Large, old phone companies are hooked to shareholders who desire only reliable dividend checks.
Meanwhile, the big, old phone companies used perfectly legal means to thwart co-location by the startups.
Did anyone at the commission notice the sprouting array of new-tech rivals to the old phone companies?
It guaranteed that telecom startups could "co-locate" their new high-speed gear at the facilities of big, old phone companies.
Moreover, traffic on the Internet dodges the fees, taxes and tariffs that inflate the cost of plain old phone service.
She loves visiting junkyards and remembered seeing some old phone booths in one when the project came to her attention.
As advertised, initial loading is quasi-instant, and navigation, zooming and tab switching seemed smooth as well, even on the two-gen-old phone.
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"We're on a collision course with the old phone business, " McCaw says.
But the financial institutions are aware of this scam and have now started calling both the new and the old phone numbers for confirmation.
Any of these three scenarios are a lot more interesting and valuable, than the mere announcement of an old phone on an aging network.
Why rush out and buy the new, new thing if it looks just like that old phone that's been around for more than a year?
Put pressure on the big, old phone companies--nothing wrong with that.
With Samsung's comments about an "unsatisfactory user experience" with Android 4.0, I feared it would overwhelm my poor old phone and its single-core ARM Cortex-A8 processor.
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And the old phone's relatively poky data connection means applications that rely on a connection to the Internet will crawl along without access to a wi-fi hot spot.
The Phone Port adapter plugs into a common electrical wall socket and then connects to any device on your phone line: a plain old phone, a fax machine or even a Caller ID box.
Do you believe Apple owns the image of the old retro phone reciever, Verhoven asks.
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Read: Carrier Start-Up Ting Will Soon Let You Use Your Old Sprint Phone.
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Barcroft has used Macs since 1984, and plans to replace his old flip phone now that his contract with Verizon has expired.
But old style phone regulations often require network operators to maintain and expand obsolete copper wires and TDM (time division multiplexing) switching technologies.
Do you remember the time when you could type sms at lightning-speed under the table on the old Nokia phone without so much as glancing at the keyboard?
Barcroft has used Macs since 1984, and plans to replace his old flip phone now that his contract with Verizon (nyse: VZ - news - people ) has expired.
Ina Fried at AllThingsD reported in August that Ting will soon allow you to use your old Sprint phone with their plans, which if available to business owners and users would be additional savings worth evaluating.
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When we met with Finnish startup Aava Mobile today, they pulled out the same old prototype phone... then, to our great surprise, dropped a brand-new device right alongside to show us how their Moorestown-based ambitions have grown.
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The 30-year-old made a phone call to the president of his alma mater, the International Space University (ISU), and the meeting was arranged.
Organizers are also reaching out by email and old-fashioned phone banks.
The 36-year-old former mobile phone salesman, who was signed by Cowell after winning the ITV1 show, has since gone on to have a number one album.
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He joined Cyras in July after Menlo Partners, Cyras' biggest backer, decided the startup needed someone who could sell newfangled switching gear to old-fashioned phone companies.
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