What goes into a Rogers bill (3)
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With the aid of Rogers’ Q2 financial report and some trusty pie chart skills, some folks at Wireless North put together the numbers which constitute Rogers’ $75 average monthly revenue per user. General overhead, shiny offices, salaries etc: $30 Cost of sales (Direct costs, electricity bill for those towers etc.): $7.69 Marketing (You might have seen some): $7.44 Depreciation (Infrastructure cost of the network): $6.06 Debt (interest on loans for past spectrum auctions and investments): ...
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jonezy said:
interesting, wonder how accurate or reliable this is?
Where oh where your wireless bill goes (6)
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Ever wonder when that fat telco bill lands every month, where exactly all that money goes? How much does it cost to run a wireless network anyway? Never fear friends a little forensic finance plotting reveals all. Lets use the nation’s largest carrier Rogers for an example. All figures drawn from Rogers Communications Inc. wireless division Q2 2008 published results. Rogers average revenue per user is $75 this quarter. So, for your $75 you spend ...
U.S. Airlines Now Charging As Much As $400 To Carry Surfboards (4)
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Airlines and surfers must be involved in some secret war, because how else can you explain why airlines are targeting them so savagely right now? Sure, snacks cost us $9, bags are $50 each, and seat belts will probably soon be auctioned off during the preflight check—but if you're a surfer, you can expect to pay up to $200 each way to bring along your board, pretty much blowing out the budget of any surfer ...
Apple Releases Software to fix Dropped Call Problems (1)
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MobileCrunch reported yesterday that complaints from around the world are reporting that the iPhone 3G is having connection troubles. Dropped calls and inconsistent Internet speeds are plaguing some iPhone users. Being quick to the draw, Apple has released a software update which may be meant to fix the problems. T-Mobile, which has exclusive iPhone rights in some European countries, announced today that the software is available for users to download. It isn’t known if the ...
Infineon deny their iPhone 3G chipset to blame for reception woes (1)
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Controversy about the iPhone 3G’s unpredictable reception continues, with a discrete denial from Infineon, the latest party to be fingered for blame making. A recent analyst’s report suggested that Infineon - who supply the 3G chipsets for the iPhone - had released hardware with “an immature chipset and radio protocol stack”. However Infineon spokesman Guenther Gaugler is quoted in Business Week today as claiming “our 3G chips are, for example, used in Samsung handsets and ...
International iPhone Carriers Start the Apple Pile-On Over Sub-Par 3G [IPhone 3G] (5)
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After news of possible 3G driver/chipset shortcomings, many international iPhone carriers are bringing out the innocent, puppy-dog-eyed shoulder shrug regarding customer gripes with the iPhone's 3G performance. Both T-Mobile Netherlands and Vodafone Australia are the latest to go public with their passive-aggressiveness, much to Apple's delight. Posting on its official blog [translated] , T-Mobile Netherlands says "the 3G coverage of T-Mobile is as good as the competition, there can therefore not lie. We suspect that ...
International iPhone Carriers Start the Apple Pile-On Over Sub-Par 3G [IPhone 3G] (1)
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After news of possible 3G driver/chipset shortcomings, many international iPhone carriers are bringing out the innocent, puppy-dog-eyed shoulder shrug regarding customer gripes with the iPhone's 3G performance. Both T-Mobile Netherlands and Vodafone Australia are the latest to go public with their passive-aggressiveness, much to Apple's delight. Posting on its official blog [translated] , T-Mobile Netherlands says "the 3G coverage of T-Mobile is as good as the competition, there can therefore not lie. We suspect that ...
India’s Airtel to launch 3G iPhone August 22 (1)
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India’s top mobile service provider will launch Apple’s 3G iPhone in India on August 22. Details at this time are sketchy and pricing details have not been revealed yet. Two other companies, Estonia’s EMT and the Czech Republic’s Telephonica O2, will also launch the popular handset in their respective countries. Airtel doesn’t have the exclusive right to sell and operate the iPhone in India. Vodafone will also have a piece of the action but hasn’t ...
Delta Air Lines Embraces Wi-Fi during Flights (1)
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The U.S. company Delta Air Lines announced today that it will sell broadband wireless Internet access on its entire domestic mainline fleet. The service is expected to be up and running on all domestic flights by the middle of 2009. Wi-Fi will be offered to passengers flying throughout the continental United States. Aircell, an airborne communications provider, will install the network on more than 330 aircraft that makeup Delta’s U.S. fleet of passenger airliners. The ...
AT&T to Extend iPhone Exclusivity Contract in U.S. (1)
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USA Today is reporting that AT&T has reached an agreement with Apple to extend AT&T’s exclusive rights to carry the iPhone in the United States. AT&T will remain the exclusive retailer of the iPhone through 2010. AT&T subsidizes the price of the iPhone to the tune of about $300, which keeps the handset’s retail price at $199. AT&T hopes to make up for the subsidy by being the exclusive service provider for the popular handset. ...
An end to the tyranny (1)
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I’ve been slightly giddy with joy since reading yesterday’s news. A Superior Court judge in California ruled the common carrier practice of charging customers steep early termination fees is illegal. I finally got around to publishing an essay on the Adaptive Path site two weeks ago about the need for mobile carriers to reinvent themselves - that their strategy of bullying customers into relationships through contracts lays the groundwork for nothing but a contentious relationship. ...
Video: Ely Rosenstock explains how to escape a cellular contract without paying an ETF (4)
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"You're gonna need two things. Your Verizon customer agreement ... and a copy of your latest bill." Most of us know that material adversity is the magical legal concept that frees us, but imagine that it's a rare occurrence, only applicable when text rates and such are hiked. Au contraire! The federal service charge goes up frequently, and it's a fee the carriers don't have to pass on to you, but choose to do so. ...
More from the Mass Retailers: Space-saving Cat Carrier at Target (1)
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If you’ve been to Target lately, you’ve probably noticed that they have expanded their pet offerings. I’m a huge fan of Target and their philosophy of making good design affordable, so I always keep an eye out for their latest cat products. This one was brought to my attention by a reader (thanks, Turi!). It’s a compact and inexpensive cat carrier. From reading the reviews, it sounds like it works best with kittens and smaller ...
Nokia and Qualcomm Settle Worldwide Legal Battle (1)
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A legal battle that spanned three continents and involved two of the biggest names in the mobile realm came to an end yesterday with both sides dropping all complaints and cross-complaints. Nokia, the world’s largest handset maker, and Qualcomm, the world’s largest maker of cell phone chips, reached an agreement that should quiet the upheaval that threatened to ripple throughout the mobile world. Neither side has commented on the agreement. Nokia has a 15-year licensing ...
Argentina: 85% más de SMS en el Día de Amigo. (1)
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Se trata de los mensajes que enviaron los clientes de Personal el domingo 20 de julio, cuando se intercambiaron 170 millones de SMS. La cifra representa un 85% más de tráfico cursado respecto de un día normal del mes de julio. Por otra parte, los mensajes multimedia (MMS), que suman al texto, fotografías, videos o voz, se duplicaron en relación al día del amigo del año anterior. En los últimos años, el intercambio de SMS ...
iPhone 3G hacked for WiFi tethering to your laptop (3)
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Talk about frustrating: when you're in an area with decent coverage, the iPhone 3G can notch up some impressive data speeds. AT&T, though, won't let you take advantage of all that speedy data by tethering the handset to your laptop; you're only meant to use the unlimited plan on the iPhone 3G itself. Of course, we know that being told "no, you can't" only encourages some people, and thankfully one of those people is Nate ...
Analysts predict worldwide multichannel hypercompetition (1)
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Filed under: Industry, Cable, Fiber, Internet, OTA, Satellite We suppose it's possible that you've missed out on all the fiber expansion going on here in the US, but even if so, you'd probably guess that programming competition in general is heating up. SNL Kagan has published new research that suggests that global multichannel hypercompetition is just around the bend, with 54 of the top 75 markets to see "four or more digital video distribution platforms" ...
Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010 (3)
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This is huge news for the wireless industry in Canada. We are hearing strong rumours than both Bell and Telus will be switching (or at least launching) an HSPA (GSM) network in Canada by 2010. You heard it here first. Rumours and speculation about the switch have been swirling for a while, but this time it looks like it’s for real. Ever since they purchased FIDO and became Canada’s only GSM carrier, Rogers has been ...
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walkah said:
Interesting.... Well that would certainly put an end to the Rogers monopoly. I'd welcome a little competition, and I would *love* to see it open up even further.
iPhone 3G Battery Extender Accessories (3)
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Forget about buying those $40 cases or that FM Transmitter for the iPhone 3G. You are better off initially investing your hard earned money on an iPhone 3G battery extender accessory such as the Mophie Juice Pack, iGo battery extender from Mobility Electronics or the Kensington Mini Battery Pack and Charger. I don't give a rats @ss how conservative you are or how exact you are at following Apple's suggestions for "extending" the iPhone 3G's ...
