The Department of Justice has ordered AT&T to pay more than $2 million in fines over its mishandling of the Dobson Communications acquisition. As part of the acquisition, AT&T was required to divest some markets. During the process, AT&T failed to protect some customer data, and AT&T personnel obtained unauthorized access to the divested businesses’ [...]

AT&T recently sent an SMS message promoting the television debut of American Idol’s most recent season to a ’significant’ number of its 75 million subscribers, including those who’ve voted in past seasons and others described as “heavy texters.” The SMS advertisement urged subscribers to tune into the broadcast and also pointed users to a Web [...]

Today Fujitsu announced that it will begin work on researching and producing long term evolution (LTE) networking technology and gear specifically for the North American market. Fujitsu plans to expand the existing laboratory facilities at its Richardson headquarters to support the development of next-generation wireless technologies. Fujitsu has already developed a 3GPP-compliant LTE system. The [...]

Following up on the leaked launch news yesterday, RIM has launched a promotional page for the forthcoming T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold 8900.
The phone features near identical specs to the Bold save for the display upgrade to a 480×360 resolution display, 3.2 megapixel camera with flash, video recorder, and autofocus, Wi-Fi with UMA support, media player, Bluetooth [...]

In a press release (PDF) before CES today, LG has revealed its flagship mobile product for the CES show and the year in the GD910 3G Wristwatch.

The device features a 1.43 inch touchscreen display, VGA camera for video calling, speaker for voice control, conference calls, or music listening, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, along with [...]

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Reports have surfaced that Nokia has immediately discontinued sales and support of the Nokia N810 WiMax Edition. When prompted for a response, Nokia’s PR department responded that the discontinuation was a normal procedure for old Nokia devices.

The real reasoning behind the discontinuation may be an issue of branding moreso than any real indicator of the [...]

The new version of the Shadow will keep the same name as the previous model, but improve its specifications with UMA support for phonecalls over Wi-Fi, a faster processor, and feature Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard, which will make it the first new T-Mobile smart device with Wndows Mobile 6.1.

T-Mobile has decided to excise the Supernova [...]

Sony Ericsson has announced two new high-end handsets at CES with the CyberShot C510 and the Walkman W508.
Both feature quadband GSM/EDGE radios, triband UMTS with HSDPA access, MemoryStick M2 expansion slots, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, 3.2 megapixel cameras with autofocus, flash, and video recorders, GPS support, and ActiveSync support in lieu of the venerable [...]

Nokia has officially announced launch and pricing details for the long-awaited E63 business-oriented smart device.
The device was intended to be launched in November of last year, and will be launched in the next few weeks for $279.99.  The E63  will be available not only in the Nokia flagship stores as is common for unlocked Nokia [...]