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Filed under: Handsets , Others , Windows Mobile , GSM , EDGE If you thought Velocity Mobile just rolled over and died after showing off a few handsets at CTIA earlier this year, you'd be exactly wrong. The outfit's Windows Mobile-powered 103 has just surfaced in the FCC's lair, giving us a smidgen of hope that a US release is but moments / weeks / months away. Unfortunately, this filing doesn't spill the beans on any other specifications, but the 67 page User Manual does dive into great detail on changing the battery, inserting microSD cards and navigating around within the operating system. C'mon Inventec, give us the good stuff. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Handsets , Pantech , ATT , GSM , EDGE Pantech has an awesome habit of delivering a handful of fairly anonymous devices to AT&T -- C810 WinMo dual slider notably excepted -- and judging from what little we can gather in the test reports, we've got another one on the way. AT&T-bound models from the Korean outfit start with "C" (an homage to Cingular, no doubt) and this one fits the bill with GSM / EDGE on the 850 and 1900MHz bands. Other than that, though, your guess is as good as ours -- it seems pretty wide, though. A QWERTY piece, perhaps? Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

T-Mobile USA sent one of its top executives to Washington, D.C. to plead with the FCC to reconsider its controversial plan to auction a nationwide block of spectrum that would require a licensee to offer free broadband services. On Thursday, T-Mobile's CTO flew to D.C. to meet with the FCC on its proposal. "We're asking the FCC essentially to slow down and give the industry some time to do some testing," said T-Mobile Chief Technology and Innovation Officer Cole Brodman. T-Mobile argues that Internet activity on the AWS-3 band would interfere with its own wireless services. The company paid nearly $4.2 billion in the AWS spectrum auction and it plans to use this spectrum to roll out UMTS in 26 markets by year-end. The commission is proposing to combine the 2155 to 2175 MHz band with the 2175 MHz to 2180 MHz band to create a 25-megahertz swathe of spectrum that would support a nationwide license. The spectrum is referred to as advanced wireless services-3 and would require the licensee to dedicate 25 percent of its network capacity to free broadband service, install a network-based Internet filtering system to block pornography and allow open access to third-party devices and applications. A delay on the proposal for the AWS-3 spectrum auction is likely. Last week FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said that the sale of this spectrum could be put off until early next year. This is bad news for M2Z Networks, which originally proposed the plan. The company is anxious to move ahead with the auction since it is currently subsisting on venture capital. For more: - see this article Related articles: T-Mobile calls for delay of FCC's free wireless broadband initiative Andrew Seybold - A New Wireless Opportunity! Interview with M2Z: Free wireless broadband can work. M2Z interview FCC looks to fast-track free wireless broadband network initiative. Wireless broadband story

Sony Ericsson's latest lightweight, entry-level handset isn't going to win any awards for high-end features or innovative design. But, with a attractively styled exterior, mirrored face, and affordable price-tag, the Sony Ericsson T303 is definitely going to find a solid following among fans of the Swedish-Japanese phone maker. And, with the FCC having just approved the [...]

Filed under: Handsets , Others , GSM Pretty ironic that a phone uppity enough to be coined the "GlamPhone" has to suffer the indignity of a few unflattering shots lying on a laboratory table somewhere, isn't it? Alas, another version of Alcatel's ELLE-branded line of fashion handsets did what it had to do to earn the FCC's undying love, though there's really not much to talk about here: dedicated music controls, stereo Bluetooth, and a meager cam round out the feature set, along with enough GSM 850 / 1900 to get by in these parts. Oh, and there's USB mass storage mode, too -- a must for any product with the word "glam" in it. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

The FCC will begin field testing white space devices next week to see whether the devices that access unused television airwaves, called "white spaces" will interfere with television broadcasts. Companies such as Google and Microsoft want to use this unused spectrum to develop new mobile communications devices, however the initiative has raised the ire of the National Association of Broadcasters, which argues that "white space" devices may interfere with existing television broadcasts. Meanwhile, wireless carriers and the CTIA have advocated auctioning off the white space spectrum. And some carriers, such as T-Mobile and Sprint, think the spectrum should be used for backhaul. The FCC plans to move its white space testing to residential areas and at least one sport's venue. So far many of the white space devices have malfunctioned during the tests, however Philips has a prototype that was able to detect operating television channels. For more: - see this article (sub req.) Related articles: Google's Page pushes white-space agenda Sprint, T-Mobile advocate white space for backhaul ESPN, NFL invite FCC to test white-space devices during football season