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| Mobile Miscellany: week of October 15th, 2012 |
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If you didn't get enough in mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we've opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This past week, we received further evidence of an imminent replacement for the Galaxy Nexus and the Optimus 4X HD found a new home in Canada. |
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Published: 21:36, Saturday, October 20, 2012
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| T-Mobile holding new product launch October 29th |
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T-Mobile has just sent out invites to the press for a product launch event on the evening of October 29th. |
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Published: 14:19, Friday, October 19, 2012
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| UK carriers form alliance to speed up 800MHz LTE rollout, let us enjoy our Freeview TV |
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Isn't it better when we work together. British carriers think so. |
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Published: 17:17, Thursday, October 18, 2012
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| Cricket brings 4G LTE to Las Vegas, outs new Huawei Boltz modem in celebration |
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Cricket's parent company, Leap Wireless, announced earlier last week its intentions to start blanketing more customers with LTE service, though it didn't say which markets would be the ones to get the same experience as folks in Tucson, Arizona. |
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Published: 14:26, Wednesday, October 17, 2012
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| Colombia to start testing 700MHz LTE, joins a Latin American trend in 4G |
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Those in the US can brag about having the range, indoor friendliness and other advantages of 700MHz LTE, but few other countries have that edge so far: Latin Americans who have any LTE at all usually have to contend with less tolerant 2.6GHz bands. |
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Published: 12:15, Wednesday, October 17, 2012
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| Virgin Media extends free tube WiFi for all until 2013 |
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Tweeting about the obnoxious individuals you share a tube platform with was expected to be a one-time thing if you weren't a Virgin Media customer. The Branson-backed provider had said that, once the summer games had finished, it would make the service exclusive to its own broadband subscribers. |
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Published: 05:50, Wednesday, October 17, 2012
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| ZTE to report net loss due to third-quarter slump, share price drops |
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A week after the U.S. Congress slapped ZTE with a 'do not trust' allegation, the Chinese company gets another bitter dose of bad news. |
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Published: 03:35, Tuesday, October 16, 2012
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| Ooma HD2 handset and Linx adapter available on Oct.17 for $60 and $50, respectively |
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Ooma's Telo telephony device is pretty wonderful all by itself, but pairing it with the company's soon-to-be-released HD2 handset and Linx peripheral presents a whole new opportunity to the VoIP crowd. |
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Published: 14:21, Monday, October 15, 2012
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| Telus nixing activation fees for new and current subscribers |
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Oh the ever-so-wonderful activation fees. For some lucky folks in The True North, however, these one-time, undesired carrier tolls will be a thing of the past very, very soon. |
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Published: 11:35, Monday, October 15, 2012
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| Softbank confirms 70 percent Sprint acquisition for $20.1 billion |
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In a joint press conference, Softbank has officially announced that it is buying a 70 percent stake in US mobile carrier Sprint for $20.1 billion. The Japanese company is paying $12.1 billion for existing shares, with a further $8 billion for new shares that the network is issuing. |
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Published: 05:28, Monday, October 15, 2012
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