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		<title>Carrier IQ: How To Find It, And How To Deal With It</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Velazco, TechCrunch, 12/1/2011 By now, you’ve probably heard all about Carrier IQ, the mobile logging software that an intrepid researcher named Trevor Eckhart found lurking on a number smartphones from multiple manufacturers and carriers. According to Eckhart’s research, Carrier IQ is capable of tracking what apps you’re running to where your phone is to [...]
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<p><a title="Posts by Chris Velazco" rel="author" href="http://techcrunch.com/author/chris-velazco/">Chris Velazco</a>, TechCrunch, 12/1/2011</p>
<p>By now, you’ve probably heard all about Carrier IQ, the mobile  logging software that an intrepid researcher named Trevor Eckhart found <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/22/android-researcher-hit-with-cd-after-dissecting-monitoring-software/">lurking on a number smartphones from multiple manufacturers</a> and carriers.</p>
<p>According to Eckhart’s research, Carrier IQ is capable of tracking  what apps you’re running to where your phone is to what buttons are  being pressed — it sounds scary, but Carrier IQ claims that collecting  that information ultimately helps end-users.</p>
<p>Carrier IQ maintains they summarize performance information to help  improve the quality of a carrier’s customer experiences, but what if you  don’t want anyone else to have access to the sort of fine-grained data  that  <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/29/carrier-iq-video-shows-alarming-capabilities-of-mobile-tracking-software/">Carrier IQ is capable of accessing?</a> Here’s how you can figure out if your phone is affected, and how to go about fixing things if it is.</p>
<p>Does your phone have Carrier IQ?</p>
<p>Eckhart’s original report has shown that Carrier IQ has been discovered  on HTC and Samsung devices, and that CarrierIQ counts Sprint among their  domestic carrier clients. AT&amp;T also appears to use Carrier IQ on  their devices: a member of the XDA-dev forums called AT&amp;T and was  told that Carrier IQ is indeed <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19821616&amp;postcount=7">preloaded on the HTC Vivid</a>. Other carriers, including <a href="http://www.mobileburn.com/17752/news/verizon-vodafone-o2-nokia-deny-use-of-carrier-iq-software-on-smartphones">Verizon, Vodafone, and O2</a> have all denied that they use Carrier IQ on their devices.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/1/2602502/nokia-none-of-our-devices-have-ever-used-carrier-iq#84273199">Nokia </a>and <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/1/2603042/carrier-iq-not-installed-on-blackberry-phones-says-rim/in/2365736">RIM</a> were also among the companies that Eckhart claimed CarrierIQ provided  their “mobile intelligence” services to, but they have vociferously  denied the connection. <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/1/2602313/google-nexus-android-phones-and-original-xoom-tablet-do-not-include/in/2365736">The Verge</a> also reports that the three devices in Google’s Nexus line are free of the logging service, so Nexus devotees can rest easy.</p>
<p>Fortunately, you don’t have to take their word for it, as it’s fairly  simple to find out if your device has the tracking service running on  it. If you’ve got a rooted device, all it takes is a quick download of  Eckhart’s<a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17612559"> free Logging Test app</a> (currently in its 7th revision). Once installed, hit ‘CIQ Checks,’ and  you’ll know almost immediately whether or not your device is affected.</p>
<p>Rooting your device will also be required if you want to get rid of  Carrier IQ on an affected device, so do look into it. The ease of the  process will depend on your phone — for some <a href="http://www.unrevoked.com/">its a total breeze</a> while for others (usually newer devices) it can be a bit hairier. A  quick Google search for “your device name + root” should get you pointed  in the right direction.</p>
<p>What about iPhones?</p>
<p>Most of the original furor around Carrier IQ stemmed from its appearance on Android devices, but recent findings from <a href="http://blog.chpwn.com/post/13572216737">iOS hacker chpwn</a> has revealed that CarrierIQ exists in one form or another in versions  of iOS as early as 3.1.3. For what it’s worth, it seems much less nosy  than its Android cousin: chpwn seems fairly convinced that the iPhone  variant isn’t able to access “typed text, web history, passwords,  browsing history, or text messages,” and therefore isn’t able to send  that data along.</p>
<p>While the iOS 5 version seems pretty toothless, chpwn admits that  earlier versions of iOS “may send back information in more cases,” so  the truly worried should make sure they’re diligent about updates.</p>
<p>What do I do about it?</p>
<p>Well, you could just live with it, but I’ll admit that it’s not a  terribly appealing option. iOS users who want to disable logging have it  pretty easy here: chpwn believes that in iOS 5, CarrierIQ is enabled  during the initial setup process if you opt-in to sending log back to  Apple. Since that’s the case, all it takes to disable Carrier IQ is to  jump into <em>Settings/About/Diagnostics &amp; Usage</em>, and change the setting to “Don’t send.”</p>
<p>If you’re an Android user and the thought of CarrierIQ unnerves you to no end, you have two options to rid yourself of it.</p>
<p><a rel="lightbox[461864]" href="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/loggingtest1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/loggingtest1.jpg?w=640" alt="" /></a><strong></strong></p>
<p>Uninstall Carrier IQ with the Logging Test app</p>
<p>This is about as straightforward as the process gets: once you’ve installed the aforementioned app, pay the $1 for the Pro key <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.treve.loggingkey#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLnRyZXZlLmxvZ2dpbmdrZXkiXQ..">in the Android Market</a>. Once you’ve done that, the option to remove Carrier IQ will be unlocked in the app, although <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/computing/107427-carrier-iq-which-phones-are-infected-and-how-to-remove-it">ExtremeTech</a> notes that the process may not always be successful.</p>
<p>Flash a custom ROM</p>
<p>This is a bit more extreme a solution than simply uninstalling the  service, but it has its benefits: since many custom ROMs are based of  the of the open-source Android code provided by Google, carrier-mandated  services like Carrier IQ aren’t an issue. On top of that, a good custom  ROM can also help give your aging hardware a shot in the arm thanks to  software tweaks and features it may not get otherwise.</p>
<p>This process also requires you to root your device, and can be very  tricky for first-time modders. If you decide to go this route, check out  the XDA-developer forums for more information on what it takes for your  specific device. <a href="http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices">CyanogenMod</a> is a great first ROM for beginners, and they have a pretty extensive  list of supported devices along with tutorials on getting it running.</p>

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		<title>BoxTone blends mobile device control with enterprise directories, policies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Cox, Network World, 9/27/2011 Revamped software maps enterprise policies to mobile users BoxTone has released a new version of its mobile device management software, which now works with existing enterprise policy-setting and security tools. This integration lets enterprise IT staff apply those tools to mobile users. Management and security policies set through Microsoft Active [...]
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<p><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/Home/jcox.html">John Cox</a>, Network World, 9/27/2011</p>
<p>Revamped software maps enterprise policies to mobile users</p>
<p>BoxTone has released a new version of its mobile device  management software, which now works with existing enterprise  policy-setting    and security tools. This integration lets enterprise IT staff apply  those tools to mobile users.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Management and security policies set through </span><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/microsoft/"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Microsoft</span></a><span style="color: #ff0000;"> Active Directory now can be applied automatically to provision and update mobile users, and monitor their policy compliance,    as well as report and correct violations or problems, according to the vendor.</span></p>
<p>The drive for the revamped MDM software came from customers and prospects, says Brian Reed, vice president of products for    BoxTone. These companies already had in place IT, HR and other policies, procedures and systems for adding new hires, moving    or promoting people, authenticating employees and so on. What they wanted was to leverage these existing resources for users    with mobile devices, instead of managing them as a separate group, according to Reed.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.boxtone.com/">BoxTone</a> has offered a suite of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/server.html">server</a> programs, with some integration with Microsoft Active Directory to manage and secure mobile users and their devices. But    the new release of the suite is intended to rescue mobile management from being a separate application, largely independent    of existing IT systems. It includes four key new elements:</p>
<p>- Modifications to the core BoxTone code to apply policy changes created via Active Directory or other tools automatically    to mobile devices and users.</p>
<p>- A security &#8220;dashboard&#8221; for administrators, giving them a high-level summary of mobile users and devices and their real-time    security and compliance status.</p>
<p>- &#8220;Governance, risk management, and compliance&#8221; (GRC) reports, to meet security audit mandates.</p>
<p>- And, compliance management engine, an application that monitors the security status of mobile users, devices, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/applications.html">applications</a> and services, to detect and correct violations or anomalies.</p>
<p>BoxTone isn&#8217;t the only MDM vendor addressing this space. Most of them have been working to encompass ever more of the elements,    features and products that bear on mobility for enterprise employees. BoxTone claims it&#8217;s the first to achieve this depth    of integration with policy tools such as Active Directory and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/windows.html">Windows</a> Authentication. An employee can be identified as a sales rep with the company&#8217;s New York office and assigned a given set    of mobile access and use rights based on that role and location, for example.</p>
<p>&#8220;We go beyond the simple userID/password combination,&#8221; Reed says. &#8220;We can use an Active Directory ID for rights management,    for example. We haven&#8217;t seen anyone else do this.&#8221;</p>
<p>Interface code links the BoxTone servers and databases with Active  Directory-based IT policies, certificate authorities, VPN    infrastructure, and systems management applications. Administrators  can use their existing policy tools as they have in the    past, and the interfaces hand off these policies requirements to  BoxTone for implementation and monitoring. The BoxTone management    application can be used to fine-tune mobile-specific policies. For  example, a general policy of requiring mobile device passwords    is applied via BoxTone so these passwords have a specified length  with a mix of letters and numbers.</p>
<p>Currently BoxTone targets iOS, Android, and BlackBerry mobile devices, as well as older Windows Mobile products.</p>
<p>The new version of the BoxTone software is available now, and the  price has increased to $49 per device, compared to $39 previously.</p>
<p>In April, Verizon began offering <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/042511-verizon-partners-with-boxtone-on.html">mobile device management services</a>, based on the existing BoxTone software, to its business custoemrs.</p>

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<p>Sarah Perez, <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/27/leading-mobile-device-makers-pledge-support-for-carrier-led-nfc-venture-isis/" target="_blank">TechCrunch</a>, 9/27/2011</p>
<p><a href="http://www.paywithisis.com/">Isis</a>, the carrier-led joint  venture between AT&amp;T, T-Mobile and Verizon, is today announcing  support for its mobile wallet system from the majority of leading device  makers, including HTC, LG, Motorola, RIM, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, as  well as from NFC hardware provider Device Fidelity.</p>
<p>All of the handset makers are now committed to introducing handsets  that will include Isis’ NFC and related technology standards.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.paywithisis.com/">Isis</a> represents the  carriers’ attempt at inserting themselves into the mobile wallet and  mobile payments space in order to compete head on with other mobile  wallet providers, including those from credit card companies, banks and  platform providers, like Google with its <a href="http://www.google.com/wallet">Google Wallet</a> program for Android handsets.</p>
<p>The technology in Isis’ mobile wallet uses NFC, or “near field  communication,” which enables short-range wireless transactions at  point-of-sale. Instead of swiping a credit card, consumers will be able  to simply tap or wave their phone at the payment terminal at checkout in  order to complete a transaction, and in some cases, even receive  coupons or offers from the merchant.</p>
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<p>NFC forecasts vary, with ABI Research estimating 35 million handsets  shipped this year, and double that next year. IHS iSuppli has forecasted  nearly 550 million handsets by 2015. Meanwhile, Berg Insight AB expects  there to be 400 million by 2015. Whatever the true number may be, the  consensus is that the technology is years out from consumer adoption.</p>
<p>However, the launch of the Apple iPhone 5 is right around the corner,  and it will be a key turning point for NFC’s future, potentially  shaking up those analyst estimates. If the iPhone 5 does not include NFC  support, then adoption of NFC will lag. If it does offer NFC, the  movement will continue its current forward momentum, and likely at a  faster pace.</p>
<p>Today’s news from Isis supports the latter theory, given its  seemingly reactionary nature. If Apple is moving forward with NFC,  competing handset makers would have no choice but to also participate by  offering NFC support in their handsets as well. That support doesn’t  necessarily have to include a partnership with Isis, of course, but Isis  is one of the leading movements in the space.</p>
<p>As for DeviceFidelty, it’s no surprise to see it also officially  named as one of the companies powering the Isis mobile wallet, given its  position as a leader in contactless technologies, including NFC.</p>
<p>It’s also interesting to hear this news now, when just yesterday, disruptive mobile payments company Square’s COO Keith Rabois <a href="http://gigaom.com/2011/09/26/square-mobilize-2011/">boldly declared</a> NFC as having no value, citing lack of merchant interest in the  technology. The “merchant adoption” hurdle is valid, of course, but  contactless infrastructure is already in more locations than consumers  may realize, even if it’s somewhat underused. As of this spring, for  example, <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2011/04/nfc-in-2011-mastercard-explores-mobile-payments.php">MasterCard claimed</a> it had approximately 88 million PayPass cards (contactless credit  cards) and devices in use at 276,000 merchant locations, plus trials and  rollouts underway in 36 countries, including at fast food restaurants  like McDonald’s, KFC and Taco Bell, plus retailers like Sports  Authority, Best Buy, and gas stations like BP and Hess. Visa offers a  similar contactless support through payWave, with over 150,000 merchant  locations in the U.S. and over 300,000 locations worldwide.</p>
<p>Contactless infrastructure is an important part to NFC’s adoption  because NFC is based on the existing contactless infrastructure around  the world. In other words, where there’s contactless support, there can  be support for NFC too. This is, of course, assuming that the device in  question offers “card emulation” mode, which lets the NFC device behave  like an existing contactless card. But that’s the most logical onramp in  the contactless to NFC transition, so that will likely be the case with  most mobile wallet initiatives.</p>

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		<title>AT&amp;T&#8217;s 4G LTE network set to go live today</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dan Seifert, MobileBurn, 9/18/2012 Today is the day that AT&#38;T has said that its 4G LTE network would become operational and available to general consumers in the five test markets previously announced. Residents in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio should be able to take advantage of AT&#38;T&#8217;s flavor of LTE today. AT&#38;T is [...]
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<p><a href="http://www.mobileburn.com/feedback.jsp?AId=46&amp;Id=16655">Dan Seifert</a>, MobileBurn, 9/18/2012</p>
<p>Today is the day that <a id="itxthook0" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=16655#">AT&amp;T</a> has <a href="http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=16626">said that its 4G LTE network would become operational and available</a> to general consumers in the five test markets previously announced.</p>
<p>Residents in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio should  be able to take advantage of AT&amp;T&#8217;s flavor of LTE today. AT&amp;T is  the third carrier in the U.S. to launch and LTE <a id="itxthook1" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=16655#">network</a>,  behind MetroPCS and Verizon Wireless. Currently, AT&amp;T does not  offer any smartphones that can take advantage of the faster,  next-generation network, but it does sell the <a href="http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=15757">USBConnect Momentum 4G</a> modem, <a href="http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=15756">Elevate 4G mobile hotspot</a>, and <a href="http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=16432">HTC Jetstream</a> Android Honeycomb tablet that can connect to it. Plans for the USB modem and mobile hotspot start at $50 per month for 5GB of <a id="itxthook2" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=16655#">data</a> usage, with $10 per GB overage fees. The Jetstream plans cost $14.99 for 250MB of data usage, or $25 for 2GB of usage.</p>
<p>AT&amp;T has committed to launching LTE in 15 markets and covering 70 million residents by the end of the year.</p>

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		<title>Verizon pairs up with Intuit to bring credit card processing to smartphones, tablets</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dan Seifert, MobileBurn, 8/25/2011 Verizon Wireless and Intuit have introduced GoPayment, a new service that allows small businesses to accept credit card payments for goods and services with a smartphone or tablet. Similar to the Square program that is already available for the iPhone and iPad, GoPayment utilizes a card reader that plugs into the [...]
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<p><a href="http://www.mobileburn.com/feedback.jsp?AId=46&amp;Id=16358">Dan Seifert</a>, MobileBurn, 8/25/2011</p>
<p>Verizon Wireless and Intuit have introduced GoPayment, a new service  that allows small businesses to accept credit card payments for goods  and services with a <a id="itxthook0" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=16358#">smartphone</a> or tablet.</p>
<p>Similar to the Square program that is already available for the iPhone  and iPad, GoPayment utilizes a card reader that plugs into the top of a  smartphone or tablet and allows user to swipe a credit card to capture  payment information. The card reader transmits the info to the GoPayment  app on the smartphone or tablet, where it is then processed. Users can  input the card information manually as well if the reader does not work.  GoPayment is compatible with Android, iOS, and BlackBerry <a id="itxthook1" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=16358#">smartphones</a> and tablets.</p>
<p>With the GoPayment app, merchants can create lists of popular items that  they charge for to make the transaction quicker and easier. Tips and  sales tax can be added on top of the items, and receipts with maps of  where the transactions took place can be delivered to the customer via  SMS or email. Intuit promises that no credit card data is stored on the <a id="itxthook2" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=16358#">phone</a>, and any data that is transmitted is encrypted twice &#8211; once by the card reader, and a second time by the app itself.</p>
<p>Businesses can <a id="itxthook3" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=16358#">sync</a> their transactions with Intuit&#8217;s QuickBooks software to save time when  logging them, and GoPayment will support up to 50 different users on one  account, ideal for businesses with multiple employees.</p>
<p>Verizon Wireless is offering the GoPayment reader for free after rebate  to those who sign up for a GoPayment account. The basic service has no  monthly fee, though Intuit will collect a 2.7 percent fee from each  transaction. There is a monthly service for $12.95 per month that drops  the fee to 1.7 percent. Customers who opt for the monthly plan will get  their first two months free. Interested <a id="itxthook4" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=16358#">businesses</a> can check out Verizon&#8217;s <a href="http://b2b.vzw.com/promotions/gopayments.html">GoPayment site</a> for more information</p>

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<p><a rel="author" href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/joseph-volpe">Joseph Volpe</a>, Engadget, 7/14/2011</p>
<p>Not sure if you&#8217;ve noticed, but there&#8217;s an LTE race going on and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/verizon/">VZW&#8217;s</a> wasting no time <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/22/verizons-next-big-lte-push-coming-july-21st/">sprinting to the lead</a>. Despite rival AT&amp;T&#8217;s February launch of a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/19/atandt-demos-speedy-lte-calls-28-8mbps-downloads-realistic-for-re/">similar R&amp;D space</a> in Texas, Verizon&#8217;s cutting its first big red bow on the two years in  the making Innovation Center. Located just outside Boston, the Waltham,  Massachusetts-based labs began churning out LTE-friendly products in  October of 2009, developing 30+ products to date. While most of these  may never ride along the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/27/verizon-dominates-fastest-mobile-networks-testing-considers-c/">borderline blazing speeds</a> of real-world LTE, the environment does give small startups a leg-up in  a collaborative, deep-pocketed space (insert emphasis here). The  research center also does double duty for the operator&#8217;s bottom line,  offering its Verizon Ventures group first dibs on investment  opportunities &#8212; like it did with Nomad Innovation&#8217;s LiveEdge TV  product. Construction on a second mobile applications-focused facility  is already underway in San Francisco with its very own opening ceremony  slated for late summer. We&#8217;re glad to see Verizon spreading the bills to  spur tech forward, but there&#8217;s one major thing the carrier forgot &#8212; an  emergency room wing for all its <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/09/verizon-pushes-latest-thunderbolt-update-solves-reboot-issues/">crapware-bloated products</a>. Official PR after the break.</p>

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		<title>AT&amp;T to unveil first two 4G LTE products</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roger Cheng, CNET News, 7/12/2011 AT&#38;T is jumping into the actual 4G game with its first two LTE products. The Elevate 4G mobile hot-spot devices is one of the first products that will use AT&#38;T&#8217;s upcoming 4G LTE network. (Credit: AT&#38;T) The telecommunications giant plans to show off a laptop card called the USBConnect Momentum [...]
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<p>Roger Cheng, <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20078707-94/at-t-to-unveil-first-two-4g-lte-products/" target="_blank">CNET News</a>, 7/12/2011</p>
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<p>AT&amp;T is jumping into the actual 4G game with its first two LTE products.</p>
<div><img class="aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/07/12/ATT_AC754S_1_270x199.jpg" alt="" width="270" height="199" />The Elevate 4G mobile hot-spot devices is one of the first products that will use AT&amp;T&#8217;s upcoming 4G LTE network. (Credit: AT&amp;T)</p>
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<p>The telecommunications giant plans to show off a laptop card called the  USBConnect Momentum 4G and a mobile hot-spot device called the Elevate  4G&#8211;the first two devices that are compatible with its upcoming  next-generation wireless network. The two products will be on display at  an annual company showcase later today.</p>
<p>The two devices shouldn&#8217;t be confused with AT&amp;T phones and products  that currently carry the 4G tag. The two new products will be compatible  with a flavor of 4G called Long-Term Evolution, which also powers the  network that Verizon Wireless has been tirelessly touting in recent  months.</p>
<p>AT&amp;T has previously said that LTE theoretically is more than three  times faster than its current &#8220;4G network&#8221; and 10 times faster than 3G.  The company hasn&#8217;t disclosed actual comparisons.</p>
<p>AT&amp;T, which plans to <a href="http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-20066054-85.html">launch its 4G LTE network this summer</a> in five cities and in 15 cities by year&#8217;s end, is racing to catch up to  Verizon and Sprint Nextel in the 4G game. In January, AT&amp;T followed  T-Mobile USA&#8217;s footsteps and rebranded an upgraded variant of its 3G  network, called HSPA+, with the 4G title, allowing it to continue  boasting of the country&#8217;s fastest nationwide network.</p>
<div><img class="aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/07/12/Spaulding.jpg" alt="" width="122" height="151" />The USBConnect Momentum 4G, the first laptop card compatible with AT&amp;T&#8217;s upcoming 4G LTE network. (Credit: AT&amp;T)</p>
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<p>But AT&amp;T is far behind Verizon when it comes to the deployment of 4G  LTE. Verizon&#8217;s LTE network is in 77 metropolitan areas now, with plans  to cover 175 markets by the end of the year. Sprint, meanwhile, is in 71  markets with its WiMax variant of 4G, although its expansion has  stalled because of financing problems with partner and network operator  Clearwire.</p>
<p>AT&amp;T argues that the HSPA+ variant of 4G, which is available in 80  percent of the country, allows for a more smooth transition when moving  between networks.</p>
<p>&#8220;Our customers will have the benefit of access to both our LTE network  and our HSPA+ network,&#8221; Jeff Bradley, senior vice president of devices  for AT&amp;T, said in an e-mail. &#8220;This will provide a much more  compelling and consistent speed experience as customers travel across  our network.&#8221;</p>
<p>The company also argues that in some cases, its version of 4G is just as  fast as Sprint&#8217;s WiMax. However, AT&amp;T has moved up the timetable  for its 4G LTE deployment, underscoring the importance of keeping pace  with the competition. When launching a new network, laptop cards are  typically the first product out of the gate. More recently, mobile  hot-spot devices, which use the cellular network to generate a small but  portable Wi-Fi hot spot for other devices, have become an increasingly  popular way to introduce a new network.</p>
<p>For AT&amp;T, the Momentum and Elevate are a good start. The Momentum  laptop card will sell for $49.99 with a two-year contract. The device  has a slot for a MicroSD card that can hold up to 32GB of data. It  weighs 1.06 ounces.</p>
<p>The Elevate hot-spot device will cost $69.99 with a two-year contract.  It has a color 1.77-inch LCD display that shows the Wi-Fi network name  and security key. It weighs 3.6 ounces and can be used for up to five  hours and connect up to five devices. Like the Momentum, it has a slot  to allow for a 32GB memory card.</p>
<p>Dallas-based AT&amp;T declined to comment on when the products will be  available, adding only that they will sell with the launch of the 4G LTE  network, which hasn&#8217;t been specified yet. The company is also still  working on the data plan prices for the devices.</p>
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		<title>PayPal to enable purchases on mobile bills with Zong buy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service, 7/7/2011 Charging goods, particularly of the digital variety, to a mobile-phone bill may get more commonplace in the U.S. now that eBay plans to buy Zong, a Silicon Valley company. The deal is worth $240 million, eBay said. Zong will become part of eBay’s PayPal group once the deal goes [...]
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<p><a href="http://www.macworld.com/contact.html?t=e&amp;e=Nancy+Gohring&amp;ssid=101&amp;sid=160994">Nancy Gohring</a>,  				IDG News Service, 7/7/2011</p>
<p>Charging goods, particularly of the digital variety, to a  mobile-phone bill may get more commonplace in the U.S. now that eBay  plans to buy Zong, a Silicon Valley company.</p>
<p>The deal is worth $240 million, eBay said. Zong will become part of eBay’s PayPal group once the deal goes through.</p>
<p>Zong’s system makes it easy for phone users to pay for goods,  typically inexpensive items like game credits, on their mobile phones.  To make a purchase, a user clicks on a button on a website that says  “Zong, buy with mobile.” The user enters their mobile number on the  payment screen that pops up.</p>
<p>Zong then sends the user a PIN code to their phone. After the user enters the code online, the purchase is complete.</p>
<p>The company has agreements with 250 mobile operators in 45 countries.</p>
<p>PayPal will be able to reach even more users through the  acquisition, eBay said. “Zong’s expertise in carrier billing means that  it has the potential to reach the more than 4 billion people around the  world who have mobile phones — including people who don’t have (or  choose not to use) bank accounts or credit cards online. By combining  Zong and PayPal, we believe we can offer more services to more  customers,” Scott Thompson, PayPal’s president, <a href="https://www.thepaypalblog.com/2011/07/why-zong-and-paypal-are-the-perfect-match/">wrote in a blog post about the deal</a>.</p>
<p>Zong merchant customers that allow end users to charge goods to their cellphone bills include Facebook, Haboo and Playdom.</p>
<p>Carriers outside of the U.S. have been more interested in allowing  customers to charge items to their bills, but that appears to be  changing. Zong has deals with AT&amp;T and, through BilltoMobile,  Verizon, allowing customers of those networks to use its service.  BilltoMobile is a Zong competitor but has an agreement with Verizon to  provide the direct billing service. Boku is another provider of mobile  carrier billing services.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.mobileburn.com/feedback.jsp?AId=46&amp;Id=15497">Dan Seifert</a>, MobileBurn, 6/24/2011</p>
<p>News that the HTC EVO 3D had the <a href="http://mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=15472">ability to remove pre-installed apps</a> hit the wires yesterday to much fanfare and appreciation from users and  press alike. We reached out to Sprint to get more clarification on the  topic and found out that it was in fact intentional, and that we could  be seeing more of this in the future.</p>
<p>Bloatware, as pre-installed software has been affectionately termed, has  become a bit of a plague on modern smartphones (especially Android), as  carriers use it to offset the cost of devices by using it as another  revenue stream. Pre-installed apps take up space in the phone&#8217;s storage  and get in the way of other apps as they clog up application trays with  unnecessary icons. Many users find the software to be of little to no  use, and very often these permanent icons are just links to download the  software from an application store. Verizon Wireless and AT&amp;T are  notorious for this practice (I&#8217;m looking at you CityID), though we have  heard from sources that AT&amp;T is looking to cut back on the  pre-installed apps on its future devices.</p>
<p>Sprint has gone the other direction entirely, allowing users to remove  the pre-installed apps and replace them with apps of their own choosing.  The EVO 3D does not come with a relatively high number of  carrier-loaded apps to begin with, but the few that are there can be  selectively removed by the end-user (with the exception of Sprint ID).  Sprint says that it intentionally did this in response to consumer  feedback, and that it looks to continue the practice in the future,  though there is no policy on the matter at this point in time. Sprint is  the only carrier that we are aware of (in the U.S. at least) that  allows users to uninstall apps that come loaded on an Android  smartphone. Of course Apple does not allow carriers to load such apps on  the iPhone at all, and Windows Phone has always limited the number of  pre-installed carrier apps while also allowing them to be removed by the  user.</p>
<p>We, as reviewers and users alike, look forward to seeing more of this in  the future, and as more and more users catch on and realize that  carrier apps often do not provide much value, hopefully other carriers  will hear the cries as well. For now though, it looks like Sprint might  be your best option to get an Android smartphone sans bloatware.</p>

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		<description><![CDATA[Robin Wauters, TechCrunch, 6/21/2011 Citrix this morning announced an investment in mobile technology company Core Mobile Networks, marking the third funding commitment for the company’s Startup Accelerator, its Silicon Valley-based seed investment initiative which debuted in December 2010. Core Mobile Networks correlates information from enterprise IT systems with content in the cloud, and delivers it [...]
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<p><a title="Posts by Robin Wauters" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.techcrunchit.com/author/robin/">Robin Wauters</a>, TechCrunch, 6/21/2011</p>
<p><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/citrix-systems">Citrix</a> this morning <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110621005563/en/Citrix-Advances-Mobile-Cloud-Investment-Core-Mobile">announced</a> an investment in mobile technology company <a href="http://www.coremobilenetworks.com/">Core Mobile Networks</a>, marking the third funding commitment for the company’s <a href="http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/lp/lp_2306043.asp">Startup Accelerator</a>, its Silicon Valley-based seed investment initiative which debuted in December 2010.</p>
<p>Core Mobile Networks correlates information from enterprise IT  systems with content in the cloud, and delivers it to mobile devices  such as Apple’s iPhone and Android handsets over AT&amp;T, Verizon,  Sprint networks, in real-time, with contextual relevance.</p>
<p>The investment in Core Mobile Networks follows funding commitments <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/28/citrix-first-seed-investment-search-and-backup-cloud-data-with-primadesk/">made to Primadesk</a> and in a stealth mode company. The program expects to announce more new  investments in July as a result of the recent Citrix Startup  Accelerator Global Challenge.</p>
<p>The size of the investment was not disclosed, but the Citrix Startup  Accelerator program provides companies with seed funding ($100k-$400k)  in addition to business mentoring, office space and technical resources.</p>

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