AT&T to offer Apple’s new iPad on March 16 (USA)
Mobile operator AT&T has announced that it will offer the new iPad with Wi-Fi + 4G in the United States on Friday, March 16. AT&T will offer all models of iPad with Wi-Fi + 4G with a range of attractive data plans that will allow customers to connect to the AT&T 4G LTE network with speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G.
The third generation iPad is a category defining mobile device that features a stunning new Retina display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics and a 5 megapixel iSight camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video. It also still delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery life while remaining amazingly thin and light. iPad with Wi-Fi + 4G is world-ready, allowing users to connect to fast networks worldwide when they travel.
Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO, AT&T Mobility, said that the new iPad is coming to the nation’s largest 4G network and they could not be more excited. He added that their customers will get a widespread, ultra-fast and consistent 4G experience from AT&T on day one, plus unlimited access to the nation’s largest Wi-Fi network at no extra charge. They will be offering very competitive data plans for iPad and are confident customers will agree that AT&T delivers the best experience.
Customers can buy the new iPad through all AT&T sales channels beginning Friday, March 16.
AT&T Introduces Unlimited Calling to Any Mobile Number
Go ahead and dial up those digits–no matter which wireless network you’re calling. AT&T* today announced customers can enjoy unlimited mobile calling to any mobile number in America. Unlimited Mobile to Any Mobile is available to AT&T customers with an unlimited messaging plan and a qualifying voice plan**.
Beginning Thursday, Mobile to Any Mobile will be available to new and existing AT&T customers with a qualifying voice plan who subscribe to unlimited messaging plans. Existing customers with an unlimited messaging plan can activate Mobile to Any Mobile by visiting www.att.com/anymobile. The URL will be available beginning Thursday.
“Mobile to Any Mobile is an exciting offer that will keep our customers connected to the people they want to talk to, when they want to talk to them, without the hassle of watching minutes,” said David Christopher, chief marketing officer, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “We’re giving customers more options and even better value. And when you include Rollover Minutes, a benefit available exclusively from AT&T that lets customers keep their unused minutes for all domestic calls, including to landline numbers, it’s clear that AT&T offers the most flexibility in the industry.”
Unlimited messaging is available for $20 per month on an individual plan and $30 per month for a FamilyTalk Plan, which allows for up to five lines.
For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit http://www.att.com/.
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
**Mobile to Any Mobile Calling – Available only with select Nation and FamilyTalk plans. Direct calls to & direct calls received from US mobile numbers only. Rollover Minutes: Unused Anytime Mins expire after the 12th billing period. Night & Weekend & Mobile to Mobile mins do not roll over.
Verizon working on CDMA network for simultaneous voice and data services
Verizon Wireless is developing a new solution that will allow its CDMA subscribers to access voice and mobile data services at the same time.
According to reports, Apple is making an iPhone for Verizon’s CDMA network and that Verizon will launch the phone early next year, which would break AT&T Mobility’s grip on the popular smartphone.
The main difference between Verizon’s network and AT&T’s UMTS network is that AT&T subscribers can access voice and data services simultaneously in which Verizon lacks behind.
According to Biran Higgins, Verizon’s executive director for ecosystem development, the carrier is working on making its network capable of handling voice and data at the same time.
According to Brad Shewmake, a spokesman for the CDMA Development Group, a solution that will allow CDMA subscribers to access voice and data at the same time will be commercially available in the first half of 2011. August 2009 the CDG announced that specification, called SVDO. The new service will allow CDMA2000 devices to access EV-DO packet data services while in an active 1X circuit-switch voice call.
SMS Spam Reporting Service unveiled by GSMA
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Spammers have got a new attractive victim in the form of mobile-phone users who are indulged in text messaging most of the time, courtesy, falling cost of text messaging. To help the customers in the identification and cutting off spammers abusing SMS, the association wants its mobile-network-operator members to “crowd-source” spam reports from them.
With 20% increase in 10 years, as much as 90 percent of Internet e-mail traffic today is spam. According to Brad Greene, vice president of business development at the GSMA, the proportion of spam in mobile text messages is far lower, under 10 percent in the U.S. and the U.K., rising to 20 percent in some Asian countries.
The cost of text messaging has helped a lot in controlling the number of spam via SMS when compared to e- mails as the emails are very cheap even if it receives a low response because of its very low cost. But currently, low-cost or unlimited texting plans, and the rising use of high-speed wireless modems has increased the number of spam flow via SMS. GSMA is planning to develop a new system to control spam situation and AT&T Mobility, Korea Telecom and French operator SFR will be the first operators to contribute data to the new system.
Under the new system, operators will get useful data for their own operational processes and automated systems instead of automatically blocking offending text messages.
Nokia Laptop (Booklet 3G) to sell for $299 in the US
Nokia’s Booklet3G, a Windows 7 based notebook computer will be sold in November through AT&T and Best Buy. It will be on offer for $299.99 with a 2 Year AT&T Data Connect plan.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Sleek, strong Windows 7-based mini-laptop hits Best Buy stores for 299.99 USD in time for the holidays
New York, NY, USA – Drawing upon its rich heritage and leadership in the mobile industry, Nokia is opening a new chapter in mobility with the introduction of the Nokia Booklet 3G to the U.S. together with AT&T, Best Buy and Microsoft. Developed for connectivity just about anytime and virtually anywhere, the Nokia Booklet 3G is refining what consumers can expect at the crossroads of mobility and the personal computer.
“Nokia understands mobility like no other company and recognizes that the most ‘powerful’ device is the one that doesn’t have you running for the power plug or network point” said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, president and CEO of Nokia. “By combining the Booklet’s sleek design, impressive features and competitive price together with the new Windows 7 operating system from Microsoft, AT&T’s nationwide 3G coverage and Best Buy’s unmatched national retail footprint, we believe we have a winning combination for U.S. consumers” (more…)
