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Qualcomm hit with $271M EU fine over predatory pricing of baseband chips

A long-running European antitrust investigation into whether Qualcomm used predatory pricing when selling UMTS baseband chips about a decade ago has landed the chipmaker with a fine of €242 million

Europe updates its predatory pricing investigation against Qualcomm over UMTS baseband chips

On the heels of Google getting served a $5 billion fine by the EU over monopolistic practices related to its Android operating system, the European Commission today resurfaced another ongoing case in

AT&T may have fibbed regarding Sling player for iPhone

Just the other day, AT&T announced that it was able to work with Sling Media in order to optimize Sling player for AT&T’s 3G network. That’s good news for consumers and all, but it

Nexus One slated to arrive in AT&T 3G flavor

When the Google Nexus One was announced early last month, Android fans went giddy with excitement, especially since there is an option to buy it unlocked. The only downside was that if you wanted 3G s

Straight from AT&T: We're working on reception problems, but it's your fault

An internal source at AT&T discussed the problems fixed by the 2.0.2 update, explaining, in no uncomplicated terms, that the update controlled the UMTS power control in the phone. Each iPhone requ

T-Mobile officially rolls out UMTS/HSDPA network

Not like we didn’t already know, but now it’s official. NYC has first dibs on T-Mobile’s UMTS/HSDPA network. HSDPA?! Too bad we’ll have to wait until later this year to test it

Rumor: T-Mobile 3G network rolling out in May

If TmoNews is to be trusted than it looks like NYC will be the first to tap into T-Mobile’s 3G network while Seattle is in the bottom quarter. That sucks when your company is based there. Accord

Nokia 7900 is a Big Faker

I enjoy waking up to news about the hottest new Nokia phones to hit the market and even the boring one’s put a smile on my face once in a while, but this morning was horrendous, right? Luckily some

Need Speed? Peep The Sony-Ericsson PC300 Card

During CES, it would have been great to have had some kind of EV-DO card or high speed wireless card. Since I now know that John is going to horde them for himself, I’m eying the recently announ

Cingular/AT&T's KRZR Gets Internal Cam, 3G

on pushing later this year. That means this slim flip is most likely the real deal, and will probably drop at about the same pricepoint as the current KRZR when it hits later on in 2007. Motox.info [V

Toshiba Launches Tablet PC with UMTS/HSDPA

, perhaps). That means that with the new M400, you can (theoretically) get T1-equivelent speeds on a mobile network without having to tether your handset or use an add-on card. Sure, you’ll need

Novatel Conjures Up HSDPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/EIEIO Express Card

Say you’ve got a cell phone provider with high-speed data, like Cingular. Then say you’ve got a laptop with one of these slick new Express Card slots, like the MacBook Pro. The traditional

T-Mobile's 3G Network Gets the Green Light

T-Mobile announced today its plans for a spiffy new 3G network, which is about what we expected. The network will be UMTS-based, and its plan is to spend a hair over $2 billion on the project, which s

T-Mobile to Launch True 3G Data Network Friday?

here in the United States, meaning it can finally play catch-up. That day appears to be fast in coming. In fact, sources from eWeek have leaked that on Friday, October 6, T-Mobile will be holding a pr