- APPLE
According to Apple‘s iPhone website, the following list comprise the top 10 apps that are the most popular with this handset’s users, in order of regard: Google Search—Frenzic—iPunchOut!—Google Maps for iPhone Touch—iDuchHunt by Jirbo—Connect4 Touch—The Zinion Mobile Newsstand—Finger Scan—MindDojo—Smash! … -
AT&T
With major investments into the Asian market, AT&T is now expecting revenue growth in the area of 20 percent in 2008, with China and India leading the income generation parade, a far better performance expectation than the company’s domestic broadband and wireless efforts… -
CHINA
According to this country’s Ministry of Information Industry, more than 40 percent of all mobile phone manufacture now occurs in China, to the tune of around 500 million handsets, built by 38 companies. Of those phones, some 80 percent were exported, but the country lost about 2 percent of their market penetration this year, as well… - FAIRPOINT All that stands in the way of FairPoint Communication‘s acquisition of Verizon Communications‘ properties in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are approvals from state regulators, and should this deal not come to fruition, analysts believe Fairpoint could face a $55 million loss… the company has listened to all of the public advocacy suggestions and is willing to accept most of the conditions, but the same will probable not be true for Verizon…
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GOOGLE
According to MarketWatch’Weekend Edition, Google has been in talks with the Federal Communications Commission regarding unlicensed spectrum blocks, known as white space. This would be used for mobile Internet appliances and would enable less expensive connectivity avails…but it’s not just Google at lobbying work here…Intel, Microsoft, Philips Electronics NV and others are members of this coalition and all but Intel are engaged in testing of white spaces, albeit each company is using their own proprietary technology to do so… -
JD POWERS & ASSOCIATES
The company released their 2007 Portable Navigation Device Usage and Satisfaction Study and uncovered the fact that some two-thirds of PND owners have experienced some problems with their units… however, 95 percent of those owners indicate their appliances meet or even exceed their expectations. The study was based on 4,013 owners of these devices during September and October of this year, obtaining their responses based on their use of product from such companies as Garmin, Magellan, Mio and TomTom. Certainly advanced functionality of the device can offset some of the problem areas, and brand loyalty is extremely high at 90 percent, with most users stating they would repurchase the same brand… -
MEGAPATH
This company is expanding their “Duet” low-cost, high-speed data and full-featured voice service bundle that’s targeted toward small-to-medium busiensses….the number of central offices supporting this service have now grown from 350 to 2,000 since June of this year…this has allowed MegaPath to reach more than 7.3-million business throughout the U.S… -
NOKIA
The company is going to spend somewhere near $75 million in their Sriperumbudur, Chennai, India, manufacturing plant during 2008. Capacity will be enhanced as emerging markets increase demand for the product lines. -
OFCOM
This communications regulatory body for communications in England has stated they will be auctioning approximately 400 MHz of leading radio spectrum (L-band) frequencies under 3 GHz for a variety of multimedia services that include satellite radio and mobile TV in the spring of 2008…Ofcom stated the spectrum will be released on a technology and service-neutral basis…this allows would-be spectrum-acquisition-minded companies the time necessary to settle on what technology they’ll use and the types of debuting services, as well as the latitude for technology shifts over time… -
QWEST
Qwest Communications is out $61.6 million, as the suit filed by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas regarding securities fraud scandal by that firm has netted the organization the legal win… Qwest has already agreed to pay $411 million to other suit filers who had decided not to be part of class action lawsuits against the firm…
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