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Jaxtr has introduced low cost mobile calling facility with out-of-network. Jaxtr is allowing its members to call anyone across the globe for lower rate. Jaxtr claims that their rates are even lower than rates offered by most calling cards. Besides, Jaxtr Out-of-Network calls eliminate the hassle of access and PIN numbers required by calling cards.
“Making [...]

AT&T has announced that the qualifying LaptopConnect customers can now access more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hotspots free of charge. These Wi-Fi spots include 7,000 participating Starbucks locations plus thousands more AT&T Wi-Fi locations, including restaurants, airports, hotels and other convenient places across the United States.
The offer is available to customers who subscribe to a [...]

TIM Brasil and Nokia Siemens Networks have signed an agreement to offer WCDMA/HSPA network with high-speed mobile broadband data services in numerous Brazilian states of the South, Northeast and North regions.
According to the contract signed, Nokia Siemens Networks will be the sole 2G/3G Packet Core Network supplier for Brazil and main radio access network [...]

After Vodafone launched STD and local calls at just Re. 1/minute in India, Airtel stepped into the battle-ground with its dial-a-postpaid scheme. The dial-a-postpaid scheme promises to offer an affordable rate to mobile phone users.
Airtel’s dial-a-postpaid scheme provides users the flexibility of calling at affordable rates of 50p/minute for local calls. The scheme invites [...]

Network providers in India are trying their best to offer increasingly attractive schemes that facilitate simpler and cheaper local, STD and ISD calls. Each provider wants to introduce the best scheme forward, thereby luring a larger group of the mobile phone user base to shift to their respective networks.
Vodafone Essar, a leading cellular [...]

Recently we reported about the BlackBerry Bold, Research In Motion’s new smartphone. However, its availability and network carrier details were undisclosed at that time.
Today, AT&T announced that it will be the exclusive carrier of the BlackBerry Bold. The latest smartphone will be available later this year. AT&T has further said that owners of [...]

Vodafone has entered a deal with Apple, wherein the British mobile phone giant will now sell the iPhone in 10 of its markets worldwide.
Excluding the markets in which the iPod-mobile phone wonder is already available, Vodafone, which is the world’s largest mobile-phone company, will sell the device in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, [...]

T-Mobile’s third-generation wireless network has now gone live in New York City, announced the network operator on Monday. However, the twist in the story remains that the 3G network, as of now, is available only on a limited few handsets.
T-Mobile, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, further confirmed that the 3G coverage will be [...]

While a few countries are still waiting for the 2.5G iPhone to arrive, there are certain lucky ones who are on the wait-list of the 3G iPhone. Apple has been a victim of rumors once again with the grapevine being spread that T-Mobile Austria will be testing the most awaited 3G iPhone.
The rumor also [...]

AT&T Inc and Research In Motion (RIM) have launched BlackBerry Pearl 8120 for business customers in the US. The key feature of the phone is its Wi-Fi capability. The Pearl 8120 is a small sized phone boasting business functionalities.
BlackBerry e-mail and messaging capabilities including RIM’s SureType keyboard enhanced with word completion, built-in spell-checker [...]