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OPERATION OF WIRELESS MICROPHONES IN THE 700 MHZ BAND

Under a new FCC rule, anyone who uses a wireless microphone that operates in the 700 MHz Band will have to stop operating their wireless microphone no later than June 12, 2010.
So why do you care? Dose your school, church or business use wireless microphones? Many do. And most of these users have very little [...]

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Cellular-Let’s Back up on Backing up Phones

Many of us have had that heart felt moment when our cell phones have gone kapoot!  They won’t power on, or the screen is dead.  We toddle off to our local cell phone provider’s retail location in seek of the miracle that will bring them back to life.  The cheery faced associate tells you that [...]

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Nokia and Microsoft Looking to give a Solution

Most recently Nokia and Microsoft look to team up and offer a smart phone solution.  Nokia is one of the oldest, and in my opinion, one of the most reliable phones when it comes to signal sensitivity.  Nokia has been one of the phones I have personally steered customer to, when signal is an issue.  [...]

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AT&T to Deploy HSPA 7.2 – Big Deal or Not?

AT&T has announced plans to upgrade their 3G network to deliver HSPA 7.2. These announcements always seem a bit of a tease to me. It’s going to take a couple of years to roll out the changes to make this happen across a network the size of AT&T.
So what is HSPA 7.2? What’s it mean [...]

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World’s First LTE Network is Launched

Well it looks like Ericsson and TeliaSonera get bragging rights for the first “commercial LTE network” in the world. On May 25, 2009 they announced the first commercial LTE network in the world. Although I don’t think a single site without customers makes a commercial network.  But it is the first site in Stockholm’s newest [...]

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Wireless Providers 2nd Quarter 2009 – The Great Divide!

If you have been following my previous articles, this one may just be the next chapter in the ever-continuing story of the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker.  The 2nd quarter results are in for all major carriers and I am not surprised at what we see.  First of all U.S Cellular has [...]

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Prepaid Wireless Wars Heat Up Again!

Sprint Nextel has announced that it will in fact acquire Virgin Mobile.  Virgin is a true pre pay service that most recently, has been somewhat in the shadows, since the explosion of Cricket Communications and Sprint’s Boost Mobile unlimited plans unleashed.  Virgin Mobile’s customer base has been declining and with a large debt coming due [...]

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Cellular – Do Not Be Something Your Not – An Editorial

Hi folks, I am going to reference an article published recently by one of the trade magazines called Wireless Week.  It says that “ Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) in the Wireless industry know all to well the customer pain relates to unmet needs and expectations.”  DUH!  I have been in the wireless industry since 1986 [...]

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Virgin Mobile Terms & Conditions

http://web.virginmobileusa.com/about/terms-and-conditions#tos65

Please follow link for full disclosure!

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Verizon Prepaid Terms & Conditions

Prepaid Customer Agreement
Verizon Wireless Prepaid Customer Agreement (Terms and Conditions) — located on the Verizon Wireless Prepaid shopping Path as well as My Prepaid Account web page.
(Para una copia de este documento en espanol, llame al o visite a nuestro website a www.espanol.vzwshop.com.)
Your Verizon Wireless Prepaid Customer Agreement
We’re Verizon Wireless. Please carefully read this agreement, [...]

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