Several blogs (moconews, phonescoop) are reporting this morning that the FCC has approved a WiFi version of the RIMM 8800 phone. There has also been recent speculation that a WiFi Curve phone will be available as well but there are no official announcements yet. T-Mobile USA has told us that in fact the smaller 8300…
The power of Google to cache web pages has led to greater visibility into the cost of Transformers. DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com broke the story, but one can see the actual post from Transformers’ director, Michael Bay on his own blog, which was taken down shortly after being posted (click here for the cached version via Google and…
A New York Times article yesterday (click here) discussed new plans for the MSG/Farley Post Office site that are due from developers within the next three weeks. While the article states that Cablevision has not agreed to any specific plans and there is no visibility as to whether any plan is ultimately accepted; the potential…
Yesterday, AT&T announced that it would enable a significant portion of its DSL installed base to access its Wi-Fi hotspots for free (with unlimited usage). Click here for the AT&T release. Now there is an advantage to being an AT&T broadband (DSL) customer if you buy an iPhone, as your iPhone can utilize its Wi-Fi…
Starting on July 7, Discovery will be sponsoring the US cycling team for the third consecutive year and more importantly, its last year as a sponsor. The sponsorship, based on ESPN.com stories in mid-2005 (click here for one), costs Discovery $10 million per year. With US Network EBITDA in 2007 estimated at $765 mm (excluding…
As we indicated in our June 20, 2007 post, we expected the sale of CVC’s partial interest in two Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) to Comcast to close by the end of the second quarter. CVC’s filing today confirmed that the transaction closed on Saturday, with Comcast paying Cablevision $581 million in cash. We believe the…
Fopp, a 48-store UK-based music, book and DVD retailer has gone bankrupt and has closed all its physical stores (website now down as well), click here to read their website’s goodbye note. Not only was Fopp the largest remaining independent music retailer in the UK, but it had also been around for 25 years –…
One thing was clear in my recent installation of FIOS service to my home; Verizon is willing to spend a significant amount of money to hook up fiber. In total, my installation took approximately 14 man hours of Verizon technicians and 20 hours of digging labor plus the cost of 900 feet of fiber, a…
Sunrocket.com, historically charged $199 annually for VoIP service (equated to under $17 per month). Recently, however, they have begun a very aggressive promotion, cutting the price in year-one to $99 annually, or only $8.25 per month (increases to $199 in year two) and marketing specifically to Vonage subscribers. Unlike Vonage, Sunrocket never charges a cancellation…
Today at 6PM, Apple (AAPL, $122.30, Not Rated) launches a phone that many (including us) believe could change the wireless industry, but there is another phone that could also have a similarly significant impact on the industry; T-Mobile’s HotSpot@Home phones, which launched nationally yesterday. We tested T-Mobile HotSpot@Home phone in the New York market and…
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