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Posted in November 2007

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Google Confirms 700MHz Bid


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November 30, 2007 : Google finally says it will bid on 700 MHz spectrum in another move that pushes the US towards an 'open access' future

Zander Steps Down as Moto CEO


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November 30, 2007 : With COO Greg Brown taking the helm in January, Motorola could be in a position to consider sell-offs or even a breakup, analysts think
Comment: Re: So What? - Dan Jones November 29, 2007

Sprint Scuttles $5B SK Bid?


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November 29, 2007 : 4:45 PM -- SK Telecom and a PE firm were apparently rebuffed by the CDMA operator

What Now for Sprint's WiMax?


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November 29, 2007 : 3:00 PM -- Verizon's LTE plans put even more pressure on Sprint's 4G plans

Verizon Giveth & Verizon Taketh Away


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November 29, 2007 : 2:50 PM -- What a wild ride of a week for Qualcomm

Verizon Goes LTE


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November 29, 2007 : Verizon will go global in 2010 with 4G standard LTE - that's bad news for CDMA maven Qualcomm, but good news for Ericsson, Nokia Siemens, and others

Google Still Mulling 700MHz Bid


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November 28, 2007 : 2:12 PM -- Asks the FCC questions as the deadline for wireless broadband bids looms

Moto Muni: So Much for the City


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November 28, 2007 : Public safety is where it is at for mesh networking now, according to Motorola, which says that up to 75% of muni deals concern police and emergency applications

Who Owns Your Phone?


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November 28, 2007 : 12:45 PM -- An interesting question thrown up by open access
Comment: Re: So What? - Dan Jones November 28, 2007

GAH! The iPhone Isn't CDMA


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November 27, 2007 : 3:01 PM -- So stop asking me if you can move to Verizon in 2008 already!

Verizon Tears Down the 'Walled Garden'


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November 27, 2007 : Verizon's open access move breaks away from the traditional cellular model in the US. That's bad news for Sprint, great news for device and software vendors

Verizon Goes 'Open'


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November 27, 2007 : Carrier will allow 'any device' and 'any application' on its network in 2008

T-Mobile Gearing Up 3G?


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November 26, 2007 : 3:45 PM -- Better late than never...

Streamin' Ibiza


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November 26, 2007 : 3:05 PM -- Haier and Rhapsody take the next step in wireless music

RIM's Consumer Craving


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November 26, 2007 : 10:40 AM -- One reason why consumer phones make sense for RIM right now

Unstrung's Top Five Wireless Turkeys


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November 21, 2007 : The five most spectacular mobile flameouts of the year, all bundled up in a tasty Thanksgiving treat

RIM's Touching New BlackBerry Plans


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November 20, 2007 : Canadian device maker is rumored to be prepping a new operating system and touch-screen handset to take on Apple, Google, and others in 2008

WiMax in Flux


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November 20, 2007 : Unstrung poll provides a useful snapshot of how WiMax stands in the US

iPhone Killers?


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November 20, 2007 : NOON -- Not likely...

BlackBerry Bumper Crop in '08


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November 20, 2007 : 11:30 AM -- RIM Plots four or five new models

Nokia Pushes Tablet


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November 19, 2007 : 6:00 PM -- Webpad side effects may include square eyes and a lighter wallet

EarthLink Cutting Wireless?


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November 19, 2007 : 5:50 PM -- They call it stormy muni
Comment: the future of reading!!! - Dan Jones November 19, 2007

Book to the Future


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November 19, 2007 : 2:00 PM -- With the Amazon Kindle

Mobile Content Nets VC Cash


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November 19, 2007 : Motricity is the biggest mobile moneybag in Rutberg's digital media VC survey for October, which saw more than $1 billion invested in content

Google Preps Broadband Bid


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November 16, 2007 : Not committing to anything yet, the search giant says it's got the 'necessary preparations' underway for a 700 MHz bid

Presidential Ringtones


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November 16, 2007 : 6:00 PM -- Ringing in the new?

Google's 700MHz Bet


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November 16, 2007 : 5:15 PM -- It's still about the software, stupid
Comment: Re: Japan & iPhone - Dan Jones November 16, 2007

Verizon & Vodafone


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November 16, 2007 : 3:30 PM -- We are the worldphone

Click! Click! The Nokia N82


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November 16, 2007 : 9:15 AM -- A sharper image

Apple's Asian '08


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November 16, 2007 : 8:40 AM -- Japan & China next for Apple?

Mobile Content Cards


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November 15, 2007 : 6:00 PM -- You buying?

ROK Rolls to Nasdaq


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November 15, 2007 : UK mobile TV player gets on the Nasdaq OTC board through a share exchange with CyberFund

More Mobile Banking Buyouts to Come?


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November 15, 2007 : 5:45 PM -- Tower Group says mobile banking will finally start to rake in M&A cash

Sprint's New Pearl


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November 15, 2007 : 4:25 PM -- Sub-$200 cellphone market hots up for the holidays

Clearwire's Cash Craving


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November 14, 2007 : 5:15 PM -- Redux

Mobile Capex Falls in North America


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November 14, 2007 : 4:30 PM -- Sprint leading the retreat

Cha-Ching! Qualcomm Buys Into Mobile Banking


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November 14, 2007 : CDMA maven Qualcomm buys banking software startup Firethorn as mobile payments market in the US gets hotter

Tree Man


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November 14, 2007 : 1:00 PM -- When going green is a bad thing

Country Blues


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November 14, 2007 : 8:50 AM -- Dreams of rural WiMax idylls grow dim

Putting the Orr In


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November 13, 2007 : 4:30 PM -- The strikingly frank confessions of former stress cadet and current Aruba CEO, Dominic Orr

Rural WiMax Dreams Fade


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November 13, 2007 : With Sprint faltering there's less impetus than ever to deliver broadband to smaller towns and rural communities

Microsoft Music


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November 12, 2007 : 6:30 PM -- ...and the shadow of Openwave

Disney Goes to Japan


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November 12, 2007 : 4:50 PM -- The mouse of the Rising Sun

WiFi Update


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November 12, 2007 : 3:50 PM -- Wi-Fi Alliance certifies 140 draft n devices

Rumor Du Jour


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November 12, 2007 : 11:20 AM -- Google Eyeing Sprint?

Europe iPhones It In


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November 9, 2007 : 5:30 PM -- That obscure object of desire arrives in the old continent

No iPhone Pandora


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November 9, 2007 : 9:10 AM -- Don't open the 3G music box

Report: Sprint & Clearwire Split


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November 9, 2007 : Wireless broadband contenders have reportedly dropped plans to work together on a WiMax network in the US

T-Mobile Adds 857,000 Subs


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November 8, 2007 : Profits up, income down for the carrier's third quarter, which saw it add more net subs than Sprint

Mesh on the Up & Up?


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November 8, 2007 : 5:40 PM -- Muni is not dead, apparently

Google & 4G


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November 8, 2007 : 12:40 PM -- Google as network operator? I have mixed feelings

Android's Data Impact


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November 6, 2007 : Google's carrier partners are betting that Google will give them an iPhone-like boost even as voice revenue declines

Leap-MetroPCS Deal Gets More Confusing


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November 1, 2007 : 8:40 PM -- MetroPCS pulls out but Leap says it is open to talks
Comment: Or is it? - Dan Jones November 1, 2007

MetroPCS Pulls Leap Bid


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November 1, 2007 : 5:55 PM -- The talking is over

Fresh BlackBerry Juice


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November 1, 2007 : 4:00 PM -- Verizon first with a CDMA Pearl?

Sprint Stumbles Again


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November 1, 2007 : Third-ranked US wireless operator reports subscriber numbers down by 60,000 for the third quarter while AT&T and Verizon each add over a million to their user base

Google & Verizon


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November 1, 2007 : 9:05 AM -- Sitting in a tree...