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> Sales of the PlayStation Vita appear to be relatively sluggish. Article

> A U.S. Senator is requesting the Federal Trade Commission to probe into the privacy situation on iOS and Android devices. Article

> C Spire reduced the price of its iPhone 4S to 0 with a service contract. Article

> ZTE hopes to pass Alcatel-Lucent in network equipment sales. Article

> A trade panel said it will review a decision on patent infringement between Microsoft and Motorola Mobility. Article

> HTC released more device APIs, including those for Beats Audio. Article

> A Nokia executive said the company’s PureView camera technology will eventually be ported to its Windows Phone gadgets. Article

> The HTC Titan (also known as the HTC Triumph) is headed to China, becoming that country’s first Windows Phone. Article

Mobile Content News

> Nokia said it will discontinue its Ovi Share service. Post

> Google is reportedly preparing a Siri-style service for Android. Article

> Apple’s App Store has surpassed the 25 billion download benchmark. Article

> Nokia will discontinue its Ovi Share media sharing site on May 31, 2012. Article

Broadband Wireless News

> U.S. mobile networks are bogging down as customer demand for high-end data services mushrooms, according to a semi-annual report from J.D. Power and Associates. Article

> ZTE is now set to deliver infrastructure equipment based on software-defined radio technology to upgrade the operator’s 3G network in Sweden. Article

> Cisco and Alcatel-Lucent have separately announced significant LTE infrastructure developments with operators in the United Arab Emirates. Article

European Wireless News

> The impact of Free Mobile on the French mobile market continues unabated as the owner of SFR, Vivendi’s CEO Jean-Bernard Lévy, slated FT Orange for providing Free Mobile with favorable network sharing terms. Article

> The auto industry is now a focus in wireless M2M. Editor’s Corner

> Telefónica has joined with Spain’s largest publisher Grupo Planeta to expand its e-book content range and to combat Kindle’s success in the fast-growing market. Article

And finally… What’s after Android Jelly Bean? Key Lime Pie, of course. Article

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Quick news from around the Web.

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> MetroPCS will start a mail in promotion in March. Article

> Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 7.7 is now available through Verizon Wireless. Release

> Verizon Wireless is offering 0 off all its LTE smartphones for one day. Page

> Huawei said it will build phones using the Tizen platform. Article

> Hewlett-Packard cut another 275 workers from its webOS staff. Article

Mobile Content News

> Nokia and Microsoft’s maps are unifying their appearance. Article

> Sprint Nextel’s Sprint TV service is launching on iOS. Post

> Samsung Electronics plans to “significantly” increase investment in its bada smartphone operating system, pitching the platform as an alternative to Google’s Android. Article

> Cloud services provider Brightcove unveiled the latest edition of its App Cloud content platform here at Mobile World Congress 2012. Article

> Images stored on devices running Apple’s iOS mobile operating system are vulnerable to downloaded applications that can copy the user’s entire photo library without any further notification or warning, The New York Times reports. Article

> A new report indicates iOS developers can gain unapproved access to iPhone and iPad users’ photos and videos. Article

> Marvel graphic novels are now on sale in the Apple iBooks bookstore. Article

Broadband Wireless News

> The first Qualcomm Gobi modem chipsets to support LTE Advanced will begin sampling in the fourth quarter of 2012 and will feature carrier-aggregation capability. Article

> Sunil Mittal, chairman and managing director of Bharti Airtel, called for the GSM Association to launch an ultra-low-cost smartphone program to help build mobile broadband in the developing world. Article

European Wireless News

> Wireless operators suffering from sluggish revenues and increasing threats from the likes of Facebook and Amazon should invest in customer-friendly cloud services to win the hearts of consumers, explained Rene Obermann, the chairman and CEO of Deutsche Telekom. Article

And finally… BlackBerry lost another customer to iPhone, this time the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Article

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One of Canada’s newest wireless carriers Mobilicity already has a low roaming rate of .20/minute for North American calling, but now they’ve also dropped the data roaming too. It’s not a measly drop of 10% or 15%… it’s to the tune of 70%. What used to be /Mb for data is now only .50 per MB. Mobilicity, who’s currently in the midst of a Alien re-branding effort, stated in a release that this is “adds up to a better wireless experience, not an expensive one.”

Source: Mobilicity
Via: CNW

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1. Mobilicity intros U.S. roaming rates at .25/minute
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3. Update: Free roaming for Vancouver Mobilicity customers is over

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One of Canada’s newest wireless carriers Mobilicity already has a low roaming rate of .20/minute for North American calling, but now they’ve also dropped the data roaming too. It’s not a measly drop of 10% or 15%… it’s to the tune of 70%. What used to be /Mb for data is now only .50 per MB. Mobilicity, who’s currently in the midst of a Alien re-branding effort, stated in a release that this is “adds up to a better wireless experience, not an expensive one.”

Source: Mobilicity
Via: CNW

Related posts:

1. Mobilicity intros U.S. roaming rates at .25/minute
2. Mobilicity gives Vancouver customers free roaming due to “accidental CDN Roaming”
3. Update: Free roaming for Vancouver Mobilicity customers is over

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The prices keep falling over at Mobilicity. They have dropped their price plans in several cities and today announced a new /month couples promo that gives Unlimited talk, text and data for two. The plans have been dropped and now handset prices have been cut. Specifically all of their Android devices. The Nexus One goes [...]

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3. Virgin joins the gang… drops prices

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Mobilicity launched their service on May 14th – only about a month ago. Their first price drop has happened and it’s their own branded “Totem” device (it’s actually made by a company called Longcheer). It was was released at but has dipped by to . All the other devices stayed at the same [...]

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