T-Mobile 30 million subscribers!!

Wow.
T-Mobile USA closing in on 30 million customers
T-Mobile USA added 951,000 subscribers during the fourth quarter to end the period with 28.7 million customers. Monthly churn improved from 2.1% to 1.8% year over year. On a global scale, parent Deutsche Telekom announced its global wireless customer base reached about 120 million at the close of last year. Reuters (1/29) , MarketWatch (1/29) , The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required)

Cell phones and your commute

New study came out that our commutes are extended 10-15min on average due to people talking on their phones.

Remember that you must use a hands free device starting July 1, 2008, at least in the California.

Here's a link to the various stories on the topic.

http://news.google.com/news?rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGLJ&hl=en&resnum=1&ct=title&ncl=1125675333

Microsoft starts offering U.S. ads on MSN Mobile

Microsoft starts offering U.S. ads on MSN Mobile
Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:28am EST

Microsoft Corp. began on Monday to place advertisements on its U.S. MSN Mobile page, moving into the nascent mobile phone advertising business.

Computer-based Web usage dwarfs mobile Internet use in the United States, but companies like Microsoft, Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. see advertising tied to mobile phones as potentially more lucrative than the $40 billion online advertising market.

The company will start with advertisements from Bank of America, Paramount Pictures and Jaguar. Microsoft already sells mobile phone advertisements in Belgium, France, Spain, Japan and the United Kingdom.

Microsoft's idea is to offer customers the option to place advertising across a wide range of platforms from the Internet to mobile phones to its Xbox Live online video game service.

Microsoft also plans to bring new features such as astrology and movie ticket buying to its MSN Mobile page.