AirCell isn’t ready to throw in the towel! Just when we thought it was curtains for AirCell and its ambitious goals to provide in-flight wireless service, there’s this new report from the Wall Street Journal that AirCell will be providing in-flight WiFi.
Virgin Mobile USA partners with Yahoo
Just recently Virgin Mobile USA announced a partnership deal with Yahoo, to preload Yahoo’s mobile services to its handsets. Current users with selected phones, will be able to download Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger to their handsets, and use the popular services while on the go. Virgin Mobile USA has around 4.6 millions subscribers. That…
Citibank Gets Into Mobile Banking – Citi Mobile Gives You Account Access On Your Phone
Citibank just announced that they will be extending their online banking system to your mobile phone. The geniuses responsible for Citibank’s mobile technology have released the fumbling Citi Mobile service – which requires users to sign up for the service and download the software onto their phones.
Top 5 Gotta Have Features For Your Mobile Phone
Cellphone options these days are plentiful, to say the least. Trying to find the right combination of form and function can be…well, a trying experience. But what if you could have it your way and make your own cell phone? Why should Steve Jobs get to do whatever he wants in the cell phone industry?…
Mexico City Wants City-Wide WiFi – Forgets Water And Power
Mexico City Mayor Mercelo Elbrad has pushed water and power shortage issues aside to push his new free city-wide wifi initiative. Evidently, this new mayor sees high-speed municipal wireless service as a higher priority than basic services like water and power. Well, whatever, the 8 million thirsty and shower-deprived citizens of Mexico City can still…
Start Your Own MVNO
Look, everyone is tired of hearing you complain about your wireless service. Everyone has a gripe about their wireless carrier, either live with it or do something about it – like start your own wireless operator. Well, more specifically, you should go start your own MVNO (that’s mobile virtual network operator, for the uninitiated). What’s…
WiFiMobile brings cheap VoIP phone calls to the Nokia S60 smartphone users
WiFiMobile launched a Mobile VoIP service for Symbian smartphones enabling users of the select Nokia S60 devices to make free calls to each other over Wi-Fi, or by by utilizing a network operator data plan. With the basic service, users can call other VOIP users completely for free. A premium service is also available that…
Text Message Based Mobile Banking For North America! – Canada
Canada has really been getting all the goodies recently! This time, that other North American country will be getting software-free, text-based mobile banking – another first for the continent. Telus, a leading telecom in the land of the maple leaf, is hooking up with Novato, California-based ClairMail for some mobile-banking bliss.
Video Calling Finally Hits North America – Rogers Canada.
Video calling has hit the shores of North America! What a glorious day…wait, it’s in Canada? Ok, still, it is a big step for NAFTA members, celebration worthy. Canada’s 3G provider, Rogers, is reportedly kicking off this shindig with crazy deals in exchange for 3-years of lock-down. By adding a CDN $5 Vision plan, Rogers…
AT&T Will Upgrade Its High-Speed Network With Faster Upstream Speeds
AT&T’s Kris Rinne, executive vice-president of network planning and architecture, announces that AT&T plans to upgrade its UMTS/HSPA network to enable faster up-link speeds. With HSDPA pushing down-link data at broadband-speeds, AT&T wants to boost their Cingular wireless network’s current UMTS-based up-link speed using HSUPA. The HSUPA software upgrade would enable peak up-link speeds of…