Monday, March 21, 2011

AT&T To Buy T-Mobile For $39 Billion

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Monday, March 21, 2011

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TODAY'S TOP STORY

- AT&T To Buy T-Mobile For $39 Billion
AT&T announced its intent to purchase smaller rival T-Mobile in a $39 billion deal that will help both compete better with Verizon Wireless.
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- Five Reasons Wireless Subscribers Will Suffer Under AT&T/T-Mobile Deal
Byte.com's Gina Smith explains why the deal is bad for wireless subscribers of any network.
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- 38% Of SMBs Depend On Mobile Apps
An AT&T survey finds that GPS/mapping, social media, and document management are the most popular apps for smaller businesses.
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- Overdrive Pro Offers 3G/4G Mobile Broadband For Sprint
A new mobile hotspot product from Sprint provides 3G and 4G broadband for up to 8 other Wi-Fi devices -- even those sold by competing carriers.
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- Android Browser Faster Than iPhone In Flawed Study
Blaze Software says the Android browser loads pages 52% faster than the iPhone's browser, but that's not the whole story.
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- Apple Web App Slowdown Prompts Conspiracy Theories
Some developers fear Apple is deliberately crippling Web apps, but others attribute the issue to technical and security problems.

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- Data Center Consolidation
We outline what we see as the five most common big-picture problems CIOs are likely to face -- from WAN and storage bottlenecks to a step function increase in management complexity -- and outline promising solutions for each. Armed with the right information and planning discipline, consolidating infrastructure and staff is a great way for organizations to reach unprecedented levels of efficiency, reliability and security.
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- And Now There Are Three: AT&T Acquires T-Mobile
By Ed Hansberry
AT&T and T-Mobile have reached an agreement whereby AT&T will pay $39 billion in cash and stock to acquire T-Mobile from Germany's Deutsche Telekom. That will make AT&T the largest cellular network in the U.S., and it is virtually a foregone conclusion that Sprint will be acquired by Verizon.
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- T-Mobile USA CEO Addresses Employees
By Eric Zeman
T-Mobile USA CEO & President Philipp Humm today sent a letter to the employees of T-Mobile regarding AT&T's $39 billion acquisition of the nation's fourth-largest carrier. Here's the letter.
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- Android 2.2 Takes Over
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Google releases updates to its Android platform several times a year, but it doesn't control when the updates are pushed down to existing phones. The latest data from Android Developers shows that Android 2.2, also known as Froyo, has take the lead as the most widespread version of Android currently on devices.
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