Garmin confirmed its purchase of rival European GPS company, Navigon AG. Cliff Pemble, Garmin’s president and COO, said that the deal will help further Garmin’s expansion into the automotive OEM business. Misery loves company in a phone eat GPS world. [Press Release via TechCrunch]
According to AllThingsD, If regulators were to shut down the proposed AT&T-Mobile merger, AT&T will have to pay T-Mobile $US3 billion dollars, plus give them desired spectrum bandwidth and sign a roaming agreement favourable to both parties. [AT&T via AllThingsD]
Today, the FCC approved Comcast’s acquisition of NBC Universal, marking the first time a cable provider has controlled a major broadcast network. It’s like a media Frankenstein! More »
When the merger between T-Mobile and Orange was confirmed as Everything Everywhere, it wasn’t too clear whether customers of each network would be able to access the other’s infrastructure. More »
Back in March when Vodafone and Three refreshed their postpaid pricing, they introduced free Vodafone to Vodafone and Three to Three calls, but not from one to the other. According to Whirlpool, that all changed back on June 7, with some customers calls from Vodafone to Three being marked V23 and not actually costing them anything. More »
