told Reuters…
Push-It Alert provides users with real-time access to web content on the go
There was an interesting service presented at DEMOfall these days called Push-It Alert. The main idea behind is to dynamically format web content and push it towards mobile phone users. However, Push-It Alert doesn’t return regular WAP or XML pages — it relies on “call through” capabilities. Their idea is to offer an API to…
GMail Mobile service updated
Google has announced an update of its GMail mobile web site. Now users can chose between AJAX and AJAX-less version for accessing their Gmail accounts via mobile web browsers and do much more with their email while on the go. For instance, the new version allows such actions as adding links to some of your…
MySpace announces free, ad-supported mobile phone
The uber-popular (at least as far as a spam-infested, pseudo-wannabe-celebrity-populated social network can be…Facebook anyone?) social network has just announced a new mobile version for MySpace-branded mobile phone for MySpace junkies. It looks like MySpace will be joining the likes of Google in bringing an ad-supported mobile phone to market. Adding to the premium subscription…
AT&T Smart Limits taken down – parental controls put kids in danger
When is a parental control system for mobile phones actually more harmful than helpful? Well, when a system blocks call-backs from 911, we’d say it does a lot more harm than good. It turns out that the recently launched AT&T Smart Limits service did more than give parents extra control over their kids’ wireless usage,…
Disney Mobile may be looking to quit the MVNO-game, surprise surprise
The MVNO business is tough, there’s no doubt about that. These days, it seems that most MVNO startups out there are either folding up or barely staying afloat, and it seems Disney’s own wireless venture, Disney Mobile, is in that same boat. According to Silicon Alley Insider, Disney CFO Thomas Staggs hinted, at a recent…
Jott keeps you safe while driving; Eliminates the texting while driving problem
Although many of us have been using SMS while driving — and some of us keep doing so — we all know it’s a dangerous thing to do. Now, there’s the new service which promises to eliminate the mentioned problem. Their idea is pretty logical and involves using a person’s voice instead of thumbs. All…
Google might be considering bidding on UK wireless spectrum auction – keyword here is “might”
We love rumors and hearsay, they’re the frosting to our mobile-phone-cake. And this new rumor is about as speculative as frosting gets (wait, what?). It seems that Ofcom’s announcement that they will be auctioning off part of the UK’s 900Mhz wireless frequency spectrum has fired up the rumor mill, via The Guardian. Ofcom is planning…
Virgin Mobile USA launches 3jam multi-person SMS service
Even though Virgin Mobile USA is just an MVNO and does not have its own infrastructure, it keeps adding some very cool and innovative services to its offering. Lately they’ve partnered with 3jam to provide their users with multi-party text-messaging service. This is the first time a carrier has brought such service to allow more…