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.Apple iPhone Numbers Not as Glowing as Hoped- July 27, 2007 AT&T Inc. wiped some of the glow off Apple iPhone on Tuesday, releasing numbers that showed fewer people than expected signed up for service in the first two days of the multimedia cell phone's release. AT&T the iPhone exclusive carrier said it activated 146,000 iPhones on June 29 and 30, a number that disappointed investors following some analyst forecasts that Apple would sell 500,000 or more iPhones in its first weekend. complete articlehttp://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#728 ATT Shows Growth- July 26, 2007 Top U.S. telecommunications service provider AT&T Inc. said on Tuesday quarterly profit and revenue rose, helped by growth in wireless and Internet subscribers.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#727 Raising Funds via Text Message- July 25, 2007 Do not tell mainstream marketers this, but text-messaging promotions can work. At least for Virgin Mobile, which used the power of its network of 5 million mobile customers to raise money and awareness for homeless children in America. raising funds via text messagehttp://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#725 Latest Text Messaging and Communication News- July 24, 2007 PageGate v5 Released The long anticipated release of PageGate v5 has arrived. The new version of PageGate is now available. Existing customers can upgrade to the latest version for only $ 100.00! Details on the new version can be found here: http:www.notepage.netpagegate.htm Upgrade Details - http:www.notepage.netpagegate-v5.htm Practical Use - College and University Notifications Universities and colleges can use PageGate to notify students and staff on mobile phones and pagers...http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#726 Cell Phone Free Town- July 24, 2007 A group of residents in the valley in southeastern British Columbia have asked telephone company Telus Corp. not to build a planned cellphone tower in New Denver, a one-time mining boomtown that is now home to about 600 people. If Telus decides against building the system, the economic development group plans to promote the valley'cellphone free status as a unique reason to visit or move to the region, Roberts said.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#724 Google Expressing an Interest in Wireless- July 24, 2007 Google Inc said on Friday it would take part in a major auction of wireless spectrum airwaves, meeting a minimum required bid of $4.6 billion, if U.S. regulators added a sale condition that Google said would promote an open wireless market. The prospect of Google participation in the auction escalates the debate over how the valuable airwaves should be used.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#723 Motorola Restructuring- July 23, 2007 A troubled Motorola Inc. has realigned itself as its critical cell-phone business slows down. The company sketched out the reorganization in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday, two days before it is set to announce its second-quarter financial results. Last week, Motorola slashed its earlier revenue forecast for the quarter and predicted a larger loss, blaming lower phone sales.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#721 Ericsson Missed Earnings- July 23, 2007 Ericsson missed market forecasts for second-quarter earnings as its multimedia drive produced disappointing results and revenue in its key European market stagnated, sending its shares down 5 percent.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#722 EU Regulators Relax Stance- July 19, 2007 The European Commission said Wednesday it had dropped its antitrust investigation into mobile phone roaming prices charged by operators in Britain and Germany after new EU rules forcing telecom companies to cut the cost of using mobile phones abroad.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#720 Wireless Messaging on a New Level- July 12, 2007 Wireless messaging communication is important in todays fast paced environment. PageGate allows critical alerts to be sent instantly to wireless devices regardless of the recipient's locations. PageGate supports group messaging and preprogrammed alerts, so that with the press of a single button notification can be sent to defined groups of individuals. . To ensure delivery even in the event of connectivity loss, PageGate version 5 supports failover options and redundant connectors. Messages.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#719 |