Tag archive: Vega

We don't know if Laurence Fishburne, David Caruso, or Gary Sinise will make guest appearances, but computer maker Dell is planning to roll out a new Dell Digital Forensics Solution, which will offer a data-center and cloud-based approach toward quickly gathering, managing, and analyzing digital evidence in law enforcement investigations and operations. Dell is launching the service with a collection of industry partners including Intel,… Read More

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ralph de la Vega, the head of AT&T's consumer business, said on Tuesday that the U.S. phone company would directly sell netbooks from Dell Inc, Acer Inc and Lenovo Group Ltd starting this summer. Until now, only AT&T stores in Atlanta and Philadelphia, and consumer electronics retailers RadioShack Corp and Costco, have been selling the netbooks, which come with AT&T mobile data connections.… Read More

Wireless operator AT&T has announced a deal to acquire a large collection of primarily rural wireless licenses and network assets from Verizon Wireless for $2.35 billion in cash. Verizon came by the assets as part of its acquisition of AllTel; to meet regulatory requirements, Verizon has to divest itself of these particular Alltel properties. The deal covers some 79 service areas, primarily in rural regions, in some 18 U.S. states. The… Read More

If AT&T’s earlier announcement of free Wi-Fi for iPhone users weren’t enough to Apple fans happy (and connected) in more places, the company’s latest announcement just might do the trick. Ending the days of tethering applications that violate AT&T’s terms of service, AT&T will finally release a plan that makes it possible and kosher. AT&T Mobility president and CEO Ralph De La Vega dropped word of… Read More

When Google announced its Android mobile phone platform back in November, mobile carriers like Sprint and T-Mobile were members of the Open Handset Alliance from the outset. Now, U.S. carrier AT&T says it will also offer phones based on Google's Android architecture, after having been assured by Google that the company won't be locked into only offering Google applications on the devices. According to numerous reports, at… Read More

While AT&T’s home broadband customers may still be cringing from Monday’s rate hike, the company’s mobile broadband customers are experiencing the other side of the coin: a surprise expansion in service with no additional cost. AT&T announced on Wednesday that it would grow its 3G network by 80 more cities in 2008, and upgrade all of its towers for even faster speeds. In total, AT&T’s 3G network will… Read More

With the FCC's auction for the 700 MHz spectrum getting underway (and a media blackout already in effect), Google and more recently Verizon have garnered a considerable amount of public attention on the issue of “open” mobile networks that would permit users to bring any device—and any software application—and use it on any mobile network. Now, AT&T apparently wants some of the attention, with CEO Ralph de la Vega telling… Read More

If the Falcon Northwest FragBook TLX wasn't enough to get your juices flowing, PC MicroWorks would like you to consider their new Vega Super Notebook. PC MicroWorks claims to offer the fastest consumer systems in the world, and the Vega looks to be their big for the ultimate desktop replacement system, sporting an AMD Dual Core Turion TL-60 X2 processor, up to 600 GB of storage, support for 4 GB of memory, and a massive 20.1-inch LCD… Read More

Cingular Wireless and consumer electronics specialty retailer RadioShack today announced that over 5,000 of the latter's stores would immediately begin carrying a full line of Cingular phones and services. This is in addition to 500 or so RadioShack outlets already offering products from the cellular provider. This 10-year agreement, which was announced several months ago, brings Cingular's full line of post-paid products and… Read More

Cingular today announced details about Cingular Video, a new high speed video service which will bring on-demand video to users of 3G cellular phones. Part of the content for this new service comes from a partnership with HBO, also announced today. Cingular Video will allow subscribers to personalize their settings so that they can get the content they want to see, including news, sports, weather and entertainment clips. The video content,… Read More

Cingular Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, said it plans to roll out a music download service for mobile phone users in 2006, with fees which would be "slightly higher" than purchasing songs through Apple's popular iTunes digital music service. Cingular is currently the only mobile phone operator offering the Motorola ROKR, a cell phone which can play and manage up to 100 songs loaded into it from a computer… Read More

Umax, a company that has made somewhat of a name for it self overseas by selling consumer electronics, today announced they were expanding their product base in the United States. This new consumer electronics push includes drawing tablets, mini hard drives, flash drives and MP3 players. The new Umax line up is as follows: ProVista drawing tablets: The $99.99 8