We have to love their name: the Android Police. They have discovered a problem with HTC phones where personal data can be exposed to any app that accesses the internet. (yikes!)
Read moreAT&T is doing away with the 1000 message plan @ $10.00 which applies to all users who text. Now, AT&T customers will only have one message plan option: unlimited messaging at $20.00.
Here is what ATT is saying…
Read moreAnd interesting development: AT&T has ended their A-list September 1st, poof!
For those of you who are not Bill Police clients, the A-list was an AT&T program which allowed for EACH PHONE to have their top 10 numbers called to be added into a program which rated these calls as mobile–to-mobile calls, thereby reducing peak minutes. Because your voice charges are based off peak minutes in your pool, if you reduce your pool you will reduce the access fee you pay. Translation: Mobile-to-mobile minutes reduce your bill.
Read moreHey Everyone! Its tax time again and we wanted to remind you of a tax relief benefit given to companies paying their employee mobile phones.
Here are links two great articles from Philip Redmond (Gartner Research) that will help explain these specific tax benefits and what they can do for your business. Hope you find this helpful during this 2011 tax season!
Read moreThis is a new rate plan available from AT&T to obtain Mobile to ANY Mobile minutes via the unlimited Messaging Plan.
This plan was available previously for certain rate plans; however, now it is available to customers with generally available Business Pooled plans. It is important to note that we have learned that this feature is also available on the unpublished add-on plans which are only available to pre-approved enterprise customers.
The details are the following:
Read moreHere’s the latest on the phishing scam where fraudsters are utilizing an auto-dialer mechanism and calling phone numbers (both customers & non-customers) with an automated message stating something to the effect of:
This is Sprint PCS and your account has been flagged with fraud and in order to resolve the fraud, you will need to enter your account PIN & zip code at the prompts in order to begin resolving the fraud incident.
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15
Mar
2011
Wireless Carriers Aid Japan Relief Effort
Last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami prompted an untold number of long-distance calls and text messages from people reaching out to family and friends in Japan. Carriers have subsequently announced they will help by offering free calls and text messages from the U.S. to Japan. Good for the carriers and thanks goes out for the effort.
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04
Mar
2011
Verizon is Throttling Data Users
So what Verizon was calling “unlimited lightning fast 4G” is not exactly so unlimited anymore. The wireless carrier is now throttling the top 5% of their data subscribers based on usage.
That is, any Verizon smart-phone user who uses an “extraordinary amount of data” will see a slowdown in their data-transfer speeds for the remainder of the month and the next billing cycle”. Yikes. And we thought Verizon was going to compete with “those other carriers” who offer limited data plans.
To add fuel to the fire, Verizon did not announce this to their millions of subscribers via press release, email or text message. Instead, the news ended up being leaked by a blogger who stumbled across a well-hidden PDF disclaimer on Verizon’s website.
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