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With rumors swirling that Research In Motion plans to introduce its next-generation BlackBerry as early as May 12, CrackBerry.com has posted a video review of the device. According to site, the BlackBerry 9000 was obtained through eBay for more than $800. According to the rumor mill, RIM co-founder and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis will introduce the […]

With financial backing from Intel, Google and major cable companies, Sprint revived its $5 billion WiMax plans May 7. Under the plan, Sprint will merge its struggling WiMax division with Clearwire to create a new company operating under the Clearwire name. Intel, a longtime proponent of WiMax, will invest about $1 billion into the new […]

Google is challenging Verizon’s vision of what sort of open network it will run on the spectrum it recently acquired in the Federal Communications Commission auction for $4.7 billion. Under the auction rules, Verizon is required to build an open network to which users can connect any legal device and run the software of their […]

Qwest Communications International said May 5 it had signed a five-year agreement with Verizon Wireless to market and sell Verizon Wireless service beginning the summer of 2008. The companies also announced that they will work together on bidding for enterprise and government wireless contracts and will collaborate in the development of converged services. The deal […]

Well behind the curve and with few handsets to support it, T-Mobile rolled out its 3G wireless network May 5 in New York. T-Mobile said it plans to expand the service to 20 to 25 U.S. markets by the end of 2008 in addition to introducing new phones to take advantage of the high-speed network. […]

While the Senate seems content to let network neutrality slide for another two years, House members are pushing ahead with a hearing May 6 to turn the Federal Communications Commission’s principles on the issue into law. Introduced by Reps. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Chip Pickering, R-Miss., the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008 would also […]

In a widely anticipated move, Amazon is suing New York, challenging the state’s new online sales tax. According to the law passed earlier this year, online retailers must collect New York sales tax on purchases shipped to state residents, even if the retailer maintains no physical presence in the state. ../images/stories/videobug4.gifClick Here to Watch the […]

Professional sports leagues became the latest industry group with close ties to broadcasters to oppose the unlicensed use of interference buffer spectrum between television channels. Google, Microsoft, Motorola and other IT companies hope to deliver broadband and other advanced wireless services over the spectrum. Known as “white spaces,” the tech companies are urging the Federal […]

The digital television transition has been called a lot of things, but at an April 30 hearing of the U.S. House Science and Technology Committee, it earned a new sobriquet: the largest planned government-mandated obsolescence in history. That’s a huge problem for the United States’ already flagging recycling programs. As Americans buy digital TV sets […]

Advanced Info Service, Thailand’s largest mobile operator, conducted field trials during the first quarter of this year for the deployment of Motorola’s WiMax WAP-400 platform. The trials measured the performance of applications over WiMax networks and customer usage models in metropolitan, suburban and rural areas. AIS tested Motorola’s WiMax platform with various applications including using […]