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9 Wireless Quotes of Note
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
August 31, 2012 : The summer news lull was filled with hot talk and hot air from the world's top wireless executives and, mostly, their lawyers
OS Watch: Samsung Beats Nokia to Windows 8
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August 31, 2012 : Also: Huawei gives Android a facelift; Sony has an Ice Cream Sandwich party; Samsung threatens 4G payback to Apple; Amazon puts out the Kindle Fire
Sprint & Verizon: This Note's Not for You (Yet)
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
August 30, 2012 : 3G CDMA carriers in the US will have to wait for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, according to the vendor's announced specs
Photos: AT&T's New Chicago Playland
Slide Shows - Sarah Reedy -
August 30, 2012 : AT&T's flagship experience store sets up shop across from Apple on Michigan Avenue to show customers all they can do with what AT&T offers
Will the iPhone 5 Be a North American Roamer?
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
August 29, 2012 : Business deals will probably squelch local roaming, but the next iPhone should hop most international markets with ease
Cricket Trades Cheaper Data for Music for All
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
August 29, 2012 : Pre-paid operator lowers the cost of data and offers its unlimited music service to all its smartphone customers in hopes of driving up APRU
Apple Patent Win Puts Carriers in Driver’s Seat
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August 27, 2012 : The ripple effect of the Samsung/Apple trial will be far reaching, but it could have operators taking a more active role in accelerating a third mobile operating system ecosystem
Verizon Manages Its Own Data Destiny
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
August 27, 2012 : While the carrier keeps the policy management of its Share Everything plans private, policy vendors suggest more pricing changes are to come
Jury: Apple Guilty, But Samsung Much Guiltier
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
August 24, 2012 : It's mostly a win for Apple, as a jury says the South Korean vendor owes the iPhone maker more than $1 billion in damages
Huawei, ZTE Look to Handsets for Growth
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August 24, 2012 : With carrier spending tightening, Huawei and ZTE have focused more on consumer and enterprise handsets to find growth in developed markets
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Virgin Mobile Offers $99 Kyo Rise
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August 31, 2012 : The Rise is available right now for $99.99 online, at select dealers and Virgin Mobile’s own branded stores
ZTE Preps Grand X IN Launch
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August 31, 2012 : ZTE Grand X IN handset to be sold across Europe beginning in September
Cricket Revamps Data Plans With Muve Music
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August 29, 2012 : Cricket introduces new wireless rate plans with more wireless choices, data options, ways to listen to music and ways to call internationally
ZTE Unveils LTE Smartphone
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August 28, 2012 : ZTE’s global debut of Grand X LTE (T82) with China Mobile Hong Kong
MetroPCS Nabs Chinese Vendor's First US LTE Phone
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August 28, 2012 : MetroPCS adds new affordable 4GLTE smartphone to lineup with launch of Coolpad Quattro 4G
T-Mobile Intros Cheapest Android No-Contract Phone
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August 23, 2012 : T-Mobile expands its no annual contract Android lineup with the T-Mobile Concord
Nokia & 21 Others Form Indoor Location Group
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August 23, 2012 : In-Location to promote deployment of location-based indoor services and solutions
Syniverse Fuels Vodafone India's SMS
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August 23, 2012 : New offering will deliver international SMS messages into booming India market
Sony Mobile Lays Off 15 Percent of Workforce
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August 23, 2012 : Sony Mobile Communications announces new operational structure and reduction in workforce
AdaptiveMobile Tackles iPhone SMS 'Myths'
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August 23, 2012 : AdaptiveMobile argues that the source of iPhone's SMS problem is the handset, not the network
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How to Lose Customers & Alienate People
Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy -
August 21, 2012 : 9:10 AM Changes that AT&T and Verizon keep making to their data plans could send customers into their competitors' arms
Finding a Data Cap That Fits
The Philter - Phil Harvey -
August 20, 2012 : 8:00 AM Consumers have to accept data caps as service providers find that tiered plans are the easiest way to slow consumption and raise revenues
Distracted Driving: Where's the Data?
The Philter - Phil Harvey -
August 17, 2012 : 2:00 PM When wireless operators decry distracted driving, I'm reminded of what really kills people on roadways and how long we've lived with it
Retailers Join to Boost (or Fragment) mCommerce
Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy -
August 15, 2012 : 12:25 PM Shouldn't retailers be working with the wireless operators instead of against them?
Is Motorola Finally Dying?
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
August 14, 2012 : 5:50 PM The jobs cut at Motorola might be the beginning of the end for America's first major mobile maker, but it's been a long time coming
What's Your Favorite Mobile App?
Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy -
August 14, 2012 : 10:55 AM Used a game-changing app or service on your smartphone or tablet this year? Nominate it for a 2012 Leading Lights award
LR Reader Poll: Nokia's Takeover 'Joke'
Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy -
August 01, 2012 : 12:40 PM Lenovo thinks the prospect of acquiring Nokia is hilarious, but would another company want to snatch up all of Nokia now?
Texts Are Too Over the Top
Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy -
August 01, 2012 : 12:05 AM Olympic officials are asking viewers to find alternatives to texting but aren't people doing that anyway with OTT apps?
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