Motorola Opus rechristened to i1
Motorola Opus is expected to make an official announcement at the CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas next month. The iDEN based device is attracting people because of its name. Instead of Opus, Motorola will be calling it i1. This gives a hint that even i2 and i3 are in development.
It’s likely that i1 will run Android 1.5 and will be loaded with various features including 3-megapixel camera. Since it’s an iDEN device, it surely will be having push-to-talk functionality.
Motorola is expected to make easy money with this iDEN-based Android smartphone. Though it’s not a large market but at the same time the product lacks competition, which is a positive sign. As it is Motorola is ruling Nextel’s offering and by adding an Android device the brand could at least bring their margins to some higher level. The i1 is expected to be a bit more expensive than some other MOTO phones sold through Sprint-owned networks, Nextel and Boost Mobile included.
$1m offered by Nokia & YTL top apps
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: $1 million has been offered by handset giant Nokia and Malaysian startup YTL to create winning apps. Nokia launched its Growth Economy Venture Challenge at CES in Las Vegas, with the hope t encourage innovators to create a mobile product or service that raises the standard of living or enhances the lives of those in growth economies.
According to Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, mobile solutions can be quite profitable, but not exploitiveâ€, leading to financial win-win scenarios for both innovators and consumers.
Meanwhile, Malaysian Wimax operator YTL Communications also announced a $1 million Global Developer Challenge at CES.
National cellular giant T-Mobile buys access to Alaska airwaves
Cell phone giant T-Mobile bought wireless spectrum space in Alaska’s airwaves during a recent Federal Communications Commission auction.
AWS Wireless Inc., formerly known as NextWave, also bought space in the Anchorage spectrum.
The buys were from an auction of the nation’s advanced wireless services spectrum, which closed Sept. 18 and raised more than $13 billion nationwide.
With a total of nearly $4.2 billion, T-Mobile was the high bidder on 120 licenses covering areas in Alaska and Anchorage, as well as the Lower 48, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company also purchased space in the major markets of New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago.
T-Mobile spent $1.1 million to buy into the Anchorage market. The company also spent $894.6 million for airwaves covering the Western United States.
T-Mobile USA, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, said in a written release that the company couldn’t comment on potential uses of the new airwaves due to FCC restrictions imposing a quiet period.
Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile operates the largest carrier-grade, commercial wireless broadband network in the United States.
AWS Wireless, a privately owned company that offers Wi-Max services, spent $1.8 million for airwaves in the Anchorage market.
Another big spender for Alaska air was American Cellular Corp., which operates in partnership with Dobson Communications, offering wireless services under the Cellular One trademark.
American Cellular purchased two licenses for the Alaska market, for a total of nearly $2.2 million.
MTA Communications, based in the Matanuska Valley, also purchased space in the Alaska market, spending $1.2 million. MTA also spent $539,000 for a license in the Anchorage area, and $525,000 for space in Bethel.
Space Data Spectrum Holdings, which focuses on air-to-ground communications, spent $733,000 for airwaves over the village of Wade Hampton. The city of Ketchikan purchased a $157,000 license for Haines airwaves.
In the same auction, Fairbanks-based Denali Spectrum LLC and partner Leap Wireless International Inc. were high bidders on 100 licenses for a total of $984 million. Denali Spectrum is a subsidiary of Doyon Limited, an Alaska Native regional corporation covering the Interior. Leap, based in San Diego, owns an 82.5 percent non-controlling interest in Denali.
Most of the bids were made under Leap subsidiary Cricket Licensee Inc., which acquired 99 licenses, for a total of $710 million, that include the cities of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Seattle and Las Vegas, among others. Denali Spectrum received a license for $274 million in areas that include Chicago, Minneapolis and Milwaukee.
Source- http://www.alaskajournal.com
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