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Zer01 Mobile Is Dead

By Humberto Saabedra on March 15, 2010

The webpage that was once home to the Zer01 virtual operator service now redirects to Google, a fitting end to a saga filled with smoke, mirrors and deflections. Zer01 Mobile launched with great fanfare last year prior to CES and CTIA promising unlimited VOIP service and data over its claimed proprietary backbone for $69.99 a […]

Posted in Virtual Operators (MVNOs) | Tagged buzzirk mobile, Dead, GlobalVerge, MLM, Zer01 Mobile

Latest Sprint SmartView Update Kills Phone As Modem, Adds Snow Leopard Support

By Humberto Saabedra on December 8, 2009

Sprint will be rolling out Sprint SmartView Update 2.28 beginning tomorrow which adds a few tweaks for compatibility at the expense of a venerable connection type. The biggest change in version 2.28 will the removal of support for Phone As Modem connectivity, with Sprint suggesting that PAM users stay with current SmartView version 2.25 and […]

Posted in Sprint | Tagged Dead, pam, smartview, sprint, update | 25 Responses

Sprint Pivot Is Dead

By Humberto Saabedra on April 23, 2008

What was once thought of as a way for Sprint and cable companies to compete with carriers such as AT&T and Verizon in the bundled services market has fizzled into nothing but overcomplication and confusion for cable operators. Representatives for Time Warner, CoX, and Comcast speaking to the Associated Press yesterday confirmed respective decisions to […]

Posted in Sprint | Tagged Dead, Pivot, sprint

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