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Wireless Carrier Reviews

Pandora doesn’t have anything on Research in Motion (RIM). Several middle eastern countries have been threatening BlackBerry data bans if RIM did not make accommodations that would allow the governments to monitor secure communications made via the devices. The bans would include e-mail, text messages, instant messages, and Web surfing, turning... [Read more of this review]

And the middle east BlackBerry ban threat continues. Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry, has been responding to threats from several middle eastern countries to ban BlackBerry data services if they could not monitor communications performed via the devices. They’re not talking about monitoring cell phone calls—that’s easily... [Read more of this review]

Yet another arm of the government is turning its attention to the wireless industry. Obviously, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has a long history with wireless carriers. But lately things have been a little tense with the FCC investigating carriers for their billing practices and, after Google decided to levy their own Equipment Recovery... [Read more of this review]

It seems when video killed the radio star, they didn’t do a very thorough job. Radio, and the music industry, are trying desperately to hold onto their existence and former glory. The thing is, rather than finding new ways to do this through innovation and ingenuity within their own industries, they continue to try to whittle away at, and worm... [Read more of this review]

It seems the banking industry isn’t going to sit by quietly while the wireless carriers try to horn in on their action. Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile are in the process of building a system, along with Discover and Barclays, to allow shoppers to pay with smartphones rather than credit or debit cards. But that venture is a ways off yet, as the... [Read more of this review]