Archive for 2005/10


Verizon, SBC, Qwest compete for the first time

Verizon has moved into Chicago and begun competing with SBC for medium-to-large business customers there, marking the first time one of the former Baby Bells has competed directly with another in any market.

BellSouth under fire for slow hurricane repairs

Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Mike Callahan said Wednesday that he wants hearings into BellSouth’s handling of repairs after Hurricane Katrina.

Patent infringement case to shut down Cingular, Alltel, Boost prepaid

A federal judge in Boston on Monday granted an injunction against Boston Communications Group, Inc., which provides customer management solutions for prepaid wireless companies. The injunction says that companies using BCGI’s solutions for their prepaid wireless programs, including Cingular Wireless, must stop accepting new customers and shut down their services within 90 days.

Verizon wins Quills award for promoting literacy

Verizon has received the first Quills Corporate Literacy Award in recognition of the company’s support of literacy programs throughout the United States.

I told you they were tracking you through your cell phone

The state of Missouri is now tracking individual cell phones as their users travel the state’s highways in a program costing the state’s taxpayers $3 million per year.

Verizon launches Verizon One phone, DSL router, communications hub

The Verizon One integrates a DSL modem, 802.11g wireless router, 5.8 Ghz cordless phone, color-touch screen, Super Pages features and more. It is one of this year’s recipients of a Frost and Sullivan Product Innovation Award and will be featured this weekend at the Digital Life Expo, a consumer electronics show in New York City.

BellSouth: "We'll be there" to rebuild New Orleans

BellSouth has released new damage report data which indicates over 182,000 customer lines are out of service due to damage from Hurricane Katrina and storm surge from Hurricane Rita.

Future cell phones may use gait analysis for security

Researchers at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have developed a prototype wireless phone which identifies its owner by the way he or she walks, also known as gait analysis.

Palm replacing faulty SIM trays on Cingular Treo 650 smartphones

Palm, Inc., will replace the SIM tray on some Treo 650 smartphones being offered by Cingular Wireless. The defective SIM tray can cause the device to reset or the radio to turn off when the phone is bumped or jarred.

New Orleans wireless phones working intermittently

While major wireless carriers report that service in New Orleans has been restored to “normal or near-normal” conditions, owners of wireless phones with New Orleans (504) telephone numbers tell a different story.

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