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AT&T: Wireless Boosts the Bundle

AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson said that the anchor for the triple-play bundle of the future will be wireless telephony, not wireline service. The telecom giant will be more aggressive this year both within its region and possibly outside its territory with the three-product bundle that includes wireless phone service, he said last week.

"In-region, without a doubt, it will continue to get more aggressive," Stephenson said at the Citigroup Entertainment, Media & Telecommunications conference in Phoenix last Tuesday. "The triple-play option " wireless, broadband and video " that will be our strategic product set in the marketplace in-region. Out of the region, we'll see."
That could bode well for the telco, which owns the largest wireless-telephony service provider in the country, AT&T Wireless.

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Mobile Phone Remains a Casual Gaming Platform

Consumers Choose Casual Games for Mobile Phones, More Advanced Games for
Portable Gaming Devices

Consumers still perceive mobile phones as casual gaming devices, despite recent company efforts to introduce more advanced games and features to the platform, according to Parks Associates' The New Frontier: Portable and Mobile Gaming. This report analyzes trends in the mobile and portable gaming industries; profiles major publishers, developers, technology providers, and carriers; provides consumer data regarding portable and mobile gaming; and forecasts market growth.

"In the mobile gaming industry, consumer awareness lags behind technological advancements," said Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Director, Broadband and Gaming, Parks Associates. "New 3D and multiplayer mobile games look great in demos, but casual games are where the money is and will be for the next few years."

According to the report, fewer than 10% of on-the-go Internet gamers want to play core or console-centric games on a mobile phone, compared with 55% who want to play puzzle and card games on mobile phones and more than 30% who want word and arcade games.

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Everyone Is Going To Jail!!!!!

Judge removed over cell phone jailing

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - A sign in Niagara Falls' city court warns that cell phones and pagers must be turned off. Folks there believe it. On Tuesday, a judge was bounced from the bench for jailing 46 people after none would own up to a cell phone that began ringing during his court session.

Judge Robert Restaino "snapped" and "engaged in what can only be described as two hours of inexplicable madness" during the March 2005 session, Raoul Felder, chairman of the state Commission on Judicial Conduct, wrote in the decision to remove the judge.

Restaino, who became a full-time judge in 2002 after serving part-time since 1996, was hearing domestic violence cases when a phone rang.

"Everyone is going to jail," the judge said. "Every single person is gong to jail in this courtroom unless I get that instrument now. If anybody believes I'm kidding, ask some of the folks that have been here for a while. You are all going."

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Move with the Changing Times by Switching To VoIP

VoIP has become a rage world over due to the numerous advantages it has over the traditional public switch telephony network. With the rising popularity the demand for VoIP service has increased tremendously in the past few years and continues to rise at a high rate.

VoIP termination can help the industry and residentials alike in following ways-

1. Cheaper rates - Now it is possible to make local calls at a cheaper rate. No need to pay around $30 just for dial tone anymore!
2. Cheaper long distance and ISD calls - VoIP offers long distance and international calls at a much reduced rate. There are some resellers who offer free unlimited calling to USA and maybe other destinations like Canada.
3. Ease of operations - It is very convenient to use VoIP termination service. One can make VoIP calls through their laptops, IP phone http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifor even their old fixed line phone.
4. Mobility - You can take your VoIP phone with you on a holiday or a business trip without having to worry about missing important calls while you are away.
5. Reduced operating cost - VoIP Telephony service needs lesser equipments to route the call thereby reducing the cost of operations. It uses minimum equipments as opposed to other modes of communication.
6. Flexibility - VoIP termination business plan assists mobile workers or contact center employees to work from their home or while on the move at much cheaper rates and in some cases free of cost too.

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AT&T scraps parental controls

Communications giant AT&T has announced that it has been forced to at least temporarily abandon its parental control service for children's cell phones.

Dubbed Smart Limits, the service could potentially interfere with the children's access to the 911 emergency number, AT&T admitted. The company said that though user's who had cell phones with Smart Service could call 911, they were often cut off and the operator would be incapable of calling them back. AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel said: "The service was very well received by customers in the first few weeks it was available.

"But the safety and security of our customers comes first. We plan to reintroduce the service as quickly as we possibly can." Smart Limits allows parents to block calls from certain numbers, as well as block any calls coming in from numbers that are not recognized. Additionally, if there is a web browsing service on the phone, the service can block access to certain websites.

Nokia Offers Enhanced Security

The Finnish cell phone manufacturer Nokia has announced that it has allied with the companies Check Point and Intel to boost its security capabilities.

Resulting from the collaboration between the companies is the Nokia IP2450 security platform just released by Nokia. The product represents the cutting-edge in security and utilizes the latest innovations in chipsets, the company claims.

Tom Furlong, vice president, security and mobile connectivity at Nokia, said: "As threats become more sophisticated and as network traffic patterns change, security solutions must perform deeper inspections of more sizes and types of packets faster than ever before." "As a result, large businesses and service providers are demanding higher performance from their security appliances."

Nokia IP2450 also lets businesses "control costs and maximize investments", Mr Furlong added. If a business is growing, the Nokia IP 2450 gives it the option of increasing the capacity of the platform to 20 Gigabits. Nokia is currently the world's largest manufacturer of cell phones.

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