North Korea announces mobile phone Internet
May 25, 2009 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Cell phone
Not news in itself but the context IS news. North Korea is slowly opening up its borders by introducing limited mobile phone coverage with Internet. The purpose, as it looks like, is for the network to allow access to information about the republic and act as some sort of cash cow with handset plans costing more than $100.00
More than 20,000 people had signed up for the service by April, according to a report by Choson Sinbo, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper published in Japan.
It said the network could provide voice and SMS services to as many as 126,000 customers in the Pyongyang …read more
Alltell Wireless Rev-A EVDO technology with 3.1 Mbps download and 1.8 Mbps upload speeds
June 24, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Services
Announced yesterday, Alltell Wireless is pushing their new Rev-A technology that does 3.1MBPS for downloads and 1.8 MBPS for uploads. This service is spread across 18 areas including Little Rock, Charlotte, New Orleans, Phoenix and Tampa in urban and rural areas.
Here’s a quote from the press release:
Alltel’s existing broadband Wireless Internet service enables remote access to corporate intranets, productivity enhancing applications and a variety of consumer products, such as Alltel TV and XM Radio Mobile. Rev. A will enhance the performance of all of those services. Alltel plans an initial rollout of Rev. A to 18 market areas and dozens …read more
