A few months ago, Sprint announced that it plans to team up with LightSquared to set up a new 4G LTE network. The combined efforts of the companies would create a new spectrum that should overlay Sprint’s current WiMax technology. However, since then LightSquared has been under scrutiny by several government agencies due to possible [...]

Microsoft is prepping its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software with a fresh round of native mobile applications. The company announced on Monday that the release will be aimed at clients using BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7, iOS, and Android. Scheduled for the second quarter as part of the company’s regular CRM service update, Microsoft plans to [...]

On Tuesday, Sprint announced a new partnership with Orange Business Services, a division of France Telecom-Orange, to provide Sprint’s global machine-to-machine (M2M) service beyond the U.S. to 180 countries. The announcement will allow customers to communicate seamlessly and globally. As Orange provides Sprint with M2M-specific GSM SIM cards, its role in the partnership will help [...]

Superbowl XVLI in Indianapolis this year will be the first superbowl ever to have 4G and Wi-Fi access. Verizon Wireless admitted to spending $160 million in cellular technology in preparation for the large event. In building new cell towers to improve 4G and infrastructure, the company says the investment was targeted specifically at the upcoming [...]

Lately, scamming and spamming have become something of an issue. So much so that email giants like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL are all joining forces in an effort to dramatically reduce “phishing” emails. Unlike normal scams and spams, phishing attempts to trick users into thinking that the email came from a legitimate source. For [...]

As news headlines are filled with reviews for the new Kindle Fire, Dell has announced that it will be taking its 7-inch Streak Android tablet out of commission. Retail sites and stores that still have the tablets in stock will continue to sell it, but the company will no longer produce or sell the tablets [...]

Existing enterprise level clients are seeing significant savings and flexibility from the new MPLS Mesh technology over their existing traditional VoIP solutions. This is an ideal product for customers who are looking for a more efficient, secure and economical IP-VPN solution over more traditional VPN or packet based solution. By allowing customers to pick and [...]

On Tuesday, a study by Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) found that the U.S. has more wireless service subscribers than people. According to the organization, at the end of June, there were 327.6 million wireless service subscribers, compared to 3.15.5 million people living in the U.S. This marks the first time that there are more [...]

AT&T, Verizon, and Vodafone have all recently opened research centers in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley areas as part of a race among carriers to find a fiscally viable way of making free IP based calling a common place feature. With the addition of Spain’s Telefónica, the race is only getting wider. O2, the [...]

Telecom power house, TNCI, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over the weekend.  Telecom agents and customers are scrambling to find out what this means for their service and commissions. TNCI was famous for their “Agent Alliance” which promised an equity partnership which would reward agents with a huge payout if, one day, the company was [...]