Competitive Intelligence Highlights are excerpts from a longer, more detailed Intelligence Reports. Clients with subscriptions can read the full report by following the Client Access links. The highlights listed below are from the following Current Analysis modules; U.S. Wireless Services - U.S., Mobile Devices, and Digital Home - U.S.
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Mobile World Congress 2010: Verizon Wireless Looks to Lock High Use Skypers and Drive Data Revenue
| Feb 19, 2010 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Show Update |
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Mobile World Congress 2010: Microsoft Regains Relevance in Smartphones with Windows Phone 7
| Feb 16, 2010 | Mobile Devices | Show Update |
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Mobile World Congress 2010: Garmin-Asus Launches New GPS Phones to Navigate Tougher Competition
| Feb 16, 2010 | Mobile Devices | Show Update |
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Google to Test 1 Gigabit Broadband with Experimental Fiber to the Home Network
| Feb 12, 2010 | Digital Home - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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AT&T and U.S. Cellular Follow Verizon Wireless’ Unlimited Price Points – When Will It End?
| Jan 20, 2009 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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CES 2010: magicJack Demos Working GSM Femtocell, Plans to Offer Unlimited Femtocell Calling for $20 a Year
| Jan 11, 2010 | Digital Home - U.S. | Show Update |
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CES 2010: PlayStation Network Coming to New Sony BRAVIA and Blu-ray Players in February
| Jan 8, 2010 | Digital Home - U.S. | Show Update |
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Google Nexus One Launch: Terrific HTC Phone, Only Available Online
| Jan 5, 2010 | Mobile Devices | Show Update |
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Verizon Wireless unveils Motorola DROID Smartphone
| Oct 30, 2009 | Mobile Devices | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment 2009: Verizon Wireless and Google Issue Joint Press Release
| Oct 7, 2009 | Mobile Devices | Show Update |
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Motorola Unveils Its First Android Smartphone
| Sep 14, 2009 | Mobile Devices | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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AT&T’s A-List Eliminates the Competitive Gap Against Verizon Wireless’ Friends & Family
| Sep 11, 2009 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Samsung Reclaim Is the First Eco Phone Consumers May Actually Want to Buy
| Aug 10, 2009 | Mobile Devices | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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Microsoft and Yahoo! Plan Search Partnership with Microsoft’s Bing Replacing Yahoo!’s Search
| Jul 30, 2009 | Digital Home - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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Verizon Wireless is Officially the First U.S. Carrier to Announce the Launch of an App Store
| Jul 30, 2009 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Show Update |
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Sprint Scoops Up Virgin Mobile USA as the Last Major MVNO Gives In
| Jul 28, 2009 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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Verizon Adds Internet Video, Facebook and Twitter to the FiOS TV Screen
| Jul 17, 2009 | Digital Home - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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Sprint Looks to Gain Savings by Outsourcing Operations to Ericsson
| Jul 10, 2009 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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HTC Hero Gives a Sense of What Android Can Do
| June 26, 2009 | Mobile Devices | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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Virgin Mobile’s Broadband2Go Seeks to Grab a Piece of the Mobile Broadband Pie
| Jun 11, 2009 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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Palm Pre Launch and Hands-on Analysis
| June 8, 2009 | Mobile Devices | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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E3 2009: Microsoft Shows Off Several Xbox 360 Upgrades to Embolden Its Place in the Living Room
| Jun 2, 2009 | Digital Home - U.S. | Show Update |
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AT&T Plans Upgrade to Faster 3G with HSPA 7.2
| May 27, 2009 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Update |
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Verizon Wireless Changes Mobile Broadband Plans and Introduces Its Portable WiFi Hotspot
| May 11, 2009 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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Samsung Alias2 Brings E-Ink to Phones
| May 11, 2009 | Mobile Devices | Competitive Update |
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Qwest Begins WiFi Hotspot Service Free for Its Broadband Customers via AT&T WiFi
| May 8, 2009 | Digital Home - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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Cablevision to Offer 101 Mbps Downstream Broadband for $99.95 a Month
| Apr 29, 2009 | Digital Home - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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Nokia Opens the “Door” to a Developer Audience, but Will Anyone Notice?
| Apr 28, 2009 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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CTIA Wireless 2009: AT&T Shows Its Commitment to Openness by Fuelling Rapid Application Development
| Apr 7, 2009 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Show Update |
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CTIA Wireless 2009: Verizon Wireless is the First U.S. Carrier to Offer DRM-Free MP3s
| Apr 6, 2009 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Show Update |
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CTIA Wireless 2009: Samsung Upgrades the Instinct at Sprint
| Apr 2, 2009 | Mobile Devices | Show Update |
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CTIA Wireless 2009: Zer01 Lays Out Details of Its Unlimited Voice and Data Plan
| Apr 2, 2009 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Show Update |
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CTIA Wireless 2009: Sprint Also Expands Consumer QWERTY Messaging with Sanyo SCP-2700
| Apr 2, 2009 | Mobile Devices | Show Update |
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CTIA Wireless 2009: AT&T Rolls Out Extensive QWERTY Lineup
| Mar 31, 2009 | Mobile Devices | Show Update |
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DIRECTV and the NFL Renew Content Partnership through 2014
| Mar 25, 2009 | Digital Home - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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CES 2009: TiVo’s New Search Tools Incorporate Internet Content Partners Amazon and YouTube
| Jan 9, 2008 | Digital Home - U.S. | Show Update |
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CES 2009: RIM’s New BlackBerry Curve 8900 Comes to T-Mobile
| Jan 9, 2008 | Mobile Devices | Show Update |
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CES 2009: Verizon Wireless Seals the Deal with Microsoft’s Search Service
| Jan 9, 2008 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Show Update |
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CES 2009: SanDisk SlotRadio: Cheap and Easy Content
| Jan 8, 2008 | Mobile Devices | Show Update |
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Clearwire and Sprint Complete Deal: Now How Long Until 4G Mobile Broadband?
| Dec 3, 2008 | Digital Home - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Reports |
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Cox to Build Wireless Foundation to Ensure Future Competitiveness
| Oct 28, 2008 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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Comcast Attacks FiOS by Deploying Faster Speeds in New England Markets with Up to 50 Mbps Downstream
| Oct 23, 2008 | Digital Home - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Reports |
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RIM’s Storm is the First Touchscreen BlackBerry and a Verizon Wireless Exclusive
| Oct 8, 2008 | Mobile Devices | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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T-Mobile and Google (and HTC) Launch G1, Industry’s First Android Phone
| Sep 24, 2008 | Mobile Devices | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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Verizon Launches an Aggressive $94.99 FiOS Triple Play in New York City
| July 28, 2008 | Digital Home - U.S. | Competitive Update |
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Nokia and Qualcomm Settle Their Suits: What it Means
| Jul 28, 2008 | Mobile Devices | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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Location-based Services and Social Networking Sites – A Match Made in Heaven?
| Jul 15, 2008 | U.S. Wireless | Advisory Report |
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T-Mobile Takes its $10 a Month Unlimited Domestic Calling Landline Service National
| Jun 26, 2008 | Digital Home - U.S | Competitive Update |
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Sprint Makes a Statement with Pricing and Launches Samsung Instinct at $129
| Jun 20, 2008 | U.S. Wireless | Competitive Update |
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AT&T Launches Much Rumored, Long Awaited iPhone3G at Much Lower Price Point
| Jun 9, 2008 | U.S. Wireless | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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Industry Consolidation Continues: Verizon Wireless to Acquire Alltel
| Jun 9, 2008 | U.S. Wireless | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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Time Warner Spins Off Time Warner Cable, Leaving TWC Fully Independent But with a $9 Billion Debt
| May 23, 2008 | Digital Home - U.S | Competitive Update |
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Nokia 5310 Arrives Fashionably Late to T-Mobile’s Music Party
| May 22, 2008 | U.S. Wireless | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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Sprint, Clearwire, and Strategic Investors End WiMAX Speculation with Funding and a New Structure
| May 8, 2008 | U.S. Wireless Services | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Sprint’s Pivot Dropped by All Cable Venture Partners
| Apr 25, 2008 | U.S. Consumer Services | Competitive Intelligence Report
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CTIA Wireless 2008: AT&T to Change Retail Experience with Microsoft Surface
| Apr 4, 2008 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Show Update
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CTIA Wireless 2008: AOL Offers AOL MyMobile on Windows Mobile Handsets
| Apr 3, 2008 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Show Update
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CTIA Wireless 2008: Sprint to Launch Samsung Instinct in June
| Apr 3, 2008 | Mobile Devices | Show Update
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CTIA Wireless 2008: Yahoo! oneSearch 2.0 Promises Quantum Leap in Mobile Search
| Apr 3, 2008 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Show Update
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CTIA Wireless 2008: Sprint Announces the Launch of Its First Two QChat Models, the Sanyo Pro 200 and Pro 700
| Apr 3, 2008 | Mobile Devices | Show Update
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CTIA Wireless 2008: Verizon Wireless Launches Loopt Mobile Application
| Apr 2, 2008 | U.S. Wireless Research Portal | Show Update
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CTIA Wireless 2008: Sony Ericsson Touts First 3G Phone at AT&T
| Mar 31, 2008 | Mobile Devices | Show Update
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CTIA Wireless 2008: AT&T Announces MediaFLO Launch Again, This Time in May
| Mar 27, 2008 | U.S. Wireless Research Portal | Show Update
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MOTO Split: Good or Bad?
| Mar 28, 2008 | Wireless Infrastructure, Mobile Devices | Competitive Intelligence Special |
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Mobile Social Networking in the U.S. Market: Not Just Another Passing Trend
| Mar 19, 2008 | U.S. Wireless Services | Telebriefing Replay
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CTIA Wireless 2008: AT&T Would Like to Remind You that It is Open, Too
| Mar 19, 2008 | U.S. Wireless Research Portal | Show Update
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Hulu Goes Public with Free Premium Online Video from NBC, FOX, and Many Others
| Mar 13, 2008 | Digital Home - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Apple’s SDK and Email Synch Open up the iPhone to Businesses
| Mar 10, 2008 | U.S. Wireless Research Portal | Competitive Update
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The Domino Effect: AT&T and T-Mobile Jump on the Unlimited Bandwagon
| Feb 20, 2008 | U.S. Wireless Research Portal | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Verizon Wireless Begins the Unlimited Voice Pricing War, Not Sprint
| Feb 19, 2008 | U.S. Wireless Research Portal | Competitive Intelligence Report
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AT&T - Starbucks’ WiFi Deal Usurps T-Mobile and Expands the AT&T WiFi Footprint Nationally
| Feb 12, 2008 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Nokia Buys TrollTech, But not for the Obvious Reason
| Jan 30, 2008 | Mobile Devices | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Apple Figures Out Video with Its New iTunes Business Model; Consumers Prefer to Rent Movies
| Jan 17, 2008 | Digital Home - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Alltel Expands MyCircle Calling Options for Businesses and Consumers
| Jan 15, 2008 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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CES 2008: Panasonic and Comcast Preview AnyPlay P-DVR Utilizing New Tru2way Technology
| Jan 11, 2008 | Digital Home - U.S. | Product Intelligence Report
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CES 2008: Sprint Adds to the XOHM Ecosystem and Hints at Service Models
| Jan 10, 2008 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Show Update
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CES 2008: Motorola Announces Video and Music Phones
| Jan 10, 2008 | Mobile Devices | Show Update
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CES 2008: Sony Ericsson Launches Three New Phones for the U.S.
| Jan 9, 2008 | Mobile Devices | Show Update
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CES 2008: Yahoo! Joins the Open Platform Bandwagon, Launches Yahoo! Go 3.0
| Jan 9, 2008 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Show Update
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Comcast CEO Opens Up about Bold New Strategies to Improve Its Triple Play Services
| Jan 9, 2008 | Digital Home - U.S. | Show Update
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CES 2008: Microsoft Xbox 360 and Microsoft Mediaroom Begin to Move Forward with Integration Plans
| Jan 8, 2008 | Digital Home - U.S. | Show Update
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CES 2008: Microsoft Mediaroom Upgrades Take On TIVO and Shows IPTV Advantages
| Jan 8, 2008 | Digital Home - U.S. | Show Update
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CES 2008: Nokia to Create U.S. Version of N95 8GB
| Jan 8, 2008 | Mobile Devices | Show Update
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Sprint is the First to Offer Free Mobile MySpace Web
| Dec 17, 2007 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Helio Launches YouTube 2.0
| Dec 14, 2007 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Verizon Wireless Makes the Correct Bet of LTE for Its 4G Future
| Dec 3, 2007 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Verizon Wireless’ Open Network Option Positions It Well for the Future
| Nov 29, 2007 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Verizon Expands Symmetrical FiOS to all FiOS Service Areas and Increases FiOS Ultimate Upstream Speeds
| Nov 21, 2007 | Digital Home - U.S. | Competitive Update
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LG Voyager at Verizon Wireless Ready to Take on the iPhone
| Nov 21, 2007 | Mobile Devices | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Sprint and Clearwire Dissolve WIMAX Partnership Plan
| Nov 12, 2007 | Wireless | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Google Breathes Life into Android with 34 Partners and a Press Release
| Nov 9, 2007 | Wireless | Competitive Intelligence Special Report
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Verizon Wireless’ New INpulse Plans Signal a Shift in Prepaid Stance
| Nov 2, 2007 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Disney Stomps on Mickey's Phone, Kills Disney Mobile
| Sep 28, 2007 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Sprint is First to Market with AIRAVE Femtocell, Addressing Coverage and Unlimited Calling
| Sep 19, 2007 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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T-Mobile Grabs SunCom, Contributing to Mobile M&A Activity
| Sep 18, 2007 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Sprint Looks to a Brighter Future as it Holds the Sprint Ahead Technology Summit
| Aug 17, 2007 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Advisory Report
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Amp’d Is Dead, but Plan Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
| Aug 10, 2007 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Advisory Report
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LinuxWorld 2007: Motorola Brands Its Mobile Linux Platform ‘‘MOTOMAGX’’
| Aug 8, 2007 | Mobile Devices | Show Update
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Verizon Wireless Moves to Acquire Rural Operator, RCC
| Aug 2, 2007 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Open Access Does Not Mean Open Season for Device Vendors
| Aug 2, 2007 | Mobile Devices | Advisory Report
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Warning Signs Point to Independent VoIP Carriers’ Days Being Numbered
| Jul 26, 2007
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iPhone Impact
| Jun 11, 2007 | Mobile Devices | Advisory Report
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Amp’d Mobile Hits the Wall and Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
| Jun 4, 2007 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Apple iTunes Plus Unlocks Rights Restrictions to EMI Downloaded Songs
| Jun 1, 2007 | Digital Home - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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Verizon Wireless Unites America’s Choice Plans with Unlimited Messaging
| Apr 16, 2007 | Wireless Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report
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The Importance of Functional Branding for Handsets
| Apr 16, 2007 | Mobile Devices | Advisory Report
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AT&T Unity: A First Step in Converged Wireline-Wireless Services
| Jan 22, 2007 | Wirelerss Services - U.S. | Competitive Intelligence Report |
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