Verizon finds cause of LTE outage

From InfoWorld: Verizon Wireless has determined the cause of an outage that crippled its LTE mobile data network starting late Tuesday and it is working to solve the problem, but the carrier has not estimated when the system will be restored.

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Sprint takes subscriber hit; still improves

From CNET News.com: Sprint Nextel continued to lose wireless subscribers in the first quarter of 2011 as it faced stiff competition from Verizon Wireless, which began selling the Apple iPhone in February. But the company improved its churn rate and narrowed its losses.
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Verizon adds $50 unlimited prepaid plan

From CNET News.com: Verizon Wireless planted a bigger flag in prepaid this week with the announcement of its new "Verizon Unleashed" plans. Though only available in Southern California and most of Florida for the time being, the plans offers unlimited services for $50 per month...

Nokia Restructuring Begins, 4,000 Employees to be Fired

From DailyTech: Can't say we didn't see it coming. You could point to former Microsoft Executive Stephen Elop's appointment as Nokia's new CEO in September as the beginning of a major transition for the Finnish mobile manufacturer, but things had been in disarray for the struggling...

AMD May Start Using ARM Architecture in Its Designs - ARM

From X-bit Labs: ARM Holdings, a leading designer of low-power microprocessor technologies, said that it would try to persuade AMD to abandon its x86 everywhere strategy and adopt ARM architecture for ultra low-power designs for smartphones, tablets and other electronics of the kind...

Google to loosen up Apps for Business contracts

From InfoWorld: Google will allow companies to sign up users for its paid Apps for Business hosted collaboration and communication suite on a month-to-month basis, without having to commit them to an annual contract.

Called the Flexible Plan, this new option will become available...

Verizon Acknowledges 4G LTE Outage

From PC World: Verizon this morning acknowledged that its 4G LTE network was not working for users across the U.S. after reports trickled in overnight about a nationwide outage.

In an update posted through its official Twitter account, Verizon Wireless acknowledged that it was...

Sony: Personal info compromised on PSN

From CNET News.com: Sony acknowledged today that the personal information of its PlayStation Network customers has been compromised.

The company posted an update on its blog today warning its more than 70 million customers that their personal information, including customer names...

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