Posts categorized under ‘roaming’

EVENT: Mobile Technology for the Business Traveler

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Thanks to Rearden Commerce and The ACTE Global for setting this up. It’s a rather interesting topic on how people are using their mobile for a variety of business activities while traveling and needing everything in the palm of their [...]

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Phone Booths in 2009

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Global Mobile Blackberry Storm

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Well, the Blackberry Storm has been out for almost 7 months and there has been some intense speculation about the next one coming. In the mean time, I got confirmation from a friend and seeing it myself that you absolutely [...]

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Global Travellers Roam with United Mobile

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I had the pleasure of speaking with Carl Guido Kirchoff, Managing Director of the Americas at United Mobile. For those who are unfamiliar with what they do, here is a brief description. United Mobile is a licensed MVNO providing worldwide [...]

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Mobile Time in a Box

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Time in a Bottle was a hit song by Jim Croce in the 70′s. Maybe his inspiration came from atomic clocks instead of his newborn son? Not likely. I recently had an interview with Symmetricom and the topic was about [...]

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United Mobile

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Amongst some of the stands that I visited whilst at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was United Mobile. In speaking with Manfred Wyck, Senior Vice President Sales for the company, he explained how their MVNO enables people to roam in [...]

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