A Telecom, Paging, Text Messaging and SMS Blog from NotePageTelecom Industry News and Software Tips for Text Messengers. Daily information and news related to telecommunications, paging, text messaging, and sms messaging. Includes news announcements from the industry and tips related to text messaging and SMS.Is Sprint worth 80 Billion- March 27, 2007 Just a few years ago, a leveraged buyout of a company as big as Sprint Nextel would have been unthinkable. The No. 3 wireless carrier has $41 billion in annual revenue and a market cap of $56 billion. Add in the cost of a 25% premium and the assumption of more than $23 billion in debt, and a Sprint Nextel buyout could be nearly twice as large as Texas Pacific's record $45 billion proposed buyout of power company TXU. complete articlehttp://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#668 Flight Ban Likely to Stay- March 26, 2007 The chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission will ask fellow commissioners to keep in place a ban on mobile phone use during airplane flights. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said Thursday that he has asked the commission to end its inquiry into whether mobile phones can be used safely on airplanes, based on concerns from ground-based wireless carriers that the calls could interfere with their networks. The FCC's proceeding to lift the ban on mobile phones, launched in December 2004,.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#666 Safety Could be Impacted by Qualcomm Ban- March 26, 2007 Government agencies would have a harder time communicating with the public in an emergency if imports of cell phones containing Qualcomm chips are banned, a federal official said.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#667 Kenya SMS Payments- March 23, 2007 The ping of a text message has never sounded so sweet. In what is being touted as a world first, Kenya's biggest mobile operator is allowing subscribers to send cash to other phone users by SMS. complete articlehttp://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#665 Cellular Payments- March 22, 2007 Belgians will be able to use their cell phones as debit cards within a few months, Belgian cell phone operators and Banksys, a Belgian firm specialized in electronic payments, said on Tuesday. Using text messaging, the payment system will allow consumers to pay anything from six euros up to the limit of their bank account, Banksys Chief Executive Vincent Roland told a news conference. Cellular Paymentshttp://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#664 Google Phone- March 20, 2007 Google Inc. is developing its own mobile phone, according to industry insiders and analysts, while a Google official in Spain last week acknowledged the company is "investigating" such a project. Google is not commenting directly on leaks from Europe and the United States which describe a low-cost, Internet-connected phone with a color, wide-screen design. complete articlehttp://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#663 Cell Phones are Handier than Most Realize- March 20, 2007 There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it: FIRST: The emergency number worldwide for mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for...http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#662 Vonage Verdict- March 13, 2007 Web-calling outfit Vonage suffered a major setback on March 8 when an eight-person jury found it guilty of infringing on three patents owned by rival telco Verizon. After a weeklong hearing in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, a jury ruled that Vonage Holdings must pay Verizon Communications $58 million in damages and a 5.5% licensing fee per subscriber per month. complete articlehttp://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#661 Cell Phones in Hospitals - Okay- March 12, 2007 At restaurants and the movies, it's a question of courtesy; on airplanes and at hospitals, it's been one of safety. But according to a new study published in the current Mayo Clinic Proceedings, using a cellphone at the hospital won't pose a risk to patients. The Mayo study looked at cellphone use in such equipment-rich areas as the intensive care unit, echocardiography lab, and the pulmonary ventricular rehabilitation unit. Two types of Nokia phones were tested at varying radio frequency...http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#660 Wrestling Goes Cellular- March 10, 2007 Professional wrestlers will soon be fighting for space on tiny mobile phone screens thanks to Cingular Wireless. The top U.S. mobile service provider, owned by AT&T Inc. , plans to announce an agreement with World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. to sell everything from ringtones with famous wrestlers' voices to graphics and videos, including weekly matches and the annual spring tournament.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#659 |