by Phillip Redman | September 22, 2009 | 1 Comment
Looks like the FCC, in the next month, is going to mandate net neutrality to all types of Internet access, including cellular networks. In his first major policy speech, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski proposed new rules including that, “the Internet remains an unfettered platform. . . ” meaning service providers will soon be restricted in [...]
Category: cellular Economy FCC Policy Regulation wireless carriers Tags: cellular, FCC, net neutrality, wireless
by Phillip Redman | September 11, 2009 | Comments Off
This week, AT&T announced its plans to allow customers to call a predefined group of numbers, both in and out of the AT&T network where the call won’t count against their buckets of minutes. Called the “A List,” this was in response the Verizon Wireless’s adoption of the “Friends & Family” program earlier this year [...]
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by Phillip Redman | April 22, 2009 | Comments Off
The European Parliament just passed additional regulation to cap the costs of data roaming for Europeans traveling in the EU countries. The idea is that users are unaware of the additional international pricing (and getting bill shock a month later) and this is the way to keep costs down as usage has gone up. Previous regulation in 2007 had reduced [...]
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Category: cellular International mobility management wireless carriers Tags: cellular, International, Obama, roaming
by Phillip Redman | April 20, 2009 | Comments Off
I’ve been hearing from more companies that are supporting iPhone in the enterprise. Last year we reversed our position and although we don’t consider it the strongest enterprise platform compared to RIM, Symbian, and yes, even Windows Mobile, it is good enough. AT&T has been pushing the iPhone in the enterprise, even finally releasing a comparable [...]
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Category: AT&T cellular iPhone mobile phones wireless carriers Tags: AT&T, iPhone, Microsoft
