This Week's Wireless News
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Verizon, AT&T, Sprint shrug at T-Mobile's new no-contract plans
Mar,26,2013
by:+ Phil Goldstein
Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ), AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) and Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) seemed unfazed by T-Mobile USA's decision to do away with wireless contracts and CEO John Legere's vow to shake up the status quo.
T-Mobile on Wednesday formally unveiled its new "Simple Choice" plans without device subsidies and also launched LTE its network. The actions are part of the company's efforts to rekindle customer additions. However, T-Mobile's fellow Tier 1 carriers greeted T-Mobile's event with a shrug--despite Legere's edgy presentation, which was laced with profanity and specifically called out Sprint and AT&T.
"Customers don't need another AT&T," Legere said. "Customers need someone to stop acting like AT&T." Legere also blasted AT&T's network performance when it first launched the iPhone--indeed, AT&T has acknowledged that its network, particularly in cities like New York and San Francisco, was not able to handle the deluge of data traffic the iPhone brought to its network.
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iPhone owners bemoan battery drain, Wi-Fi issues following iOS 6.1.3 update
Mar,27,2013
by:+Jason Ankeny
Battery drain issues are once again plaguing some iPhone and iPad owners following the release of Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) new iOS 6.1.3 software update, with some consumers also blaming the release for issues with Wi-Fi connectivity.
Apple issued iOS 6.1.3 last week to fix a security vulnerability allowing users to bypass the lockscreen and gain unauthorized device access. But on Twitter and Apple's own Support Communities forum, users who've downloaded the update say their iOS devices are now experiencing severe battery life problems.
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Oracle to buy Tekelec (video)
Mar,25, 2013
by:+ Martha DeGrasse
Oracle (ORCL) continues to make its way aggessively into telecom software, this time with the purchase of Tekelec, a provider of diameter signaling and policy control solutions. Tekelec has been privately held for just over a year; it was taken private in January 2012 by Siris Capital in a deal that valued the company at $780 million. Analysts at Exact Ventures expect the market for diameter signaling controllers to grow about 50% a year through 2017, propelled by the accelerating pace of LTE rollouts. The firm says that Tekelec currently has a 75% – 85% market share. The purchase of Tekelec is meant to complement Oracle’s other recent mega-purchase in the telecom software space: the $2.1 billion acquisition of Acme Packet announced last month. Oracle said that by combining the capabilities of Tekelec and Acme Packet with its own software expertise, it expects to provide the “most complete communications offering that will enable service providers to engage with customers, improve operations, control network resources and deploy innovative communications services.”
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Featured Report: BlackBerry 10: A better Android than Android?
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Mar,21, 2013
by:+Jason Perlow
Today, BlackBerry (formerly Research In Motion) made an announcement that its BlackBerry 10 App World has reached the 100,000 app milestone.
While I applaud the sheer numbers of apps that their developers have been able to seed the store with in such a short period of time for the Z10's US carrier launch, BlackBerry has not been forthcoming as to what kind of apps they are. What do I mean by "what kind" of apps?
Back in Q1 2011, RIM had finally confirmed what had been rumored for months: That its then-new PlayBook tablet, which runs on the same fundamental QNX operating system that BlackBerry 10 uses, would be able to run Android applications in addition to Adobe Air, HTML5, and native C/C++ QNX apps.
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Hello Businesses Owner,
I am writing to you because our changing health care system will have a profound effect on all of us. Now that the election is over and the Supreme Court has ruled, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not going away. It will not be repealed and it is up to us to make sure it will work for small businesses and individuals as it was intended to do.
That’s why I joined the Campaign for Better Health Care’s newly created Small Business Health Care Consortium (SBHCC). This consortium views the needs of small businesses and their employees as a top priority.
And, as a member of the Steering Committee of the SBHCC I am personally inviting you to join our network of small businesses who know that only through our collective voices that will assure that the Affordable Care Act live up to its goal of making healthcare affordable for all.
Discussions around health reform have been confusing and, sometimes, even misleading. It is the goal of the SBHCC to provide factual information about the changes that are already happening and those coming in the near future. The SBHCC discusses the benefits and opportunities of the ACA and what Illinois small businesses need to do to make sure this law will benefit them.
Many key components of the ACA are national in nature. For instance, small businesses currently providing health insurance to their employees could be eligible for a 35% tax credit. And, while employers with fewer than 50 full time employees are not required to provide health insurance, their employees can take advantage of the ACA’s benefits.
Other components will be implemented at the State level and these decisions will either enhance small businesses or provide another hurdle. One important component is that all states must implement a health insurance exchange (marketplace). These exchanges will include a rate review process with defined, easy to understand plans to consider and review side-by-side.
As small business owners we share many of the same, serious business challenges. It is my hope that you and your small business peers do want to learn more about the ACA. Let’s take this opportunity to act collectively to get control of health insurance costs and improve access to coverage. The opportunity to create positive change is now. It is about fairness and choices for small businesses. To that end I like for you to hear my own personal story about how the new healthcare law will effect me.
Please go to this link at Healthcare.gov to see my story Watch My Story
Then Join the SBHCC do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or thoughts. I may be reached at wireheadtec@gmail.com or Wirehead Technology
Sincerely,Howard Lee
CIO
Wirehead Technology
Tel-312-286-8416
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