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As the Mix Diversifies, Carriers Losing Control Over Mobile Content

2008-03-21 19:42:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...carriers. As an example, todays mobile consumer is more likely to watch a video from YouTube on his or her phone than a video from the carriers own service, but is more than twice as likely to get ringtones from the carrier than from any other source Perhaps more with the mobile phone than any other consumer electronics device, content is...
 
 
 
 
 
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Apple to allow carriers to subsidize iPhone

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2008-06-08 19:18:14 by Will Park in IntoMobile
...carriers to subsidize the price of the next-generation iPhone , there are going to be throngs of iPhone hopefuls lining up for their very own piece of multi-touch goodness It would make sense for Apple to loosen their iPhone price schedule to allow for carrier subsidization - especially if they hope to reach that 10 million unit sales goal by...
 
 
 
 
 
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Wireless carriers gouging customers on SMS text message rates

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2008-01-23 21:00:58 by willpark in IntoMobile
...carriers make more money for less cost with text messages Carriers have been hiking-up the price of SMS text messages over the past year, and it seems that theyre just gouging customers a few pennies at a time. Higher text message rates means that carriers make more money on customers that dont have text messaging plans, and will make more...
 
 
 
 
 
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Buddy Beacon 2.0 Launches Facebook and iPhone Apps, Reaches Multiple Carriers [Friend Finder]

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2008-02-13 09:59:08 by Addy Dugdale in Gizmodo
...carriers (which means that you and your mates don't need to share the same mobile provider) version 2.0 includes applications for Facebook and iPhone, which will allow users to stalk each other from their computers. Press release is below. uLocate Communications Enhances and Extends Buddy Beacon Functionality Revolutionary friend finding...
 
 
 
 
 
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Regional Carriers Want the iPhone, Tell FCC to Ban Phone Exclusives [IPhone]

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2008-05-20 17:20:00 by matt buchanan in Gizmodo
...carriers. So it's no wonder the Rural Cellular Association (repping smaller regional carriers) is petitioning the FCC to ban exclusive deals, which obviously push people out of smaller local carriers to the established juggernauts, since it can take months or years for trickle down. The iPhone is at the center of the complaint Basically, the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Would You Switch Phone Carriers If Text Message Fees Increased?

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2008-01-27 10:22:29 by geeksugar in geeksugar -- Geek is chic.
...carriers are hiking up their prices. According to CNN Money , T-Mobile has already increased their rates from 10 cents to 15 cents, and Sprint started charging 20 cents per message in October Verizon is the most recent carrier to join the group, as they will raise the price of text messages by five cents starting March 2nd Considering text...
 
 
 
 
 
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Mozilla negotiating with carriers - FireFox Mobile set to launch by year-end

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2008-03-03 19:31:18 by willpark in IntoMobile
...carriers before it can roll out its FireFox Mobile browser - Stefan would agree . But, that doesn't mean that Mozilla will be held up in releasing their FireFox Mobile browser. The mobile web-browser is set for release by year's end 2008 Unfortunately (for wireless operators), bringing a more desktop-like browsing experience could push mobile...
 
 
 
 
 
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Another day, another patent infringement lawsuit - firm sues carriers over Caller ID

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2008-03-06 20:03:43 by willpark in IntoMobile
...carriers infringed on some Intellect-owned patents regarding "wireless image messaging." Three patents are in question and all were issued in 1997 - more than a decade ago On patent relates to technology that would enable a Picture Phone with Caller ID and the other two separate patents at hand are entitled Method and Apparatus for Improved...
 
 
 
 
 
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FCC and wireless carriers butt heads over backup power for cell towers

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2008-03-10 22:10:34 by willpark in IntoMobile
...carriers provide enough battery power for every cell tower in their network