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Cash isn’t king in the mobile wallet
August 8, 2012 3:52 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsThe mobile wallet is coming, and it could be closer than you think.
GAO report recommends FCC review of SAR limits
August 8, 2012 3:49 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsThe United States Government Accountability Office released a study recommending that the FCC review limits placed on specific absorption rate (SAR), the amount of radio frequency absorbed by the body when using a cell phone.
Charter narrows basic video subscriber loss in Q2
August 7, 2012 3:19 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsCharter Communications narrowed its revenue loss, improved on the number of basic video subscribers it had lost over the previous quarter a year ago and added 29,000 new data subscribers.
Cablevision holds the line on video subs in Q2
August 7, 2012 3:15 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsIt was no surprise that Cablevision added data and phone customers in the second quarter, but the nation’s fifth-largest cable operator also managed to retain its basic video subscribers, as well.
IMJ naps top honors in CableLabs’ Innovation Showcase
August 7, 2012 3:11 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsIMJ Corp. emerged as the winner of an informal poll during CableLabs’ Innovation Showcase event that was part of the Summer Conference in Keystone, Colo.
Leap to short Sprint on $75M payment as biz sags
August 7, 2012 3:08 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsLeap Wireless plans to skip some of a $75 million payment it owes Sprint for the use of its 3G network amid marked declines in its prepaid business.
Sprint goes public with LTE small cells, hires Alcatel-Lucent
August 6, 2012 2:59 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsSprint is using small cells provided by Alcatel-Lucent to supplement the capacity of its LTE network.
MetroPCS starts selling phone with TV tuner
August 6, 2012 2:52 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsIn time for the Olympics, MetroPCS is selling the first phone that can receive local TV signals, potentially lending TV stations some relevance in the age of the smartphone.
AT&T to ax 2G by 2017, reuse spectrum
August 6, 2012 2:51 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsAT&T plans to shut down its 2G service by the beginning of 2017 as it works to address a spectrum shortage limiting capacity on its networks.
Broadcom takes wraps off of full-band diagnostic tools
August 6, 2012 2:48 pm | by Mike Robuck | Products | CommentsBroadcom will be showing its full suite of remote monitoring and diagnostic tools at the CableLabs Summer Conference in Keystone, Colo.
Former Comcast exec Craddock joins SeaChange’s board; Goldfarb departs
August 6, 2012 2:46 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsSeaChange International announced that former Comcast engineering executive Steve Craddock has joined its board of directors.
AT&T Mobile Share plans coming Aug. 23
August 6, 2012 2:44 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsCustomers will be able to sign up for a Mobile Share plan at any AT&T retail store or by calling AT&T.
Time Warner Cable adds Wi-Fi network in Charlotte
August 3, 2012 3:30 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsThe company intends to provide free access to all during the Democratic National Convention that will begin later this month.
Cable companies rebut Sprint claims on AWS deal
August 3, 2012 3:19 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsThe four cable companies Verizon Wireless is buying AWS spectrum from have filed a rebuttal with the FCC to claims made by Sprint that the deal would adversely affect fair competition in the backhaul and Wi-Fi offload markets.
SEC investigating Sprint over sales tax collection
August 3, 2012 3:17 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsFederal trade regulators have opened a probe into Sprint's collection of sales taxes three months after the New York Attorney General sued Sprint over the same issue.
