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Mobile restroom brought new meaning to going in style 5 May 08, 23:59 ET By Pete Dybdahl A panoramic photograph shows the marble- and mahogany-looking interior of the Fantastic bathroom trailer. The luxurious bathroom trailer was ... more Fire destroys mobile home 5 May 08, 23:56 ET By Tiffany Revelle--Record-Bee staff CLEARLAKE OAKS -- Fire destroyed a mobile home in the Clearlake Oaks Keys subdivision Friday afternoon, according to a ... more Solectek Releases WiMAX 3.65GHz System for Wireless ISP Market 5 May 08, 23:55 ET Solectek Corp. has released its 3.65GHz WiMAX base stations and subscriber terminals targeted at Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) and ... more Taxpayers pick up €3.3m mobile-phone bill for pensioners 5 May 08, 23:54 ET By Edel Kennedy THOUSANDS of pensioners are going mobile each month -- and getting the State to pick up their €3.3m phone bill. The telephone allowance for ... more Mobile County School board made a final vote on budget cuts 5 May 08, 23:51 ET MOBILE, Ala. -- Almost 300 teachers will be stuck in limbo for the next few weeks, waiting to see if they'll still have a job next school year. ... more Virgin Mobile US profit down 5 May 08, 23:42 ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wireless service provider Virgin Mobile (VM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday posted a drop in quarterly profit and revenue on ... more Coolest Girl In School - a controversial mobile game likened to ... 5 May 08, 23:26 ET Karyn Lanthois of Kukan Studio, have been surprised by the amount of international interest in their independently produced mobile game for girls. ... more T-Mobile Offers 3G in New York 5 May 08, 23:18 ET By AP T-Mobile USA announced on Monday that its third-generation wireless network was now live in New York City, though few phones can use it. ... more Bharti Bids for 51 Percent of Mobile Operator MTN, FT Reports 5 May 08, 23:09 ET By Sarah Shannon and Carli Lourens May 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bharti Airtel Ltd., the Indian mobile operator, has made a multibillion dollar offer for 51 percent ... more Ruckus Wireless files a lawsuit against Netgear 5 May 08, 23:06 ET Networking hardware manufacturer Netgear has been sued by rival company Ruckus Wireless over patent infringement. Ruckus Wireless is claiming that Netgear ... more Ruckus Wireless Opens Offices in India; Partners With Dell 5 May 08, 23:05 ET "Smart Wi-Fi" technology pioneer Ruckus Wireless has launched its India operations, headquartered in Bangalore, to deliver its solutions to businesses and ... more Motor medic goes mobile - SIU 5 May 08, 22:51 ET Segner, a 1990 graduate of the SIU automotive technology program, has been working as a mechanic since 1982. He began his Car Doctor business in 1986. ... more A mobile network with a difference 5 May 08, 22:49 ET By Joseph Hanlon on 06 May 2008 We've heard a lot of complaints from our rural readers about difficulties getting mobile service on Telstra's Next G network ... more Google Petitions FCC Over Verizon's Use of Wireless Spectrum 5 May 08, 22:48 ET By Martin H. Bosworth Although Verizon Wireless outbid Google for control of the 700 mhz wireless spectrum that was auctioned by the FCC earlier this year, ... more 60GHz: Achieving the ultimate wireless dream 5 May 08, 22:30 ET Using sophisticated design and fabrication techniques, research labs are getting closer to realizing 60GHz chips in silicon. ... more "reliability, call quality, $5/mo discount for ATT Wireless users" 5 May 08, 22:11 ET Ordered 4/4, got a confirmation email the next business day letting me know it would be about two weeks for them to port my number (switched from ViaTalk). ... more Sprint in M&A play, shares surge 5 May 08, 22:06 ET Reuters - Reports of a possible sale of Sprint Nextel Corp to Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGn.DE) or a Nextel unit spinoff raised hopes of a reprieve for the embattled mobile operator, lifting its shares 10 percent. more MIDs, UMPCs and what mobile users really want 5 May 08, 21:57 ET Intel this week showed four prototypes of the so-called Mobile Internet Devices, or MIDs, at the Shanghai version of its IDF conference. ... more Egyptian Government Blocks Anonymous Mobile Phone Accounts 5 May 08, 21:56 ET Officials with two of Egypt’s mobile phone companies said Monday they are complying with government requests to block service to anonymous subscribers. ... more Ruckus Sues Netgear Over Wi-Fi 5 May 08, 21:50 ET PC World - Ruckus Wireless has sued Netgear, alleging the networking vendor infringed its patents on technology for improving Wi-Fi... more Cisco-Nokia mobile offering gaining momentum 5 May 08, 21:40 ET Cisco and Nokia have revealed that their combined mobile unified communications solution is gaining much mileage among customers. ... more Qualcomm demos MediaFLO for in-car mobile TV 5 May 08, 21:40 ET Qualcomm Inc. has demonstrated what it claims to be the first-ever MediaFLO broadcast over the air to an in-vehicle entertainment system. ... more Randy Faustino Opens New LA Studio, Chooses Sennheiser Wireless ... 5 May 08, 21:35 ET DMN Newswire--2008-5-5--Randy Faustino is as seasoned a veteran as you will find in the music industry. He toured the country for 17 years with such acts as ... more Many wireless resellers going under 5 May 08, 21:33 ET By Paul Davidson, USA TODAY A few years ago, organizations from Disney to 7-Eleven to the local pinochle club were jumping into the cellphone business, ... more Geek Terminal to deploy Cisco unified communications and wireless ... 5 May 08, 21:29 ET By Staff Writer Implemented by managed-services provider SuperInternet, a Cisco Premier Certified Partner, the technology upgrade at Geek Terminal is ... more Mo'Jiva Launches Integrated Mobile Advertising Platform; Bringing ... 5 May 08, 21:14 ET Morganville, NJ (PRWEB) May 6, 2008 -- Mo'Jiva, (www.mojiva.com) a new self-service Mobile Advertising Delivery Toolkit that launched today greatly ... more Nyko's Wireless Wii Nunchuk Ships 5 May 08, 21:07 ET Nyko Technologies today announced the launch of its “award-winning” Kama Wireless Nunchuck for the Nintendo Wii. "The Wii continues to steam ahead in ... more Nokia announces three new mobile phones 5 May 08, 21:06 ET Expected to start shipping during the third quarter of 2008, the three new devices will sit in the mid-range of Nokia’s line-up. ... more Inside Google's mobile future 5 May 08, 21:06 ET Google's foray into the handheld OS realm follows a path well trodden by others, but will it succeed? The latest Linux and related information technology ... more Why major mobile handset makers are riding with LiMo 5 May 08, 21:04 ET A round up of the latest in Linux technology comprising of product reviews, HOW-TOs and editorial. The LiMo Foundation was formed on January 2007 as a ... more Ruckus Wireless Files Suit Against NETGEAR and Rayspan for ... 5 May 08, 21:03 ET SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruckus Wireless, Inc. (Ruckus), a pioneer in development of Wi-Fi technology, today announced it has filed suit in ... more Mobile from the word Goh 5 May 08, 21:00 ET Steven Goh is a performance athlete. For him, building a company is like running a marathon. "It can be a long journey and a lot of times it may not seem ... more Tracker to be installed in police mobiles - The News 5 May 08, 20:31 ET By Salis bin Perwaiz Provincial Police Officer (PPO) Sindh Dr Shoaib Suddle has approved the summary to install a tracker system in all police patrol ... more Hahlo 3 goes public, takes mobile iPhone Twitter to new levels 5 May 08, 20:30 ET The iPhone's slick multi-touch display is perfectly suited to the mobile Twitter addict's needs. Before the location-aware and natively installed, ... more Qwest Signs 5-year Deal To Sell Verizon Wireless Service - Update 5 May 08, 20:18 ET 5/5/2008 8:09:59 PM US phone company Qwest Communications International Inc. (Q) said Monday that it has signed a 5-year deal with Verizon Wireless, ... more T-Mobile eyes high-speed markets 5 May 08, 20:15 ET NEW YORK -- T-Mobile USA, the fourth largest US mobile service, has said it launched its first commercial high-speed wireless service in New York City, ... more Qwest Signs 5-year Deal To Sell Verizon Wireless Service - Update [Q] 5 May 08, 20:14 ET 5/5/2008 8:09:59 PM US phone company Qwest Communications International Inc. (Q) said Monday that it has signed a 5-year deal with Verizon Wireless, ... more 3G Americas Congratulates T-Mobile USA on First Major Urban UMTS ... 5 May 08, 19:58 ET BELLEVUE, WA--(Marketwire - May 5, 2008) - 3G Americas, a wireless industry group advocating for the GSM family of technologies in the Americas, ... more Qwest Dumps Sprint, Will Resell Verizon Wireless Hopefully the new ... 5 May 08, 19:49 ET Qwest currently resells Sprint wireless phone & EVDO broadband service, but tacks on a $5 premium and imposes a 5GB monthly broadband cap -- both of which ... more Mobile County school cut-backs voting 5 May 08, 19:38 ET MOBILE, Ala. -- Hundreds of Mobile County public school system jobs could be on the line. The school board was set to vote on the cuts at a special meeting ... more Qwest Dumps Sprint, Will Resell Verizon Wireless 5 May 08, 19:32 ET Qwest currently resells Sprint wireless phone & EVDO broadband service, but tacks on a $5 premium and imposes a 5GB monthly broadband cap -- both of which ... more Google Battles Verizon Over Wireless Spectrum Rules 5 May 08, 19:25 ET Is Verizon Wireless trying to wriggle out of the "open-access" rules attached to the highly coveted wireless spectrum the company recently won in a federal ... more Qwest drops Sprint in favor of Verizon Wireless 5 May 08, 19:21 ET Qwest Communications International Inc. will stop reselling Sprint Nextel Corp.'s wireless service and move its subscribers to Verizon Wireless' network, ... more Aniboom Partners With Six Mobile Distributors, Five Online Video ... 5 May 08, 19:19 ET Aniboom (aniboom.com), a premiere independent animation network, has broadened the reach of its content to more than 200 million potential mobile users ... more Qwest Drops Sprint for Verizon 5 May 08, 19:00 ET PC World - Qwest Communications International will resell Verizon Wireless mobile service, ending a five-year deal with Sprint Nextel. more T-Mobile USA: Android Coming in Q4 5 May 08, 18:53 ET Lately, I’ve been hearing that excitement over Google’s Android may have fizzled. Well, not at T-Mobile USA. Neville Ray, senior vice president of ... more Qwest drops Sprint in favor of Verizon Wireless 5 May 08, 18:43 ET AP - Qwest Communications International Inc. will stop reselling Sprint Nextel Corp.'s wireless service and move its subscribers to Verizon Wireless' network, Qwest said Monday. more Sprint Nextel silent on report of DT mulling bid 5 May 08, 18:40 ET AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. was silent about its future Monday as reports emerged that the company was considering spinning off or selling Nextel and that Deutsche Telekom AG was investigating a bid to buy the struggling wireless provider. more Sprint Up On Chance Of A Move 5 May 08, 18:34 ET Investor's Business Daily - Germany's Deutsche Telekom would face management and antitrust issues if it tried to buy U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel. more Wireless AMBER Alerts Available in Arizona 5 May 08, 18:31 ET An AMBER Alert was recently issued in Arizona urging citizens to be on the lookout for an abducted girl and boy and their abductors. ... more Mobile police warn of checkpoints - Press-Register 5 May 08, 18:30 ET Safety checkpoints will be set up on local roadways in Mobile on Tuesday to assure that motorists are complying with state and local traffic laws, ... more Giga-Byte GSmart Windows Mobile Phones Have a Fancy Smart Touch UI 5 May 08, 18:23 ET It took a year for Giga-Byte to follow in HTC's footsteps, but the upcoming GSmart Windows Mobile smartphones will have a brand new UI on top of the ... more Virgin Mobile Q1 Profit Tumbles On Lower Revenues And Higher ... 5 May 08, 18:21 ET 5/5/2008 6:13:03 PM Monday, Virgin Mobile USA, LP (VM) announced financial results for its first quarter, reporting a lower net income, hurt by a lower ... more Wireless AMBER Alerts Available to Help Reunite Abducted Children ... 5 May 08, 18:20 ET An AMBER Alert was recently issued in Arizona urging citizens to be on the lookout for an abducted girl and boy and their abductors. ... more Banks Take Second Look at Mobile Homes 5 May 08, 18:20 ET By Dan Gorenstein on Monday, May 5, 2008. Homeowners who live in mobile home parks are paying anywhere from 8-15% interest on their mortgages- way more than ... more Boost Mobile Names 180 LA as Marketing Agency of Record 5 May 08, 18:19 ET Boost Mobile®, a wholly-owned division of Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S), announced that it has selected 180 LA as its new marketing agency of record. ... more QWEST to deliver Verizon Wireless Products and Services toits ... 5 May 08, 17:49 ET By Tim Gray Qwest Communications International and Verizon (News - Alert) Wireless announced have signed a five-year agreement for Qwest to market and sell ... more T-Mobile Makes 3G Launch Official NYC first, 20 more by year's end... 5 May 08, 17:48 ET If last week's leaked memos and Internet-wide discussion hadn't clued you in, T-Mobile has launched their 3G (HSDPA) network in New York City. ... more Verizon bumps Sprint Nextel as Qwest Communications' wireless partner 5 May 08, 17:47 ET Verizon wireless services will be offered through various Qwest outlets starting this summer. Qwest also will continue to support its relationship with ... more T-Mobile Officially Launches 3G Network, Officially 5 May 08, 17:46 ET Even though T-Mobile's 3G network has been up and running for a few days now in NYC, they were modest about it until just now. Fear not, folks, they talk up ... more Qwest to offer Verizon mobile service 5 May 08, 17:46 ET By Kimberly S. Johnson Qwest said today that it would begin offering wireless service from Verizon beginning this summer. Terms of the five-year agreement ... more Apple Time Capsule - 500 GB wireless hard drive 5 May 08, 17:45 ET Before you updgrade your computer's RAM, read what the "For Dummies" experts say about how much to buy for your needs. Read Guide How much drive do you need ... more Verizon bumps Sprint as Qwest Communications' wireless partner 5 May 08, 17:43 ET Verizon wireless services will be offered through various Qwest outlets starting this summer. Qwest also will continue to support its relationship with ... more Virgin Mobile USA 1Q net earnings fall 5 May 08, 17:37 ET SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - Virgin Mobile USA Inc. late Monday reported first-quarter net earnings of $4.75 million, or 7 cents a share, ... more Qwest Leaves Sprint for Verizon Wireless 5 May 08, 17:20 ET Voice- and data-services provider Qwest Communications Q is deserting Sprint Nextel S to partner with rival Verizon VZ for its wireless presence. ... more T-Mobile's 3G Network Touches Down in NYC 5 May 08, 17:16 ET By Katherine Noyes T-Mobile, the last major carrier to roll out a third-generation wireless network, has debuted its new 3G service in New York City. ... more LG VX9100 Double-Keypad Mobile Phone Hits Verizon 5 May 08, 17:15 ET LG's VX9100 flip phone, with a two keypad design—one dial, one QWERTY—has just been officially added to Verizon's phone lineup. The 15mm deep device will ... more Journalist robbed of cash, mobile 5 May 08, 17:11 ET RAWALPINDI: A journalist was robbed of Rs 25000 and a cell phone when he was on way home after performing duty the other day. Muhammad Aftab Qureshi, staff ... more Wireless AMBER Alerts(TM) Are Available to Help Reunite Abducted ... 5 May 08, 17:10 ET - An AMBER Alert was recently issued in Florida urging citizens to be on the lookout for an abducted girl and her abductor. During these times, when a ... more T-Mobile: early 3G iPhone for Austria 5 May 08, 17:08 ET by Stephen Withers AP brings world news to the iPhone According to a report in Der Standard, the officials said Austria will be a test market for the 3G ... more Qwest to Sell Verizon Wireless Services 5 May 08, 17:08 ET The two carriers also will bid together on enterprise and government wireless contracts, and develop applications such as unified voice mail. ... more May Edition of the ''Wonder of Wireless'' Webcast Now Available 5 May 08, 16:46 ET WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CTIA-The Wireless Association® announced today that the May edition of the “Wonder of Wireless” (WOW) webcast is now available. ... more T-Mobile Begins 3G Rollout In NYC 5 May 08, 16:44 ET By Michele Masterson, ChannelWeb Coming last to the party, T-Mobile USA on Monday took the first step in the rollout of its third-generation (3G) wireless ... more FCC Caps Subsidies For Rural Wireless Expansion 5 May 08, 16:43 ET TechWeb - The FCC is limiting payments through its Universal Service Fund that are used to expand services into rural areas. more T-Mobile Begins Rolling Out a US 3G Network in New York 5 May 08, 16:41 ET By Richard Koman T-Mobile has started rolling out a US 3G mobile network in New York City using UMTS and HSDPA. T-Mobile said a new phone will be released ... more T-Mobile confirms 3G iPhone, says Austrian report 5 May 08, 16:41 ET By Gregg Keizer May 5, 2008 (Computerworld) T-Mobile today confirmed that Apple Inc. will soon announce a 3G-based iPhone and said that its Austrian ... more T-Mobile launches 3G network in NY 5 May 08, 16:40 ET New York will be the first city to use the new network, which will initially use a technology called UMTS, or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, ... more T-Mobile 3G nationwide upgrade to begin now 5 May 08, 16:40 ET By Tim Conneally, BetaNews T-Mobile USA's UMTS/HSDPA network rollout last week in New York will now be followed by buildouts in 20 more markets, ... more Virgin Mobile USA profit down, sees subscriber losses 5 May 08, 16:39 ET United States - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wireless service provider Virgin Mobile USA Inc Monday posted a drop in quarterly profit and revenue on weak subscriber ... more T-Mobile Begins Roll Out of 3G Network in New York 5 May 08, 16:32 ET NewsFactor - T-Mobile has launched its third-generation UMTS/HSDPA network in New York City and plans to roll it out across major metropolitan areas through the year. more Qwest signs wireless deal with Verizon 5 May 08, 16:29 ET U.S. phone company Qwest Communications International Inc and Verizon Wireless said on Monday they signed a five-year agreement for the landline provider to sell Verizon's mobile phone services. more UPDATE - T-Mobile launches 3G in NYC 5 May 08, 16:16 ET T-Mobile launched its first 3G (third-generation) network, in New York, but customers can't yet use the fastest speeds that the network offers. ... more UPDATE2 - T-Mobile launches 3G in NYC 5 May 08, 16:16 ET T-Mobile launched its first 3G (third-generation) network, in New York, but customers can't yet use the fastest speeds that the network offers. ... more Qwest to Deliver Verizon Wireless Products and Services to Its ... 5 May 08, 16:14 ET Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) and Verizon Wireless announced today they have signed a 5-year agreement for Qwest to market and sell ... more Google Seeks Open Access Assurances From Verizon Wireless 5 May 08, 16:11 ET Google has doubts that Verizon Wireless will honor the open access provisions that come with the freshly-won spectrum it nabbed in the FCC 700 MHz auction. ... more T-Mobile confirms 3G iPhone 5 May 08, 16:09 ET Austrian newspaper, Der Standard is claiming that T-Mobile Austria has confirmed the existence of a 3G iPhone and that Austria will be one of the first ... more Sprint and T-Mobile? Hold the Phone 5 May 08, 16:08 ET Sprint Nextel’s stock rose more than 6 percent Monday morning following reports that Deutsche Telekom was considering buying it — but investors might want ... more AT&T Mobile TV Arrives 5 May 08, 16:05 ET AT&T’s new mobile TV service officially arrived Sunday, offering a 10-channel subscription service to the company’s more than 71 million US customers. ... more Mo'Jiva Launches Integrated Mobile Advertising Platform, Bringing ... 5 May 08, 16:03 ET MORGANVILLE, NJ--(Marketwire - May 5, 2008) - Mo'Jiva, a new self-service Mobile Advertising Delivery Toolkit that launched today, greatly simplifies the ... more paybox and Globe Telecom Provide Mobile Money Transfer Solutions ... 5 May 08, 15:47 ET By Anuradha Shukla paybox and Globe Telecom (News - Alert), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, G-Xchange, (GXI), will jointly offer Filipinos worldwide a ... more Bell Mobility and IgeaCare Bring to Market eHealth Mobile Solutions 5 May 08, 15:47 ET By Eve Sullivan Bell Mobility and IgeaCare Systems (News - Alert), Inc. are launching the next generation of eHealth mobile solutions to answer the needs of ... more Greenlight Wireless Corporation is Now Skweezer, Inc 5 May 08, 15:42 ET Irvine, CA (PRWEB) May 5, 2008 -- Greenlight Wireless Corporation today announced that the company will now be doing business as Skweezer, Inc. Skweezer has ... more Enabling Successful Wireless Handover: Emerging 802.21 Standard ... 5 May 08, 15:41 ET By Mae Kowalke It’s an exciting period for anyone enthusiastic about wireless technology. As new types of systems for transmitting information through the ... more Accenture Poll of Media Executives Says Online, Mobile Content ... 5 May 08, 15:40 ET By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/5/2008 12:19:00 PM Almost two thirds of media executives (63%) polled by Accenture say that the biggest driver ... more Mobile quiz tests Games knowledge 5 May 08, 15:36 ET AN INTER-SCHOOL mobile quiz contest organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Hong Kong University that aims to promote mobile ... more T-Mobile Launches 3G in NYC 5 May 08, 15:30 ET PC World - T-Mobile launched its first 3G (third-generation) network, in New York, but customers can't yet use the fastest speeds that... more Mobile VPN Gets Safer 5 May 08, 15:29 ET By Evan Koblentz A new version of NetMotion Wireless’ mobile VPN software adds network access control (NAC) and the ability to run real-time software, ... more India's Bharti says in exploratory' talks with SAfrica's MTN 5 May 08, 15:23 ET AFP - India's top mobile phone firm Bharti Airtel said Monday it had launched "exploratory" talks with Africa's biggest cellular operator MTN Group, a move which could lead to a possible takeover offer. more T-Mobile Rolls Out 3-G Service in NYC...With Data 5 May 08, 15:09 ET By Bryan Gardiner May 05, 2008 | 2:07:04 PM It's official: After years of delays, T-Mobile launched its new 3-G data network in New York City on Monday. ... more T-Mobile Turns On 3G In First Market 5 May 08, 15:06 ET By Joseph Palenchar -- TWICE, 5/5/2008 12:28:00 PM Bellevue , Wash. — T-Mobile commercially launched third-generation wireless service for the first time in ... more AP Launches Mobile News Service Geared Toward iPhone 5 May 08, 15:00 ET New York - The Associated Press (AP), the New York-based news wire, on Monday debuted its Mobile News Network, a multimedia news portal targeted at wireless ... more T-Mobile USA Launches 3G Service with Voice and Data 5 May 08, 15:00 ET T-Mobile USA has begun the long-delayed rollout of its 3G service. Despite what earlier reports said, this includes both voice and high-speed data. ... more T-Mobile confirms 3G iPhone, new pricing? 5 May 08, 15:00 ET A 3G-capable iPhone is coming soon and may bring pricing changes along with it in at least one area, says a report by Austrian paper Der Standard. ... more Huawei Aims to Double Mobile Phone Production 5 May 08, 14:56 ET China's Huawei is aiming to double its handset production as it seeks to overtake local rival, ZTE - currently China's largest single mobile phone ... more Discover the IEEE Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies ... 5 May 08, 14:48 ET May 05, 2008 - Toronto, Canada – IEEE will showcase it's Wireless Engineering Technologies (IEEE WCET) certification program at the upcoming 2008 Wireless ... more T-Mobile Launches 3G in NYC, Sans Supporting Handsets 5 May 08, 14:46 ET By Nancy Gohring T-Mobile launched its first 3G (third-generation) network, in New York, but customers can't yet use the fastest speeds that the network ... more Wireless Age announces April revenues 5 May 08, 14:42 ET TORONTO, May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wireless Age Communications, Inc. (OTCBB:WLSA), ("Wireless Age") is pleased to announce that April 2008 unaudited ... more