By
Alana Grelyak
July is a fine month. It's sunny, warm, and generally bright. Of course, there are thunder storms, too. Much like July, this month's NewsWatch has sunny spots and a few stormy items. Apple has chosen to make the new iPhone more accessible and Starbucks settled its issues with T-Mobile, but poor Yahoo is still looking for a suitor after snubbing Microsoft's initial proposal. As usual, Pipeline is here to inform you about what we think you'd like to know. Read on for some interesting information and enjoy the rest of this beautiful summer month. Here's your NewsWatch for July.
First of all, New Paradigm Resources Group (NPRG) and Pipeline have announced the winners of the Communications Innovators Awards®, recognizing service providers that implement cutting-edge solutions and demonstrate forward-thinking innovation. The recipients, honored by NPRG and Pipeline during NXTComm 2008, are Business Only Broadband, Greenfield Communications, Inc., and Optimum Lightpath. You can read all about it in a special article in this issue.
Since we've been following the dance between Yahoo and Microsoft in prior releases of this article, it seems only fitting to continue the update. It looks like Microsoft has turned its nose up at Yahoo's attempts to revive Microsoft's interest in buying out the company for $33 per share. Yahoo shareholders have become more and more unsettled after shareholder Carl Icahn began insisting that Yahoo accept Microsoft's offer, which Yahoo initially refused. Yahoo's new
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The recipients, honored by NPRG and Pipeline during NXTComm 2008, are Business Only Broadband, Greenfield Communications, Inc., and Optimum Lightpath. |
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Starbucks. All three parties signed a contract agreeing to specific terms regarding the transition of services, but when AT&T and Starbucks began offering free Wi-Fi, T-Mobile alleged that the service offer violated the exclusive contract between Starbucks and T-Mobile and was in breach of the contract signed by all three. T-Mobile sought damages for unfair competition and a breach of contract. Settlement terms have remained undisclosed, although I hope they involved a round of free honey lattes.
Verizon Communications is now offering unlimited wireless calling to its small business customers who subscribe to Verizon's unlimited wireline long distance service. The wireless calling includes unlimited calls within Verizon's network and also to any five landline
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plan is to minimize the damage to its shares (which have continued falling after Yahoo's refusal of Microsoft's attempts at a takeover) by using Google's ad technology in the hopes of boosting annual cash flow to $450 million in just the first year, a proposed $250 million increase. Shareholders and the public alike will find out more about the direction Yahoo will take at its annual meeting on August 1.
Starbucks Corp. and AT&T have settled a lawsuit filed by T-Mobile for breach of contract and unfair competition. Originally, T-Mobile and Starbucks had a WiFi partnership that is coming to a close and being replaced by a new partnership between AT&T and
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numbers. Customers can add on unlimited minutes to out-of-network cell phones by paying a monthly fee. This seems to be just another step in the competitive world of unlimited services, which we've seen quite a bit of recently after Verizon (and then AT&T, Sprint Nextel, and T-Mobile) began offering a $99 unlimited service to non-business clients in February of this year. We can only dream that the wildfire of unlimited services catches on in other industries like spa services and coffee houses.
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