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Alltel Wireless launched Wi-Fi services Oct. 8, providing customers with a laptop or a smart phone with Internet connections through hot spots in North and South America. Boingo Wireless powers the new service. Alltel, of Little Rock, Ark., is offering a Wi-Fi and EVDO Wireless Internet bundle, delivering unlimited Wi-Fi access from any supported hot […]

WASHINGTON—Microsoft rolled out a software and services platform Oct. 4 aimed at connecting physicians, patients and their records across a unified platform. Microsofts HealthVault is an online repository where consumers can store medical information for free in an encrypted database, as well as decide what information goes into the record and who sees that information. […]

Google accused Verizon Oct. 3 of fudging Federal Communications Commission rules in its lobbying efforts to convince FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to roll back the open access requirements for the January 700 MHz auction. The FCC ruled July 31 that a prime portion of the spectrum to be auctioned would be conditioned on the winning […]

Although just released in July, the iPhone is already the countrys leading Wi-Fi-enabled device, according to analyst firm M:Metrics. Out of 1.9 million U.S. mobile devices with Wi-Fi, M:Metrics numbers show the 8GB iPhone at the top of the list with 287,198 users. That the wild consumer popularity of Apples iPhone has quickly brought it […]

Momentum continues to build in Washington for a congressional investigation into the censorship polices and other anti-free speech actions of telephone and cable companies. In an Oct. 3 letter to the commerce and judiciary committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Open Internet Coalition calls for hearings by Congress to consider legislation that […]

WASHINGTON—Gary Forsee, CEO and President of Sprint Nextel, told lawmakers on Oct. 2 that a competitive, high-volume business telecommunications market is unfairly rigged to favor AT&T and Verizon. As a result, Forsee said, the nationwide rollout of broadband is faltering. Wholesale availability—known as special access—to the nations two largest carriers networks is a critical component […]

A group of U.S. House Democrats upped the pressure on Oct. 2 on the nations major telecom carriers to account for their alleged complicity in turning over unauthorized telephone and e-mail records to national intelligence agencies, including the National Security Agency and the FBI. In letters sent to AT&T, BellSouth, Verizon and Qwest, the lawmakers […]

The European Commission is opening a formal antitrust proceeding against Qualcomm, the embattled San Diego-based chip maker. The EU said it is investigating whether Qualcomm abused its dominant position in the market. Qualcomm holds key patent rights in the CDMA and WCDMA standards for mobile telephones that form part of Europes mobile 3G technologies. Ericsson, […]

Disclosures over the weekend that AT&T and Verizon reserve the right to suspend or terminate the service of customers who are critical of their conduct have prompted a call for congressional hearings on the censorship practices of the nations leading carriers. According to AT&Ts and Verizons nearly identical service agreements, the companies can cancel the […]

Nokias $8.1 billion purchase of digital mapmaker Navteq marks a major move by the worlds largest handset maker to establish a new beachhead in location-based services. According to analyst Jack Gold, the acquisition is critical to the long-term growth of the Finnish company. Navteq, of Chicago, Ill., provides map information for automotive navigation systems, mobile […]