Media Decoder Blog: Verizon Teaming With Redbox for DVD and Streaming Service
The two companies will combine to try to give customers more access to video on the Web, and possibly position the new venture as an alternative to Netflix.
Media Decoder Blog: Verizon Teaming With Redbox for DVD and Streaming Service
The two companies will combine to try to give customers more access to video on the Web, and possibly position the new venture as an alternative to Netflix.
Markets Are Not Convinced by a New Leader at RIM
Shares of Research in Motion, the company that makes BlackBerrys, fell 8.5 percent on Monday, the day its new chief executive, Thorsten Heins, spoke to analysts.
Media Decoder Blog: New in Your Wireless Store: The Cable Guy
A pending $3.6 billion transfer of spectrum will give Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, a presence in select Verizon Wireless retail locations, where Comcast salesmen will offer Verizon customers special offers if they sign up for the cable ...
Top 1% of Mobile Users Use Half of World’s Wireless Bandwidth
The gap between extreme users and the rest of the population is widening, according to Arieso, a company that advises mobile operators.
Verizon Wireless Abandons $2 Fee After Consumer Outcry
Verizon Wireless bowed to consumer anger on Friday, reversing a day-old plan to impose a bill-paying fee that would have applied to only some customers.
An Uproar on the Web Over $2 Fee by Verizon
The Web lit up with howls of protest as word spread of a new Verizon Wireless fee that will apply to people who make one-time credit or debit card payments on the phone or online.
Few Options For a Lagging T-Mobile
The wireless carrier is struggling, with a dwindling subscriber base, weak finances and no obvious way out after the deal with AT&T was scuttled.
Media Decoder Blog: To Woo Customers, Some Companies Are Sending Text Messages
A program allows retailers at the malls owned by DDR, a commercial real estate company, to send text messages to consumers in a specific geographic area.
Media Decoder Blog: With Verizon’s $3.6 Billion Spectrum Deal, Cable and Wireless Inch Closer
The purchase by Verizon Wireless of spectrum licenses from Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks points to a day when television, broadband, home phone and cellphone service appear on a single monthly bill.
F.C.C. Seeks Review of AT&T Merger With T-Mobile
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission will request an administrative hearing on the proposed $39 billion acquisition.
Advertising: Google Urges Mobile, Ala., to Go Mobile
Because of its name, the Alabama city was Google’s choice as the focus for a campaign to encourage businesses to offer Web sites that work well for mobile devices.
