Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: AT&T Mobility, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Hotspot, iPhone, National Football League, us, Wi-Fi
For the first time Thursday, a National Football League game — the Cleveland Browns vs. the Denver Broncos — will be broadcast on Sprint mobile phones as part of the wireless outfit’s league partnership. Says Sprint exec Steve Gaffney: “Live compelling content is a game changer.” (Iwantmedia 11/6, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122592543148702857.html 11/6)
In an interview with Michael Arrington at the Web 2.0 Summit
, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph De La Vega let it be known that an official, AT&T sanctioned method of using the iPhone as a 3G modem for a laptop is on the way “soon”. (http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/11/06/att-sanctioned-3g-tethering-on-the-way-for-iphone 11/6)
AT&T loves WiFi. And it knows that you love WiFi too. So it just bought up WiFi hotspot operator Wayport for $275 million in cash. The acquisition will add about 3,000 WiFi hotspots to AT&T’s network in the U.S., bringing the total to 20,000 hotspots (including those in Starbucks and McDonald’s). (http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/11/06/att-bulks-up-its-wifi-coverage-by-buying-wayport-for-275-million 11/6)
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