Available Today: Verizon Wireless Offers New Prepaid Data Package on 3G Smartphones and Multimedia Phones

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless today announced it will be expanding its portfolio of prepaid offerings to include a new 3G Prepaid data package that lets customers access unlimited data on select 3G Smartphones and Multimedia phones for $30 monthly access. Multimedia phone customers also have the option of selecting a new $10 monthly data package for 25 MB per ...

Pitroda slams BSNL for losing first-mover advantage on 3G

Advisor to the Prime Minister and telecom czar Sam Pitroda today slammed state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) for losing its competitive edge over other operators by not starting 3G services earlier.

Huawei Pulls a Nokia With "World's Most Affordable" Smartphone: Ideos

Huawei , famous mainly for 3G computing peripherals, is trying its hand at smartphones --and it's latest effort is pretty distinctive: It's bringing the smartphone to entry-level markets. Huawei doesn't mess around in describing the phone. The Ideos is championed as "an affordable smartphone powered by the latest iteration of Android 2.2." And one of the headline facts is its price: "Between ...

Samsung: Galaxy Tab has leg up on Apple iPad

When Samsung debuted its Galaxy Tab on Thursday, it made a bold claim: the device is at least as good as today's dominant tablet, Apple's iPad.

Low-tech, low-cost solutions connecting India farmers

Sanjay Sathe stood by his vines in a sweeping agricultural belt outside the city of Nashik in western India and punched a number into his mobile phone.