T-Mobile
Using Your Own Mobile Phone in Japan and Europe
4G Data and Wi-Fi Hotspot Keep Costs Minimal
While planning my most recent trip to Japan, I stopped to think about the fact that my GSM mobile phone wouldn’t work there. On past trips, I used an inexpensive Panasonic mobile phone purchased in Japan that worked with Japanese PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) technology. (Japan uses three incompatible mobile phone technologies and GSM isn’t one of them.)
This time I had a plan …
AT&T Hangs Up On T-Mobile
AT&T’s high profile attempt to acquire T-Mobile USA ended today after the company acquiesced to the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice, which had sought to block the deal on antitrust grounds. The acquisition was first announced in March of this year.
Per the terms of the deal, AT&T will pay $3 billion in cash to Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile’s owner, and turn over roughly $1 billion in wireless spectrum. …
AT&T and T-Mobile Withdraw FCC Application For Merger
AT&T and T-Mobile USA officially withdrew their application to the Federal Communications Commission to join their mobile phone operations and AT&T announced it will set aside $4 billion in the final quarter of 2011 to reflect the potential breakup fee due T-Mobile’s parent Deutsche Telekom if the deal fails to go through. The $4 billion fee would consist of $3 billion in cash and $1 billion in spectrum.
These actions followed …
XCom Global MiFi Hotspot Review
Over the past few years, I’ve become accustomed to having Wi-Fi everywhere I go in the U.S., thanks to the various portable hotspots my colleagues and I have been using. But I spend a considerable amount of time in Europe and I need to stay connected for work while underway. In addition, using your own hotspot is more secure than using whatever Wi-Fi signal happens to be coming your way, …
FCC Moves to Block AT&T T-Mobile Deal
The FCC has recommended against the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, stating that the merger will result in significantly diminished competition and would not serve the public interest.
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is circulating a draft order that would send the proposal to an administrative law judge for further consideration, a required step for the FCC to deny the proposal. The FCC must now vote to send the issues to …
Lufthansa FlyNet Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Updated last on 28 November 2011
Lufthansa’s FlyNet in-flight Internet service, which was the world’s first in-flight Internet service when it launched back in 2004, is back on line.
In conjunction with Panasonic Avionics and Deutsche Telekom, Lufthansa launched the second generation of FlyNet in late 2010 on the Airbus A330 aircraft. At the present time, 25% of the Lufthansa fleet has FlyNet on board. Eventually all 99 aircraft in Lufthansa’s long-haul …
