I have to laugh when I see commercials like this from AT&T-or any wireless carrier for that matter: I can name at least a couple of places where I get zero bars on AT&T. And you know what?...

As I reported elsewhere, Qwest is looking to get out of it's MVNO deal with Sprint. Instead, they will be simply reselling Verizon Wireless service. Qwest customers with more than one service will...

In what I believe is a first for the U.S. market, Phone News is reporting that AT&T is now offering unlimited MEdia Net access on their pay as you go prepaid plans for $20 every month. AT&T...

Truphone, known more for enabling WiFi calling and SMS on Nokia handsets than being a traditional wireless carrier, is now going to be just that. Truphone recently announced they have acquired the...

The war has begun! Aside from Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and AT&T have rolled out their unlimited monthly plans for voice and SMS. Together, these 3 major operators comprise about 65% of wireless...

In an effort to strengthen its hold to high end users, Verizon Wireless has rolled out unlimited voice and data plans known as Nationwide Unlimited Anytime Minute Plans. Thanks to Saunderslog.com,...

As I was browsing my feeds, I chanced upon a press release from survey and professional services company Vocal Laboratories and its study of customer service quality among major wireless phone...

A reader sent me some information about mobile phone charges in Indonesia, which is the forth biggest country in terms of population, behind the U.S., India, and China. Quoting from my piece on...

The CTIA, otherwise knows as the industry association representing the wireless carriers in the U.S., recently told the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that based on some key factors, the...

One of the things that really irritates me about the U.S. carriers is that they charge both for inbound and outbound SMS! I can understand on phone calls, since we have these things called "free...

In business and war, your ultimate goal is to crush your enemy totally. In the words of the infamous strategist Niccolò Machiavelli, "the injury therefore that we do to a man must be such that...

A few weeks after such bold statement that he is not afraid of Internet search giant Google, AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega has a sudden change of heart. AT&T is now allowing their subscribers to...

If you're a suffering T-Mobile subscriber, you don't have to fake your death just to get out of the stupid contract. Just roam outside the T-Mobile network most of the time and freedom will be...

Handset manufacturing giant Nokia is doing what other leading mobile companies simply can't do - make money from low-end mobile phones. According to BusinessWeek, Nokia's third-quarter profit...

T-Mobile is experiencing the increasing power of fed up mobile subscribers. According to Information Week, the California Supreme Court recently gave a go-signal preventing the leading mobile company...

Verizon Wireless is taking some baby steps towards better customer service. Starting this Sunday, mobile subscribers are now allowed to change their calling plans without having to extend their...

Losing money quarter after quarter in the mobile phone market, PC World reports that Taiwan's BenQ is finally moving to a new direction - computer monitors and digital projectors. Apparently, the...

While Nokia is currently recalling 46 million BL-5C batteries for causing about 100 incidents of over heating around the globe, the manufacturer Matsushita Battery has agreed to shoulder all the...

After a month of absence, I'm finally back here to deliver more interesting mobile trends affecting the way we communicate with each other. So here we go. First stop - iPhone. After months of...

Nokia is gearing up for the future by altering its company structure starting January 2008. This initiative aims for "greater effectiveness, speed up time to market for new products, and increase...

According to ABI Research, revenues from mobile phone accessories is projected to reach $32 billion this year while Smartphones $28 billion. Heads up to handset vendors; they must think more...