Google Visual Voicemail patent
LONDON (Reuters) – Google has agreed to settle an intellectual property claim brought by serial inventor Judah Klausner, who has won settlements in the past from Apple, Skype and LG Electronics, Klausner said on Monday.
The dispute concerned patents that Klausner holds covering so-called visual voicemail, which makes voicemail work more like email by sending visual alerts of voice messages to computers or phones, allowing users to selectively retrieve the messages.
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5284NS20090309
AT&T to invest 17 billion
WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ –For more than a decade, the expansion of wireless and wired broadband connectivity has transformed how we work and live, fostered dramatic new business opportunity and driven economic growth. The demand for connectivity remains strong and AT&T* continues to invest billions in its wireless and wired broadband networks to expand this critical platform for growth.
AT&T plans to invest $17 billion to $18 billion in 2009, in line with its 2007 capital expenditures of $17.7 billion and expected to exceed the planned investment of any other U.S. telecom company.
http://www.itnewsonline.com/showprnstory.php?storyid=38153
Boost Mobile USD 50 Tariff
IRVINE, CA – Boost Mobile shook up the wireless industry in January when it launched a new prepaid plan offering unlimited anytime nationwide calling, text messaging, wireless Web and walkie-talkie services with a national calling area for $50 a month. Initial response from consumers to the ‘Monthly Unlimited’ is exceeding what Boost had anticipated and the prepaid division of Sprint Nextel now expects the offer will be very attractive to students seeking to better manage expenses as tuition costs rise and the economy continues to decline.
